Verbal Highs
Not the Bloody Good Life!!
Forty years after first watching it as mind-blown children, Lewis and David revisit all twelve episodes of The Young Ones to see if it’s still the most radical, revolutionary comedy ever made — and whether they actually understood what they were laughing at. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episodes
Episode Five: Interesting 30.05.2026 52:18
Lewis and David watch ‘Interesting’, in which Vyvyan needs an aspirin, Mike carves a pumpkin, Neil investigates life on Mars, Rick performs hippy cryonics, and Rip, Rig + Panic drink all the booze at the party. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode Four: Bomb 28.04.2026 56:28
Lewis and David watch ‘Bomb’, in which Vyvian eats a television, Mike trades in a nuclear bomb for a used car, Neil paints himself white to deflect the blast, and Rick demands that Thatcher mandate daily free performances by Dexy’s Midnight Runners in the student union. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode Three: Boring 30.03.2026 47:01
Lewis and David watch Boring , where Neil digs a grave, Vyvian sets his sights on winning a car, Rick insists drinking isn’t particularly smart or clever, a possibly cloned Mike is pursued by an older woman, and Madness headline the Kebab & Calculator until the lights go out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode Two: Oil 01.03.2026 55:05
Lewis and David watch ‘Oil’, in which Vyvian throws a toilet out the window, Rick has a runny bottom, Neil paints an astrological star chart, Mike becomes the head of a fascist junta, and Radical Posture play a massive rock’n’roll benefit concert in the drawing room. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode One: Demolition 24.01.2026 54:34
Lewis and David watch ‘Demolition’, the pilot episode in which Rick performs much poetry, Mike wears a golfing outfit, Vyvian smashes through a wall, and Neil spills some lentils on the floor and then gets hassled by a chick in the street, and Nine Below Zero play an earworm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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