"The Young Ones" (1982) TV series 1982-1984

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

11 November 1982 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

The crazy and sometimes surreal comedic adventures of four very different students in Thatcher's Britain.

Plot Keywords:

Student | Punk | University | Hippie | Anarchist

Awards:

1 win

Cast

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	...	Jerzy Balowski / ... (12 episodes, 1982-1984)
Mark Arden	...	Boy in Comic Strip / ... (7 episodes, 1982-1984)
Stephen Frost	...	Bank Vault Manager / ... (7 episodes, 1982-1984)
Ben Elton	...	Baz / ... (5 episodes, 1982-1984)

Runtime:

35 min (12 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:15 | Singapore:PG | Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

Bristol North Swimming Baths, Gloucester Road, Bristol, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

Despite being set in North London, the external scenes were actually filmed in Bristol, just over 100 miles away; the show's producer, Paul Jackson, lived in Bristol at the time. The house used for the external scenes is in Codrington Road, Bristol.

Quotes:

Vyvyan: You can't clean the toilet, Neil - it'll lose all its character!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Homestarrunner.com: Everything Else, Volume 2 (2006) (V)

Without a doubt the greatest show in the history of the universe!

This is my favorite show of all time... no questions asked. My mother introduced it to me last year when she bought a video called "The Very Best of The Young Ones" which featured 5 episodes. They were Bomb, Boring, Bambi, Interesting and Summer Holiday. I was so hooked on it! I gave the video away to someone else... not before getting the complete series of season 1 and season 2 on DVD. It's absolute kick@ss and stuff and I can't help but watch it all of the time. I blooming love it.

I love Vyvyan the most out of them all, followed by Rik than Neil and of course Mike TheCoolPerson. But they're all hilarious. My favorite episode was probably Bambi... but they're all good.

Alexei Sayle would have to have been recognized as the funniest man in the whole entire world during this series.

The musical guests are fantastic as well with Madness, Motorhead, and so much more.

Hilariously written, wonderfully over the top acting, very original the whole way. Great... great... great... great show! This is proof that the British do comedy 100,000,000,000,000,000 times or better than the United States of America. Sorry Yankees... bow down before the Oxford graduates, Cambridge graduates and gifted high school dropouts!