The Young Ones (TV series) Basterd (Adrian Edmondson); conceited wannabe anarchist sociology student, Rick (Rik Mayall); oppressed paranoid hippie peace studies student, Neil Wheedon Watkins Pye (Nigel Planer); and the suave, charming would-be underground mob boss, Mike The-Cool-Person (Christopher Ryan). It also featured Alexei Sayle, who played various members of the Balowski family—most often Jerzei Balowski, the quartet's landlord—and occasional independent characters, such as the train driver in "Bambi" and the Mussolini-lookalike Police Chief in "Cash". The show combined traditional sitcom style with violent slapstick, non-sequitur plot turns, and surrealism. These older styles were mixed with the working and lower-middle class attitudes of the growing
Interesting (The Young Ones) Alexei Sayle starred as Tommy Balowski, aggressive drunkard and cousin of the students' landlord Jerzei. The episode features a performance from Rip Rig + Panic performing "(You're My) Kind of Climate" Jennifer Saunders guest stars as a party guest. Dawn French guest stars, as the Christian. Mark Arden and Stephen Frost also appear as would-be party-crashers and Nicholas Ball plays Dr Jim Morrison, Rick's sociology lecturer, who attends the party. Interesting (The Young Ones) "Interesting" is the fifth episode of British sitcom "The Young Ones". It was written by Ben Elton, Rik Mayall and Lise Mayer, and directed by Paul