I've listened to all of Down The Line and watched all of Bellamy's people multiple times on my 65 inch Smart TV in my 7-figure home while my exotic wife feeds me the rarest of grapes. Beat that!
I can! I've listened to all of Down The Line and watched all of Bellamy's people multiple times on my 66 inch Smart TV in my 8-figure home while your exotic wife feeds me the rarest of grapes.
I like to revisit this every couple of years and it never disappoints, a truly amazing cast. Niceness! Such a shame that Felix Dexter is no longer with us, one wonders what further joy he could have brought. RIP💔
Thank you so much for this. Listened to nearly all of Down the Line back in 2015 on a road trip, and shortly after that, all copies seemingly disappeared from the Internet. So glad to have it back.
Thank you. This is absolute comedy gold. Zoe from Tottenham at the end had me crying. Makes it so much funnier when they’re cracking up themselves. That’s when you know it’s great stuff 😂
Hello, I just call in to correct the fellow who couldn't find parking in the Kalahari 6:20 Just go a little outside South Africa, you'll find ample parking in both both Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe. Thank you. Thanks to that listener, bit of the good old BBC public service there.
I had to laugh at the comment about the first episode reminding the user of The Fast Show, might have something to do with it being them. It's genius stuff. “Award winning journalist Gary Bellamy is waiting for your calls, as Down The Line invites listeners to call Radio 4's groundbreaking phone-in programme. This comedy, created by the team behind The Fast Show, parodies radio phone-in shows. The show's host, the keen but dim Gary Bellamy, fields calls from experts, idiots, bigots and nutters about a different topic each week. When it was launched in May 2006, Down The Line caused a massive media stir. The first episode was such an accurate parody of a bad phone-in show that many listeners were fooled into believing it was genuine, and thus complained to the BBC . The BBC helped with the subterfuge by publishing a fake profile for Gary Bellamy on the Radio 4 website with a fake picture (below); plus they set up a phone number for the show (with a message saying that the line was busy); and dropped the credits to hide the fact the callers were actually actors. Felix Dexter, as good as he was, was credited as an ensemble actor RIP. ❤
I found this year..... And have listened to it many times since.... Great stuff from the award winning Gary Bellamy....
The power of laughter. This series is the work of genius people. National treasures. I never laughed so hard in many years.
Thank you so much!
To hear Felix Dexter again is a joy!
RIP Felix.
Lol Harry Enfield yelling SHUT IT at his dog 😂😂😃😃
I've never laughed so much in my life. This is genius.
Just what we need right now
The swan jokes 😂😂😂
Blundy - you are a legend. Thanks for uploading this ❤
I've listened to all of Down The Line and watched all of Bellamy's people multiple times on my 65 inch Smart TV in my 7-figure home while my exotic wife feeds me the rarest of grapes. Beat that!
I can! I've listened to all of Down The Line and watched all of Bellamy's people multiple times on my 66 inch Smart TV in my 8-figure home while your exotic wife feeds me the rarest of grapes.
I like to revisit this every couple of years and it never disappoints, a truly amazing cast. Niceness! Such a shame that Felix Dexter is no longer with us, one wonders what further joy he could have brought. RIP💔
Felix Dexter? Dexter Fletcher isn't dead.
@@TheBennylicious hahaha
And he gets the 'mouth and trousers' saying right, not no trousers, what's that, a shouty flasher ?
@@TheBennylicious corrected🤣
@@TheBennylicious
You're absolutely right. Dexter Fletcher isn't dead. Felix Dexter is though (the bloke on the left in the thumbnail).
Felix Dexter: rest in peace you big beautiful man. A genius and a gentleman. This show will always be your show xxxx
Can't believe I got to 2020 never having heard this before, cheers for the upload
Thank you so much for sharing. I can’t find this on digital format. Such a hilarious show and always a joy to hear Felix Dexter in action.
Look on archive.org. It's all up there! :)
Thank you so much for this. Listened to nearly all of Down the Line back in 2015 on a road trip, and shortly after that, all copies seemingly disappeared from the Internet. So glad to have it back.
"I've just called in to say that I agree entirely with the last two callers." 😂
I'm just commenting to say I'm in total agreement with your previous comment.
This has literally improved my life
First time hearing this and I am so happy to find this
Still the best radio satire around, funny forever. Brilliant.
Vot is point satire?
Vot is point of point to point?
Thank you. This is absolute comedy gold. Zoe from Tottenham at the end had me crying. Makes it so much funnier when they’re cracking up themselves. That’s when you know it’s great stuff 😂
The Tony Beckton episode is solid gold
Fair play for putting these up. Loved the show
Brilliant ❤😂😅😊
I just remembered this and came here. Why is this not still not the BBC, loved it.
I have a feeling it is too spot on. Maybe a little like why The Day To Day isn't repeated ever.
12:58 "I am a bit".🤣
39:40 “Listen to me, my friend. Do you think the Lord will rejoice in buggery?”
🤣
And bum business!
What is point?😊
Rampant bum-banditry
So glad I found this.
Hello, I just call in to correct the fellow who couldn't find parking in the Kalahari 6:20
Just go a little outside South Africa, you'll find ample parking in both both Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe. Thank you.
Thanks to that listener, bit of the good old BBC public service there.
Thank you so much for this !!
I would just like to say that I agree entirely with the previous caller
😆
i agree with you
Excellent, many thanks!, 😄
Funny,very funny. Thanks.
Important questions and thoughtful answers, why did the BBC cancel this?
Wot iz point?
Julian sent me here an I'm not complaining 👏💯🎶👂
Absolute classic, cheers for the upload 👍
And hello Alan Partridge from North Norfolk
vot is point north norfolk?
I don't agree. He wouldn't call in to Down The Line. Goodbye.
@@PHILD0 hahahaha!! Brilliant line. That was the guy who said Sean Connory would have lamb chops in a pub lunch, right?
Stop...stop...I live ere 😂😂😂
"WILL YOU SHUT IT!!!!!"
What makes it so more funny is that listeners were phoning up to complain about the show and a radio 4 going s phone in lowering the standard.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! Sorry for the SHOUTING!
I had to laugh at the comment about the first episode reminding the user of The Fast Show, might have something to do with it being them. It's genius stuff.
“Award winning journalist Gary Bellamy is waiting for your calls, as Down The Line invites listeners to call Radio 4's groundbreaking phone-in programme.
This comedy, created by the team behind The Fast Show, parodies radio phone-in shows. The show's host, the keen but dim Gary Bellamy, fields calls from experts, idiots, bigots and nutters about a different topic each week.
When it was launched in May 2006, Down The Line caused a massive media stir. The first episode was such an accurate parody of a bad phone-in show that many listeners were fooled into believing it was genuine, and thus complained to the BBC .
The BBC helped with the subterfuge by publishing a fake profile for Gary Bellamy on the Radio 4 website with a fake picture (below); plus they set up a phone number for the show (with a message saying that the line was busy); and dropped the credits to hide the fact the callers were actually actors.
Felix Dexter, as good as he was, was credited as an ensemble actor RIP. ❤
God is Great! God is Great!
Sooo good
Minge for a new colour
Vot is point !?!
V good
46:30 the story of William Perkin inventing mauve is real?!! For years I thought it was just a bit of surreal humour!
The bat story is true too.
44:50 ended me... Thank you
Yes but what is point?
Chip Cobb, Chip Cobb
My favourite character
What is point!
A think the colour should be called minge....a tint of minge
😂😂😂😂😂😂
What is point…
On the first episode I detect the cast of the 'Fast Show'
Just the first episode?
What is point?
Luxury beliefs.
Shut it. Will you shut it?
WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF
@@themoderateecowarrior Shut it.
@@CharlieKnobcheese grrrrrrrr
@@themoderateecowarrior I said shut it.
@@CharlieKnobcheese 🐩💨
SHUT IT!!!!!
Phone in if you’re black
How dare you use the racist lowercase b.
About as right wing as the BBC will ever get.
"Why do they have to muck about with everything!? "
This is more propaganda than comedy, it's not actually funny.
I love how you display your stupidity with confidence
vot is point propaganda?
Niceness, niceness.
It's the foreign boys isn't it Gary?