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- Draft scripts from Mayall and Lise Mayer were full of the raw, punkish energy that the BBC were looking for, but it was Ben Elton who was responsible for making it all work.
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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.
He was a part of London's alternative comedy movement of the 1980s and became a writer on the sitcoms The Young Ones and Blackadder, as well as continuing as a stand-up comedian on stage and television. His style in the 1980s was left-wing political satire.
Apr 23, 2013 · This was pre-Blackadder and pre-Saturday Live, but he was fully formed. He had co-written The Young Ones, the most exciting sitcom ever, as far as we were concerned.
Aug 31, 2021 · The Young Ones was written by Mayall, Ben Elton and Lise Mayer, an American-born writer who met Mayall when he was a drama student at Manchester University. The role of the peerless producer Paul Jackson should not be underestimated.
Jun 10, 2014 · The Young Ones, conversely, was a show made by those alienated by Thatcherism; a group of young and left-leaning comedians, led by Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Ben Elton and Alexei Sayle. It...
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.
He was a leading figure in the British alternative comedy movement of the 1980s, as a writer on such cult series as The Young Ones and Blackadder, as well as also a successful stand-up comedian on stage and TV. He was a high-profile frontman of 1980s left-wing political satire.
