ORIGINAL BBC TRANSMISSION DATES
First Series premiere (on BBC2, 9:00pm to 9:30pm):
- Tuesday 9 November 1982 : DEMOLITION
- Tuesday 16 November 1982 : OIL
- Tuesday 23 November 1982 : BOMB
- Tuesday 30 November 1982 : BORING
- Tuesday 7 December 1982 : INTERESTING
- Tuesday 14 December 1982 : FLOOD
Repeat of First Series:
- Thursday 5 May 1983 : DEMOLITION
- Thursday 12 May 1983 : OIL
- Thursday 19 May 1983 : BOMB
- Thursday 26 May 1983 : BORING
- Thursday 2 June 1983 : INTERESTING
- Thursday 9 June 1983 : FLOOD
Second Series premiere:
- Tuesday 8 May 1984 : BAMBI
- Tuesday 15 May 1984 : CASH
- Tuesday 29 May 1984 : NASTY
- Tuesday 5 June 1984 : TIME
- Tuesday 12 June 1984 : SICK
- Tuesday 19 June 1984 : SUMMER HOLIDAY
Second repeat of First Series:
- Monday 18 March 1985 : DEMOLITION
- Monday 25 March 1985 : OIL
- Monday 1 April 1985 : BOMB
- Monday 15 April 1985 : BORING
- Monday 22 April 1985 : INTERESTING
- Monday 29 April 1985 : FLOOD
First repeat of Second Series:
- Monday 13 May 1985 : BAMBI
- Monday 20 May 1985 : CASH
- Monday 10 June 1985 : NASTY
- Monday 17 June 1985 : SICK
- Monday 24 June 1985 : TIME
- Monday 1 July 1985 : SUMMER HOLIDAY
Second repeat of Second Series:
- Saturday 29 April 1989 : TIME (BBC2 9:55pm-10.30pm)
- Tuesday 29 August 1989 : BAMBI
- Tuesday 5 September 1989 : CASH
- Tuesday 12 September 1989 : NASTY
- Tuesday 19 September 1989 : SICK
- Tuesday 26 September 1989 : SUMMER HOLIDAY
The University Challenge clip from
BAMBI was repeated during the 1989
Comic Relief on 10 March 1989. This lead to the 2nd repeat of
TIME later on in the year, as part of the BBC2 Anniversary screenings. The success of this prompted the repeat of the other five episodes later on.
When SKY TV was launched,
The Young Ones was regularly repeated, first on The Comedy Channel and now on UK Gold. Alas, these were heavily cut to fit within the 30 minute time-limit.
The Young Ones was also shown on MTV US in 1986 (the ultimate accolade :), SuperChannel and Dutch television...
