The Young Ones (1982)

Name: The Young Ones
Rating: 7.9

Rating: 7.9

Synopsis

The misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's Rick, the overblown political one addicted to Cliff Richard, Vyvyan the experimental scientific one/part-time anarchist, Neil the worried hippy, and Mike the ladies' man (at least he is in his mind).

First Air Date: 1982-11-09

Last Air Date: 1984-06-19

Number of Seasons: 2

Number of Episodes: 12

Created By: Ben Elton, Alexei Sayle, Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer

Networks: BBC Two

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Top Cast

Adrian Edmondson as Vyvyan
Rik Mayall as Rick
Nigel Planer as Neil
Christopher Ryan as Mike
Alexei Sayle as The Balowski Family
Mark Arden as Policeman
Stephen Frost as Gatecrasher
Ben Elton as Radio DJ
Robbie Coltrane as Dr. Carlisle
Paul Bradley as Warlock

Seasons

None (1982)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Demolition (1982-11-09)

Depressed hippie Neil has plans on killing himself while Rick, Mike and Vyvyan go on ignoring him. The council plans on demolishing the house but have to beat Vyvyan who is using his body to destroy the house from the inside.
Ep. 2: Oil (1982-11-16)

The boys move into their new house while Vyvyan locates oil in the basement. Mike sees this as an opportunity to rule the house like a dictatorship with Vyvyan against Rick and Neil.
Ep. 3: Boring (1982-11-23)

Oblivious to terrorists, dancing vegetables, and card-playing mice, the gang are feeling incredibly bored, so they decide to go to the pub.
Ep. 4: Bomb (1982-11-30)

The students wonder what to do when an unexploded bomb lands in their house. Mike sees an opportunity to make money, Rick wants to use it as a blackmail tool and Vyvyan tries to detonate it, but Neil's just worried about surviving the inevitable blast.
Ep. 5: Interesting (1982-12-07)

The boys decide to throw a party, but before long it descends into chaos. A preachy Christian turns up, Rick gets annoyed when their guests arrive early, Cinderella appears, and Vyvyan tries to impress some girls.
Ep. 6: Flood (1982-12-14)

The guys may starve to death while monumental rain threatens to run them out.