

The Young Ones
1982-11-09 · 29 min / episode · ★ 7.9
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).
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- Ben Elton, Alexei Sayle, Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer
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Adrian EdmondsonVyvyan
Rik MayallRick
Nigel PlanerNeil
Christopher RyanMike
Alexei SayleThe Balowski FamilyTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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