Mike, Neil, Vyvyan and Rik are four spotty and skint youths sharing a house run by slumlord Jerzy Balowski. They learn that the council are going to demolish the house on the morrow. Vyvyan decides to demolish the house from the inside, Neil thinks that committing suicide is the only option, whilst Rik and Mike deal with it in the only way they know how.
The Young Ones ran for only two series, but any teenager who grew up in early 80s Britain must surely have identified with our anarchic foursome. Permanently skint and at odds with their futures, the Young Ones manages to portray that effervescent vitality that the arrogance of youth brings, punks, poets, hippies and flash harrys all seamlessly come together from the wonderful pens of Ben Elton & Rik Mayall. Here in this episode we are only glimpsing what the show would bring to its eager audience, but it's a very solid start with some quite on the money gags, from South African lentils to corporate TVs attempt to garner the youth viewers, The Young Ones may well be only of its time, but in that we have to say it was timeless to those who lived thru it.