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==The fifth housemate== In the first six episodes of the series, a person whose face is covered by hair appears in the background of some scenes, such as to the left when Neil gets hit by Vyvyan with a kettle in "[[Bomb (The Young Ones)|Bomb]]". In the episode Demolition, the person appears slumped against the back wall when Rick is watching TV. These rumours of a mysterious fifth housemate have been the subject of fan speculation on the internet. In 2016 journalist Peter Farquhar sent members of the cast and crew email enquiries about this unnamed character. Writer Ben Elton replied, saying "I have no idea what you are talking about I'm afraid..." By contrast, one of the directors of the series, Geoff Posner, said that he and Paul Jackson "thought it would be fun to have some ghostly figure in the background of some scenes that was never explained or talked about..."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/there-was-a-fifth-housemate-lurking-in-the-young-ones-and-hardly-anyone-knew-about-it-2016-6|title=There was a creepy fifth housemate lurking in cult TV show The Young Ones β and hardly anyone noticed|first=Peter|last=Farquhar|website=[[Business Insider]] |date=18 June 2016}}</ref> During an event at the Bristol Slapstick Festival 2018, Adrian Edmondson was asked about the fifth housemate during an audience question session, and named the person playing the 'fifth housemate' as his university friend Mark Dewison. Mark also played a speaking role as Neil's friend (also called 'Neil') during series one episode "Interesting". He emerges from Vyvyan's full vacuum cleaner bag and ends up being shoved into the fridge by Rick. However, Dewison and the fifth housemate appear together in the same shot towards the end of the episode. In a documentary, ''How the Young Ones Changed Comedy'', that aired in 2018 on [[Gold (UK TV channel)|Gold]], series co-writer Lise Mayer said she believed the housemate had arrived to a party at the student house at some point in the past, and had never left.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://gold.uktv.co.uk/shows/how-young-ones-changed-comedy/ | title=How The Young Ones Changed Comedy | publisher=Gold.UKTV, producer Sean Doherty | date=28 May 2018}}</ref>
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