The misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's Rik, the overblown political one addicted to Cliff Richard, Vyvian the experimental scientific one/part-time anarchist, Neil the worried hippy, and Mike the ladies' man (at least he is in his mind).
The best episode of "The Young Ones" season 1 is "Demolition", rated 7.8/10 from 594 user votes. It was directed by Paul Jackson and written by Ben Elton, Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer. "Demolition" aired on 11/9/1982 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Oil".
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.
Director: Paul Jackson
Writer: Ben Elton, Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer
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.
Director: Paul Jackson
Writer: Ben Elton, Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer
Oblivious to terrorists, dancing vegetables, and card-playing mice, the gang are feeling incredibly bored, so they decide to go to the pub.
Director: Geoff Posner
Writer: Ben Elton, Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer
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.
Director: Geoff Posner
Writer: Ben Elton, Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer
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.
Director: Paul Jackson
Writer: Ben Elton, Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer
The guys may starve to death while monumental rain threatens to run them out.
Director: Paul Jackson
Writer: Ben Elton, Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer