The Young Ones 1982
Created by Ben Elton, Alexei Sayle, Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer
- Comedy
- 29 min episodes
- 2 seasons
- 12 episodes
- Ended
- TV-14
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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Comic, cool, intimate and unpretentious.
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- cooloverwhelming
- intimateepic
- unpretentiousprestige
- warmbleak
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Cast
- Adrian EdmondsonVyvyan
- Rik MayallRick
- Nigel PlanerNeil
- Christopher RyanMike
- Alexei SayleThe Balowski Family
Crew
- Ben EltonCreator
- Alexei SayleCreator
- Rik MayallCreator
- Lise MayerCreator
- Alexei SayleWriter
- Paul JacksonProducer
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Seasons
- Season 16 eps · 1982
- Season 26 eps · 1984
Pairings
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