I agree with you but now is not to upset the ‘woke, gen z’ snowflakes I was 10 when this series first aired. One of many, classic iconic shows on TV that we all laughed at, so much you had bellyache I know some of the scripts have been altered when Porridge is shown 🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴🏴👍 👍 😍😍🙏🙏❤️❤️
Best moment was the last episode where SM Williams is in the waiting room at the station after everyone else had left, when Gunner Parkin walks back in to see him just sitting there and ask if he got the job as a prison officer, he says no. Gunner Parkin ask him if he wants to come home with him as Gunner Parkin's mum still asks about him..... with the best happy look on his face, he says "she does ?" and so he agrees to go, best tear jerker moment in the whole series.
Another from the golden age of British sitcoms when people were not offended at the slightest thing!, it was a very funny show, i think i watched every episode.
Classic british comedy the likes we'll never see again, brilliant casting with Windsor Davies as the sergeant major 'lovely boy' the partnership between him and Don Estelle was so funny, thanks for the video stu.
I love this show and even though i was born after it finished airing originally i still enjoyed watching it as a kid. I grew up in Carry Ons so seeimg Windsor Davies in this made me want to watch it. I still use the "oh dear, how sad nevermind" line to this day to convey certain levels of contempt for things lol.
As an 8 year old, I was allowed to stay up late to watch the film. Melvin Hayes played the street organ which warned those inside the vault (recovering the diamonds) that they had enemy company. For the true(ish) story of Operation Amsterdam, read "Adventure In Diamonds" by David E Walker.
Great video, remember watching when I was a child and being scared by Windsor Davies' character as he was always yelling! As for Melvyn Hayes, he was also with Cliff Richard in the earlier 'The Young Ones' from 1961 and happily still appears on Talking Pictures TV doing a segment on his favourite 1930's films.
Don Estelle and Windsor Davies’ version of Whispering Grass is a classic. Estelle had a great voice. Sadly he was reduced to singing in shopping centres later in life. I saw him singing in Lewisham in the 90s. If he’d have been taller, he would probably have made a great career as a straight entertainer.
Saw him singing in the window of Woolworths in Hunstanton Norfolk, on a Sunday morning around that time. I thought at first it was a really good window display till he waved to my young daughter !!
My only real memory is an episode where the officers are discussing their plans for after the war. One has the idea to rent televisions sets for a shilling a week and the other plans to sell curry in little foil trays that you can eat at home. And that almost everyone has one of those elasticated 'S' snake belts in the 70s.
"Sargent major shut up" still reminds me of the days of emptying the TV box from the back of the TV and seeing if we had more money than the price of the rental for that week. Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. (I wish I'd thought of that)
I loved watching it ain't half hot mum back in the 70's, bsm williams was the best, no one could have done it better than mr Davies, fortunately they are re running it on freeview on that's tv 2, unfortunately they don't write comedy like this anymore 😂
Although born in Stirling Stuart McGugan's family moved to Arbroath and his brothers (Jim and Bill) opened a shop. I knew his brother, Bill, quite well and once walked right past Stuart in the street because I was too shy to speak to him!
Don Estelle came to my local Woolworths and set up his 'stand',. He sang and sold his albums. I didn't really appreciate it at the time but the older generation loved him.
Nice job, I like watching your videos, but one small mistake on this one Lieutenant in England is pronounced Leff-tenant. Loo-tennent is the American way of saying it.
The greatest episode was probably Gloria’s Finest Hour, recently discussed with Melvyn on Radio 4’s Kaleidoscope. The station waiting room scene in the final episode ranks alongside Blackadder 4 as the greatest final scene in TV comedy history.
Another great video my friend but I'm surprised you left out George Layton being a mechanic in some early episodes of Minder. Keep up the good work, Cheers.
Windsor Davies was also one of the stars of a Welsh/New Zealand comedy-drama film about rugby called "Old Scores" in which he played the chairman of the Welsh Rugby Football Union. A bit of an oddity of a movie, but well worth tracking down. He became friends with quite a few of the New Zealand rugby players, past and present, involved in the production, and was a frequent visitor to New Zealand in his latter years.
My nickname years ago was Don Estelle because of my shorts and glasses, I don't know why it wasn't lofty. I have really fond memories of this show and don't know why it didn't get repeated and promoted like Dad's Army
Windsor Davies retired to a small town in the Southwest of France with his wife, not far from Leslie Judd and Roger Whittaker, two other staples of the same period. First time i met him was in a supermarket checkout, i jumped when i heard his voice, my mom used to sometimes have coffee with him on a saturday morning. Very down to earth and normal guy, his wife was nice too. The moved back to the uk to get treatment for his last couple of years, i think he died of Cancer.
I have never seen the last episode of “it ain’t hot half mum “ I was Holliday in Wales 🏴 with me Mum , Dad and Sister. My Mum used to get Home sick so we used to go once in a while. Lol
Melvyn Hayes owned the pub in my old village years ago Also saw Don Estelle doing a PA in the Royal Priors in Leamington Spa one afternoon. He was dressed as Lofty still.
I remember seeing Don Estelle in a shopping centre. Think it was in Nottingham. It was a good bit after It Aint Half Hot Mom had finished. He was still dressed as Lofty, selling his cassette tapes. Looked like he'd fallen on hard times.
Went to the 1979 panto, Cinderella in Nottingham. Don Estelle was performing. Ended up with a bunch of swag when I was randomly picked from the audience to sing happy birthday on stage. It wasn't 15mins, more like 5mins!
I watched It Ain't Half Hot Mum and the Doctor series and never realised they were the same actor (the bombardier and Dr Collier). Interestingly I have both read and been told that the show is still shown in India today and it will be found somewhere on Indian television being repeated at any given time.
Thanks Stu, that brought back some great memories. I really liked Donald Hewlett as a comedy actor, particularly in “You rang m’lord”. I am not surprised Don Estelle didn’t get much work after this as he was a dreadful actor ! So many of them died way too young. One thing I can never understand is that when one looks at the t.v. Listings, so many things are repeats but yet, to my knowledge, this has never been repeated on channels like Gold or Dave?? 👍
Hard to say which is my favorite, each character was special in their own right, but I guess Battery Sargent Major Williams is up there, his poor command of the English Language was perfect. I often use his words, "O dear how sad never mind " when faking sympathy. Our Sargent in our High School Cadet Unit was totally the opposite, tall, articulate and softly spoken, but when he spoke, you obeyed. IAHHM will live forever.
I purchased the full dvd box set, it’s great comedy, sadly comedy like this will never be made again, but I can watch them over and over again.
Younger people need to see these sitcoms,they were brilliant & miles better than the rubbish reality shows of today thank you stu 😊😊
I agree with you but now is not to upset the ‘woke, gen z’ snowflakes
I was 10 when this series first aired. One of many, classic iconic shows on TV that we all laughed at, so much you had bellyache
I know some of the scripts have been altered when Porridge is shown
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The woke brigade would have seizures. Come to think of it that's not a bad idea haha.
Watching this was brilliant nostalgia but sad as it makes you feel old as time has flown 🙂
I met Windsor Davies at a promotional event at a Lancaster furniture store in 1985. He gave me his autograph, and he said I was, "A lovely boy!" 🤣
Brilliant!
The last episode was a real tear jerker! 'After you Lovely Boy. Fine pair of shoulders, Show 'em off!'
Classic 70s TV comedy amongst many others.
Best moment was the last episode where SM Williams is in the waiting room at the station after everyone else had left, when Gunner Parkin walks back in to see him just sitting there and ask if he got the job as a prison officer, he says no. Gunner Parkin ask him if he wants to come home with him as Gunner Parkin's mum still asks about him..... with the best happy look on his face, he says "she does ?" and so he agrees to go, best tear jerker moment in the whole series.
A wonderful moment with some beautiful acting.
That's a beautiful thing ❤
There was a rumour that, that scene was a precursor to a spin-off sitcom featuring Davies and Mitchell, but it never came to fruition.
I rarely watch anything new on television I'm quiet happy watching all the all the great classics
Another from the golden age of British sitcoms when people were not offended at the slightest thing!, it was a very funny show, i think i watched every episode.
That brought back some great memories a brilliant series
Classic british comedy the likes we'll never see again, brilliant casting with Windsor Davies as the sergeant major 'lovely boy' the partnership between him and Don Estelle was so funny, thanks for the video stu.
They worked so well off each other. Wonderful chemistry. Thanks for watching!
@stuviewtv You're welcome stu. Many thanks 🙂
It was a marvelous chemistry between Windsor and Don.
@danieladams9950 It was Daniel, you can tell when actors are friends in real life they bring out the best in each other.
I love this show and even though i was born after it finished airing originally i still enjoyed watching it as a kid. I grew up in Carry Ons so seeimg Windsor Davies in this made me want to watch it. I still use the "oh dear, how sad nevermind" line to this day to convey certain levels of contempt for things lol.
This is a breath of fresh air. I've watched other people have tried but failed. Now, can I point Melvyn Hayes also appears in Operation Amsterdam 1959
As an 8 year old, I was allowed to stay up late to watch the film.
Melvin Hayes played the street organ which warned those inside the vault (recovering the diamonds) that they had enemy company.
For the true(ish) story of Operation Amsterdam, read "Adventure In Diamonds" by David E Walker.
Loved this show shame they don't make them anymore how tv has changed
Such a great series. Sad how so many of them died so young though.
Great video, remember watching when I was a child and being scared by Windsor Davies' character as he was always yelling! As for Melvyn Hayes, he was also with Cliff Richard in the earlier 'The Young Ones' from 1961 and happily still appears on Talking Pictures TV doing a segment on his favourite 1930's films.
Another wonderful tribute to these legends of TV. 😊
Many thanks.
Shame on the BBC for stating they will never show it again. It just shows you how out of touch Auntie is.
Woke idiots. Don't pay your licence
Playing other races is called acting .. It was a great series 👍
Don Estelle and Windsor Davies’ version of Whispering Grass is a classic. Estelle had a great voice. Sadly he was reduced to singing in shopping centres later in life. I saw him singing in Lewisham in the 90s. If he’d have been taller, he would probably have made a great career as a straight entertainer.
Saw him singing in the window of Woolworths in Hunstanton Norfolk, on a Sunday morning around that time. I thought at first it was a really good window display till he waved to my young daughter !!
I'm surprised to see so many still alive "good health" to all..😉
Thank you Stu! Such warm feelings and wonderful nostalgia on a cold January evening in London ❤
That's lovely to hear! Many thanks.
Stu , all your videos take me back to a happier time . Bless you & thank you 😢❤
That's great to hear! Thank you so much for watching.
The world was different then, asleep by Ten.
Great vid stu,we will never see anything like this again
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks!
My only real memory is an episode where the officers are discussing their plans for after the war.
One has the idea to rent televisions sets for a shilling a week and the other plans to sell curry in little foil trays that you can eat at home.
And that almost everyone has one of those elasticated 'S' snake belts in the 70s.
Another good one Stu, love these 👍😃
Thanks Clive!
Amazing so many characters were in every single episode
"Sargent major shut up" still reminds me of the days of emptying the TV box from the back of the TV and seeing if we had more money than the price of the rental for that week. Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. (I wish I'd thought of that)
We had a tele like that too!
Good channel, interesting stuff. I hope teenagers and younger people see this and appreciate it.
Many thanks.
🐍 Land of hope and gloooory. Shaaaadap! 📢
Never failed to make brother and i laugh out loud
Thanks for the nostalgia trip.
Tis a bit cold outside right now, the canal has frozen, so this should warm me up a bit 😅
I loved watching it ain't half hot mum back in the 70's, bsm williams was the best, no one could have done it better than mr Davies, fortunately they are re running it on freeview on that's tv 2, unfortunately they don't write comedy like this anymore 😂
Loved this programme. Was so hilarious 😂
Although born in Stirling Stuart McGugan's family moved to Arbroath and his brothers (Jim and Bill) opened a shop. I knew his brother, Bill, quite well and once walked right past Stuart in the street because I was too shy to speak to him!
Stuart McGugan also played Wink McAndrew (an old friend of Donald Stewart) in Benidorm.
Don Estelle came to my local Woolworths and set up his 'stand',. He sang and sold his albums.
I didn't really appreciate it at the time but the older generation loved him.
Great series. Got the boxset.
Brilliant love this information 😁👍🏻
Thanks Martin.
Nice job, I like watching your videos, but one small mistake on this one Lieutenant in England is pronounced Leff-tenant. Loo-tennent is the American way of saying it.
Very interesting and informative. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it. Many thanks.
This was one of my faves to watch when I was little , they don’t make them like this anymore x
Very true.
The world is a much better place for it
The greatest episode was probably Gloria’s Finest Hour, recently discussed with Melvyn on Radio 4’s Kaleidoscope. The station waiting room scene in the final episode ranks alongside Blackadder 4 as the greatest final scene in TV comedy history.
Brilliant. Thanks, Stu. More of these, please. Crown Court? Doctors?
Both great ideas. Thanks!
Another great video my friend but I'm surprised you left out George Layton being a mechanic in some early episodes of Minder. Keep up the good work, Cheers.
Many thanks.
Windsor Davies was also one of the stars of a Welsh/New Zealand comedy-drama film about rugby called "Old Scores" in which he played the chairman of the Welsh Rugby Football Union. A bit of an oddity of a movie, but well worth tracking down. He became friends with quite a few of the New Zealand rugby players, past and present, involved in the production, and was a frequent visitor to New Zealand in his latter years.
My nickname years ago was Don Estelle because of my shorts and glasses, I don't know why it wasn't lofty. I have really fond memories of this show and don't know why it didn't get repeated and promoted like Dad's Army
Political correctness is why it never got repeated. Too many offended by proxy within the BBC, and elsewhere.
Windsor Davies retired to a small town in the Southwest of France with his wife, not far from Leslie Judd and Roger Whittaker, two other staples of the same period.
First time i met him was in a supermarket checkout, i jumped when i heard his voice, my mom used to sometimes have coffee with him on a saturday morning.
Very down to earth and normal guy, his wife was nice too.
The moved back to the uk to get treatment for his last couple of years, i think he died of Cancer.
Wonderful memories. Thanks.
I have never seen the last episode of “it ain’t hot half mum “ I was Holliday in Wales 🏴 with me Mum , Dad and Sister. My Mum used to get Home sick so we used to go once in a while. Lol
Definitely old shuuuttt uuuuppp was the funniest 😂
Nice review
Thanks.
Melvyn Hayes owned the pub in my old village years ago
Also saw Don Estelle doing a PA in the Royal Priors in Leamington Spa one afternoon. He was dressed as Lofty still.
That's wonderful.
I remember seeing Don Estelle in a shopping centre. Think it was in Nottingham. It was a good bit after It Aint Half Hot Mom had finished. He was still dressed as Lofty, selling his cassette tapes. Looked like he'd fallen on hard times.
Such a pity.
I have never seen so much poofery in all my life
always a shock when someone dies young ,,,,,,,,esp heart attack
Went to the 1979 panto, Cinderella in Nottingham. Don Estelle was performing. Ended up with a bunch of swag when I was randomly picked from the audience to sing happy birthday on stage. It wasn't 15mins, more like 5mins!
Fantastic!
Liverpool, 1976: Aigburth cricket ground. 5:year old me photographed with Windsor and Don. At the height of their powers.
Fantastic!
I genuinely fitted the maxim: lovely boy.
I watched It Ain't Half Hot Mum and the Doctor series and never realised they were the same actor (the bombardier and Dr Collier).
Interestingly I have both read and been told that the show is still shown in India today and it will be found somewhere on Indian television being repeated at any given time.
Never knew that!
My favourite has got to be Gloria. He was also excellent as 'Mr Pink' in Benidorm.
THINK MY FAVOURITE 2 HAS TO BE SERGEANT MAJOR "SHUT UP"! WILLIAMS AND GUNNER (LOFTY) SUGDEN
Both wonderful characters.
Thanks Stu, that brought back some great memories. I really liked Donald Hewlett as a comedy actor, particularly in “You rang m’lord”. I am not surprised Don Estelle didn’t get much work after this as he was a dreadful actor ! So many of them died way too young. One thing I can never understand is that when one looks at the t.v. Listings, so many things are repeats but yet, to my knowledge, this has never been repeated on channels like Gold or Dave?? 👍
Glad you enjoyed the memories. Thanks!
It has transgressed too many current taboos since it was first written, the most heinous of all is of course that it was actually funny.
@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 🤣🤣
However I have been told it is still shown in India where it is incredibly popular.
Michael Bates was brilliant, lost far too soon.
Yes, a fine actor.
Hard to say which is my favorite, each character was special in their own right, but I guess Battery Sargent Major Williams is up there, his poor command of the English Language was perfect. I often use his words, "O dear how sad never mind " when faking sympathy. Our Sargent in our High School Cadet Unit was totally the opposite, tall, articulate and softly spoken, but when he spoke, you obeyed. IAHHM will live forever.
When the Brit’s, Americans etc say Germans don’t really have a sense of humour 😢 this , Monty python,and various from particularly 70 s shows why !!