The Young Ones

Bizarre 80s comedy at its best, starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson

Bizarre 80s comedy at its best, starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. Follow the anarchic adventures of four hopeless students from Scumbag college. Expert music and shouting.

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The Council move in to demolish the house but Vyvyan's already started.

Demolition

The Council move in to demolish the house, but Vyvyan's already started.

Vyvyan discovers oil in the basement of their new house.

Vyvyan locates oil in the basement and instantly forms a coalition with Mike to take command of the house (and oil) and Mike discovers Buddy Holly in his new room.

Neil digs a grave in an attempt to fight off boredom.

Boring

Despite a terrorist siege in their house, a visitation from a dwarf from Hell, skating vegetables in the sink and card-playing mice, the Young Ones are so bored that Neil is driven to dig himself a grave and Vyv chops his finger off.

An unexploded nuclear bomb falls through the roof.

Bomb

An atomic bomb falls through the roof and blocks the fridge. Mike plans to sell it to the highest bidder, while Neil paints himself white to deflect a nuclear blast and the TV licence man calls.

Interesting

Vyvyan visits Narnia during a game of hide and seek.

Flood

Vyvyan visits Narnia during a game of hide-and-seek.

Neil suddenly remembers that they're all due to appear on University Challenge.

Bambi

The boys go to the laundrette and Neil swots away as the Young Ones of Scumbag College prepare to take on the Footlights College in University Challenge.

Neil joins the police force where he discovers his heavy side.

Cash

Hey man! It's really weird! Strange things keep happening. Like plates disappearing and the tables keep, well, shrinking. Looks like there's a poltergoost in the house...

A late return of a video leads to a visit from Harry the Bastard.

Nasty

Ashes to ashes, funk to funky, Vyv is now a video head and Neil's wearing a dress because some really selfish negative vibe merchant boarded up his bedroom. Only pop music can save them now.

The house travels through a time warp and ends up in the Middle Ages.

Time

Vyv's being violently and copiously sick because Rick's like scored with a chick and the whole house has like gone through some kind of time warp.

The boys come down with the worst colds in the history of civilisation.

Sick

There's bogeys on the blankets and snot on the sheets when Neil and the others come down with the worst colds in the history of civilisation!

Schools out and there's nothing to do... except an explosive trip on a double-decker bus!

Summer Holiday

Hey, everybody! School's out! Hurray! Hurray! Except, like there's nothing to do, man, apart from getting on a big red bus and having a really explosive trip. It should be pretty good fun, actually.

The Young Ones

The Young Ones

Series 1

1. Demolition

2. Oil

3. Boring

4. Bomb

5. Interesting

6. Flood