The Young Ones
Series celebrating great British comedy shows. A look at The Young Ones, the groundbreaking riotous 1980s sitcom created by Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer and Ben Elton.
The Young Ones thrust a new sort of comedy into the television mainstream in the early 1980s. At first glance The Young Ones seemed to tear up all the rules of sitcom, but despite its enormous energy and anarchic invention it was a more conventional programme than it might have appeared. But alongside Channel 4's The Comic Strip Presents... The Young Ones transported a new generation of comedy writers and performers out of the clubs and into the nation's living rooms. And in a few short years the one time young pretenders had become the new comedy establishment. Their number one single for Comic Relief apart, the legacy of The Young Ones includes Saturday Live, Filthy, Rich and Catflap and Bottom. Narrated by Julia Sawalha, interviewees include Nigel Planner, Rik Mayall, Ben Elton, writer Lise Mayer, producer Paul Jackson and director Geoff Posner.
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The Blues Band
Boom Boom Out Go the Lights theme
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Tony Renis
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Bob Dylan
Subterranean Homesick Blues聽
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The Good Life titles
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Madness
House Of Fun聽
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惭辞迟枚谤丑别补诲
All I Want To Do Is Dream聽
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Sex Pistols
Anarchy in the UK
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Tipper Bennett聽
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Peter Brewis
University Challenge
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The Beatles
Twist and Shout
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Peter Brewis
Filthy Rich And Catflap theme
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Julia Sawalha |
| Participant | Nigel Planer |
| Participant | Rik Mayall |
| Participant | Ben Elton |
| Participant | Lise Mayer |
| Participant | Paul Jackson |
| Participant | Geoff Posner |
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