Classic British Sitcom Intros From The 70's
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- Опубликовано: 27 янв 2021
- A fantastic sellection of intros from some classic British sitcoms of the 70's.
I did upload this a while back but due to a copyright infringement I had to re-edit without Citizen Smith!! Enjoy.
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Would rather watch a funny well written sitcom any day rather than this reality tv absolute rubbish...my personal favourite...Rising Damp.
dont know if you guys cares but if you're bored like me during the covid times you can watch all of the new series on instaflixxer. Have been watching with my girlfriend for the last couple of months xD
@Nico Liam Yea, been using instaflixxer for years myself :D
Totally agree. Is it too much to ask that someone does a decent comedy series for us? Or are we asking for too much?
@@mariajukejax9649 I think you're asking too much. Today's writers haven't quite got the talent that they had in the 70's and 80's. Everything is also too pc these days, they'd upset a lot of snowflakes, besides that, today's actors are not in the same league as the stars that were around then. Sadly those days are long gone, we have seen the last of that like .
Me too.
The two biggest things that struck me from this was how brilliantly funny comedies were back in the 70s when I was young and how sad it is that so many of the actors in them are no longer with us.
Because you could get away with anything back then, glad I grew up in era.
@@JohnLee-pt5jz Yep, you could get away with basically anything except that there was little to none of the bad language that's allowed these days. I much prefer it that way around.
@@JohnLee-pt5jz Yep, you couldn't get away with programmes like ''love thy neighbour'' these days. I was born in the 60's and TV back then 60's 70's and 80's was the best time ever for TV
All the cast members from "Are You Being Served" have passed.
Mate try watching an episode of terry and june or George and mildred
Absolute shite!
The Likely Lads theme is the most poignant and evocative sit-com theme of all time in my humble opinion. I'm 57 now and I found it strangely moving when I was ten years old.
Feeling sad and nostalgic for all the great stars and characters (and just as, if not more importantly, great writers) we've lost over the years after watching this (can't see the BBC doing a tribute to Arthur Mullard anytime soon!) Britain used to be such an upbeat country - we used to laugh about everything, especially when times were tough. Feels so fucking miserable and angry now.
57, fed up of the constant misery, feeling an affinity with the Likely Lads' theme?
Are you me?
@@zacmumblethunder7466 I'm 20 (nearly 21) years of age and I too am fed up with the way life is nowadays. Misery, corruption, all the governments of the world becoming more communist than democratic, big brother always watching you, etc. I'm probably the only person of my age group around that watches many of these series and that doesn't get offended by what the politically correct people think is offensive. My sisters tell me i'm racist for watching these programmes even though i'm not. Only for these comedies from the past like these ones and more, I would never be happy at all. Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads is a great series.
@@europa2000man . Keep watching them. They’re better than the rubbish on now! 😉
@@edwardoleyba3075 You said it lad.
I'm from the NE (BTW NOT a geordie as everyone seems to class anyone from the NE as) and the the best line I remember was " oh, he's from the south" ...... "Gateshead?" ......."No, the deep south, Middlesborough" To explain that, Newcastle is on the north side of the tyne and Gateshead is on the opposite, i.e. the south side
You feel suddenly very old when most are no longer with us.
The Likely Lads theme is in a class of its own.
And all the more pertinent the older we get.
Some top notch theme composers in the UK. These tunes bring back many childhood memories. Seventies were top notch for tv. No bad language, no political correctness, no one took offence at those shows which dealt with social issues of the time through a light hearted look at life.
Racism is not funny and most comedy back then were perfectly politically correct who would be offended watching Reggie Perrin Terry and June, Robins nest, George and Mildred, bless this house, some mothers do ave um, the good life, dads army likely lads, on the buses, please sir to, the manor born and man about the house, how are those comedy's offensive ?
@@jahno7154 Love thy Neighbour was a strange one. It, like the Alf Garnett character in Til Death Us Do Part, was an anti-racism comedy, yet the characters casually threw out terms that would be completely unacceptable today, even in the context of someone using language that was commonly used. There's part of a scene in one Fawlty Towers episode that's cut now when it's repeated because it would cause offense, even though the whole point was to send up the stupidity of racists. I think it's unlikely that nobody was offended, but it was just harder for such voices to be heard.
@@jahno7154 That's exactly the point he was making. Can't you see the irony whenever something from yesteryear is put on the TV, some voiceover twat has to warn the lilylivered about prevailing attitudes of the time, even though they've been edited for the cotton wool brigade. Good greif. Why bring up racism?
@@jahno7154 Racism was not mentioned other than by yourself. The irony of what you say is that most, if not all, would be edited and a warning about prevailent attitudes of the time would also be included. That was the point he made. 'How are these comedies offensive'? Don't know. Perhaps you can answer that one yourself.
@@RevStickleback You sound almost apologetic for things on TV in the past but also enjoying them. Why do you feel the need to explain why these comedies were what they were instead of just saying 'it doesn't matter what anyone thinks, I liked them'? I liked Alf Garnet and I personally couldn't give a hoot if he was trying to only portray a bigot. Stop feeling guilty and trying to appease both sides.
I gew up in the seventies in England,so all these British sitcoms I remember watching brought back a flood of memories for me, childhood memories.
They don't make shows like this any more and each tune brings back so many happy memories of each show
My favorites . . . Porridge, Going Staight, Are You Being Served, Fawlty Towers, On the Buses, but my absolute favorites are The Good Life and Dad's Army. I'm an American born in 1975 but that totally doesn't matter. Great British TV.
Just wish I could go back then too the 70s again as a kid, born May 23rd 1968,,! When we only had 3 channels back then,!
I was born on the 20th January 1968, so I am a bit older than you-but I know what you mean of course!
Born 2nd June ‘68. Makes me the baby 😂
@@sheikhy I guess so of course! Thank you.
We were spoilt in the 70's, all so brilliant . Look at what we have nowadays
60s. As well as the seventies it's absolutely all crap now
What a brilliant 20 minute or so of pure nostalgia ! Loved this massively and made my day ! Oh boy so many of these were gems and I even watch these now on you tube and got dvd sets to just sit chill and submerge myself in memory heaven away from all current politically correct crap world we live in !!
If it weren't for these golden classics to look back on, what on earth would we do for TV entertainment nowadays? It's just cheap garbage and ads ads ads. Thanks for all these Gems of intros 🤗👍👌❤️
Even the ads are crap.
Enjoying The Onedin Line.
Even better 2nd time round.
Not a sitcom, mind you.
You are so right of course really!
@@hamishanderson6738 It was a drama series of course. Thank you anyway!
I’m and Aussie who was brought up by dad to watch and love British comedy and then I passed this love to my son who has a huge collection of his own. Used to watch The 2Ronnies and Dave Allen with my dad as a teenager. Lost my dad last December aged 87 but I have so many happy memories of us sitting together and laughing like mad.
That George and Mildred intro is the best intro of that series. Somewhere I read where that house is and street, I Google street viewed it, it’s like EXACTLY THE SAME!!
Thats good to know
Proper telly back when we had proper comedy actors. Not like today’s crap. Thanks for this video. 👍👍
It's racist they say . Sad what
It's sad that people were and still are racist (and often can't even see it).@@ross8474
Just be glad you are only watching the intros. (Dad's Army gets a pass)
I find it sad that this era of TV will never return,just memories remain,that take your own life back to happier times, without worries, learning different skills,which made life interesting,now it seems so boring,same crap ,different day, in the start of a relationship,its the chase thats the most rewarding,& now,finding out about things is just a click away,no more library,searching high & low etc,so the chase isnt needed,thats why everything now is non rewarding,well that my take on life now.Thanks for the upload.
You are so right really too-alas of course!
Thank you!
@Sine Nomine Another brainwashed youth,,you will never understand what i mean,as you have no comparison,nothing to do with getting old,i feel sorry for people like yourself,thats why the suicide rate is up,as for reality,you don't know the meaning.
The 70s golden age of British comedy.❤
Not really. Many of the above sit coms were rubbish. Blackadder , Detectorists, Royle Family, Fools and Horses, Office , Gavin and Stacey, Extras etc certainly as good - in fact IMO probably better.
Back to a time when comedy made us laugh.
No, a time when it made you laugh. People today have different tastes, just as your tastes were different from your parents.
@@neilinely You mean made 'us' laugh. The partypooper who will look at most things yesteryear as sexist, racist or colonialist. Any 'ist' for that matter.
@@QuoPaperPlanemaybe because it was?
Back when the local PBS station was worth watching they would showcase these sitcoms on Saturday nights. I grew to love each and every one of them. Thank you for the memories. THIS is what BBC America should be showing.
i’d accept them airing overnight hours instead of constant repeats of Doctor Who or Star Trek…but sadly it’s a rights issue
That was a trip down memory lane.
Happy days bought back memories of watching all these with my family. 😊
George and Mildred's intro is the second one that became the permanent theme. The first series was a different tune.
I was born in the early 1960s and I was at an age to vividly remember most of these sitcoms from the 70s some more than others like Bless this house On the buses Robins Nest and others and I often take trips down memory lane and listen to the theme music of these sitcoms reminiceing about those happy days and evenings when they were shown on the television
The good old days if only we could have them back
I didn’t even have basic human rights back then, so no thank you.
Oh, yeah that’s exactly why old white men want that time back, got it.
I didn’t even have basic human rights back then, so no thank you.
Oh, yeah that’s exactly why old white men want that time back, got it.
I didn’t even have basic human rights back then, so no thank you.
Oh, yeah that’s exactly why old white men want that time back, got it.
We are getting them back. Energy crisis, high inflation, massive strikes and walk outs! And to cap it all a racist society.
No thank you.
A sheer delight to be reminded of these shows & the theme tunes that accompanied them. It doesn't seem that long ago on one hand but on the other it seems like a million years ago.
Dad’s Army still on repeat! Great!
Back when TV was worth watching
Used to love hate Shelley... think it was on on Sunday nights, last thing I'd watch before prison the next day....
@@briscoethecollie1510 Ah yes...I feel the same when I hear the Last of the Summer Wine theme tune. Sunday night bath and horrid school in the morning *shudder*
Where are comedies of today that will be fondly remembered ? Answer,,,,,,there aren’t any.
I can't see anyone saying "I loved Nish Kumar he had me laughing so hard my ribs hurt"
I was born in the 1950s. I live in North America. I see, looking back, how comedies in the 1960s and 1970s did not hesitate to depict older, senior, characters. It seems now everyone is in their early 30s and are very wealthy. Sometimes the characters look so much alike it's hard to distinguish them. Despite being comedies, they 1970s character depiction was far more relatable.
How funky is the Robin's nest theme.
When telly was telly. We were royally spoilt in those days.
They showed a lot of these in The Netherlands, always the originals with subtitles (sometimes the name of the show was translated). Remember clearly when the first episode of Fawlty Towers ("Racket? That's Brahms' Third Racket!!) aired, we loved it. It was immensely popular. We also saw It Ain't Half Hot Mum and Rising Damp.
I remember those days. You could watch comedy
TV and actually laugh and be entertained. Something sadly missing on TV these days.
Sadly all too many of these fine stars are no longer with us.
Most of the rest have gone into oblivion, never to resurface again.
Brought back some memories when I was only knee high to a grasshopper.
So many happy memories of sitting down with my mam & dad to watch these shows 😊💖
Dads Army… Just loved these shows
Wow this really takes me back in time to when life was simple. Great shows I'd get to watch with mum and dad on a black and white tv. When my son was of similar age I introduced him to a lot of there's shows as well and he also enjoyed them.
Terry and June was watched by my parents and I. They were simular in looks and age at the time and this sitcom will always remind of them.
Honestly, there must have been 30 years where Brian Murphy did not age one single day - not one single hour. I'll have whatever he's having...
Have you seen his missus? One of the dollies from Hi De Hi... jammy beggar!
You forget that he was only in his late 30s, as I recall, when that series came out. He just looked old early, and it took a long time for his age to catch up with how old he looked.
I have most of these series on dvd, so much better than the so called comedy of today, re watch them time after time, still funny
+Karl Clemmy most of the comedies back then wouldn't be shown now because of blasted "political correctness". Thank 💩 for DVDs
Love Bless This House... Sally Geeson was so fit!
All these British shows were on in Australia. Loved them all as a kid growing up in the 70s. On the Buses and Please Sir, Doctor at Large my favourites. But what about Father Dear Father. You left it out!
Brilliant compilation! Thanks 👍
These bring back so many wonderful memories. Truly nostalgic. Thanks for sharing this with us
10:36 brings a tear to the eye, for times that can never be again.
TV Paradise: time machine required, please!
Almost every one would be cancelled today.
+Raymond Smith thank poo for DVDs
Edited heavily plus a warning for the cotton wool brigade stating the prevailing attitudes of the time may give one suicidal tendencies.
Yes 😅😅@@QuoPaperPlane
We used to have Terry and June now we have Nish Kumar and Jo Brand. We the hell happened.
Diversity unfortunately
Some more memorable than others
The Bless This House intro is my favourite version!
George and Mildred was one of my favourites as a kid. I enjoyed it more than MATH
I was just about to type it’s MATHS not MATH.... then I realised it was Man about the house..😂😂
@@Ionabrodie69 Ha ha ha. Yeah, I should have written it out in full. By the way, I really did enjoy MATHS at school!
Took me a second there... yeah, both good shows, can't remember much about Robin's Nest though
What a trip down memory lane - thank you!
Magic memories😊 Miss those happier times ❤😢
Loved it takes me back in time so many fantastic memories makes me wish I was back home loved seeing all the old comedy’s series when I was young loved it ❤️👍😘🥰
Classic comedy writers and shining stars. Best delivery ever
A lot of classic sitcoms here. But, also a lot that seem to have sunk from sight completely.
If there was a Time Machine, I would go back to the 70’s in a jiffy! 😊
Room for one more?
@@mjames4709 Make that two! :)
some great sitcoms now all we get it shit
Great memories thank you ! When you reflect where are the scriptwriters now we get a diatribe of forced celebrity inanity . Glad I lived through this golden age of harmless conedy
@Baba Yaga Never even heard of any of those.
back in the day when you could have a good laugh at ones self and a really good comedy show, the Brits knew how to do it right.
We were making good comedy right up to the 90s. It’s only this century that it all went downhill.
Kate Cooper 👍
Yea but notice he never included Love thy neighbour, Curry and Chips , Mind Your Language or Till Death us do Part in the list for obvious reasons
@@CricketEngland @Cricket England Mind Your Language was in there. ;-)
There were so many to choose from though - I don't think Rising Damp was in there?
Sally Geeson one of my first crushes as a nipper, jesus she must be in her 70s now.
And where are the British 21st century sit coms ? Not many at all today sadly. Great memories of the 70s
Wow! That brought back a lot of memories. I was surprised to see a couple I didn't know too.
Awesome content so thank you. Such pure pleasure listening to some of the most wonderful, hilarious, funny and beautifully crafted comedy classics of old. Brings back wonderful memories of my youth. Today's life is undoubtedly without fun or laughter the way it should be be. Laughter lights up the soul and brings happiness to all but the saddest of individuals. We need to bring back comedy. Life is empty without fun and laughter
A million times better than the rubbish now.
Porridge, Fawlty Towers, On the Buses, and Doctor on the Go were the only ones we got in Canada when I was a lad in the 70s. But they were great.
Ah I remember most of them well.
The only thing what upset me is time ,its just flown bye, great clips.
Thanks for doing this great video grew up in the 70s knew most of this brilliant show
That takes me back to happy childhood memories!!! Remember after world of sport, mind your language coming on after, didn't really care much for it. Liver birds theme playing reminds me of being tucked up in bed whilst I could hear the theme tune playing away as my mum watched it, same with the cuckoo waltz! Better comedy, better writers. Favourite was "Some mothers do ave em!" Are you being served? Was brilliant,,,I had a massive crush on Wendy Richard.
Not one of these brilliant comedy shows would be aired today . . . .
Blimey.....Some of my earliest childhood memories stirred by most of these themes.
Magic.
I had such a crush on Diane Keen. Pretty sure my Dad did too.
Ahh ,the good old days ,happy memories.!
No "Til Death Us Do Part" is bad but to leave out "Rising Damp" is insane. Despite that, thank you Johnny. Good stuff there.
A welcome trip down memory lane, when England was English.
Most of the so called kids in" Please Sir" look in their mid to late 20's Lol!
How does that work?
They were !
Which I didn’t notice as a child in the 1970s but very noticeable as an adult today.
When "Grease" came out, it looked like the whole school had been kept back for over 20 years.
Blimey, Brian Clemens wrote loads of stuff, Avengers, Professionals and a spooky show.... forget its name, oh my giddy aunt, Selwyn Froggatt... used to say Magic our Morris all the time at school... Great upload!
I’m 29 and Bill Maynard was a great actor liked him in ITVs the Royal. Someone at work got me onto Selwynn Froggit and now watching Heartbeat on ITV3 and think he’s hilarious.
The good life was my favourite because the wife was amazing.
Some lovely stuff there! The familiar and half forgotton!
A trip down memory lane🌹
They don't make comedies like this anymore, every one of them a classic
they arent allowed to ,to PC incorrect by these days standards,bloody joke,miss the old days when people werent total fkn wankin whinny snowflakes,a big FU to just mentioned
@@kokoda2453 People from the 30s said that about the 70s.. weird innit.
@@kokoda2453 when we could have a laugh and no one complaining!!!!
No, quite a few of them weren't so good. We love to remember the Fawlty Towers, the Reggie Perrins, etc., but many of these deserve their obscurity. ITV in particular have made some absolute howlers- but the BBC didn't always produce gold either.
@@anonUK Indeed not too alas!
I live in Australia, quite a few I have never heard of. But some really funny ones there
Some mothers do have them
Steptoe and son
Fawlty towers
Please sir
And my very favorite...
On the Buses, which I have on DVD and watch often. Of course the humor would not be tolerated today as everyone is too precious now unfortunately
Some of my favourites here. I only need to see and hear the intro and I'm smiling.
Enjoyed, I counted 34 series that I have on box sets, they don’t make them like that anymore.
Lovec the 70s amazing better than today❤
Remember most of these as a kid in the 70s, born May 23rd 1968 from northern Ireland UK,,
Love the way they used 20 something year old actors to play teenagers in Please Sir lol... Noticed though no Rising Damp, Citizen Smith or Man about the house, loved Shelley, have the complete DVD collection... But still a great complication put together here.
Surprised how many I'd forgotten about and a few I don't remember at all. I didn't like all these shows but most of them and remember looking forward to when new episodes came on. A time when you had to wait a week to see the next episode of your favourite shows where as today you binge watch what you like.
The Good Life was aired in the US on public TV (PBS) as Good Neighbors. I truly loved that show.
Can you imagine for one moment trying to make shows like ‘Love Thy Neighbour’ or ‘Mind Your Language’ nowadays.
Love thy neighbour is a product of it's time and was quite accurate. The fun part is that the two men are rivals and the two wives are good friends who just sigh at their husbands. Remove the racist language (which was standard for the time) and it's still really funny now. I had black friends at school who loved the show just as much as I did and we'd laugh about the antics the guys would get up to the next day at school.
@@adelucas4824 exactly right
Gosh that brought back a lot of memories for me. Some of those I'd forgotten about! It is sad though that a lot of those actors are now no longer with us. Makes one realise how much time has gone by and how one we are!
Thanks for posting all these intros. Great idea.
What was weird then and still weird now (which I have totally forgotten about) was the audience applause during the intros and outros.
Many of them were recorded live. The opening and closing titles were shown on the big screen which also showed any filmed outdoor scenes. Ergo applause on the titles.
Was waiting for To The Manor Born, Only When I Laugh, and Butterflies...
I love this. Thanks for bringing back so many nostalgic memories. Does anyone remember a sitcom theme sung by ladies which went like this: 'you win some, you lose some, keep on smiling through the blue some, every day's another day of your life' ? Been trying to find out what the programme is for years with no luck.
I only remember half of these comedy classics as we lived in Ireland. My favourite was Fawlty Towers and Shelly coming in second with George and Mildred a close third.
As a 10 year old I'd watch 'The fall and rise..' and dream that one day I would do the same... walk away from one life and have the chance of a second one. It's only as an adult you realise time itself is your enemy, not the life you lead.
Ah, sweet Diane Keen... Nice to be reminded of her again.