Looking for Lise – Dirty Feed
The Young Ones was written by Ben Elton, Rik Mayall, and Lise Mayer, with additional material by Alexei Sayle. One of those names is not like the others. After all, Ben Elton shows up on-screen in …| Dirty Feed
The Young Ones was written by Ben Elton, Rik Mayall, and Lise Mayer, with additional material by Alexei Sayle. One of those names is not like the others. After all, Ben Elton shows up on-screen in …| Dirty Feed
It somehow seems fitting that the very first thing recorded in studio for The Young Ones was one of its most well-remembered sketches. On the 23rd January 1982 at 7:30pm, without a studio audience …| Dirty Feed
Back in June, I published the first part of my Young Ones Music Guide, detailing every single piece of music heard in Series 1 of The Young Ones. Some of you may be wondering why the second part is…| Dirty Feed
It’s the 6th February 1984 in studio TC4, and Rik Mayall is having a circular saw aimed at his knackers. I write a lot about comedy on here. Sometimes I write some very silly things about com…| Dirty Feed
Warning: the following is for hardcore TV research nerds only.| Dirty Feed
Old TV shows gather anecdotes over the years. They gather anecdotes until it’s sometimes difficult to see the real story through the detritus. It’s not really anybody’s fault. It …| Dirty Feed
Warning: the following is for hardcore TV research nerds only.| Dirty Feed
Having spent an entire year writing about flash frames in The Young Ones, you really would think I was done with the whole damn thing now. And I nearly am, I promise. However, I have one last thing…| Dirty Feed
Part One • Part Two • Part Three • Part Four • Part Five When I started this set of articles about flash frames, right back at the beginning of the year, I never thought it woul…| Dirty Feed
Part One • Part Two • Part Three • Part Four • Part Five It feels like ages since we last checked in with The Young Ones. A brief recap, then. Back in 1984, the BBC had just tra…| Dirty Feed
Part One • Part Two • Part Three • Part Four • Part Five On the 8th May 1984, at 9:15pm ((At exactly 21:15:12, if my calculations are correct.)), something very odd happened on …| Dirty Feed
Part One • Part Two • Part Three • Part Four • Part Five It’s the 8th April 1970 at 9pm, and BBC1, BBC2 and ITV are all transmitting the same thing. It is, of course, a Pa…| Dirty Feed
