University Challenge: The Story So Far (TV Movie 2006)
Clips are shown"Behind the Music" Motorhead - Remastered (TV Episode 2013)
clip of Motorhead singing shown
Carry on Cowboy (1965)
The "The End" screen of the film is shown as a subliminal image in the scene where the characters have returned home after visiting the laundrette.
"Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids" Scabi (TV Episode 2007)
For one scene, Scabi's parents are seen on University Challenge. The Young Ones are seen sat next to them in reference to this episode of the show where they went on University Challenge (this is an in-joke as Nigel Planer, the Grizzly Tales narrator was one of the main cast of The Young Ones)."House" Post Mortem (TV Episode 2012)
One song that plays as Wilson passes the funeral procession is Motörhead's "Ace of Spades." This is the same song that Motörhead played on the 1980s episode which featured a young Hugh Laurie playing Lord Monty."Late Night with Seth Meyers" Hugh Laurie/Rachel Bloom/LP/Valerie Franco (TV Episode 2020)
Seth refers to Hugh Laurie's appearance on The Young Ones (1982)"Diminishing Returns" Christmas Special: The Star Wars Holiday Special (Podcast Episode 2021)
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Bambi (1942)
University Challenge quizmaster Bamber Gascoigne (Griff Rhys-Jones) is called "Bambi" and they talk about him as if he really was the deer from the film.Not the Nine O'Clock News (TV Series 1979–1982)
With the episode featuring two of the cast from the sketch show (Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones) there are references to the series, most explicitly a character called "Doctor Not The 9 O'Clock News". However, Neil's question about who invented crop rotation ("John Lloyd") is also a nod to the producer of the show, as referenced by Alexei Sayle in the BluRay commentary track.The Elephant Man (1980)
Claiming that his pig is actually a ferret, Vyvyan says "Just as John Hurt is known as The Elephant Man, Bacon Sandwich here is known as the Pig Ferret."The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV Series 1981)
Mike says that he is the greatest Hitch-hiker in the Galaxy.
University Challenge (TV Series 1962)
The final part of the episode takes place on a spoof recreation of the show, with quizmaster Bamber Gascoigne played by Griff Rhys-Jones. The game is rigged in favour of the upper class students from "Footlights College, Oxbridge" and the split screen camera effect is parodied by having the Young Ones' team literally sitting above the Footlights team and dropping things onto them.A Hard Day's Night (1964)
The lads messing around in the train station is reminiscent of the opening scene of the film.
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