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Best Episodes of The Young Ones
Bambi
S2 Ep1
8.5
8th May 1984
The reprobates from Scumbag College test their mental dexterity against Footlights College on a TV quiz show - but not before Vyvyan loses his head.
Summer Holiday
S2 Ep6
8.2
19th Jun 1984
Summer term at college has ended, but Mike didn't know it had even started, and the boys have all summer to laze around. But Mr Bolowski evicts them, and they decide to rob a bank.
Cash
S2 Ep2
8.1
15th May 1984
The gang are desperately short of cash, forcing Neil to get a job. The army turn him down but he gets on surprisingly well being a police officer instead. Meanwhile, Vyvyan announces he's pregnant.
Oil
S1 Ep2
8.1
16th Nov 1982
The boys move into their new house while Vyvyan locates oil in the basement. Mike sees this as an opportunity to rule the house like a dictatorship with Vyvyan against Rick and Neil.
Worst Episodes of The Young Ones
Demolition
S1 Ep1
7.5
9th Nov 1982
Depressed hippie Neil has plans on killing himself while Rick, Mike and Vyvyan go on ignoring him. The council plans on demolishing the house but have to beat Vyvyan who is using his body to destroy the house from the inside.
Nasty
S2 Ep3
7.7
29th May 1984
It's an ordinary evening: Neil's having a bath, Rick's reading Cosmopolitan, and Mike and Vyvyan are trying to watch video nasties. But before the night is over, the gang will have to bury a vampire.
Time
S2 Ep4
7.9
5th Jun 1984
Neil gets kidnapped by a medieval knight, while Rick believes he's finally managed to seduce a woman.
Bomb
S1 Ep4
7.9
30th Nov 1982
The students wonder what to do when an unexploded bomb lands in their house. Mike sees an opportunity to make money, Rick wants to use it as a blackmail tool and Vyvyan tries to detonate it, but Neil's just worried about surviving the inevitable blast.
The Young Ones Episode Guide
Demolition
S1 Ep1
7.5
9th Nov 1982
Depressed hippie Neil has plans on killing himself while Rick, Mike and Vyvyan go on ignoring him. The council plans on demolishing the house but have to beat Vyvyan who is using his body to destroy the house from the inside.
Oil
S1 Ep2
8.1
16th Nov 1982
The boys move into their new house while Vyvyan locates oil in the basement. Mike sees this as an opportunity to rule the house like a dictatorship with Vyvyan against Rick and Neil.
Boring
S1 Ep3
8.0
23rd Nov 1982
Oblivious to terrorists, dancing vegetables, and card-playing mice, the gang are feeling incredibly bored, so they decide to go to the pub.
Bomb
S1 Ep4
7.9
30th Nov 1982
The students wonder what to do when an unexploded bomb lands in their house. Mike sees an opportunity to make money, Rick wants to use it as a blackmail tool and Vyvyan tries to detonate it, but Neil's just worried about surviving the inevitable blast.
Interesting
S1 Ep5
8.0
7th Dec 1982
The boys decide to throw a party, but before long it descends into chaos. A preachy Christian turns up, Rick gets annoyed when their guests arrive early, Cinderella appears, and Vyvyan tries to impress some girls.
Flood
S1 Ep6
8.1
14th Dec 1982
The guys may starve to death while monumental rain threatens to run them out.
The misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's Rick, the overblown political one addicted to Cliff Richard, Vyvyan the experimental scientific one/part-time anarchist, Neil the worried hippy, and Mike the ladies' man (at least he is in his mind).
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The best rated episodes of The Young Ones are:
Bambi S2E1 rated 8.5
Summer Holiday S2E6 rated 8.2
Cash S2E2 rated 8.1
Oil S1E2 rated 8.1
The lowest rated episodes of The Young Ones are:
Demolition S1E1 rated 7.5
Nasty S2E3 rated 7.7
Time S2E4 rated 7.9
Bomb S1E4 rated 7.9
The first episode of The Young Ones aired on November 09, 1982.
The last episode of The Young Ones aired on June 19, 1984.
