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The Young Ones

1982 Ended 29m episodes

7.9/10 152 votes

Comedy

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).

Created by:: Ben Elton, Alexei Sayle, Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer
Cast:: Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Christopher Ryan
Language:: English
Network:: BBC Two

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Seasons

3 available

Season 1

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E01

Episode 1

★ 7.0

Demolition

1982-11-09 · 30m

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.

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E02

Episode 2

★ 8.0

Oil

1982-11-16 · 29m

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.

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E03

Episode 3

Boring

1982-11-23 · 30m

Oblivious to terrorists, dancing vegetables, and card-playing mice, the gang are feeling incredibly bored, so they decide to go to the pub.

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E04

Episode 4

Bomb

1982-11-30 · 30m

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.

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E05

Episode 5

Interesting

1982-12-07 · 32m

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.

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