Summer Holiday (The Young Ones) Mark Arden in playing the bank manager. DJ Alan Freeman plays God while sitting at a radio mixing desk, for the second time in the series. Summer Holiday (The Young Ones) "Summer Holiday" is the twelfth, and last, episode of British sitcom "The Young Ones". It was written by Ben Elton, Rik Mayall, and Lise Mayer, and directed by Paul Jackson and Ed Bye. It was first aired on BBC2 on 19 June 1984. The quartet have taken their final exams and are enjoying the summertime, although Vyvyan is bored and begins wanton violence and destruction. Rick suggests Botticelli to
Comedy Playhouse (series 2) and "The Handyman" at 7.50pm. "Have You Read This Notice" is the only episode of this second series which is listed as being lost. Comedy Playhouse (series 2) The second series of Comedy Playhouse, the long-running BBC series, aired from 1 March 1963 to 12 April 1963. All the episodes were written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The second series, which was in black and white, consisted of six episodes, each of which had a different cast and storyline. None of the episodes made it to its own series. All episodes were aired on Friday; "Our Man in Moscow"