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
Holiday (TV series) each of which one of the presenters visited a holiday resort in the UK or overseas and reviewed the attractions of the region. Despite the programme's obvious attraction as escapism, over the years it was criticised for featuring destinations that the majority of viewers would be unable to afford. The programme spawned several short-lived offshoot programmes, including "Summer Holiday" (1994–2002); "Holiday: Fasten Your Seatbelt" (1996–98), in which presenters tried out holiday-related jobs); "Holiday: You Call the Shots" – in which viewers advised the presenters which sites to visit in a particular destination prior to filming (2001–03); and "Holiday on a