Sick (The Young Ones) be feeling guilty of killing Neil. Rick later runs downstairs to the living room and tearfully wishes that he would see Neil again, and the three Neils come into the house, which spooks Rick. Just as Vyvyan and Mike enter, the back wall of the house opens up, and Neil's parents and Brian Damage head up a large staircase, milking the audience's applause during the show's closing credits. As with all episodes of "The Young Ones", the main four characters were student flatmates Vyvyan (Adrian Edmondson), Rick (Rik Mayall), (Nigel Planer), and Mike (Christopher Ryan). Alexei Sayle starred as escaped
Bambi (The Young Ones) Edmondson); Rick (Rik Mayall); and Neil (Nigel Planer). The title character was portrayed by Griff Rhys Jones in a parody of real-life "University Challenge" presenter Bamber Gascoigne, while Jones' comedy partner Mel Smith has a cameo as a security guard. The opposing "University Challenge" team, from (the fictional) Footlights College, Oxbridge, comprises Lord Monty (Hugh Laurie); Lord Snot (Stephen Fry: who had himself appeared on "University Challenge" while a Cambridge student); Miss Money-Sterling (Emma Thompson); and Kendal Mintcake (Ben Elton). Alexei Sayle appears briefly as a train driver to deliver his trademark monologue (in this case to a lone Mexican