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The Young Ones

Comedy Connections Series 2

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.

30 minutes

Last on

Sun 15 Jun 2014 23:25
Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Two Northern Ireland

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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • The Blues Band

    Boom Boom Out Go the Lights theme

  • Tony Renis

    Five Go Mad In Dorset Quando Quando 

    Performer: Simon Brint. Performer: Rowland Rivron.

  • Tipper Bennett 

    The Young Ones titles

  • Bob Dylan

    Subterranean Homesick Blues 

  • The Good Life titles

  • Madness

    House Of Fun 

  • ²Ñ´Ç³Ùö°ù³ó±ð²¹»å

    All I Want To Do Is Dream 

  • Sex Pistols

    Anarchy in the UK

  • Tipper Bennett 

    The Young Ones titles

  • Peter Brewis

    University Challenge

  • The Beatles

    Twist and Shout

  • Peter Brewis

    Filthy Rich And Catflap theme

Credits

Narrator Julia Sawalha
Participant Nigel Planer
Participant Rik Mayall
Participant Ben Elton
Participant Lise Mayer
Participant Paul Jackson
Participant Geoff Posner

Broadcasts

Sitcom Season

Celebrating sitcoms with a season of programmes across the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV.

Related Links

  • (en.wikipedia.org)