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The Young Ones
Overview
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).
Status
Ended
Created By
Ben Elton, Alexei Sayle, Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer
Network
BBC Two
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes
Demolition
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.
Oil
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.
Boring
Oblivious to terrorists, dancing vegetables, and card-playing mice, the gang are feeling incredibly bored, so they decide to go to the pub.
Bomb
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.
Interesting
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.
Flood
The guys may starve to death while monumental rain threatens to run them out.
Top Cast
Adrian Edmondson
Vyvyan
Rik Mayall
Rick
Nigel Planer
Neil
Christopher Ryan
Mike
Alexei Sayle
The Balowski Family
