These pictures show 'Neil' returning to the house from the Young Ones - for the first time in almost 40 years.<br /><br />Nigel Planer, now 70, starred as Peace Studies student Neil Pye in the hit comedy, which centered on the fictional lives of four undergraduates.<br /><br />The show was set in north London but a house at the top of Codrington Road in Bishopston, Bristol was used for exterior shots of the foursome's home.<br /><br />Nigel hadn't been back to the property since filming ended in the 1980s before fan of the show Ben Hill, 45, made contact.<br /><br />The pair returned last month and talked about their memories of the programme.<br /><br />Nigel said: “It’s interesting to look back on it now and see it was possible for everyone to be fun and have a laugh. <br /><br />“It was years ago but of course a lot comes flooding back when you go back to this house where you spent a lot of formative time.<br /><br />"[The Young Ones] wouldn’t be made today - no question.<br /><br />"The younger generation are very different now, there’s a lot more responsibility on their shoulders. <br /><br />“You wouldn’t be making something now that’s four guys shouting at each other. <br /><br />“I don’t think it was a golden age. There was a load of crap made then, you just don’t remember the rubbish ones."<br /><br />The show, written by Ben Elton, Rik Mayall and Lise Mayer, focused on the lives of four students, who were studying at the fictional Scumbag College.<br /><br />Voted as number 31 in the BBC's Best Sitcom poll in 2004, it is widely held as an icon of British culture in the 1980s.<br /><br />Nigel says he believes The Young Ones existed at ‘the right time’. <br /><br />He said: “Whenever I’m asked I try to defend modern comedy – there’s lots of good comedy at the moment.<br /><br />“I think it’s thriving, every now and then there’s something extraordinary and it turns another corner and I guess The Young Ones was there at the right time. <br /><br />“There was window of opportunity for working class people, being a student was free when The Young Ones was made, it was the last generation of people who didn’t need to pay loans and fees.” <br /><br />Alongside the main cast, of Nigel, Mayall, Adrian Edmondson and Christopher Ryan, the programme also featured a variety of guest appearances from comedians, actors, and singers.<br /><br />Planer claims not to remember much from the actual filming of the show but could recall the catering trucks and bands including Madness, The Damned and Dexys Midnight Runners.<br /><br />And he says one guest appearance sticks out in his mind - the rockstar Lemmy.<br /><br />Planer said: “Lemmy was unbelievably professional - on each occasion [I worked with him] he was definitely Lemmy, but he knew what he was doing. <br /><br />“He wasn’t professionally wild, - he was completely professional every time.” <br /><br />Nigel is currently working on projects including comedy science fiction books and poetry gigs. <br /><br />He’s also produced a Christmas release as the character Den Dennis from band Bad News – a fictional four-piece which was originally created for Channel 4 show The Comic Strip Presents.... <br /><br />The song, Axogram, will be released on December 15 and was originally written for a Bad News album released in 1987.<br /><br />But he claims producer Brian May - of Queen - told him at the time it wasn’t the right fit. <br /><br />Nigel also released a collection of poems in August this year - Making Other Plans - and released the first book of a time-travel fantasy trilogy, Jeremiah Bourne In Time.
