31 minSeason 2 • Episode 6
LatestSummer term at college has ended, but Mike didn't know it had even started, and the boys have all summer to laze around. But Mr Bolowski evicts them, and they decide to rob a bank.
The misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's Rick, the overblown political one addicted to Cliff Richard, Vyvyan the experimental scientific one/part-time anarchist, Neil the worried hippy, and Mike the ladies' man (at least he is in his mind).
Acting
Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson's physical comedy is weaponized performance art.
Practical Effects
Exploding walls, flying axes, genuine household destruction every episode.
Writing
Scripts written by the performers—no filter between brain and chaos.
Creators
Ben Elton, Alexei Sayle, Lise Mayer, Rik Mayall
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pioneered the 'alternative comedy' movement that killed off traditional British sitcoms in the 1980s.
The house was a real property in London—the production genuinely destroyed it across two seasons.
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