The Young Ones(TV show/series, 1982-1984)

Name: The Young Ones
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1982
Rating: 3.9

TV-14

| 29min per episode | Genre: Comedy

Scripted Reality in 2 seasons with 12 episodes

Rating: 3.9/5 (with 59 votes)

The Young Ones is a British sitcom written by Rik Mayall, Ben Elton, and Lise Mayer, starring Adrian Edmondson, Mayall, Nigel Planer, Christopher Ryan, and Alexei Sayle, and broadcast on BBC Two for two series, first shown in 1982 and 1984. The show focused on the lives of four dissimilar students and their landlord's family on different plots that often included anarchic, offbeat, surreal humour. The show often included slapstick gags, visual humour and surreal jokes sometimes acted out by puppets, with each episode also featuring a notable selection of guest stars and musical numbers from various performers. The Young Ones helped bring alternative comedy to British television in the 1980s and made household names of its writers and performers. The show became a notable icon of 1980s British popular culture, and it received its own game and a home-media release while becoming the first non-music-related programme to appear on MTV in the United State... ()

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About The Young Ones

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

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Trailer for The Young Ones + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

The Young Ones S1E03 Boring Vyvyan's friends(Clip, 0:22)

The Young Ones Seasons and Episodes

05/08/1984Season 2 - 6 episodes

#1 | 05/08/1984Bambi

4.5/5 (with 1 vote)

The reprobates from Scumbag College test their mental dexterity against Footlights College on a TV quiz show - but not before Vyvyan loses his head.

#2 | 05/15/1984Cash

The gang are desperately short of cash, forcing Neil to get a job. The army turn him down but he gets on surprisingly well being a police officer instead. Meanwhile, Vyvyan announces he's pregnant.

#3 | 05/29/1984Nasty

It's an ordinary evening: Neil's having a bath, Rick's reading Cosmopolitan, and Mike and Vyvyan are trying to watch video nasties. But before the night is over, the gang will have to bury a vampire.

#4 | 06/05/1984Time

Neil gets kidnapped by a medieval knight, while Rick believes he's finally managed to seduce a woman.

#5 | 06/12/1984Sick

A bout of illness puts a strain on Vyvyan's usual easygoing approach to communal living. The somewhat delicate matter of Rick's lost virginity raises further consternation.

#6 | 06/19/1984Summer Holiday

Summer term at college has ended, but Mike didn't know it had even started, and the boys have all summer to laze around. But Mr Bolowski evicts them, and they decide to rob a bank.

11/09/1982Season 1 - 6 episodes

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04/25/1986Specials - 19 episodes

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Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)

Made by: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 9 languages: Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Dutch (NL), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Ended

First episode released on: 11/09/1982

Last episode released on: 06/19/1984

Cast: Ade Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Christopher Ryan, Alexei Sayle

Director: Paul Jackson

Screenwriter: Ben Elton, Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer, Alexei Sayle

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Els Joves"

Keywords: flatmates, surreal, anarchic comedy, sitcom, satire, slapstick comedy

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