EPISODE
SEASON
The Young Ones - Season 1
The crazy and sometimes surreal comedic adventures of four very different students in Thatcher's Britain.
3 May 1959, London, England, UK
1956, Manchester, England, UK
November 29, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
19 May 1946, Harlesden, London, England, UK
16 November 1953, Cardiff, Wales, UK
2 October 1958, London, England, UK
19 January 1952, USA
7 August 1952, Anfield, Liverpool, England, UK
March 30, 1943 in Isleworth, Middlesex, England, UK
September 14, 2018
Almost every line of the script is a quotable gem readymade for a cult following.
November 06, 2018
It was like an atomic bomb exploding all over television screens, the show combining slapstick and surrealism with jokes about politics, class and giant sandwiches falling from the sky.
September 14, 2018
Heralding in alternative comedy's 80s boom, The Young Ones swapped plotlines for surrealism, dialogue for a hail of "bastards!" and the pretence of a structurally sound set for a load of kicked-in prop walls.
September 11, 2018
The show's surreal humor, slapstick gags and frequent breaking of the fourth wall helped pave the way for more "alternative" comedy, and it even aired on MTV in 1986 as one of the network's first non-music shows.