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The Young Ones - Series One(1982)
210 mins
type: 
owned
genre(s):
COMEDY

The crazy and sometimes surreal comedic adventures of 4 very different students in Thatcher's Britain.

1. Demolition

The boys get a letter from the council telling them their squalid house will be demolished. Vyvyan attempts to stop the demolition by beating the construction crew to it, while Mike tries to sweet-talk the crew, Rick ties himself to a giant cross and Neil attempts suicide.

2. Oil

Upon moving into a new house (their old one was hit by a plane in Demolition), Vyvyan announces that he has struck oil in the cellar. Mike forces Rick and Neil to do the mining, but Rick retaliates by holding a benefit concert for himself and Neil in the living room.

3. Boring

The boys attempt to fight off boredom whilst several very exciting things go unnoticed around them.

4. Bomb

An unexploded atomic bomb falls through the boys' roof and blocks the refrigerator, so Rick tries to hold the country to ransom with it, Mike attempt to sell it to the highest bidder while Neil builds a bomb shelter and Vyvyan tries to detonate the thing. But worse, a television licence inspector calls, forcing Vyvyan to devour the TV.

5. Interesting

The boys host a party that gets out of hand.

6. Flood

During heavy rains, London floods. Vyvyan briefly visits Narnia during a game of hide-and-seek, and the boys attempt to cook Neil as a solution to their food problems - but are distracted when they realise that they are trapped in the house with a homicidal, axe-wielding Mr. Balowski.

 

TV series in 6 episodes
film poster
namecharacter
Keith Allen Pestilence
Mark Arden Policeman / Gravedigger and others
Roger Ashton-Griffiths Orgo
Nicholas Ball Dr. Jim Morrison
Jim Barclay Racist Policeman
Robbie Coltrane Bouncer
Adrian Edmondson Vyvyan
Ben Elton Baz / DJ / Cat
Dawn French Religious Woman
Stephen Frost Policeman / Gravedigger and others
Gareth Hale Soldier
Rik Mayall Rick
Pauline Melville Vyvyan's Mum / Woman on Bus
Norman Pace Soldier
Nigel Planer Neil
David Rappaport Flumch / Shirley
Christopher Ryan Mike
Jennifer Saunders Sue
Alexei Sayle The Balowski Family
Roger Sloman Right Bleeding Bastard
name 
Ben Elton writer (original)
Paul Jackson producer
Rik Mayall writer (original)
Lise Mayer writer (original)
Geoff Posner director
Alexei Sayle writer (original)