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  • BBC-1
  • Nov 9, 1982
  • BBC-1
  • Nov 9, 1982
The Young Ones

Summary The show involves four lunatic students who live in a shared, somwhat derelict, house. There is Rick, the (self-styled) Marxist Anarchist Cliff Richard fan; Vyvian, who is always the experimental scientific one; Neil, the worried hippy and Mike, the ladies man. Each episode usually featured a performance by a band. Each band's name is...

  • BBC-1
  • Nov 9, 1982
  • BBC-1
  • Nov 9, 1982
The Young Ones
Season 1
Season Premiere: Nov 9, 1982
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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
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Summary The show involves four lunatic students who live in a shared, somwhat derelict, house. There is Rick, the (self-styled) Marxist Anarchist Cliff Richard fan; Vyvian, who is always the experimental scientific one; Neil, the worried hippy and Mike, the ladies man. Each episode usually featured a performance by a band. Each band's name is...

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Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Nov 9, 1982 • 34 m
Demolition
Mike, Neil, Vyvyan and Rick learn that the council are going to demolish the house. Vyvyan decides to demolish the house from the inside and Neil wants to commit suicide.
Episode 2 • Nov 16, 1982 • 33 m
Oil
The boys move into their new house and Vyvyan discovers oil in the basement.Mike declares himself the president and then forces Neil and Rick into slave labour to dig up the oil.
Episode 3 • Nov 23, 1982 • 36 m
Boring
The boys are having a very boring day so they decide to go down to the pub, where they run into Vyvyan's estranged mother.
Episode 4 • Nov 30, 1982 • 35 m
Bomb
When the guys find an atom bomb in the kitchen, Rick wants to use it to blackmail Thatcher, while Vyvyan tries to set it off. Meanwhile, the TV-detector man shows up.
Episode 5 • Dec 7, 1982 • 32 m
Interesting
The boys throw a party for their friends.Rick's liberal college friends clash with Vyvyan's rocker friends, skinheads try to crash the party and Neil's friend Neil goes missing.
Episode 6 • Dec 14, 1982 • 31 m
Flood
London is flooded and Vyvyan, Rick, Neil and Mike find themselves trapped in the house with Mr. Balowski, who has turned into an ax-wielding homicidal maniac.

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Rik Mayall

Rick, Alien Spotter, Bobby Malvenes

Adrian Edmondson

Vyvyan, Alien Spotter, Randy the Cowpoke

Nigel Planer

Neil, Dino, E.T. Fairfax

Christopher Ryan

Mike, Matchbox, The Late Grand Fairfax

Alexei Sayle

The Balowski Family, Brian Damage, Harry the Bastard

Mark Arden

Boy in Comic Strip, Father on Cornflakes Box, Gatecrasher

Stephen Frost

Bank Vault Manager, Boy in Comic Strip, Gatecrasher

Ben Elton

Baz, Cat, DJ

Paul Bradley

Warlock, Pilot

Jim Barclay

Policeman in Comic Strip, Racist Policeman

Robbie Coltrane

Bouncer, Captain Blood, Dr. Carlisle

Ruth Burnett

Cinderella, Goldilocks

Gareth Hale

Gravedigger, Peasant, Soldier

Dawn French

Easter Bunny, Religious Woman, Woman with Horns in Commercial

Norman Pace

Gravedigger, Peasant, Soldier

Pauline Melville

Vyvyan's Mum, Woman on Bus

Andy de la Tour

Man on TV, Pilot, Prisoner on Ship

Peter Laxton

Boy in Chimney, Boy on Corn Flakes Box, Darren

Maggie Steed

Rosemary, Woman from the Council

Madness

Themselves

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
7.9
75% Positive
6 Ratings
13% Mixed
1 Rating
13% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
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75% Positive
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13% Mixed
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13% Negative
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