Stephen Merchant's Endearing Story Of Growing Up In Bristol | The Graham Norton Show

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  • Опубликовано: 21 дек 2024

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  • @ianbedwell6031
    @ianbedwell6031 3 года назад +646

    As someone who went to Bristol for uni and ended up staying for the city, it’s great seeing Stephen create a show that showcases what makes this place so unique unlike anywhere else in England

    • @morrischma9565
      @morrischma9565 3 года назад +17

      At uni and away from home for the first time in Bristol and I love it here.

    • @jenniferwightwick5158
      @jenniferwightwick5158 3 года назад +12

      Fellow Bristol uni graduate here! The one and only Brizzle, I left ten years ago but it's still my second home.

    • @UHDGamers-re2xj
      @UHDGamers-re2xj 3 года назад +15

      @@jenniferwightwick5158 I love Bristol, but prefer my home city of Bath 🙂
      Bristol has beautiful architecture, with a mix of modern and Georgian and Victorian.

    • @stephen300o6
      @stephen300o6 3 года назад +15

      There are many unique shitholes all over England.

    • @matthewrandell5055
      @matthewrandell5055 3 года назад +1

      Hey I did that too!

  • @TheBrandimiles
    @TheBrandimiles 3 года назад +334

    I love Stephen Merchant! He's such a brilliant human.

    • @survivalman6114
      @survivalman6114 3 года назад +7

      give a listen to his xfm days(you can find then on youtube), he was brilliant

    • @TheBrandimiles
      @TheBrandimiles 3 года назад +1

      @@survivalman6114 I will, thanks!

    • @accomify
      @accomify 2 года назад +1

      He’s a convicted serial killer.

    • @TheBrandimiles
      @TheBrandimiles 2 года назад

      @@accomify what?

    • @RECHARGED77
      @RECHARGED77 2 года назад +12

      and a brilliant core aswell

  • @estebancomulet
    @estebancomulet 3 года назад +125

    Despite an unpromising first 20 mins, his show the Outlaws REALLY picks up and I've thoroughly enjoyed the first 4 eps. A sort of crime thriller...moments of genuine suspense and warmth. Would recommend!

    • @saluterm
      @saluterm 2 года назад +2

      What was wrong with the first 20 I thought the whole thing was fab

    • @estebancomulet
      @estebancomulet 2 года назад +2

      @@saluterm Just a matter of opinion...I;m saying I thought it was great....I just felt, based not he first 20 mins, it didn't havre much potential - there weren't;t many hooks, it was a little hackneyed...but it soon picked uo and built really well...enjoyed it thoroughly!!

  • @OfficialHiTekHobo
    @OfficialHiTekHobo 3 года назад +197

    “Oh no Gromit! We’ve forgotten the crack!” *shakes hands vigorously*

    • @thoriated
      @thoriated 3 года назад +6

      Crack on toast, Gromit!

    • @richardfrankel6102
      @richardfrankel6102 3 года назад +4

      @@thoriated ...with a bit of Wensleydale!

  • @mangomosaics
    @mangomosaics 3 года назад +74

    The Outlaws is brilliant! Ya gotta watch it if you haven't yet. Really great writing! Endearing characters and funny!

  • @stereoroid
    @stereoroid 3 года назад +79

    “Cracking toast, Gromit!” just acquired a whole new subtext.

    • @joannw9095
      @joannw9095 3 года назад +5

      I think he said, "crack, Wallace and Gromit".

    • @sweetmissypetuniawilson9206
      @sweetmissypetuniawilson9206 3 года назад

      @@joannw9095 you're correct, they did say 3 things.

    • @parryyotter
      @parryyotter 3 года назад

      @@joannw9095 you didn’t understand what he said

  • @makinoahcelloduo9008
    @makinoahcelloduo9008 3 года назад +67

    Many years ago I taught high school classes to young offenders at a drug rehab. Many of the students were like Dave. One guy broke into a lakeside cottage in the middle of the night and decided to cook himself bacon and eggs. He sat in front of the tv and ate on the couch, but started to watch something on tv. Eventually he was found, asleep on the couch.

  • @Gatorman-db3ie
    @Gatorman-db3ie 3 года назад +69

    Merchant is great. Miss "Hello Ladies". What a entertaining series.

    • @SuperMisterKory
      @SuperMisterKory 3 года назад

      Was it a series? I thought it was just a stand up?

    • @cailyngp333
      @cailyngp333 3 года назад +4

      @@SuperMisterKory yeah it is one season based on his stand up

  • @matteoj226
    @matteoj226 3 года назад +77

    I'm 2 episodes in and I can't decide if I'm watching line of duty, this is England or extras.
    Absolutely outstanding. Best role Stephen Merchant has ever done as well.

  • @XenilaVanilla
    @XenilaVanilla 3 года назад +57

    As a fellow Bristolian, I’m so bloody excited! 😁😁 they filmed loads of it opposite the house I grew up in (Sunny Hill)!

    • @sararadley5702
      @sararadley5702 3 года назад +1

      Did u see the lorry fall in the docks?? When they were filming second series?

    • @XenilaVanilla
      @XenilaVanilla 3 года назад +1

      @@sararadley5702 I did! The Harbourside went into chaos when it happened 😂 no news outlets knew what was going on!

  • @breadiemercury7676
    @breadiemercury7676 3 года назад +14

    The Outlaws one of the best things to come out of the BBC for a very long time

  • @mrrainbow9694
    @mrrainbow9694 2 года назад +53

    Weird hearing him NOT playing a small robot called Wheatley from Portal 2 haha

    • @User_from_anywhere
      @User_from_anywhere Год назад

      Since I played portal 2, I always think of wheatley when I hear him

    • @LordOfElderon
      @LordOfElderon 5 месяцев назад

      money for old rope

  • @ClaraBowInThisLight
    @ClaraBowInThisLight 3 года назад +34

    The lady in the middle is the best talk show guest ever. She’s laughing before he even hits the punchlines 😂

  • @jojobrown2504
    @jojobrown2504 3 года назад +78

    Bristol is a great city.

  • @A-small-amount-of-peas
    @A-small-amount-of-peas 3 года назад +57

    I'm Welsh but the west country is like my second home. So glad Bristol is getting some attention in TV land and it's coming from their most famous son.
    Sorry Banksy but nobody knows what you look like

    • @joedent3323
      @joedent3323 Год назад

      He's a speccy-tw@t named "Robin". The "Banksy" originally came from his first name + "banks", as in the hilariously un-funny "Robin' Banks".

    • @WizzardJC
      @WizzardJC Год назад +1

      I know not all of us can be kind to the Welsh in the west county, but just wanted you to know I like your history, people, and pronounce almost all your words correctly haha

    • @jennifermorgan8348
      @jennifermorgan8348 4 месяца назад

      I’m sorry but Cary Grant is Bristol’s most famous son

  • @LolaClo
    @LolaClo 2 года назад +12

    Such a fan of Stephen! I’m bingeing The Outlaws and it’s great!

  • @amazingsupergirl7125
    @amazingsupergirl7125 3 года назад +133

    He looks better than ever. Well rested and put together.

    • @hunnyboi67
      @hunnyboi67 3 года назад +8

      As good a young Alex Zane though?

    • @unreleasedmorrissey
      @unreleasedmorrissey 3 года назад +27

      eyes bulging with imagined riches

    • @thragblan
      @thragblan 3 года назад +21

      Must have found 50p

    • @namelessgames1608
      @namelessgames1608 3 года назад +12

      There was literally a 100% chance of an XFM reference here yet I still had to see them

    • @georgeohunt2263
      @georgeohunt2263 3 года назад +3

      @@namelessgames1608 I absolutely love it hahaha

  • @frankie3591
    @frankie3591 3 года назад +21

    All the guests reveal their shortcomings, and goofs to GN. I think it's very refreshing to know that superstars are humans just like the rest of us. That's what makes GN the top host to me.

  • @FBFJDKOEUEURJFJDJ
    @FBFJDKOEUEURJFJDJ 3 года назад +21

    Eyes that pop out their head... Steve

    • @dontcare5998
      @dontcare5998 3 года назад +1

      I’m not having a go

    • @Toby_Bartlett
      @Toby_Bartlett 3 года назад +2

      Ooh he’s done you again!

    • @ThePsycoDolphin
      @ThePsycoDolphin 3 года назад +1

      Eyes bulging with imagined riches

    • @ThePsycoDolphin
      @ThePsycoDolphin 3 года назад +2

      There's this thing Steve...in mib2...now...I'm not having a go here Steve...but...it could be your brother

  • @Solskin60Tina
    @Solskin60Tina 3 года назад +22

    I went there for college 20 years ago and it is going to be nice seeing recordings from the town now 🥰

  • @jrund1355
    @jrund1355 2 года назад +8

    Wheatley returned from space and started life as a comedian

  • @richardgamez
    @richardgamez 2 года назад +10

    Note: This guy also voiced Wheatley from Portal 2

  • @cymikgaming1266
    @cymikgaming1266 Год назад +3

    i refuse to unsee wheatly

  • @sheepy2716
    @sheepy2716 3 года назад +35

    Eyes popping out their head…… Steve

  • @MrsWilliamTheBloody
    @MrsWilliamTheBloody 2 года назад +2

    SUCH a brilliant show. So underrated.

  • @annatomasik6927
    @annatomasik6927 3 года назад +22

    In Bristol Tennessee where I’m from we only had methheads and bikers. I think I might fly to England now! Stephen as always is lovely 😊

    • @JoshuaDillonn
      @JoshuaDillonn 3 года назад

      Why would you ‘fly to England now’?

    • @annatomasik6927
      @annatomasik6927 2 года назад

      @@JoshuaDillonn 2 Bristol’s doll. One in England where he lives, and one in Tennessee where I live. Mine is a shitshow.

    • @JoshuaDillonn
      @JoshuaDillonn 2 года назад

      @@annatomasik6927 thanks for clearing that up doll. You're surname is Czech though aint it. Im an English-Slovak

    • @annatomasik6927
      @annatomasik6927 2 года назад

      Yes it is Czech. I’m thrilled someone actually sees the difference. My great grandparents immigrated to San Francisco to escape Franz Josef in 1890

  • @accomify
    @accomify 2 года назад +44

    Loved Stephen Merchant and was so shocked to learn he was a serial killer. Such a talented actor, so awful how people lead double lives like that.

    • @Raccthusiast
      @Raccthusiast 2 года назад +1

      He wasn't just a serial killer then

    • @trentr9762
      @trentr9762 2 года назад +1

      thats just not true, he hasnt killed anyone

    • @WOODENCHAIR64
      @WOODENCHAIR64 2 года назад +2

      Uhh no. I don't think the portal Fandom would be this quiet about it if their favorite character's voice actor was a serial killer. If you don't know what character I'm talking about it's Wheately.

    • @darthmalice7464
      @darthmalice7464 Год назад +2

      Guys.. I think this person is joking. 😅

  • @awesomesauce260
    @awesomesauce260 3 года назад +9

    This was filmed at the end of my road, used to drive past the camera crew everyday for work

  • @emmak.1313
    @emmak.1313 3 года назад +31

    Yop, my first destination of travel in England was Bristol. The place is cooool. To me London was just a place with most connective flights. 😄

  • @marleyjxm
    @marleyjxm 2 года назад +2

    whenever I hear him all I hear is wheatley :)

  • @maxinehayes7721
    @maxinehayes7721 3 года назад +10

    Born in Bristol, grew up in the areal. Funny that he said that one doesn't associate Bristol with crime…? I've spoken to a lot of people from Bath who won't got to Bristol even though it's only 12 miles away…"it's far too dangerous!" Lol!

    • @jr5993
      @jr5993 2 года назад +1

      Yeah but Bath is probably the poshest city in the UK. I've lived in Bath, Bristol and Edinburgh. None of them are dangerous. All great cities.

  • @lightworker_7170
    @lightworker_7170 3 года назад +18

    He's permanently stuck in his magnificent portrayal of Caliban. What an actor.

  • @diversidadecientifica5450
    @diversidadecientifica5450 3 года назад +5

    I will always remember him as Wheatley in portal 2

  • @mariajefferies8555
    @mariajefferies8555 3 года назад +4

    ❤️As a fellow Bristolian Love this guy
    Ha ha ha Cocaine capital of Europe
    My Dad was a Magistrate and he said Bristol was def an ‘ Underworld ‘ vibe 🤪
    I live in Perth Western Australian now But love my home town still 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💕

  • @YB90Gaming
    @YB90Gaming 3 года назад +22

    The Oggmonster

  • @saikatbanerjee9612
    @saikatbanerjee9612 3 года назад +29

    Stephen Merchant, eyes bulging with imagined riches 😅

  • @trick351
    @trick351 3 года назад +5

    Such a lovely man ❣️

  • @survivalman6114
    @survivalman6114 3 года назад +11

    ah... the xfm quotes in the comment section, my favourite part ❤️
    our community

  • @ElvisLivesUpstairs
    @ElvisLivesUpstairs 3 года назад +6

    "They wanted to meet back at me"

  • @Florescentia02
    @Florescentia02 2 года назад +10

    hearing wheatley talk about crack cocaine is funny to me

  • @scipioafricanus5871
    @scipioafricanus5871 3 года назад +34

    Surely Bristol is now known for Crack, Wallace & Gromit, and a toppled Edward Colston statue.

    • @DomWeasel
      @DomWeasel 3 года назад +9

      Ah, yes. The city that made all of the UK say 'Who's Edward Colston?'

    • @MrJakeasaur98
      @MrJakeasaur98 3 года назад +5

      @@DomWeasel Unless you grew up in Bristol, in which case you still had no clue who he was but you knew the name because it was used in schools for House names or something.

  • @pev_
    @pev_ 3 года назад +27

    I REALLY think it would be prudent for these clips to have the guests listed in the description!! It is so annoying to see a flash of some intriguing looking guest and then having to google for this specific episode in order to find who s/he is!!!

    • @evanlinsey
      @evanlinsey 3 года назад

      literally just had to do that just to remember what jessie buckley was in lol

    • @senorprofe6212
      @senorprofe6212 3 года назад +1

      you poor little poppet

    • @evanlinsey
      @evanlinsey 3 года назад +3

      @@senorprofe6212 fair play lmao

  • @rmblake8465
    @rmblake8465 2 года назад

    I love The Outlaws and I need a proper wrap-up. Season 3 please and thanks

  • @TheRealMirCat
    @TheRealMirCat 3 года назад +16

    MY CABBAGES!!!

    • @baron6797
      @baron6797 3 года назад +2

      I understood that reference and his descendants should come back!

  • @bournemaking1768
    @bournemaking1768 3 года назад +5

    Cheering on the behalf of Bristol WOOOOOOOOO!!!

  • @nadiablack4797
    @nadiablack4797 2 года назад +1

    Steven is so cute I adore him

  • @moeskeetz5473
    @moeskeetz5473 3 года назад +28

    Christopher Walken on a Brit show? This is a must see! 😎

    • @christians.8739
      @christians.8739 3 года назад +6

      He starred in a Brtish movie back in 2014..Turks and Caicos and you can throw in Fatboy Slim:Weapon of choice way back in 2001

  • @martinshepherd8041
    @martinshepherd8041 3 года назад +7

    Born & Bred Bristolian, and proud of it..... Its not as bad as its being portrayed. Steve hails from the same suburb as myself in quite a nice & tidy middle class area.
    The drug issues are mainly in the rundown areas ' I'm sure even your own towns or cities have there problematic issues.

  • @jonathaneffemey4892
    @jonathaneffemey4892 2 года назад

    Thanks for posting.

  • @claudetteedwards4115
    @claudetteedwards4115 Год назад +1

    What An Awesome Show. Loved it!!

  • @LifeOfRy
    @LifeOfRy 3 года назад +36

    Smerch working with Christopher Walken… eyes bulging with imagined riches

  • @GUITARTIME2024
    @GUITARTIME2024 3 года назад +3

    He's done ya again !

  • @blablableh724
    @blablableh724 3 года назад +32

    Bristol is cool AF.

  • @romulusthemainecoon3047
    @romulusthemainecoon3047 3 года назад +2

    To be honest I think Amy Farrah Fowler would have been really happy with David/Stephen Merchant's character. I was rooting for him, he seemed like such a mensch!

  • @requiem165
    @requiem165 Год назад +2

    WHEATLEY!

  • @hassanrahman4947
    @hassanrahman4947 3 года назад +1

    The outlaws is such a good show watched it in 2 days

  • @owenchan8431
    @owenchan8431 2 года назад +1

    it's very wholesome in season 2, binge it!

  • @ameliamaddox4254
    @ameliamaddox4254 2 года назад

    I love the outlaw's looking forward to series 2 heard it in the making very tempted to buy dvd may have to

  • @subbtopp
    @subbtopp 2 года назад +1

    Outlaws in brilliant, funny, scary and filled with humanity

  • @patrickhicks9880
    @patrickhicks9880 3 года назад +1

    i love bristol

  • @nathanchong7731
    @nathanchong7731 Год назад

    He explained things and storyline well

  • @Instasamps
    @Instasamps 2 года назад

    One of our own 🔴

  • @ddnn8210
    @ddnn8210 2 года назад

    Wallace & Gromit 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 omg I love them, Gromit is a legend, what a pup🥰🥰❤❤🐕❤❤🥰🥰

  • @lashropa
    @lashropa 3 года назад

    Superb. I'm already there.

  • @paulaleslie-annbrown76
    @paulaleslie-annbrown76 3 года назад +2

    Oh gosh Stephen is so frigging funny.

  • @infinite3joy
    @infinite3joy 3 года назад +27

    This is the first time I’ve noticed it but Stephen’s accent sounds a tiny bit Irish! Well done on the new show Stephen.

    • @michaeldukes4108
      @michaeldukes4108 3 года назад +20

      West Country accent for ya.

    • @MrJakeasaur98
      @MrJakeasaur98 3 года назад +5

      That's just the Bristolian accent.

    • @infinite3joy
      @infinite3joy 3 года назад +1

      @@MrJakeasaur98 Interesting!

    • @gdsongwriter
      @gdsongwriter 2 года назад +3

      As a Bristolian I can assure you that Stephen's accent is pretty widespread throughout the city. Although Bristol's about the seventh largest English city it doesn't have a great many famous sons, so the accent isn't as widely recognisable as, say, scouse or geordie. I've read comments before from Americans saying Stephen's accent sounds Irish or Welsh. Well, neither really, but Bristol is a rhotic accent, like Irish, where the 'R' is pronounced strongly, especially at the end of words. The Welsh accent isn't rhotic but the inflection, especially in South Wales, isn't always that dissimilar from the Bristol accent.

    • @infinite3joy
      @infinite3joy 2 года назад

      @@gdsongwriter Thanks for that, very interesting. I’m a non native English speaker living in Ireland for over a decade and I was surprised to hear the similarities.

  • @DanSmith-cb5vj
    @DanSmith-cb5vj 2 года назад

    Anyone else notice the GN Show theme music reminds you of Johnny River's, "Summer Rain!"?

  • @clairelittlechild5661
    @clairelittlechild5661 3 года назад

    Awesome 😍😍😍😍

  • @FharishAhmedPortfolio
    @FharishAhmedPortfolio 3 года назад +4

    I grew up in SWANSEA!!!!!
    YEAAAHHHH!!!!!

  • @AnnaWoods
    @AnnaWoods 3 года назад +13

    So glad my Bristol is getting some overdue hype;)

  • @jaspervermeer659
    @jaspervermeer659 2 года назад +2

    I close my eyes and imagine wheatley saying this

  • @CoolHandLuke7
    @CoolHandLuke7 3 года назад +30

    social distancing on Graham Norton feels especially distracting.

    • @SAS-jj8yh
      @SAS-jj8yh 3 года назад +3

      Its utterly bizarre to see but sort of hilarious to imagine

    • @MobinKiadeh
      @MobinKiadeh 3 года назад +5

      Exactly because the audience doesn't have to, so it makes zero sense

    • @amjoshuaf
      @amjoshuaf 2 года назад

      @@MobinKiadeh it’s merely propaganda to perpetuate fear for something which is virtually harmless.

  • @Diogenesthedog0
    @Diogenesthedog0 2 года назад

    Eyes that pop out of their head ... Steve

  • @samstrickland7181
    @samstrickland7181 3 года назад +11

    Steve once had a pig in his car called Vera

  • @davididiart5934
    @davididiart5934 2 года назад +1

    Why is Eddie Redmayne there dressed like Capaldi's Doctor Who? XD

  • @lannaboy1984
    @lannaboy1984 2 года назад

    Dave was pulling a Richard Pryor lol getting called out by his neighbors

  • @pgpc6448
    @pgpc6448 2 года назад

    It is a brilliant series!

  • @diegom-a7970
    @diegom-a7970 3 года назад +2

    He sold me that show

  • @HoneyMike
    @HoneyMike 3 года назад +3

    That show sounds good, can I watch it in America?

  • @robinlabouche2230
    @robinlabouche2230 2 года назад

    The Outlaws is a brilliant show !!!!!

  • @mikeydoc11
    @mikeydoc11 3 года назад +8

    Wasn’t he in Men in Black 2?

  • @doubleujay4797
    @doubleujay4797 3 года назад +9

    Eyes full of imagined riches

  • @dsciple
    @dsciple Месяц назад

    I would love to meet Stephen merchant

  • @jefferoblack
    @jefferoblack 3 года назад +5

    This show great ! Love his character arc

  • @eveo368
    @eveo368 Год назад +2

    Yo it's Wheatley

  • @canadaclaret
    @canadaclaret Год назад

    The Outlaws is a great show.

  • @0xF81
    @0xF81 2 года назад +2

    Am I the only here because Stephen Merchant was Wheatley's voice in Portal 2 ?

  • @BP-or2iu
    @BP-or2iu 2 года назад

    Anyone know how to watch this in the US?

  • @marcusp905
    @marcusp905 3 года назад +9

    I know dave !! He is a hedge fund manager now

  • @conormurphy7126
    @conormurphy7126 3 года назад +6

    Famous for 3 things, DRUM AND BASS and SKATEBOARDING

    • @global1688888
      @global1688888 3 года назад

      Spex pitched up next to me with his campervan in Cornwall over the summer.. then surfed down the road at his secret little cove. Legend.

  • @nathanchong7731
    @nathanchong7731 2 года назад

    0:26 Can you beat up that cheer?

  • @rsoubiea
    @rsoubiea 2 года назад

    his storey reminded me of a show we had about a bunch of very different people enrolled in night school. Originally it was Chevy Chase in it, it was quite funny. Joel somebody was the teacher.

    • @oabuseer
      @oabuseer 2 года назад

      Community! Joel McHale played a teacher in the latter series :)

  • @centigrams
    @centigrams 3 года назад +3

    "WE ARE ALL GONNA BLOODY DIE!"

  • @echiechi3622
    @echiechi3622 3 года назад

    I'm interested to watch The Outlaws! Is it in Netflix?

  • @PeterShieldsukcatstripey
    @PeterShieldsukcatstripey Год назад

    Sounds good.

  • @nathanchong7731
    @nathanchong7731 2 года назад

    1:50 We will just call him Dave

  • @KevTheImpaler
    @KevTheImpaler 3 года назад

    Well. I've watched that 10x now.

  • @eliteshadow5622
    @eliteshadow5622 2 года назад

    He does look like someone from Bristol😂😂

  • @evershade.after.dark.
    @evershade.after.dark. 2 года назад

    This sounds wonderful. 🤔

  • @SarahSmith-nr2wj
    @SarahSmith-nr2wj 3 года назад +1

    Bristol lol