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The Young Ones is a British sitcom written by Rik Mayall, Ben Elton, and Lise Mayer, starring Adrian Edmondson, Mayall, Nigel Planer, Christopher Ryan, and Alexei Sayle, and broadcast on BBC Two for two series, first shown in 1982 and 1984.
- Flood
"Flood" is the sixth episode of British sitcom The Young...
- Christopher Ryan
Christopher Papazoglou (born 25 January 1950 [citation...
- Nigel Planer
Nigel George Planer (born 22 February 1953) is a British...
- Ade Edmondson
Adrian Charles Edmondson (born 24 January 1957) [1] is an...
- Lise Mayer
Mayer was born in Chicago, Illinois, [2] to David and Anne...
- Alexei Sayle
Alexei David Sayle (born 7 August 1952) is an English actor,...
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(BBC, 1982-84) was an anarchic sitcom about four students in a North London house - Rick (Rik Mayall), a faux anarchist and self-styled "People's Poet"; Vyvyan (Adrian Edmondson), a punk medical student with an appetite for destruction; Neil (Nigel Planer), a permanently depressed, lentil-loving hippy; and Mike (Christopher Ryan), a dapper ladies' man (or so he would have his housemates believe).
was unlike any other previous sitcom. Instead of sticking to familiar story structures and neat resolutions, The Young Ones took an almost surrealist approach to sitcom, with the story frequently departing on random tangents to completely unrelated characters and jokes. In this respect the influence of sketch shows such as Monty Python's Flying Circus (BBC, 1969-74) and Spike Milligan's Q (BBC, 1969-80) can clearly be seen.
Just as Monty Python incorporated animated sequences, The Young Ones featured puppets, including the house's resident rats, and Vyvyan's pet hamster. As well as sketches and stand-up comedy, most episodes also featured a musical number performed by then-current bands like Madness and Dexys Midnight Runners. It often seemed more like a bizarre variety show than a sitcom.
was a huge success and made bona-fide television stars out of its cast. Mayall, Edmondson and Planer all went on to star in The Comic Strip Presents... (Channel 4, 1982-88, BBC, 1990-93) and Filthy Rich & Catflap (BBC, 1987), while Mayall and Edmondson starred together in Bottom (BBC, 1991-95).
The show also featured the debuts or early appearances of a whole galaxy of future British comedy talent, including co-writer Ben Elton, Keith Allen, Chris Barrie, Dawn French, Stephen Fry, Hale & Pace, Hugh Laurie, Paul Merton, Tony Robinson, Jennifer Saunders and Emma Thompson, while Alexei Sayle played multiple roles including the sinister Eastern European landlord Jerzy Balowski and his extended family. One key name was missing from the cast, though - Comic Strip founder Peter Richardson was originally cast as Mike, but he preferred to work on his own projects.
Just twelve episodes of The Young Ones were made, broadcast in two series in 1982 and 1984, though it has remained one of Britain's best-loved sitcoms, still recalled with affection despite the fact that much of it has noticeably dated, with jokes about Margaret Thatcher's government, police brutality (in the wake of the 1981 Brixton riots), video nasties and the Bomb.
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The Young Ones was a BBC Two sitcom that was first broadcast in 1982. Its anarchic, offbeat humour helped bring alternative comedy to television in the 1980s and made household names of its writers and performers.
The Young Ones was a popular British sitcom, first broadcast in 1982, on BBC2. Its anarchic, offbeat humour helped bring alternative comedy to television in the 1980s and made household names of its writers and performers. Soon afterwards, it was shown on MTV, one of the first non-music...
The Young Ones is a British sitcom, first seen in 1982, on BBC2. Its anarchic sense of humour, in the 1980s, made the actors famous in the UK. Soon after that, it was shown to Americans on MTV, being one of the first shows on the new channel that was not mostly about music.
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The Young Ones is a British sitcom, first broadcast in 1982, which ran for two series on BBC2. Its anarchic, offbeat humour helped bring alternative comedy to television in the 1980s and made household names of its writers and performers. Soon afterwards, it was shown on MTV, one of the first...
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Oct 8, 2007 · Along with Blackadder, The Young Ones is Ben Elton's greatest sitcom work. The setup of The Young Ones seems childish, and the stories themselves extremely fragmented.
