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Thomas playing so badly, what a great gag.

Anderson despised Richard Attenborough's simple, warm-hearted, liberal movies. He particularly loathed the 'nursery history' of 'Gandhi', whose international success, together with Puttnam's 'Chariots of Fire', had sparked the umpteenth 'revival' of the UK industry. (Attenborough was another contributor to this short TV series.) While big budgets were being expended on 'Revolution' and 'Honky Tonk Freeway', all Anderson could manage to produce was the New England chamber piece, 'The Whales of August'. His spasmodically funny but ponderous and bilious satire, 'Britannia Hospital', had lain an egg in 1982, seeming out of sorts with the spirit of Thatcher's Britain basking in the Falklands War. Anderson had become a curmudgeonly naysayer, jeering from the sidelines. He would never make another feature film on his home turf.

I tried, but the only impact was that it made my anal sphincter twitch. Perhaps I’m missing the point and that is the desired emotional response.

Oldham Tinkers; great, wot!

'I was glued to my seat during the very long sequence in which absolutely sod all happens' - Gavin Gumph, Daily Mail.

When he plays with no comedy, it is astonishing. Love this guy!

Brilliant!

cool as cfuk

Holly smoke!😊

Legend

Very strong performance. May God have mercy on us all

"I don't know how to love except at the beginning and at the end when it is too late." Ooooh I wonder if that is a dig at his friend Alan Bates

The redhead is Vera Duckworth from the Street. Marjorie Yates (Audrey) always reminded me of Glenda Jackson. What a great episode from this groundbreaking series.

Love his humour, love his music!

Genius

True thespian

the planet of the apes!

Upstaged by cleaner, I like it

Exzellenter😊😂!!

What a treat, and one of Victor Borge's shows i have never before seen. Thank you so much for posting.

10:09 Could I imagine on a zither

Many of us remember these times ,i remember sitting at our dinner table with my family arguing about some random thing but it was being together i miss , a lot of us of a certain age have lost people ,and its the loneliness that's the killer ,a well known lyric from a record by SEAL / i don't recognize the world today 2024 ,its completely not what i ever thought it could become ,the negatives outnumber the positives for me regarding AI TEC and the damage its done to humans and planet x

OMG he shaved his face using water from a public toilet bowl! Did they just have amazing cleaning standards there or what??

Mr. Irons and Irish women. He must have known what he was talking about. Excellent actor. Hacking those magnificent trees was a terrible thing to do.

Much better quality than previous RUclips uploads, thank you!

He called it, 74 was the good ol days (except for cars but nah nah nah)

Im so lucky to have seen this amazing piano virtuoso and comedian.

Excellent Mr. Borge❤

Bodkin Adams was an austere Ulster Protestant with no dependents. He drove a Rolls but said this was bc he needed a totally reliable car for house calls on winter nights. He was a reckless over-prescriber, but that may have reflected compassion or carelessness; nothing in his background or behaviour suggested greed or psychosis- rather bumbling vagueness. Bodkin Adams had a tremendously affable bedside manner, and could tickle up promises of legacies without giving offence. By the time of his arrest he may have been the richest general practitioner in England. He was well liked by all classes in Eastbourne, and even while he was struck off some patients continued to consult him. He was so garrulous that defence counsel would not let him justify his actions at his trial for fear that he would talk himself into a death sentence. They told him he need say only two words: 'Not guilty.' But when asked how he pled, he turned to the judge and said 'I am not guilty, my lord.'

Si geniusly funny when he jokes, then deeply artistic when he plays seriously. A total genius and artist, same time.

Quelqu'un sait il ,si c'est lui qui a interprété le clair de lune de Beethoven ,de façon humoristique ??? Merci 😚

One of the greatest pianist of all times! And such a funny guy, i love him dearly, anytime of a day😊

Thanks for uploading this 👍

Remember this from being poorly at home from school. So happy to see it again - hard to believe it was over 50 years ago!

Victor....,you made me laugh yes...., but you made me crying too. When you played piano seriously I could feel your sadness. You have been a special man.

Great upload! Thanks!

Thank you for uploading this, I have been wanting to see it again for nearly 40 years. I was a member of the film crew and have very happy memories of the whole job. A lot of it was shot at the old ATV studios in Borehamwood, being the first project after the BBC bought the place, and about a year before Eastenders moved in. All the office interiors, foyer etc are in Neptune House,the studio office block that subsequently became Holby City Hospital some 15 years later. Even from a VHS(?) copy it still looks and sounds good, a credit to my very talented former colleagues of BBC film department at Ealing studios,so many of whom have now sadly passed on. Oh and in addition to a great supporting cast we got to work with Jenny Agutter ❤

He was fantastic, even as a kid- fabulous pianist anytime- knew so much!!❤️

I watched him when i was kid and got better with my piano- i still him and now im 77 yrs olf

Update! Finished the book a couple of days ago and now watched the TV version. Adapted by Mr Waterhouse from his novel but I would say more 'loosely based' on it really as there are quite lot of plot changes. But in 80 minutes a lot of the book has to cut out! Both the book and the TV programme are great. Again thank you so much for posting. Also thinking of links etc. Geoffrey Bayldon who played a pivotal role here also played the Crowman in 1970s Worzel Gummige, another Waterhouse adaption a few years earlier.

Love these nostalgic glimpses of 🇬🇧 thank you

My mum was diagnosed with vascular dementia aged 92. She’s still alive today, aged 99 and she still asks, ‘is there a Play for Today’ on tonight.

ANOTHER BAD SITCOM...ABOUT THE WORKING CLASSES.... .....ONLY THING IS......THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS.....FOR OVER 20 YEARS...........THE MOST OVERHYPED TV SERIES OF MODERN TIMES.....COMEDY FOR PLEBS....simple as that...!!!!

Mr Borge's variation has to be the most touching version I have ever heard. the connections in between the phrazings is insightful

Eleanor was fit! 😘😘👌👌

Thank You! A few weeks ago I noticed that Mr Waterhouse co wrote the screen plays for the late 70s Worzel Gummige TV programmes - who would have thought it! Jon Pertwee as Worzel, the best, but only by a very tiny margin, Mackenzie Crook is also brilliant. It got me thinking about how much I had enjoyed his novels and then I found a second hand copy of Office Life. I am now half way through it, it is still as relevant in many ways today but I suspect most under 65s would not quite 'get it'. Then, out of the blue, I vaguely recalled seeing a TV version of the novel (40 years ago!). I typed 'Office Life Keith Waterhouse' into RUclips search not expecting anything, so I can't tell you how excited I was when this came up. But, I shall be patient and finish the book first. Thanks again.

Man...and he goes on and plays the most beautiful variation.

Škoda, že tu nejsou titulky jako jinde. 😞 Mistra Borgeho miluji a tady mu nerozumím.

🇧🇬💐💞O, WONDERFUL MAESTRO, YOU ARE UNFORGETTABLE!!!🐘🍀🌸🐞 BRAWISSISSISSIMO, WONDERFUL MAESTRO BORGE!!!🦄 🪷🦋BRAWISSISSISSIMO, MAESTRO!!!🐝🏡🌞🌈🎼🎶🎵

After seeing a classic clip and hearing about him from my folks. I've been watching him happily for few hours now, such different and somewhat rare humour compared to these days. Bravo 👏 🫡