The Young Ones: Series 1 [DVD]

Excellent value for a great quality loved programme

Fab actors

❤️ this since my school years, always will.

The Young Ones first appeared on BBC2 in 1982 in a complete lack of publicity and advertising that would be unheard of today. At that time I'd never heard of `The Comic Strip' comedy club where Ade Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer and Alexi Sayle had been effectively honing these characters for some time. I initially tuned in as the pilot episode was noted, in that weeks Radio Times, to feature music from Nine Below Zero whom as a R'n'b band jumping up and down on the Mod revival bandwagon which put them pretty much on my radar at that time.What a revelation, no one had made a sit-com like it before, changing scenes with links by dodgy puppets, cartoon violence, surrealism, clever wordplay and familiar stereotyped characters, it was fantastic. It was discussed in the playground the following day in the sort of awe that had previously been reserved for `Not the Nine O'clock News' and repeats of Fawlty Towers'.Over subsequent weeks the standard was raised with `Oil' seeing the student house become a fascist police state, `Boring' see's the students playing monopoly and venturing to the Kebab and Calculator pub to see `Madness' perform. In `Interesting' they hold a party which is attended by fellow Comic Strip regulars French & Saunders and Arden and Frost while in `Bomb' they gain possession of a nuclear which they intend to sell to cover there TV licence fine whilst Dexy's Midnight Runners (whom had Nigel Planer and Outer Limit partner Peter Richardson, who was supposed to originally play Mike, as there support act on the `The Projected Passion Review') play in the bathroom.The final episode is the best, in `Flood' London is flooded and a wardrobe which acts as a bridge to place called Narnia (which you may have heard of) is discovered in the flat. Absolutely Fabulous, attending college was always going to be a disappointment after this.

Use to watch this back in the 80's when it first came out. Still daft, funny now.

Watched this for a bit of nostalgia but fearing it wouldn’t stand the test of time. But it was a genuine laugh.

Comedy classic

Although postage cost more than the dvd, having looked at it seems to be quite badly scratched. Unable to tell until I try it in the machine so have to reserve judgment.