TV series
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).
Details
- First air date
- 1982-11-09
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 2 seasons
- Episodes
- 12 episodes
- Genres
- Comedy
- Network
- BBC Two
- Production
- BBC
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
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 Policeman
- Ben Elton as Radio DJ
- Robbie Coltrane as Slobber, Bouncer
- Paul Bradley as Warlock
- Andy de la Tour as TV Presenter
- Gareth Hale as Soldier
Creators and crew
- Ben Elton - Creator
- Alexei Sayle - Creator
- Rik Mayall - Creator
- Lise Mayer - Creator
- Paul Jackson - Producer
- Paul Jackson - Director
Seasons
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