The Young Ones
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two
- 1982 - 1984
- 12 episodes (2 series)
Hippy Neil, nerdy Cliff Richard-obsessed Rick, psychopathic punk Vyvyan and smooth Mike share a squalid and collapsing student house together. Stars Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Nigel Planer, Christopher Ryan and Alexei Sayle
Streaming rank this week: 1,591
Press clippings
Paul Jackson celebrates The Two Ronnies
Renowned television comedy producer Paul Jackson will celebrate The Two Ronnies in a special live discussion event early in June.
British Comedy Guide, 15th May 2024Nigel Planer returns to The Young Ones house 41 years after series began
The Young One's Nigel Planer has returned to the show's famous student house in Bristol, 41-years after the iconic BBC sitcom fist aired.
Geraint Llewellyn, Daily Mail, 18th December 2023How The Young Ones responded to a road crash and appalled Steve Martin
Peter Richardson has revealed how The Young Ones helped to save a stricken scooter rider after a horrific crash, how he sought to cast Matt Lucas as Boris Johnson in a Comic Strip movie and how he shocked Steve Martin with his method approach to shooting a riotous scene in The Supergrass.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd November 2023British comedy's US disasters
As media continues to become more globally inclusive (largely thanks to the rise of streaming services) the idea of remaking anything to fit another culture is gradually becoming more of an outdated concept. But in the past, American TV producers have repeatedly tried and failed to remake many beloved British sitcoms with terrible consequences.
Jazzy Janey, The Comedy Blog, 2nd September 2023Nigel Planer: 'I made as much from one episode of Blackadder as from all of The Young Ones'
The West End star on divorce, getting recognised and making money on a Second World War barge.
York Membery, The Telegraph, 14th August 2023From Python to The Young Ones, how British comedy and music became forever linked
As he releases a new book looking back at the history of British comedy, writer David Stubbs explains how it's always found an unlikely friend in music.
David Stubbs, Rolling Stone, 2nd August 2023Freeze-Frame Gonna Drive You Insane, Part 1
The flash frames in Series 2 of The Young Ones are one of those odd bits of sitcom trivia which are seemingly widely known about... but not really widely understood.
John Hoare, Dirty Feed, 27th January 2023How 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 2022BBC Four to repeat comedy classics
To link in with the celebrations of 100 years of the BBC, from Saturday 22nd October BBC Four will begin broadcasting classic episodes of sitcoms and sketch shows.
British Comedy Guide, 14th October 2022