<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> External links </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/y/youngonesthe_1299003473.shtml </Td> </Tr> <P> The Young Ones is a British sitcom, broadcast in the United Kingdom from 1982 to 1984 in two six - part series . Shown on BBC2, it featured anarchic, offbeat humour which helped bring alternative comedy to television in the 1980s and made household names of its writers and performers . In 1985, it was shown on MTV, one of the first non-music television shows on the fledgling channel . In a 2004 poll, it ranked at number 31 in the BBC's list of Britain's Best Sitcoms . The show's title relates to the song of the same name, written by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett, and sung by Cliff Richard and The Shadows, which was a No. 1 UK hit single . </P> <P> The Young Ones originated on London's comedy club circuit in the early 1980s, where most of the show's cast had gained popularity at The Comedy Store . Alexei Sayle was the prominent act, drawing attention as the manic, aggressive compere . Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall worked as the double act 20th Century Coyote, which later became The Dangerous Brothers . Nigel Planer was also in a double act with Peter Richardson called "The Outer Limits". </P>

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