'Hole in the Ground' by Bernard Cribbins

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  • Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
  • Bernard Cribbins, OBE (born 29 December 1928) is an English character actor, voice-over artist and musical comedian with a career spanning over seventy years. He came to prominence in films of the 1960s, and has been in work consistently since his professional debut in the mid-1950s.
    Cribbins is particularly well known to British audiences as the narrator in The Wombles, a BBC children's television programme that ran for 40 episodes between 1973 and 1975, and for his roles as the pretentious guest Mr. Hutchinson in the "The Hotel Inspectors" episode of Fawlty Towers (1975) and the belligerent barman in Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972). He also recorded several successful novelty records in the early 1960s and was a regular and prolific performer on the BBC's Jackanory from 1966 to 1991. Having appeared as Tom Campbell, a companion to Dr. Who in a 1966 feature film, Cribbins is also known for his role, four decades later, as Wilfred Mott, a companion to television's Tenth Doctor.

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  • @NonFatMead
    @NonFatMead 2 года назад +282

    Seems fitting to listen to this one. RIP Bernard. True legend.

    • @stephencole1167
      @stephencole1167 2 года назад +5

      spot on

    • @kymclinton3140
      @kymclinton3140 2 года назад +1

      So very very true rip bernard

    • @dieselfan7406
      @dieselfan7406 2 года назад

      I've just found the single in my collection!

    • @ElizabethMcDermott-cy4cv
      @ElizabethMcDermott-cy4cv 3 месяца назад

      We had men who wasn't wordy but could dig a big ole.
      They wasn't valued. Digging their oles.
      "Hard work doesn't make you better off slugger" my dad said. "Just better off dead"
      He was the fella in the road , down an ole with a spade.😂

  • @ramsfanyt8227
    @ramsfanyt8227 2 года назад +194

    RIP Bernard Cribbins who has died today at the age of 93. He will be remembered for his funny songs, narrating the wombles, Jackanory, Old Jack's Boat, Doctor Who and much much more. Forever a British Legend may he rest in peace.

    • @rjjcms1
      @rjjcms1 2 года назад +11

      RIP Bernard and thanks a thousand times for all the fun and laughter watching your performances and hearing those songs gave us through the years.

    • @plumberman4u
      @plumberman4u 2 года назад +6

      What a "Super British" voice.
      His narration was top quality.
      R. I. P.

    • @london19657
      @london19657 10 месяцев назад

      A great man,much beloved. Jackackanory and the wombles. When I grew up, he was my friendly uncle, as he was to many a young boy. Google Hornyby trains advertisment.. He was beloved. Still Is.

    • @victorformosa228
      @victorformosa228 9 месяцев назад +2

      From the Railway Children to the Publican in Frenzy.

    • @user-gc3gl5bl2n
      @user-gc3gl5bl2n 7 месяцев назад

      Yeah I don't see me getting 2 93, so let's have another cup of tea

  • @D0kRa
    @D0kRa 2 года назад +106

    R.I.P. Bernard Cribbins.
    I always had the impression he was like the Highlander, and couldn't die. I'm sad I was proved wrong.
    We will miss you good sir. ❤️😭

  • @BusinessButlers
    @BusinessButlers 2 года назад +74

    Rip Bernard x. Died 28 July 2022 aged 93. You were an all-round entertainer and the sort of person anyone would want as a neighbour

    • @Moondog-wc4vm
      @Moondog-wc4vm 2 года назад +3

      As a Grandparent!, hell i'd even welcome him as a hotel inspector if only I could have met him.

  • @Llanchlo
    @Llanchlo 2 года назад +11

    RIP Bernard. I never met you but I have known you all my life.

  • @christopherlowe4776
    @christopherlowe4776 4 года назад +91

    Me and the lad were singing this together today. Whilst digging a hole. Big and sort or round it was. I learned it whilst digging a big and sort of round hole with my Dad. Simple pleasures in hard times.

    • @dollcefina
      @dollcefina 4 года назад +1

      What was this hole for?

    • @Wilkins_Micawber
      @Wilkins_Micawber 2 года назад +11

      To bury toffee nosed city banker blokes in bowler hats. What else?

    • @rjjcms1
      @rjjcms1 2 года назад +3

      @@Wilkins_Micawber Can we bury the ones that caused the 2008 financial crash in one?

    • @michaelreeves8164
      @michaelreeves8164 2 года назад +1

      Maybe it shouldn't have been there.

    • @N1gel
      @N1gel 2 года назад

      @@dollcefina burying numpties.

  • @markhowards420
    @markhowards420 2 года назад +6

    I hope they play this at his funeral❤️

  • @sturmgesutz
    @sturmgesutz 2 года назад +29

    Should be SIR Bernard Cribbins. Wonderful entertainer, Lovely person all round.

    • @CliffLewis28
      @CliffLewis28 2 года назад

      Yes he certainly deserved it.

  • @ianmedium
    @ianmedium 6 лет назад +64

    Even comedy records were beautifully produced and arranged back then!

    • @keithphilo6255
      @keithphilo6255 4 года назад +14

      The producer was a certain George Martin..I wonder what ever happened to him? 😂

  • @chrisdore6387
    @chrisdore6387 2 года назад +35

    What an absolute legend this man was. So sad to learn of his passing today: 28 July 2022. Rest easy and in peace Bernard Cribbins.

  • @markshrimpton3138
    @markshrimpton3138 2 года назад +16

    Thank you Mr Cribbens for being a part of my childhood. I used to love him narrating Jackanory.

  • @andrewgriffiths1460
    @andrewgriffiths1460 2 года назад +25

    Great song from when I was a kid happy times in a nicer world cheers mr cribbins

  • @gillsjohn1
    @gillsjohn1 2 года назад +13

    I once went on a charity shoot in Buckinghamshire for the Bobby Moore charity.
    Plenty of characters and TV celebrities.
    Bernard Cribbins ended up in my team.
    What an absolute Legend,such a top bloke who did lots for charity.RIP mate.

  • @curlytheunacceptable.4298
    @curlytheunacceptable.4298 4 года назад +70

    As a construction worker who has dug many a hole whether needed or not, I can confirm that yes there is always someone to tell you how to tell how to do it!

    • @WarrenVincenzo
      @WarrenVincenzo 6 месяцев назад

      Hold it right there!
      You're going all wrong.
      You don't want to be doing it that way,
      No,
      You want to do be doing it this way...
      I insist.

  • @anniejones1839
    @anniejones1839 Год назад +2

    Watching my daughters dog digging a hole reminded me of this ❤

  • @mojobag01
    @mojobag01 2 года назад +9

    Goodnight Sir. A truly beloved man and English national treasure.

  • @KingofPotatoPeople
    @KingofPotatoPeople 6 лет назад +81

    Cribbins an absolute legend

  • @BadcatV
    @BadcatV 2 года назад +13

    Can't believe he's gone.
    Lovely bloke, great sense of humour and love of life..
    We've really lost this time. 💔

  • @gsg9205
    @gsg9205 2 года назад +5

    Rest in peace . Thanks for the entertainment and memories that last forever.

  • @RockDodger
    @RockDodger 2 года назад +9

    RIP Bernard 😇Thanks for all the memories

  • @alancarlton8380
    @alancarlton8380 Год назад +2

    A year after we lost Bernard Cribbins he's still making me smile 😂 😅❤much missed ❤❤❤

  • @edwardcoe7293
    @edwardcoe7293 2 года назад +9

    Lovely song, takes a dark turn at the end there though! RIP Bernard Cribbins.

  • @joeplowman
    @joeplowman 2 года назад +13

    Bernard Crinbbins was and will always be one of my favourite British comedy actors ( and singers ) He seemed like a genuinely nice person , I am so sorry to hear he passed away ,I also thought the man could go on forever. Loved him in " Carry On Spying " ,one of my favourite Carry On movies ,also Carry On Jack ,but my favourite movie with him was "Two Way Stretch" , With Peter Sellers , Wilfrid Hyde White and the great Irene Handl played his mum . Great movie. And he was unforgettable as the " Spoon Salesmans " , mistaken for a hotel inspector , in that great episode of Fawlty Towers. Gone but not forgotten , the man had class and talent galore . And yes, he should have been Knighted .

    • @CliffLewis28
      @CliffLewis28 2 года назад

      I couldn’t agree more Two way stretch was one of my favourites too! He was/is a legend!

    • @simonlane1277
      @simonlane1277 2 года назад

      Sssthpoooons - how interesting

  • @lindapadley5806
    @lindapadley5806 Год назад +2

    Short and sweet! Brilliant song remember it well! Shows my age. R.I. P. Bernard.x

  • @nickb5391
    @nickb5391 2 года назад +4

    R.I.P Bernard, thank you for entertaining us

  • @thesmallnotesduo
    @thesmallnotesduo 2 года назад +6

    Brilliant; only rivalled by Right said Fred.

  • @quillerpen
    @quillerpen 2 года назад +11

    RIP Bernard Cribbins and thanks for a lifetime's entertainment from Jackanory and the Wombles to Dr Who.

  • @barbarasmith586
    @barbarasmith586 2 года назад +3

    Gonna miss ya. Thankfully you are immortalised on film and recordings. An institution that will be missed. Give those darleks hell.

  • @marymungleandmidge4080
    @marymungleandmidge4080 2 года назад +17

    R.I.P. to a true legend, will be sadly missed.

  • @jodiepurplemermaid2598
    @jodiepurplemermaid2598 2 года назад +8

    R.I.P Bernard, you'll be sorely missed. x

  • @Tayloval
    @Tayloval 4 года назад +66

    Love this guy. Just listening to some of his stuff and having a good laugh. Don’t get great entertainers like him today. Thanks Bernard for bringing back so many memories.

    • @tyrotrainer765
      @tyrotrainer765 2 года назад +3

      Suggest if you haven't seen it, the 'Hotel Inspectors' Fawlty Towers episode had Bernard playing an awkward customer. Absolutely brilliant performance.

    • @aclark903
      @aclark903 2 года назад +3

      RIP.

  • @rhiannonhopkins6876
    @rhiannonhopkins6876 2 года назад +4

    Farewell, Mr Cribbins. Thank you for all the stories you told me on Jackanory, the songs you sang, the films and dramas you appeared in. You've been a part of my life for most of my life, rest in peace now, you most certainly deserve to. My condolences to your family and loved ones.

  • @j.jaybrook7690
    @j.jaybrook7690 2 года назад +17

    RIP Bernard Cribbins....... you are A LEGEND!!!!

  • @essexpeter6116
    @essexpeter6116 2 года назад +3

    Had to have a listen. Dear old Bernard, gone but not forgotten.

  • @Paul-eb4jp
    @Paul-eb4jp 2 года назад +20

    R.I.P Bernard, a true national treasure.

  • @Willowsmum
    @Willowsmum 2 года назад

    Thanks for it all, it was more than we deserved. Reunited with Gillian, bet she said “About time, too. What took you so long!? “ RIP

  • @joeoconnor5400
    @joeoconnor5400 2 года назад +4

    The earliest memory I have of Bernard Cribbins was in the late 1960's when he had his own series Cribbins made by Thames TV. He was in a sketch where he was standing behind a lectern giving a monologue in public and being pelted with fruit and veg by the crowd. I couldn't stop laughing. Does anyone else remember that series?

  • @joeoconnor5400
    @joeoconnor5400 2 года назад +2

    I think Bernard Cribbins was one of the very few actors who Peter Sellers got on with and didn't fall out with him.

  • @davidwalker8955
    @davidwalker8955 3 года назад +7

    I am enjoying reading Bernard Cribbin's Biography really enjoying it. Thanks Bernard for more entertainment.

    • @miaschu7614
      @miaschu7614 2 года назад

      That's what brought me here, as well :)

  • @nicholashooper9935
    @nicholashooper9935 2 года назад +2

    Goodbye Burnard, thanks for all the childhood memories

  • @nicholasolford7769
    @nicholasolford7769 Год назад +1

    I am so shocked. A real icon of my growing years has gone. Bernard Cribbens will forever live as a memory of great British comedy with the Wombles to the Railway children a classic icon of British entertainment 👏 👌 😀 xx

  • @kennethmacgregor-Gregorach
    @kennethmacgregor-Gregorach 2 года назад +5

    Thank you Mr. Cribbins. R.i.p. 😞

  • @classicautomobiles7602
    @classicautomobiles7602 2 года назад +3

    Bernard Cribbins sadly past today, and I just had to listen to his song again.

  • @nigelw512
    @nigelw512 2 года назад +4

    Remember listening to this as a kid on the radio and still love now

  • @timoakley277
    @timoakley277 2 года назад +3

    Died today. This song was so much part of my childhood

  • @alidabaxter5849
    @alidabaxter5849 Год назад +1

    What a loss! Truly lovely man, wonderful actor, superb in some of the funniest British films ever made, and this disc was chosen by Noel Coward as the one he couldn't do without when he was on "Desert Island Discs".

  • @waylander1978
    @waylander1978 2 года назад +3

    RIP Bernard. If he is buried I hope they play this at the funeral.

  • @Tiresias55
    @Tiresias55 2 года назад +12

    Catchy, simple, hilarious. A classic. Heard this a while ago when I got my hands on a novelty skiffle collection, some real classics. Both of Mr Cribbins hits Right said Fred and Hole in the ground were on it, and they are now some of my favorites. Love this man, true entertainer. respect.

  • @Caracasgirl100
    @Caracasgirl100 2 года назад +4

    Such a sad day. RIP Bernard Cribbins 💔

  • @Maliceuk
    @Maliceuk 2 года назад +5

    Still love this tune.

  • @elingles1964
    @elingles1964 2 года назад

    Thank you Sir for the laughs you gave us. R.I.P

  • @steveshovlar994
    @steveshovlar994 2 года назад +5

    RIP Bernard. Much loved by millions.

  • @miaschu7614
    @miaschu7614 2 года назад +5

    I'm reading Bernard Cribbins' autobiography, atm, and wanted a reminder of when he was a much younger entertainer. And he was very entertaining!
    He'll always be the voice of Bilbo Baggins, to me, too.

  • @roberthayes9842
    @roberthayes9842 2 года назад +1

    Loved this when I was kid, in 1972 I went to work and travelled on the tube thousands on men with bowler hats umbrellas and brief cases, empty briefcases and cucumber sandwiches luncheon vouches and empty face's, from suburbia to heights never been to living the 1970 dream, the things I have seen

  • @kenmalanick
    @kenmalanick 2 года назад +3

    RIP Bernard an ever present all my life.

  • @simonhaines3441
    @simonhaines3441 2 года назад +3

    Thank You Bernard for being the Granddad i never had.

  • @spotlightonthestars
    @spotlightonthestars 2 года назад +7

    Rest Easy Bernard Cribbins another Star has appeared in the heavens... 🕊️

  • @allendunlea7458
    @allendunlea7458 2 года назад

    Loved Bernard Cribbins i remember great happy memories when in 1962 as a child living in London in happy times hearing this song and right said Fred dad used to sing the songs in the morning before going to work at mc vities in Harlesden family friends to loved to sing the songs great memories that still make me smile and the great Bernard Cribbins.R.I.P

  • @paulframe85
    @paulframe85 2 года назад +5

    Rest in Peace Bernard Cribbins

  • @jasmithwrites
    @jasmithwrites 2 года назад +5

    Rest in Peace Bernard.

  • @cryptofugazi9600
    @cryptofugazi9600 2 года назад +6

    RIP Mr Cribbins a very special sort of gentleman and entertainer one of a kind … 💎

  • @tonymarshall7292
    @tonymarshall7292 2 года назад +2

    Thankyou bernard lots of memories

  • @jonno52
    @jonno52 4 года назад +11

    I recently read, in a book about Desert Island Discs, that the one which Noel Coward would save from the waves if he could keep only one, was Hole in the Ground, Most of his other choices were opera etc. Make of that what you will!

  • @markgardner789
    @markgardner789 2 года назад +2

    RIP Sir Thank you fit the laughter

  • @dnorfed
    @dnorfed 2 года назад +2

    A sad day when Bernard passed. Now I’ve started to watch the tv angling show on Amazon prime called catching the monsters again , Bernard stars in it and narrates the whole show, such a soothing voice he has in it

  • @colinturner4158
    @colinturner4158 2 года назад +4

    So many childhood memories RIP

  • @clarerobards3781
    @clarerobards3781 2 года назад +3

    Chosen by Noel Coward as one of his 8 selections for BBC radio series 'Desert Island Discs' - a compliment from one great performer to another!

  • @darrenmoore7779
    @darrenmoore7779 4 года назад +12

    Classic lyrics, basically telling the bloke to piss off, without swearing 👍

  • @MrMjp58
    @MrMjp58 3 года назад +7

    A great, jazzy performance of an interestingly constructed song. Bernard had an exquisite vocal tone and perfect timing.

  • @ChrisSummerfield
    @ChrisSummerfield 2 года назад +6

    A Great man. A great life, A great example. We thank you Bernard.

  • @ColonelStraker
    @ColonelStraker 24 дня назад

    Stumbled upon an old movie "Dale's Invasion Earth 2150 A D." And was pleasantly surprised to see Bernard Cribbins as one of the indistinguishable stars!

  • @morgusmcmorggs
    @morgusmcmorggs 2 года назад +3

    RIP Bernard. you will be sorely missed. 😢

  • @charlie01546
    @charlie01546 2 года назад +4

    Remember him in Fawlty Towers where he was mistaken as a hotel inspector. Absolute class, RIP.

    • @joeplowman
      @joeplowman 2 года назад +1

      " I'm not a violent man ,Mr Fawlty " ( after kneeing Basil in the Groin area 🤭🙄☺️) Basil replies " Oh yes you are ," in a falsetto sounding voice ! . I love Fools and Horses but Fawlty Towers is the greatest British sitcom of them all ,at least in my humble opinion. And Bernard Cribbins was so good , if that had been an American show he would surely have won an EMMY for best guest appearance in a TV episode. Wonderful actor , the great John Cleese himself has commented just the other day on twitter that they had some fabulous guest appearances on Fawlty Towers but Bernards was the most perfect of them all. True praise indeed for a man truly talented, and loved by so many of his fellow actors and fans alike. And by all accounts, a lovely lovely man. God Speed Bernard , do not rest in peace but "carry on" 🤭 doing what you have done all your wonderful career , entertaining , this time with a celestial audience . Nobody did it better .

  • @dannybarnes2942
    @dannybarnes2942 2 года назад +7

    Rest in peace Bernard a truly great man

  • @keithneal5369
    @keithneal5369 2 года назад +1

    Loved the guy. A true gentleman and wonderful performer. R I P Bernard. . Thanks for all the pleasure that you gave us.

  • @jacquelinedeigan776
    @jacquelinedeigan776 2 года назад +2

    Brilliant Song..Thank you Bernard Cribbins Rest In Peace the world's gonna miss you .

  • @timdavison1404
    @timdavison1404 3 года назад +5

    A classic tune of my childhood!

  • @davidisherwood2756
    @davidisherwood2756 2 года назад +2

    His narration to "A Passion for Angling" sticks in my head as perfect. a sad loss to us all.

  • @MikeBuckland1954
    @MikeBuckland1954 6 лет назад +119

    Presumably the 6 dislikes are from blokes in bowlers.

    • @CardboardBox13013
      @CardboardBox13013 6 лет назад +6

      Well we'll just 'ave to put 'em in the 'ole next time won't we? Can't please their sort you know...

    • @michaelnaisbitt1639
      @michaelnaisbitt1639 6 лет назад +4

      Mike Buckland No they are from people who have two views of how the world should be run. Their way and the WRONG. One. 🙃

    • @nw8000
      @nw8000 5 лет назад +2

      Or commie uni FREAKS!!!

    • @RebekahGaskin
      @RebekahGaskin 4 года назад

      Aahah brilliant 🤣

  • @babs5968
    @babs5968 5 лет назад +8

    Just been having problems with building inspectors, my builders too young to know the record but found it here to show them. Very happy builders now. 😂😂😂

    • @rjjcms1
      @rjjcms1 2 года назад

      haha,nice one.

  • @lintym
    @lintym Год назад +1

    I love this song, alongside Right Said Fred

  • @lazypizzaguy
    @lazypizzaguy 2 года назад +4

    He will be missed

  • @sirdickysirdicky800
    @sirdickysirdicky800 4 года назад +4

    Fucking love it I'm pissed as fuck and this song keeps poping into my mind love it

  • @AlWynC
    @AlWynC 2 года назад +27

    RIP Bernard Cribbins :( What better way to remember his vast talent than to listen, fondly, to the most wholesome song about murdering an upper-class snob ever performed.

    • @PIPEHEAD
      @PIPEHEAD 2 года назад

      What a shocking thing to say, and a terrible misunderstanding of the song !
      There is no mention of any murder, and I'm sure it is a harmless case of burying somebody alive ...........

  • @martinallman5275
    @martinallman5275 5 лет назад +9

    Genius! Takes me back to childhood, granddad's parlour and the gramophone!

  • @Geshreeyeh
    @Geshreeyeh 2 года назад +5

    RIP. Legend

  • @Mandy.J
    @Mandy.J 2 года назад +1

    RIP Mr Bernard Cribbins lived 93 years 🙏

    • @scottanthony8240
      @scottanthony8240 2 года назад

      Hi Mandy! How’re you doing? Can’t believe he’s gone RIP to BERNARD

  • @foxearth1
    @foxearth1 2 года назад +5

    R.I.P. Bernard, another childhood legend gone...

  • @TheHrb1234
    @TheHrb1234 3 месяца назад

    You Sir, made your mark. You will never be forgotten.

  • @DesigninMind1
    @DesigninMind1 2 года назад +3

    A well loved voice in children lives of his ear-a .
    From jackanory , railway children and carry ons.
    Just took my daughter to watch the new railway children.
    He will be Sadly missed. Like others of this time.
    Jonny Morris, Kenneth Williams for example as children narrators of the time.
    Maybe a make voices for all those children without a farther figure in there early years .

  • @PeterGriffin-lh6wp
    @PeterGriffin-lh6wp Год назад +2

    Brilliant RIP Bernard.

  • @TheDarkYoshi64
    @TheDarkYoshi64 4 года назад +3

    I always find myself coming back to this. Short, simple, and catchy. Love it!

  • @brenkelly1474
    @brenkelly1474 2 года назад +2

    He was just brilliant....and a true gent by all accounts...may he rest in peace.

  • @thisiszaphod
    @thisiszaphod 2 года назад +5

    RIP, Bernard.
    Godspeed.

  • @kernicterus1233
    @kernicterus1233 2 года назад +1

    Thanks for the memories Bernard, lets have a cup of tea.

  • @davidburke709
    @davidburke709 3 года назад +2

    Loved him in Fawlty Towers too!

  • @Wilkins_Micawber
    @Wilkins_Micawber 2 года назад +4

    So sad to hear Bernard Cribbins has died at 93 years.

  • @justahappylittlebunny2656
    @justahappylittlebunny2656 2 года назад

    Every Christmas morning we listened to these song's on radio two pealing Spud's

  • @angelomicciche3044
    @angelomicciche3044 2 года назад +1

    A British legend. See him also play villains in Space:1999 (Brian the Space Brain) and Return of The Saint. RIP, Bernard.

  • @paulread2336
    @paulread2336 2 года назад +1

    RIP Bernard....❤️