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The Young Ones

Four young white men, one with spiky punk hair and clothing, one in a suit and tie, one in all black clothing and one with long black hair
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Running from 1982-1984 over two seasons and twelve episodes, this BAFTA-winning comedy has had a huge cultural impact, propelling its British stars Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Nigel Planer and Christopher Ryan - as well as the whole notion of alternative comedy - into the mainstream. Co-written by the UK’s Ben Elton and Rik Mayall and produced by the BBC.

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Four students - sanctimonious Rick (Rik Mayall), boisterous punk Vyvyan (Ade Edmondson), hippie Neil (Nigel Planer) and mysterious mature student Mike (Christopher Ryan) - all live together in a squalid apartment. Incompetent, lazy and disdainful of one another, their lives are regularly impeded by entertainingly bizarre mishaps.