"Flood" was the sixth episode of British sitcom The Young Ones. It was written by Ben Elton, Rik Mayall and Lise Mayer, and directed by Paul Jackson. It was first aired on BBC2 on December 14th 1982 and also acted as the final episode of the first series. A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... The Young Ones; Left to right: Jerzei Balowski (Alexei Sayle), Neil (Nigel Planer), Rick (Rik Mayall), Mike (Christopher Ryan) & Vyvyan (Adrian Edmondson) The Young Ones was a British sitcom about four male students sharing a house. ... Ben Elton (born May 3, 1959) is an English comedian and writer. ... Rik Mayall Rik Mayall (born March 7, 1958) is a British comedian and actor. ... Paul Jackson (sometimes credited as K. Paul Jackson - his first name is Kevin) is a British television producer. ... BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC. History The channel was scheduled to begin at 7:20pm on April 20, 1964 and show an evening of light entertainment, starting with the comedy show The Alberts and... December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Characters

As with all episodes of The Young Ones, the main four characters were student flatmates Mike (Christopher Ryan); Vyvyan (Adrian Edmondson); Rick (Rik Mayall) and Neil (Nigel Planer). The episode also features their landlord Jerzei Balowski (Alexei Sayle), a character who was appearing for the second time during the first series, and would appear once more in total. Sayle, however, featured in every episode of the dozen made. For the SAS author, see Chris Ryan. ... Adrian Edmondson (sometimes credited as Ade Edmondson, born 24 January 1957 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England) is a British actor, comedian, director, and writer who gained fame as Vyvyan in The Young Ones in the early 1980s. ... Rik Mayall Rik Mayall (born March 7, 1958) is a British comedian and actor. ... Nigel Planer (born February 22, 1955) is a British actor, novelist and playwright. ... A landlord is the owner of a house, apartment, condominium, or land which is rented or leased to an individual or business, who is called the tenant. ... Alexei David Sayle is a British comedian, actor, author and ex-Communist. ...

Plot

With none of the quartet noticing a medieval execution in their back garden, there is initial tranquility in the house, with Neil randomly hitting himself in the face with a frying pan and Vyvyan reading a war comic for young boys. However, the monsoon-like rain outside soon traps everyone in the house and a game of hide and seek gets underway to pass the time. The house takes on a Narnia-esque feel, with a lion tamer in Mike's bedroom and Vyvyan finding a witch in a sleigh lurking in a new world at the back of the wardrobe, where he was hiding. But all that - plus the sharks at the window and the arson attack on Rick's bedroom - becomes irrelevant as Mr Balowski arrives, drinks Vyvyan's potion which, when drunk, turns people into axe-wielding, homicidal maniacs, and goes on the hunt, smelling human blood. Suddenly, Mike's decision to rent his room to a man and his lions seemed a good idea. This page is about the kitchen item. ... See comedian Stand up comedian List of Comedians List of British comedians comics comic book comic strip underground comics alternative comics web comic sprite comics manga graphic novel List of comic characters This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same... Monsoon in the Vindhya, a mountain chain in central India A monsoon is a periodic wind, especially in the Indian Ocean and southern Asia. ... Hide and seek (sometimes also called hide and go seek) is a popular tag variant that is best played in areas with lots of potential hiding spots, such as a forest or a large house. ... Narnia is a fantasy world created by the Anglo-Irish author C. S. Lewis as a location for his Chronicles of Narnia, a series of seven fantasy novels for children. ... Lion taming is the practice of taming lions, either for protection, whereby the practice was probably created, or, more commonly in the west, entertainment, particularly in the circus. ... For the cricket meaning, see Sledging (cricket) A sled, sledge or sleigh is a vehicle with runners for sliding instead of wheels for rolling. ... This page is a candidate to be moved to Wiktionary. ... Orders Hexanchiformes Squaliformes Pristiophoriformes Squatiniformes Heterodontiformes Orectolobiformes Carcharhiniformes Lamniformes Sharks are a group (superorder Selachimorpha) of fish, with a full cartilaginous skeleton, a streamlined body plan with between 5 and 7 gill slits along the sides (most often) or side of the head (the first modified slit is behind the... Arson is the crime of setting a fire with intent to cause damage. ... A potion (from Latin potio, meaning beverage, potion, poison) is a drinkable medicine or poison. ...

This episode was the only one of the dozen made not to feature a band performing mid-show; the lion-tamer provided the "cabaret" instead. The episode ended by showing Vyvyan's hamster, SPG, floating on a discarded soft drinks can on the flood waters, as if to prove he had survived Vyvyan's angry outburst which led to him throwing him outside and therefore not ruling out his return in a future series. Cabaret is a form of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue - a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting around the tables (often dining or drinking) watching the performance. ... Genera Cricetus Mesocricetus Cricetulus Phodopus This article is about the animal. ... The Special Patrol Group (SPG) was a controversial unit of the London Metropolitan Police. ...

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