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The Young Ones Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - Demolition

First aired: Nov/09/1982
Writer: Ben Elton, Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer
Director: Paul Jackson
Guest star: Hilary Mason (Old Woman Next Door), Cyril Shaps (Old Man Next Door), Andy de la Tour (Pilot), Pauline Melville (Woman On Bus), Maggie Steed (Woman From The Council), Nine Below Zero (Themselves), Paul Bradley (Punk), Anthony Sharp (Roland Pervical On Nozin' Aroun'), Ben Elton (Baz), Christine Ellerbeck (Co-host on Nozin' Aroun')

The folks over at the Town Hall have put through the order to demolish the boys' house, assuming Mike, Neil, Rick and Vyv don't do it first.



2 :01x02 - Oil

First aired: Nov/16/1982
Writer: Ben Elton, Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer
Director: Paul Jackson
Guest star: Patrick Newell (Man on Raft), Robbie Coltrane (Bouncer), Radical Posture (Themselves), Ronnie Golden (Buddy Holly)

Vyv strikes oil in the basement of their new home, so Mike proclaims himself "El Presidente" while Rick and Neil organize a people's protest rally.



3 :01x03 - Boring

First aired: Nov/23/1982
Writer: Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer, Ben Elton
Director: Geoff Posner
Guest star: Mark Arden (Policeman), Patrick Newell (King), Nicholas Ball (Dr. Jim Morrison), Pauline Melville (Vyvyan's Mom), Michael Redfern (Policeman Who Smashes The Stereo), Stephen Frost (Policeman #2), Robin Parkinson (Unknown), Madness (Themselves), Roger Ashton-Griffiths (Orgo), David Rappaport (Ftumch)

Boredom has set in and nothing, not terrorists, Neil digging his own grave or Vyvyan's random acts of violence can alleviate it.



4 :01x04 - Bomb

First aired: Nov/30/1982
Writer: Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer, Ben Elton
Director: Geoff Posner
Guest star: Peter Laxton (Boy On Cornflakes Box), Mark Arden (Father On Cornflakes Box), Tony Sympson (Old Guy At Post Office), Dexys Midnight Runners (Themselves), Roger Sloman (Right Bleeding Bastard)

A bomb lands in the center of the living rooms, now the boys have to decide whether to detonate it or to sell it.



5 :01x05 - Interesting

First aired: Dec/07/1982
Writer: Ben Elton, Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer
Director: Paul Jackson
Guest star: Rip, Rig & Panic (Themselves), Dawn French (Religious Woman), Cindy Shelley (Rhiannon), Jennifer Saunders (Sue), Mark Arden (Gate Crasher), Paul Bradley (Warlock), Stephen Frost (Gate Crasher #2)

The boys throw a party and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse might be dropping by.



6 :01x06 - Flood

First aired: Dec/14/1982
Writer: Lise Mayer, Rik Mayall, Ben Elton
Director: Paul Jackson
Guest star: Mark Arden (Gravedigger/Boy In Comic Strip), Norman Pace (Peasant #2), Jim Barclay (Executioner), Stephen Frost (Gravedigger #2/Boy In Comic Strip #2), Arnold Brown (Prisoner), Gareth Hale (Peasant), Justine Lord (Queen), Ben Elton (DJ/Voice Of Cat), David Rappaport (Shirley)

The boys are stuck with each other when a flood traps them in the house.



7 :02x01 - Bambi

First aired: May/08/1984
Writer: Ben Elton, Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer
Director: Paul Jackson
Guest star: Tamsin Heatley (Janet), Tony Robinson (Dr. Not the 9:00 News), Hugh Laurie (Lord Monty), Robbie Coltrane (Dr. Carlisle), Stephen Fry (Lord Snot), Griff Rhys Jones (Bambi), Motorhead (Themselves), Ben Elton (Kendal Mintcake), Emma Thompson (Miss Money Sterling), Mel Smith (Security Guard)

The boys represent Scumbag College on the TV game show, "University Challenge"...good thing they know important facts like "Who produced the world's stickiest booger?"



8 :02x02 - Cash

First aired: May/15/1984
Writer: Lise Mayer, Rik Mayall, Ben Elton
Director: Paul Jackson
Guest star: Paul Bradley (Warlock), Andy de la Tour (Man On TV), Alan Freeman (God), Jan Prince (Neighbor), Ken Bishop's Nice Twelve (Themselves), Lee Cornes (MC), Kay Stonham (Stonehenge), Mark Arden (Headless Man), Stephen Frost (Headless Man #2)

The boys need to earn some extra cash so peace-nik Neil joins the police force, meanwhile they find out that their house is haunted.



9 :02x03 - Nasty

First aired: May/29/1984
Writer: Lise Mayer, Rik Mayall, Ben Elton
Director: Paul Jackson
Guest star: Gareth Hale (Gravedigger), Dawn French (Woman With Horns In Commercial), Daniel Peacock (Dying Man In Cabin), The Damned (Themselves), Damaris Hayman (Woman On Bicycle), Norman Pace (Gravedigger #2), Chris Barrie (Captain), Mark Arden (Man In Cabin), Stephen Frost (Man In Cabin #2), Arnold Brown (Chess Player), Helen Atkinson-Wood (Woman in Commercial), Andy de la Tour (Murderer On Ship), Terry Jones (Drunk Vicar)

The postman delivers a vampire wrapped in brown paper while the boys try to figure out how to hook up their new VCR.



10 :02x04 - Sick

First aired: Jun/05/1984
Writer: Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer, Ben Elton
Director: Paul Jackson
Guest star: Ben Elton (Grange Hill Student), Madness (Themselves), Carla Mendonca (Woman At Trial), Peggy Thorpe-Bates (Mrs. Pye), Stephen Frost (Tess, The Manure Salesman), Brian Oulton (Mr. Pye), Mark Arden (Mick, The Manure Salesman), Pauline Melville (Vyvyan's Mom)

The worst cold in recorded history is making it's way through the house.



11 :02x05 - Time

First aired: Jun/12/1984
Writer: Ben Elton, Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer
Director: Paul Jackson
Guest star: Robbie Coltrane (Captain Blood), Paul Merton (Peasant #2), Jonathan Caplan (Knight Of The Square Table), Helen Lederer (Gwendolyn), Gareth Hale (Peasant), Gary Beadle (First Mate), Jennifer Saunders (Helen Mucus), Dawn French (Easter Bunny), Norman Pace (Peasant #3), Lee Cornes (Spasspecker), Amazulu (Themselves)

Strange things start to happen when Rick actually scores with a girl.



12 :02x06 - Summer Holiday

First aired: Jun/19/1984
Guest star: Lise Mayer (Woman In Commercial), Norman Lovett (The Guy From The Penny Arcade), Stephen Frost (Bank Vault Manager), Alan Freeman (God), Ben Elton (Man In Commercial), Jools Holland (Punk), Lenny Henry (Postman), Brian Croucher (Mr. Real Robber), Helen Lederer (Bank Teller), Peter Laxton (Darren), Roger Sloman (Beefeater), John Otway (Himself)

School's out and the boys don't know what to do with themselves. Perhaps a nice bus trip will do?



Comic Relief

First aired: Apr/25/1986
Guest star: Cliff Richard (Himself)