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Season 1

  • S01E01 Demolition

    • November 9, 1982
    • BBC Two

    Rick, Neil, Mike and Vyvyan learn that the council plans to rip down their home. Vyvyan tries to demolish it himself from the inside and Neil wants to commit suicide.

  • S01E02 Oil

    • November 16, 1982
    • BBC Two

    Mike, Neil, Vyvyan and Rick move into their new home. Vyvyan thinks he has found oil in the basement and Mike quickly takes control of the situation by ordering the others to do the digging.

  • S01E03 Boring

    • November 23, 1982
    • BBC Two

    Oblivious to terrorists, dancing vegetables, and card-playing mice, the boys complain of being bored.

  • S01E04 Bomb

    • November 30, 1982
    • BBC Two

    The students wonder what to do when an unexploded bomb lands in their house. Mike sees an opportunity to make money, Rick wants to use it as a blackmail tool and Vyvyan tries to detonate it, but Neil's just worried about surviving the inevitable blast.

  • S01E05 Interesting

    • December 7, 1982
    • BBC Two

    The boys decide to throw a party, but before long it descends into chaos. A preachy Christian turns up, Rick gets annoyed when their guests arrive early, Cinderella appears, and Vyvyan tries to impress some girls.

  • S01E06 Flood

    • December 14, 1982
    • BBC Two

    A spell of bad weather means the friends must find ways to amuse themselves inside the house. As they play hide-and-seek, Jerzy Balowski is transformed into an axe-wielding maniac.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Bambi

    • May 8, 1984
    • BBC Two

    The reprobates from Scumbag College test their mental dexterity against Footlights College on a TV quiz show - but not before Vivian loses his head.

  • S02E02 Cash

    • May 15, 1984
    • BBC Two

    The gang are desperately short of cash, forcing Neil to get a job. The army turn him down but he gets on surprisingly well being a police officer instead. Meanwhile, Vyvyan announces he's pregnant.

  • S02E03 Nasty

    • May 29, 1984
    • BBC Two

    It's an ordinary evening: Neil's having a bath, Rick's reading Cosmopolitan, and Mike and Vyvyan are trying to watch video nasties. But before the night is over, the gang will have to bury a vampire.

  • S02E04 Time

    • June 5, 1984
    • BBC Two

    Neil gets kidnapped by a medieval knight, while Rick believes he's finally managed to seduce a woman.

  • S02E05 Sick

    • June 12, 1984
    • BBC Two

    A bout of illness puts a strain on Vivian's usual easygoing approach to communal living. The somewhat delicate matter of Rick's lost virginity raises further consternation.

  • S02E06 Summer Holiday

    • June 19, 1984
    • BBC Two

    The housemates are trying to find ways to amuse themselves during the summer holidays, but then Mr Balowski turns up and evicts them. Now it's a matter of survival, so they decide to rob a bank.