The Young Ones

BAFTA TV AWARD® winner
The Young Ones Series 1 features the lunatic exploits of four students of Scumbag College. Vyv, the punk (Adrian Edmonson),"socially aware" and "politically conscious" Rick (Rik Mayall), Neil, the hippy (Nigel Planer),and Mike, the well-dressed smoothie(Christopher Ryan). They share a dilapidated house in North London owned by their dodgy landlord Jerzy Balowski (Alexei Sayle).They are the least compatible house-mates it is possible to imagine and, when they are not tearing pieces out of each other, they manage to get involved in the most bizarre of comic escapades.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Demolition
    March 30, 1998
    33min
    TV-PG
    Introducing Mike - the cool smooth one; Neil - the boring hippy with the death wish and the lentil fetish; Rik - the self-styled revolutionary, people's poet and Cliff Richard fan; and Vyvyan-the violent, orange spiky-haired punk and his hamster SPG.
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  2. S1 E2 - Oil
    March 30, 1998
    33min
    TV-PG
    The Young Ones move into their new house. As they are allocating bedrooms, Vyvyan locates oil in the basement and instantly forms a coalition with Mike to take command of the house (and oil). Mike discovers Buddy Holly in his new room.
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  3. S1 E3 - Boring
    March 30, 1998
    35min
    TV-PG
    Despite a terrorist siege in their house, a visitation from a dwarf from Hell, skating vegetables in the sink and card-playing mice, the Young Ones are so bored that Neil is driven to dig himself a grave and Vyv chops his finger off.
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  4. S1 E4 - Bomb
    March 30, 1998
    33min
    TV-PG
    An atomic bomb falls through the roof and blocks the fridge. Mike plans to sell it to the highest bidder, while Neil paints himself white to deflect a nuclear blast and the TV licence man calls.
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  5. S1 E5 - Interesting
    March 30, 1998
    32min
    TV-PG
    It's party-time! Where else can you mingle with the four horsemen of the Apocalypse, a giant sandwich, a singing tomato and Santa? Rik desperately tries to impress his favourite lecturer, Mike pulls a literal fairytale princess, Vyvyan's fellow punks start a riot, and Neil inadvertently gets beaten up.
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  6. S1 E6 - Flood
    March 30, 1998
    30min
    TV-PG
    A spell of bad weather means the friends must find ways to amuse themselves inside the house. As they play hide-and-seek, Jerzy Balowski is transformed into an axe-wielding maniac.
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Audio languages
English
Subtitles
English [CC]
Directors
Geoffrey Posner
Producers
Paul Jackson
Cast
Adrian EdmondsonRik MayallNigel PlanerChristopher RyanAlexei Sayle
Studio
BBC America
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