The Young Ones (TV series) opening night on 2 November 1982, with "The Young Ones" following a week later on BBC2. The series was written by Mayall, his then-girlfriend Lise Mayer, and Ben Elton (who had attended the University of Manchester with Mayall and Edmondson). Richardson was originally set to play Mike, but clashed with Jackson. He was replaced by Christopher Ryan, the only member of the group who was not a stand-up comedian. The show was voted number 31 in the BBC's Best Sitcom poll in 2004. The main characters were four undergraduate students who were sharing a house: aggressive punk medical student, Vyvyan
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