The crazy and sometimes surreal comedic adventures of four very different students in Thatcher's Britain.
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S2.E1
After realizing they haven't done the wash in almost three years, the boys take a trip to the launderette and then Neil remembers that they have been chosen to be on "University Challenge".
S2.E6
It's the end of the term at College, and Vyvan, Rick, Mike and Neil are having a lazy summer holiday. But they end up getting evicted by Mr. Bolowski and decide to rob a bank, before making a getaway...
S2.E3
Mike and Vyvan plan to watch video nasties but have trouble working the video player; Neil has a bath; a vampire terrorizes the guys.
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1 win & 1 nomination.
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| Series cast summary: | |||
| Adrian Edmondson | ... | Vyvyan / ... 12 episodes, 1982-1984 | |
| Rik Mayall | ... | Rick / ... 12 episodes, 1982-1984 | |
| Nigel Planer | ... | Neil / ... 12 episodes, 1982-1984 | |
| Christopher Ryan | ... | Mike / ... 12 episodes, 1982-1984 | |
| Alexei Sayle | ... | the Balowski Family / ... 12 episodes, 1982-1984 | |
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Mark Arden | ... | Boy in Comic Strip / ... 7 episodes, 1982-1984 |
| Stephen Frost | ... | Bank Vault Manager / ... 7 episodes, 1982-1984 | |
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Ben Elton | ... | Baz / ... 5 episodes, 1982-1984 |
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Four mismatched university students share a house in North London: Neil (Nigel Planer), the hippy; Mike (Christopher Ryan), the cool person; Rick (Rik Myall), a would-be anarchist studying sociology; and Vyvyan (Adrian Edmondson), the punk medical student who is prone to extreme violence. Together with their bastard Russian landlord, Jerzy Balowski (Alexei Sayle), the world of these "bachelor boys" is surreal and violent, but ultimately hilarious. Written by Alexander Lum <aj_lum@postoffice.utas.edu.au>
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Each episode had a one-word title except for the last one, because it had two ("Summer Holiday"). See more »Alternate Versions
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My favorite thing to do with the Young Ones happened in a shop in Greenwich Village in the early 90's. I was in Meyers of Keswick, a British grocery in the Village with a young female coworker who trod down there with me in hopes of purchasing Christmas crackers and some English candy for the parties we were going to. We were in line waiting, and I noticed an actual Kendall Mintcake on the counter, picked it up, and screwed my face up to try to look like Ben Elton and said, "Hi," like I was Mr. Kendall Mintcake. My coworker stared blankly and I frustratedly tried to explain who The Young Ones were, Bambi, The Balowski Family, Monk deWally deHonk, Mr. Liberal,etc. to no avail. A cockney bloke standing next to us finally exploded and shouted, "Its Only The Greatest show Ever, Mate!!!" I asked him if he wanted to see how many pressups I could do. His girlfriend screamed at me that she was not being aggressive and we cracked in up in front of a few astonished bystanders.