The Young Ones: The Complete Collection [Blu-ray]

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Products labelled '*item fulfilled by Exertis on behalf of hmv' will be supplied to you directly by Exertis via their approved couriers. All surviving original film elements from the series have been newly scanned at HD resolution, whilst videotape segments have been thoroughly upscaled and professionally cleaned for the all-new remaster, with their original interlacing intact. In response John Hoare from Dirty Feed has promised to tell the complicated story about it in an article early next year, so that should be interesting!

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We liked the idea that people would try and like these characters but every time they did, it would blow up in their face. We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. If you are in Australia or New Zealand (DVD Region 4), note that almost all DVDs distributed in the UK by the BBC and 2entertain are encoded for both Region 2 and Region 4. Cash û Mike and Vyvyan burn all the furniture in the house in an attempt to stay warm in the midst of a lack of household cash flow. Vyvyan ( Adrian Edmondson) doesn’t give a damn about anything and enjoys being mindlessly destructive.

The only word of warning I'd give you is this show is very much a product of early-80's Britain; the political references and music will be quite dated/unknown for a lot of Americans, one would imagine.

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But last year the whole series was going for less than a fiver on iTunes and after jumping on it quicker than anything jumped on before (steady), it was a crushing disappointment that like you Bri, I never laughed once during the entire series on a binging rewatch. Jackson Chris was a really good actor but he wasn’t part of the alternative circuit and he’s suddenly surrounded by all these young people. But Vyvyan gets so fed up of Rick and Neil shouting at each other that he lobs a petrol bomb across the hall. In this episode, which is anything but dull for the viewer, the guys are bored to death and are trying to find ways to fill the time.

Meanwhile for Cash we see the headless ghosts, Vyv and the neighbour, the road safety advert, the lorry crash, the madman cutaway, Rick sliding through the spindles on the staircase and the talking dogs. But as well as the students and the central storyline in each episode, there are lots of other random elements thrown in as well, as the show stuck two fingers up to the normal conventions of TV sitcoms without a care in the world.

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There’s also a longer than expected pause on the upstairs landing early in the episode, the scene of the gang tidying up before Neil’s parents arrive is done in real time instead of being sped-up with music, there are some sound effects missing from the episode, and the ending with Neil’s parents in front of the glittery curtains is shown without the credits over the top.When you’ve got a situation where you need two actors to be able to literally fall through the floor, that’s a massive rig. Despite being lengthy and low quality VHS copies (as the original studio tapes were sadly wiped), these are still watchable and very compelling, as we see how the effects were achieved, multiple takes of scenes including bloopers, and Paul Jackson’s occasional anger at people not being quiet! And the discs themselves contain the same image of the show’s title and the characters in front of the flag. The package contains a vampire (played by Alexei) who chases them around the house – pausing at one point in the bathroom to do a monologue and promote a Pot Noodle snack – before he’s killed by the sunlight and put into a coffin.