
The Young Ones
1982 · TV Series · TV-14 · 29 min · ★ 7.9
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).
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Details
- Years
- 1982
- Release date
- 1982-11-09
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 29 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.9/10 (148 votes)
Themes
- surreal
- satire
- slapstick comedy
- sitcom
- flatmates
- anarchic comedy
Cast & crew

Adrian Edmondson
as Vyvyan

Rik Mayall
as Rick

Nigel Planer
as Neil

Christopher Ryan
as Mike

Alexei Sayle
as The Balowski Family

Emma Thompson
as Miss Money-Sterling

John Otway
as John Otway
- RG
Ronnie Golden
as Buddy Holly

Mel Smith
as Grenada Security Guard

Alan Freeman
as God
Directed by Geoff Posner, Ed Bye, Paul Jackson
Episodes2 seasons · 12 episodes
Season 16 episodes
- S1E1Demolition30m
- S1E2Oil29m
- S1E3Boring30m
- S1E4Bomb30m
- S1E5Interesting32m
- S1E6Flood29m
Season 26 episodes
- S2E1Bambi30m
- S2E2Cash30m
- S2E3Nasty30m
- S2E4Time30m
- S2E5Sick30m
- S2E6Summer Holiday31m