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
Recently, I’ve been rewatching quite a lot of documentaries about The Young Ones, seeing as I can’t seem to stop writing about that damn show. This is why I find myself watching The Making of The Young Ones from the 2007 DVD release… for the 2000th damn time. One little section of that documentary stood […]| 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
One of the ongoing projects bubbling away in the background here on Dirty Feed is an extensive piece on Keeping Up Appearances. Just exactly what is broadcast on Onslow’s telly in various epi…| 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 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