Cash (The Young Ones) of childbirth. Instead, Vyvyan actually ends up passing wind loudly. Having been handcuffed together with Vyvyan, Rick and Neil frantically try to escape the smell but Neil is unable to find the key. Unaware, Mike comes back in, and tries to light a celebratory cigar. The flame reacts with the gas, causing the house to explode. As with all episodes of "The Young Ones", the main four characters were student flatmates Mike (Christopher Ryan); Vyvyan (Adrian Edmondson); Rick (Rik Mayall) and Neil (Nigel Planer). Alexei Sayle starred as a Benito Mussolini cabaret act and police recruitment officer. DJ Alan Freeman
Time (The Young Ones) Dawn French also appears briefly as the Easter Bunny. The episode features a performance by pop/reggae band Amazulu. Time (The Young Ones) "Time" is the tenth episode of British sitcom "The Young Ones". It was written by Ben Elton, Rik Mayall and Lise Mayer, and directed by Paul Jackson. It was first aired on BBC Two on 5 June 1984. The episode begins with opening credits and setting which parodies the popular American soap opera "Dallas". Neil is running a Texas oil company and Rick as an American client furious at Neil's way of business - signing over oil wells