The Young Ones, the main four characters were student flatmates Mike (Christopher Ryan); Vyvyan (Adrian Edmondson); Rick (Rik Mayall) and Neil (Nigel Planer). Alexei Sayle appeared as Alexei Balowski, a protest singer and nephew of the students' landlord Jerzei. Home video edits Early VHS and DVD releases feature edits to the original version of this episode. The opening scene featured Cliff Richard's "Travellin' Light" as the main cast approaches their new home. When the song could not be cleared for commercial releases, the song was removed entirely. Due to the recording of the original dialogue no longer existing, the cast members returned to re-record their dialogue for early VHS and DVD releases. A similar edit occurs during the basement scene in which Vyvyan criticises Rick for not working hard enough, before head butting the ground to speed up the digging, leading to Neil accidentally putting the pick axe through Vyvyan's head. The scene began with an obscure Roy C song from 1973 called "I'm Bustin' My Rocks (Working on the Chain Gang)" playing on Rick's radio. Once again, the inability to clear the song for commercial releases led to the section of the scene where it can be heard to be trimmed to only show the pickaxe event and aftermath. Both scenes were restored to their original unedited versions on The Young Ones: Complete Series One & Two DVD set released in October 2007, released in the US as The Young Ones: Extra Stoopid Edition in November 2007. References External links The Young Ones episodes 1982 British television episodes Cultural depictions of Buddy Holly Television shows written by Ben Elton