Lise Mayer
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How The Young Ones changed comedy for ever
With flying eclairs, falling beds and exploding buses, the anarchic antics of Rick, Vyvyan, Neil and Mike shoved alternative comedy into the mainstream. Forty years on, we ask the show's creators how they pulled it off.
Phil Harrison, The Guardian, 12th November 2022Bonus-packed The Young Ones coming to Blu-ray
Iconic early "alternative comedy" sitcom The Young Ones has been comprehensively restored for a new Blu-ray release, which is to be packed with new and never-seen extra features.
British Comedy Guide, 28th October 2022How there could have been a sequel to The Young Ones
Groundbreaking 1980s sitcom The Young Ones could have had a follow-up entitled The Middle-Aged Ones, co-creator Lise Mayer has revealed.
Lise Mayer, Chortle, 9th December 2021How The Young Ones Changed Comedy, Gold, review
A stroppy punk-rock sitcom has aged well.
Jeff Robson, i Newspaper, 27th May 2018TV: How The Young Ones Changed Comedy, Gold
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.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th May 201816 things you probably never knew about The Young Ones
Young Ones stars Alexei Sayle, Nigel Planer and co-writer Lise Mayer appeared at the Slapstick festival of vintage comedy in Bristol yesterday, where they were honoured with a 'Slapstick Legacy Medal'. Here are 16 things they revealed about the show and the time surrounding it, as they spoke to host Marcus Brigstocke.
Chortle, 23rd January 2017Angus Deayton and Lise Mayer split after 24 years
Comedy star Angus Deayton has separated from his long-term girlfriend. Angus, 59, and scriptwriter Lise Mayer, 55, had been together for 24 years.
Halina Watts, The Mirror, 19th March 2015