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The Young Ones 

| Comedy | TV Series (1982–1984)
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12 episodes
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The crazy and sometimes surreal comedic adventures of four very different students in Thatcher's Britain.

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1984   1982  
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Series cast summary:
...  Vyvyan / ... 12 episodes, 1982-1984
...  Rick / ... 12 episodes, 1982-1984
...  Neil / ... 12 episodes, 1982-1984
...  Mike / ... 12 episodes, 1982-1984
...  the Balowski Family / ... 12 episodes, 1982-1984
Mark Arden ...  Boy in Comic Strip / ... 7 episodes, 1982-1984
...  Bank Vault Manager / ... 7 episodes, 1982-1984
Ben Elton ...  Baz / ... 5 episodes, 1982-1984
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Four mis-matched university students share a house in North London: Neil, the hippy; Mike, the cool person; Rick, a would-be anarchist studying sociology; and Vyvyan, the punk medical student who is prone to extreme violence. Together with their bastard Russian landlord, 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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The final show The Young Ones: Summer Holiday (1984) was broadcast 30 years and 10 days before the death of Rik Mayall on June 18th 2014. See more »

Connections

Featured in How The Young Ones Changed Comedy (2018) See more »

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The Young Ones
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Written by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett
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Q: Vivian has a hamster called Special Patrol Group (SPG), what is SPG?
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One of the greatest television programs EVER.
15 March 1999 | by – See all my reviews

The Young Ones is simply the most wonderful sit-com ever. A mad combination of Monty Python's Flying Circus with the British punk scene, The Young Ones focuses on four hilariously demented student archtypes. I can't believe this doesn't have a larger cult following. I highly recommend this to any and everyone.
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