The Young Ones (TV series)

The Young Ones
Genre	Sitcom Farce Slapstick
Written by	Ben Elton Rik Mayall Lise Mayer Additional material: Alexei Sayle
Directed by	Paul Jackson Geoff Posner Ed Bye
Starring	Ade Edmondson Rik Mayall Nigel Planer Christopher Ryan Alexei Sayle
Opening theme	"The Young Ones" written by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett performed by the cast (originally performed by Cliff Richard and The Shadows)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	12
Production
Producer	Paul Jackson
Running time	approx. 35 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	9 November 1982 (1982-11-09) – 19 June 1984 (1984-06-19)
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The Young Ones is a British sitcom written by Rik Mayall, Ben Elton, and Lise Mayer, starring Adrian Edmondson, Mayall, Nigel Planer, Christopher Ryan, and Alexei Sayle, and broadcast on BBC Two for two series, first shown in 1982 and 1984. The show focused on the lives of four dissimilar students and their landlord's family on different plots that often included anarchic, offbeat, surreal humour. The show often included slapstick gags, visual humour and surreal jokes sometimes acted out by puppets, with each episode also featuring a notable selection of guest stars and musical numbers from various performers.

The Young Ones helped bring alternative comedy to British television in the 1980s and made household names of its writers and performers. The show became a notable icon of 1980s British popular culture, and it received its own game and a home-media release while becoming the first non-music-related programme to appear on MTV in the United States in 1985. The show was voted number 31 in the BBC's Best Sitcom poll in 2004.^[1]