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Episodes were generally produced to be over 35 minutes long, though were edited to half-hour when later repeated on the BBC or satellite channels. Premise.
The Young Ones: With Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Christopher Ryan. The crazy and sometimes surreal comedic adventures of four very different students in Thatcher's Britain.
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- 1998-03-30
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- Rik on Fire – and A Broken Telly
- No Happy Ending
- Lenny Henry as A Hitler Postman
Broadcast in June 1984, ‘Summer Holiday’ encapsulates the anarchic, rebellious and joyfully cynical show. The sun may be shining outside, and the university year may be over, but these students aren’t headed for a happy ending – regardless of Rik’s initial enthusiasm. Vyvyan is so bored he puts his head through a window. Neil, who briefly morphs in...
Their vandal of a landlord, played by Alexei Sayle, evicts them. The gang end up living on the streets. “Thatcher’s bloody Britain!” wails Rik. A plan is hatched to rob a bank using water pistols. Instead, they inadvertently steal the loot of a crook who’s beaten them to it. Vyvyan destroys both his beloved car and his hamster by driving into a lam...
‘Summer Holiday’ has some of the show’s best lines: “God I hate him. He’s a bore, he’s a snake. And he’s a bloody eavesdropper.” “I heard that Rik.” It has some of The Young Ones’ most surreal moments too. A fourth-wall breaking gag, when someone draws on Neil’s face on the TV screen, is followed by a dancing man with an elephant’s head. Then there...
"Summer Holiday" is the twelfth and final episode of the British sitcom The Young Ones. It was written by Ben Elton , Rik Mayall , and Lise Mayer , and directed by Paul Jackson and Ed Bye. It was first aired on BBC2 on 19 June 1984.
May 26, 2018 · Is it really nearly 40 years since the Young Ones exploded onto BBC2 and gave British comedy a great big kick up the arse? I thought I knew a fair bit about the series, but this in-depth documentary sheds new light alongside retreading familiar ground.
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).
S1.E6 ∙ Flood. Tue, Dec 14, 1982. London is flooded and Vyvyan, Rick, Neil and Mike find themselves trapped in the house with Mr. Balowski, who has turned into an ax-wielding homicidal maniac. 8.1/10 (514) Rate. Watch options.
