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
A Series of Psychotic Episodes as the show was a single pilot performed by a relatively unknown comedian. However, it lost the award to "Down the Line". In 2010, the series moved to BBC Radio 4. "A Series of Psychotic Episodes" has had positive reviews from critics. Harry Deansway from "The Guardian" said that Elia was a welcome change saying that: "Radio comedy is largely populated by plummy World Service voices doing skits that sound like unironic Mr Cholmondley-Warner sketches from Harry Enfield's TV series, so the different tone and voice of Miriam Elia's "A Series Of Psychotic Episodes" really stands out." However, Deansway also