This lady was an absolute legend. Her comedic timing and facial expressions were unbeatable. She “owned” the part of Nelly Pledge, and her interaction with her Co-workers was legendary. She was/is sorely missed. RIP Hilda darling !
I remember when Eli asked her was his egg for breakfast fresh. She replied "the bloody hen doesn't know it's gone yet". 😁. I loved her. She was wonderful. With love & best wishes from Ireland. ❤️
Wow what an absolute inspiration to comedy 🎭 She was a wonderful ‘ wordsmith’ She should have awards galore ! No one like her now , her comedy timing & quick wit were absolutely brilliant … What a woman …
She was incredible…I still laugh at her catch phrases … especially.. “ I must get a little hand put n this watch”!! One of the funniest comedy lines EVER
I absolutely loved watching Hylda in her various sit-coms. Every time I see her, she brings a smile to my face. They say the best things come in small packages. Well, Hylda was a little gem. Sadly missed. r.i.p. Hylda.
The TRASH we have to put up with today!. I'm SAT SITTIN' here with my shoulders shaking with laughter @ the glorious memories and FILTHY double entendres .I was only around nine or ten when this was going out in early-mid seventies but I knew DAMN WELL what was being said and what was being MEANT.The audience howling out, my parents sniggering because they KNEW but thaught I didn't, and me sniggering at the back of the room coz I knew they thaught I didn't know!.
Absolutely brilliant actress and brilliant comedy. All the actors (and actresses) in this were one off and amazing. Pure comedy genius at its v best. Loved Hilda Baker and may she rest in peace. God bless 🙏🏼
Nellie was classic telly, and Baker was a gorgeous shambling wreck of a comic genius. I loved her gentle digs at Walter, and her assaults on the English language are priceless. Her life story is surely ripe for a biopic, and I think Dawn French would be perfect to play Hilda because in Dibley I see a lot of Baker-like mannerisms in Dawn. Thumbs up also to the long suffering Madge Hindle who, like Pat Coombs, is one of Britains great unsung comedic actresses.
All so true. You mention a couple more names from the past. Pat Coombes now she made me laugh before she spoke with her brilliant mannerisms. Happy days.
Jean Ferguson of the Last of the Summer Wine did a one woman stage show about Hylda. I heard the radio version, it was excellent. Apparently all the props and furniture were made large as JF is about 18 inches taller than Hylda was. I had a Hylda moment if my own when telling people that it was _Sheila_ Ferguson who did the show.
Good lord i use to think this lady was so funny when i was a child i never thought i would see this programme again ,,,such a delight, Thank you for sharing
Doubles entendres galore. No wonder the audience howl. Exaggerated, but you can almost recognize your own relatives among the working-class characters. And the actress who played Cousin Lily (centre in the first bit) was marvellous.
I love this program, I managed to hunt down the DVD set of the whole program, I was given a DVD of old programs for a birthday and saw programs I had never seen before and loved many of them , this, love thy neighbour, other things that Hilda Baker was in , she is so funny. Why can't we have any of these old programs shown again , there is nothing like it anymore that really are funny
so many comedian's have tried to copy her over the years since her death but there will only ever be one I must get another hand on this watch Hilda Baker RIP
Its a fact that many of Hilda Bakers more successful comedic affectations were copied directly from the work of a predecessor, fellow Lancastrian Jill Summers. Although very successful, Jill did most of her work on stage long before TV took off (although she later appeared in Coronation Street as Phyllis Pearce) so many TV viewers were never aware of the similarities. There is a clip of Jill reviving part of her stage act in Wood & Walters in 1982.
Reminds me of the era when aunties would sip tea from proper tea cups and whisper (heads together) "Of course, they had to get married..." I would play very quietly with my toys, intrigued by the secrecy and subject. One aunt would put on her 'telephone voice' when ordering tea at Robb's, our wonderful department store. That was in the 1950s. Hilda Baker kept it alive in the 1970s. Joyce Carey in Brief Encounter is part of that same tribe fearful of being regarded as "common". "I don't think you've had the pleasure of me." Wonderful.
wonderful, comic timing at it's best.never underrate the work that went into a half hour comedy production each week to this standard, and not a four letter word in the whole thing!!!!
They certainly broke the mould when they made Hylda, I just got the box set of nearest and dearest and 1st series 1st episode I was laughing me cap off !!! I used to watch this with m mam when I was a kid and I came across this the other day. When her friend says has he and rolls her eyes just look at Hyldas expressions and way she says what she says now that is pure comedic genius, loved her mix up of words which probably came from her or it could be the script. But so so funny the way she does them. Eli is good as well,he is funny they bounce off each other well.
@@ChrisR_68 She was in a play with Noel Coward. I don't know what happened between them, but I read that he said "I'd wring that woman's neck if she had one."
This show was full of great one liners. They don’t make em like this anymore. What a shame we need more great writers to produce show like this. My sides are still hurting.
As I grew up watching Hylda Baker, her actions and over reactions were fascinating to watch. It was the same for me with Lucille Ball. I may have been too young to have followed the complete storyline but I loved watching them both.
Hylda had very sad demise. She always dreaded having dementia like her father. Eventually she ended up in a care home, without any recollection of who she was, even when watching herself on tv. When she died it practically went unnoticed in the press with only a handful of mourners. She was cremated in London and her ashes were scattered in the same place as her family in the North. A brilliant actress...
That's likely because it was either never shown again or not very much since then, it's pretty old now and she died in '86. But it's also obvious how good she was in her 'prime'.
I seem to recall Hilda ended up in brinsworth house Twickenham,a home for actors who fall on hard times .Richard o Sullivan was there last I heard .Quite sad,really.
@@levimacdonald5188 was she on hard times. i read she had dementia. so sad. shouldnt have happened...the way the no talent comedians today get paid the high salaries ..its a crime
@@jessiejames7492 💯true hyldA baker lived near me plodder lane farnworth in Lancashire! Her chauffeur stole £2 thousand five-hundred pounds of her and when they got him only 45 pounds were left ! The git .. God bless her she had so much comedy timing in such a little lady.. Jean fergursson (marina) of lotsw impersonated hylda on the stage she's so much like her ! Theres a video on RUclips with Jean on the Paul o Grady show circa 2005! .. worth taking a look at Jessie james ... best wishes from Levi 😊☺
@@levimacdonald5188 oh thanks. poor hylda. but as long as we have youtube she will never be forgotten. i will check out that paul o grady show. thank you. i love paul o grady. so funny as anything
Thanks for the information. I was wracking my brains to remember her name. She was in everything I ever watched, but the name eluded me. IMDB credits her, but her Wikipedia entry is rubbish.
She is supreme! No one could touch her ! Her acting was incredible ❤
👍💯🙏🙏🙏
My God watching this I’d forgotten about Hilda Baker how could I.
She was a genius a true one off.
Me too, it’s fabulous.
Oh gosh, haven’t watched this lady in years, crying with laughter after all these years, she was brilliant and so funny.
Same here 😂😂😂😂😂
This lady was an absolute legend.
Her comedic timing and facial expressions were unbeatable.
She “owned” the part of Nelly Pledge, and her interaction with her Co-workers was legendary.
She was/is sorely missed.
RIP Hilda darling !
Oh if only these times had never changed. 😢
Pure brilliance. Lovely memories. 😊
I know. Great comedy. Britain in a bygone funnier era.
I'm very septic about it. 😅😅😅
@@HelenCampbell-zk1ve Never mind we have got Starmer, Reeves, Rayner, Lammy and Streeting now as the new Crazy Gang.
@@algiles881😂😂😂That's very true.
As a kid I loved Hilda Baker. Great northern humour.
I remember when Eli asked her was his egg for breakfast fresh. She replied "the bloody hen doesn't know it's gone yet". 😁. I loved her. She was wonderful. With love & best wishes from Ireland. ❤️
That's a new one on me .. brilliant
Wow what an absolute inspiration to comedy 🎭 She was a wonderful ‘ wordsmith’ She should have awards galore ! No one like her now , her comedy timing & quick wit were absolutely brilliant … What a woman …
You're right Lydia. You can say that without fear of contraception!
@@bigears5809 Thank you big ears I appreciate that reply . 👍, apparently WE both knw genius when we see it . 👏🏻
@@bigears5809My mother was always coming out with words that had a total different meaning. This was one of her favourite shows🤣🤣
Absolute gem hylda Baker was a great comedian still bring tears to my eyes with laughter sadly missed and still loved 😍
Hilda Baker GENIUS. This lady should have been allowed to live forever for the warmth and laughter she brought into our lives. God bless!
hear hear !!
Yes💯.born plodder lane farnworth Lancashire..💓❤
what a lovely thing to say. yes!
Shame she only had her monkey at her funeral
This was an amazing programme I loved Nellie pledge and her pickle factory
Hilda Baker was a one off. Never to be repeated. RIP.
Hilda Baker's comedy is priceless.
I remember my mother laughing hysterically (and me) at her miss pronunciation. Terrific stuff! 🎉
After all these decades, my hubby and I still mimic Hilda. ❤
Hylda is in my view the funniest and the best comedy actress this country ever produced. Rest easy knowing you’re still loved and admired.
God bless
She was incredible…I still laugh at her catch phrases … especially.. “ I must get a little hand put n this watch”!! One of the funniest comedy lines EVER
Sat sitting here or stood standing there, what an absolute genius Hylda was. Her acting and the scripts were just fantastic.
She had a brilliant face,the expressions are amazing Rip Hilda
Loved her
May God rest her soul ❤❤❤❤😊
Hilda is a legend....No comedian to can hold a candle to her. Quite frankly, I find very few comedians funny today....
Couldn’t agree more , she was absolutely wonderful, & like you I find most of 2 days comedians tiresome ! I’m sorry if that sounds horrible ..
Interesting life my aunts knew the' husband' at one time
They are out there. They are just hard to find.
Agreed.
Born in 63, the comedy was brilliant,wish they could bring them back!
Oh yes please. Real comedy👍
This lady is an absolute gem.a diamond. Very funny lady. Rest in peace hylda.
Walter.......'Ave you beeeeen?
Hylda Baker was just stellar, proper comediene, real top level professional
Wonderful, made my day to see this. The good old days.
Hylda was the absolute mistress of innuendo, loved watching this when I was growing up
Lovely memories of times gone by. Fabulous ❤
Fantastic comedienne - watched her shows all over again in 2015 - still the best!
I absolutely loved watching Hylda in her various sit-coms. Every time I see her, she
brings a smile to my face. They say the best things come in small packages. Well,
Hylda was a little gem. Sadly missed. r.i.p. Hylda.
She was the bees knees! She perfected her art and made it look easy!
This is fabulous! "Without fear of contraception" lol !!!
Hadn’t seen her for years and years but I laughed like I did as a child 😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤
Hilda Baker was incredibly funny.
Absolutely unique.
Still comical after all these years.
The TRASH we have to put up with today!. I'm SAT SITTIN' here with my shoulders shaking with laughter @ the glorious memories and FILTHY double entendres .I was only around nine or ten when this was going out in early-mid seventies but I knew DAMN WELL what was being said and what was being MEANT.The audience howling out, my parents sniggering because they KNEW but thaught I didn't, and me sniggering at the back of the room coz I knew they thaught I didn't know!.
I don't think he grasp it , he's just come out with it when she least expects it, wonder what she means 😂
I didn’t know …. and it was still funny to me as a child , a bit like the Carry On films .
Wonderful
Absolutely brilliant actress and brilliant comedy. All the actors (and actresses) in this were one off and amazing. Pure comedy genius at its v best. Loved Hilda Baker and may she rest in peace. God bless 🙏🏼
Lovely, this way of speaking - all the familiar phrases & attitudes taking me back decades.
Nellie was classic telly, and Baker was a gorgeous shambling wreck of a comic genius. I loved her gentle digs at Walter, and her assaults on the English language are priceless. Her life story is surely ripe for a biopic, and I think Dawn French would be perfect to play Hilda because in Dibley I see a lot of Baker-like mannerisms in Dawn. Thumbs up also to the long suffering Madge Hindle who, like Pat Coombs, is one of Britains great unsung comedic actresses.
Agree with everything, except about Dawn French. She is too middle class and too knowing, in my view definitely not the right stuff.
Sheridan Smith would have her down to a T.
All so true. You mention a couple more names from the past. Pat Coombes now she made me laugh before she spoke with her brilliant mannerisms. Happy days.
Jean Ferguson of the Last of the Summer Wine did a one woman stage show about Hylda. I heard the radio version, it was excellent. Apparently all the props and furniture were made large as JF is about 18 inches taller than Hylda was.
I had a Hylda moment if my own when telling people that it was _Sheila_ Ferguson who did the show.
@@zacmumblethunder7466 saw this show in the West End...Brilliant!
Great comedy always stays with you
She was hilarious ,wish they would come back
Good lord i use to think this lady was so funny when i was a child i never thought i would see this programme again ,,,such a delight,
Thank you for sharing
Doubles entendres galore. No wonder the audience howl. Exaggerated, but you can almost recognize your own relatives among the working-class characters. And the actress who played Cousin Lily (centre in the first bit) was marvellous.
“Cousin Lily” (Madge Hindle) famously appeared as Renee Bradshaw in Coronation Street.😊
shes one of a kind.. ! so much talent in that little frame. !
I love this program, I managed to hunt down the DVD set of the whole program, I was given a DVD of old programs for a birthday and saw programs I had never seen before and loved many of them , this, love thy neighbour, other things that Hilda Baker was in , she is so funny. Why can't we have any of these old programs shown again , there is nothing like it anymore that really are funny
Agree 👍
Talking pictures are very good at showing old films and comedies maybe one day soon hopefully
Today's comics simply can't compete, they don't have 30 years experience of working in rep theatre and working men's clubs.
Excellent point.
And they are so afraid to offend anyone they only talk about themselves and are often one joke wonders.
I forgot just how good Hilda Baker was.
Hylda was the Mistress of Verbal Dyslexia. r.i.p. Hylda. (thank you for all the years of
laughter)
Lily was played by Madge Hindle, who was Renee Roberts in coronation street for years, I remember her death in a car crash! (Renee’s not Madges)!
Malapropisms.
@@londonlady1966 Hilda was the Queen of Malapropisms...😆
Her mannerism - Hilda is just so much like Marle ne! And Ada Green down the road at the next boarding house next to Dellas clothes shops!
WELL SAID!😊
One thing I can honestly say!! If I leave this world today the TV of yesterday was the best ever
so many comedian's have tried to copy her over the years since her death but there will only ever be one I must get another hand on this watch Hilda Baker RIP
Its a fact that many of Hilda Bakers more successful comedic affectations were copied directly from the work of a predecessor, fellow Lancastrian Jill Summers. Although very successful, Jill did most of her work on stage long before TV took off (although she later appeared in Coronation Street as Phyllis Pearce) so many TV viewers were never aware of the similarities. There is a clip of Jill reviving part of her stage act in Wood & Walters in 1982.
Sheridan smith was good in 2 pints ..but ........
TheMightyAntar Phylis Pearce in Corrie.... There's a blast from the past.. My friend and I used to do a good rendition of Phylis and Percy Sugden ...
i think mrs slocombe of ARE YOU BEING SERVED has glimpses of the NELLIE mischieviousness...even her slip ups in her language...so cute.
Reminds me of the era when aunties would sip tea from proper tea cups and whisper (heads together) "Of course, they had to get married..." I would play very quietly with my toys, intrigued by the secrecy and subject. One aunt would put on her 'telephone voice' when ordering tea at Robb's, our wonderful department store. That was in the 1950s. Hilda Baker kept it alive in the 1970s. Joyce Carey in Brief Encounter is part of that same tribe fearful of being regarded as "common". "I don't think you've had the pleasure of me." Wonderful.
wonderful, comic timing at it's best.never underrate the work that went into a half hour comedy production each week to this standard, and not a four letter word in the whole thing!!!!
And almost certainly filmed in front of a live audience with few "retakes"
HEAR! HEAR!!!!❤
Wonderful. And by the look of it, all done in one take.
I remember watching this show with my parents back in the 1970s.
"Stop stood standing there, you big girls blouse"! 😂😂😂
Famous Hilda Baker line!!!!😂😂😂😂
What a very funny woman, even 40 years down the track.
I can't imagine Walter grasping it or just coming out with it , ooer missus
I miss those days 😢❤
Watching the wonderful Nellie Pledge again after all these years makes me laugh so much, 😂 I'm "Overcome with emulsion!"
Hylda was unique. Absolutely brilliant!
They certainly broke the mould when they made Hylda, I just got the box set of nearest and dearest and 1st series 1st episode I was laughing me cap off !!! I used to watch this with m mam when I was a kid and I came across this the other day.
When her friend says has he and rolls her eyes just look at Hyldas expressions and way she says what she says now that is pure comedic genius, loved her mix up of words which probably came from her or it could be the script. But so so funny the way she does them.
Eli is good as well,he is funny they bounce off each other well.
@@ChrisR_68 She was in a play with Noel Coward. I don't know what happened between them, but I read that he said "I'd wring that woman's neck if she had one."
This was a brilliant sit com loved Nellie RIP Hilda Baker
Quality TV when viewing TV was at it's height and best! The programmes were more entertaining then than ever!!
She used to make my mum laugh so funny in her day God bless
Hilda Baker was a legend of British comedy
I loved this show, such happy times.How the world has changed
Nellie: “He’s well known as a woman-chaser .. and I can say that without fear of contraception”.
Classic Hylda.
Thank you very glad!
This show was full of great one liners. They don’t make em like this anymore. What a shame we need more great writers to produce show like this. My sides are still hurting.
I am a big fan of Hylda Baker and I run a group.gob bless Hylda you were the best 💖
As I grew up watching Hylda Baker, her actions and over reactions were fascinating to watch. It was the same for me with Lucille Ball. I may have been too young to have followed the complete storyline but I loved watching them both.
But Hylda Baker was a zillion time's Funnier than ball
@@kevzee I agree 100%! By the way 'av ya been?'
@@tonycritcher3419 no can't get up from sat sittin here
A true comic genius, you only had to hear her voice to start laughing.
Thanks for posting, one of our finest comediennes. I visited her memorial a while back, just love this lady. Thanks again.
Madge Hindle is still alive as of Oct.18, she is 80 years old.
This brings back so many memories
Hilda Baker and Jimmy Jewell were so good together 😅😅
Brilliant Hylda. I remember when she would say “Have you beeeeeeeeeen” 🤣
Hylda had very sad demise. She always dreaded having dementia like her father. Eventually she ended up in a care home, without any recollection of who she was, even when watching herself on tv. When she died it practically went unnoticed in the press with only a handful of mourners. She was cremated in London and her ashes were scattered in the same place as her family in the North. A brilliant actress...
Loved her, wonderful hilarious woman bless her ❤
She was absolutely brilliant I loved her xx
I watch this as a kid I love it 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
It's half past...ooh I must get a little hand put on this watch...😁
Thanks for the laughs Hilda , God bless you .
She is one of the real comedians who no one could replace
Hylda Baker, queen of the malapropism! I can say that without fear of contraception!
Her timing and expertise is second to none.
As hylda herself would say, she knows, you know.
Used to love this program!
'got himself engaged? to a woman? ' Nellie: No! , to a flaming alsatian.!'' so funny
Had your tea?
No
Pity, we've just had ours
BRING on keep them coming she was so Talented Blackpools aqueen imo
Hilda baker a complete one off brilliant timing and very funny
Total BRILLIANCE!!!! from the late HILDA BAKER 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍 Insults done like a form of dyslexia LOL!!! A Genius in her own right.
The best times back then never be the same again when comedy was comedy and no one was offended 😢❤
Absolutely brilliant 👏 no one can hold a candle 👏
Great stuff. A real blast from the past 😁
Best UK comedienne ever.
That's likely because it was either never shown again or not very much since then, it's pretty old now and she died in '86. But it's also obvious how good she was in her 'prime'.
+wayne philip I'm in UK neither do I but its fkn funny you must admit
+reclaimerReclaimer you are right it was only repeated on sky telly Granada +
I had an aunt just like her. Very entertaining she was
Loved her can't beat our old comedies 🤣
wonderful stuff. Much better than today's rubbish. They don't make them like that no more. thanks for posting. LOL.
The Best still watching in 2022 🇬🇧
Absolutely adored her no one comes close ,simple but true
"I can say this without fear of contraception."
I seem to recall Hilda ended up in brinsworth house Twickenham,a home for actors who fall on hard times .Richard o Sullivan was there last I heard .Quite sad,really.
Yes Richard as lived there since 2003
@@levimacdonald5188 was she on hard times. i read she had dementia. so sad. shouldnt have happened...the way the no talent comedians today get paid the high salaries ..its a crime
@@jessiejames7492 💯true hyldA baker lived near me plodder lane farnworth in Lancashire! Her chauffeur stole £2 thousand five-hundred pounds of her and when they got him only 45 pounds were left ! The git .. God bless her she had so much comedy timing in such a little lady.. Jean fergursson (marina) of lotsw impersonated hylda on the stage she's so much like her ! Theres a video on RUclips with Jean on the Paul o Grady show circa 2005! .. worth taking a look at Jessie james ... best wishes from Levi 😊☺
@@levimacdonald5188 oh thanks. poor hylda. but as long as we have youtube she will never be forgotten. i will check out that paul o grady show. thank you. i love paul o grady. so funny as anything
and there's me thinking they all ended up in Holmfirth !
Utterly fab.. so funny those malaproprisms..
this was my late grans fav programme
Understated Comic genius. ❤
Hilda needs to be on repeats !!
Fanny Carby was that name of the "trollop" a very talented actress with many productions to her credit.
Thanks for the information. I was wracking my brains to remember her name. She was in everything I ever watched, but the name eluded me. IMDB credits her, but her Wikipedia entry is rubbish.
kenneth page - jones
Vera Duckworth's thieving mother!
I knew Fanny. She was a lovely woman, and had an incredibly interesting career.
She was the replacement cook in On The Buses.
@@davewheeler7679 She also appeared in Spike Milligans Q series on a regular basis and Curry and Chips in which she played the Landlady.
Absolutely brilliant 😊