In the early 1980s, much of the programme's cast performed on London's comedy club circuit, gaining significant popularity at The Comedy Store - Alexei Sayle was the prominent act, drawing attention as the manic, aggressive compere Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall worked together in the troupe 20th Century Coyote and later became the double act The Dangerous Brothers and Nigel Planer worked in the double act 'The Outer Limits' alongside Peter Richardson. The show was voted number 31 in the BBC's Best Sitcom poll in 2004. The show became a notable icon of 1980s British popular culture, and it received its own game and a home-media release while becoming the first non-music-related programme to appear on MTV in the United States in 1985. The Young Ones helped bring alternative comedy to British television in the 1980s and made household names of its writers and performers. The show often included slapstick gags, visual humour and surreal jokes sometimes acted out by puppets, with each episode also featuring a notable selection of guest stars and musical numbers from various performers. The show focused on the lives of four dissimilar students and their landlord's family on different plots that often included anarchic, offbeat, surreal humour.

The Young Ones is a British sitcom written by Rik Mayall, Ben Elton, and Lise Mayer, starring Adrian Edmondson, Mayall, Nigel Planer, Christopher Ryan, and Alexei Sayle, and broadcast on BBC Two for two series, first shown in 19. Bennett performed by the cast (originally performed by Cliff Richard and The Shadows) ' The Young Ones' written by Sid Tepper and Roy C.

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