The Young Ones

About The Young Ones

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).

BBC Two's The Young Ones is a comedy series. Its themes are slapstick comedy, surreal, flatmates, and anarchic comedy.

It ran for 2 seasons and 12 episodes between November 1982 and June 1984. Seasons run to about 6 episodes.

Adrian Edmondson leads the cast as Vyvyan, Rik Mayall as Rick, Nigel Planer as Neil, and Christopher Ryan as Mike.

Bottom, Spaced, and Father Ted make useful companions to The Young Ones, all filed under sitcom. TMDB voters put it at 7.9 out of 10 across 153 votes and it carries a TV-14 rating.