The Young Ones (TV series) from the group by Mike, and Vyvyan supposedly having backstage sex with Kate Bush with Neil as his contraceptive). The skit climaxed with Neil claiming Cliff Richard could not perform with them as he was "doing time" (the musical Time was premiering the following week) and John Craven had been booked as a replacement, only for Cliff to then appear. However he was only available to appear on the second night of the run, with Bob Geldof replacing him on the other two nights. On one occasion, Edmondson, Mayall and Planer as their "Young Ones" characters did a parody of
Demolition (The Young Ones) episode of the dozen made. Ben Elton appears as the host of a BBC2 show called "Nozin' Aroun"' which is supposed to be for "young ad-ults"; when Rick watches it he kicks the TV screen in and complains that they are still wearing flared trousers and they are "hippies". The musical interlude for this episode was provide by the band Nine Below Zero. Demolition (The Young Ones) "Demolition" is the pilot episode for British sitcom "The Young Ones". It was written by Ben Elton, Rik Mayall and Lise Mayer, and directed by Paul Jackson. Although made as a pilot episode,