Nail on the head satire! - Gene Hunt as a traditional bobby - This is where cops of the 70s and 80s got their loose tongue: It all began as far back the bow street runners, so it makes perfect sense to cast Gene in this sketch. A perfect prologue to the Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes!
I didn't get this the first time I saw it but now, after watching Life on Mars, it makes much more sense (altho I still have trouble understanding what Catherine is saying lol)
*Philip Glenister in The Catherine Tate Show* Please help me decypher what Ma is saying! Undecyphered bits are marked with the ellipsis: *[ . . . . . ]* . Thanks! *:D* __________________________________________ *Sgt. Sam Speed:* [ voice-over ] My name's Sam Speed. Detective Sergeant Sam Speed, Thames Valley Police. In 2006, I was on a routine enquiry... when _this_ happened. [ speeding vehicle runs him down ] - I was hit by a car travelling at 60 miles an hour. [ everything turns monochrome ] When I woke up . . . it was 1951. - Am I dead? In a coma? Or gone back in time? __________________________________________ [ Everyone laughing and posing for the camera ] *Ma:* MAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! - Right then, you lot - _come_ on, look sharp, I _don't_ want us fallin' behind schedule. [ They find a spot on the beach to settle down on a blanket. ] *Ma:* Now... 'Alf past eight. *[ . . . . . ]* for three quarters of an hour. Quarter past nine: 'Old shells up to our ears an' say 'Ooh! I can 'ear the sea.'. Twenny past nine: Go for a stroll along the pier. Buy *[ . . . . . ]* and eat a pint of whelk. Ten o'clock: Splashin' about in the sea. And remember, ladies: Mind you don't get your drawers wet. Twelve o'clock: Buryin' Pa up to 'is neck in sand for the rest of the day. Even _I_ don't like it - but remember: Just because we're all adults, it don't mean we 'ave to have a good time! *Jeannie:* What's for lunch, Ma? *Ma:* Bread 'n' butter, break 'n' drippin', bread 'n' liver, bread 'n' marge, bread 'n' ham, bread 'n' jam, bread 'n' lamb, bread 'n' spam. *Sam:* Is that all there is? *Ma:* No. There's eggs. 'Ard eggs, soft eggs, fried eggs, scrambled eggs, poached eggs, coddled eggs, *[ . . . . . ]* eggs, brown and white eggs, speckled eggs, plain eggs, fancy eggs, and Easter eggs. [ proudly ] 'Ow d'you like them apples! *Sam:* Is this really all you people eat? *Ma:* Oh, not all the time, but we're on our _'olidays_ - we're _entitled_ to 'ave a bit of a blow-out. An' as me ol' Granny Woodcock used to say: 'A mackerel in the hand is worth two in the pocket, but it don't 'alf make yer gloves stink'! *Sam:* But - if you carry on eating rubbish like this, you're all gonna be dead by the time you're sixty. *Ma:* I should bleedin' well _'ope_ so! *Ma, Jeannie, and Var:* MAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! *Ma:* Well, come on, then - get in them beach-huts an' get changed. It's time for a dip! - [ holds a seashell to her ear ] Oh! I can 'ear the sea...! [ Ma, Jeannie, Var chattering merrily all at once ] [ Ma, Pa, Jeannie, and Sam make their way to the beach huts to change. Sam is shaking his head in disbelief. ] __________________________________________ *Ma:* [ Struts out of beach hut in exact same outfit, but with skirt tucked up short, bare legs, and cloth knotted on top of head. Poses dramatically. ] *Jeannie:* [ Walks out of beach hut in exact same outfit, but with skirt tucked up short, bare legs, and cloth knotted on head. Poses cutely. ] *Pa:* [ Strides out of beach hut in exact same outfit, but with trouser legs tucked up short, bare legs, and cloth knotted on head. Poses dorkily. ] *Var:* [ Smiles approvingly at family. Then she turns and SCREAMS. ] *Sam:* [ Saunters out of beach hut, having removed all his clothes, now wearing only a tiny swimming thong. Poses unselfconsciously. ] *Ma and Jeannie:* [ Turn to stare at Sam and SCREAM. ] *Pa:* [ Looks at Sam up and down. His pipe falls out of his mouth. ] *Ma:* For 'eaven's sake, 'Erbert - _do_ something! *Pa:* [ Falls backwards in a faint. ] [ They gather around Pa ] *Ma:* _Lord_ 'elp us, it's _killed_ 'im. The _shock_ of it's killed my 'Erbert! *Sam:* Well, what did I _do_ ?? *Ma:* Standin' there with your _Thomas_ 'angin' out. *Sam:* My _what_ ?? *Ma:* Your _Tommy_ ! Your Tommy _Trinders_ . _Bollocks_ !! [ Ma points. Sam looks down. ] *Copper:* [ two long whistles ] 'Allo, 'allo, 'allo?! Wot's all the carry-on 'ere, then? [ Makes his way down ] Right - now what seems to be the problem? *Ma:* Terrible business, it is. Out of the goodness of our 'earts, we take 'im in, an' give 'im a _nice_ trip to the seaside. An' 'ow does 'e repay us? By _chargin'_ out of that beach-hut like a ravin', bleedin' Zulu. *Sam:* I - _think_ you're all over-reacting a bit!! *Copper:* [ slaps Sam on the back of the head ] I'm warnin' you. I know your mother. *Sam:* But - _my_ mother hasn't been _born_ yet!! *Copper:* [ slaps Sam on the back of the head again ] Right, that's it - I'm arrestin' you for gross indecency, an' bein' a right li'l toerag. An' I know _just_ the punishment an' all... [ looks at watch ] Time of arrest: One-fifteen. *Ma:* One-fifteen? Why, 'oo would've thought it. We 'aven't 'ad a _sing-song_ yet!! [ They all make a run for the beach ] __________________________________________ *Pa:* [ playing a piano on the beach ] *Ma, Jeannie, Var, the Copper:* [ singing merrily in unison ] "Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside!" *Ma:* [ speaking ] Y'know I do! *Ma, Jeannie, Var, Copper:* [ singing ] "I do like to be beside the sea! Where I'm lookin' for the tide, I should like to be beside, Beside the seaside - beside the sea!" *Sam:* [ Buried up to his neck in sand, he mouths to camera. ] « HELP. ME. » __________________________________________
Sorry I know this comment is three years old... but in case you still want to know: -wrestle with deck chairs for three quarters of an hour -buy a 'kiss me quick' hat and eat a pint of whelks -powdered eggs
Watch the 'behind the scenes' video where they are shooting this sketch on the seaside! Hosted by actor Mathew Horne, who plays Lauren's on/off boyfriend 'Ryan' and Nan's grandson 'Jamie', in regular sketches of *_The Catherine Tate Show_* . He shows us around the set, and has some amusing interactions and mini-interviews with some of the cast and crew: Hugh Sachs ('Pa'), Janet (a supporting artist, AKA background performer), Catherine Tate ('Ma') and Una Stubbs ('Var'), Tom Ellis ('Sam'), Niky Wardley ('Jeannie'), Becky (hair & makeup artist), Patrick (first assistant director), a longer bit with Catherine, and ending with Phil Glenister ('the copper'). It's the first feature of the video, 0:44 ~11:54. *Making of The Catherine Tate Show Christmas Special 2007* ruclips.net/video/O8bDKFyTLrA/видео.html
If you mean the tune at the start it's "Puffin' Billy" Melodi Light Orchestra. People use to speak like Caterine's character in the 50's - Great! And as for DI Hunt I like his character's "PC"! Good days.
Still, thanks for the tip about the tune that starts at the seaside! :D *Classic BBC Radio Theme ~ Childrens Favourites (Puffin' Billy)* ruclips.net/video/gtGUaScpSbg/видео.html
*@John Dryden* commented (just below) that it's 'Puffin' Billy' by the Melodi Light Orchestra. In North America, it was most famous for being the theme song for the children's show, *_Captain Kangaroo_* . *Puffin' Billy - Edward White - Melodi Light Orchestra/Hubert Clifford - C.433* ruclips.net/video/6Wy73UYbNrs/видео.html
To answer some people's question: "Why do people laugh when the copper gets knocked down by the speeding car? That's so horrifying, and not funny!" I wrote out a long explanation for this 20-yr-old kid who posted his reaction vid to the two Sgt. Sam Speed sketches: *Catherine Tate- Seargant Same Speed & Philip Glenister in the Catherine Tate Show| Reaction* ruclips.net/video/f2b1ryzgegA/видео.html so I'm gonna copy/paste my explanation here as well. __________________________________________________________ Okay, so I think you'll be relieved to know, that the reason the audience laughs when the copper gets hit by the car, is NOT because getting hit by a car is funny. I guess you were too young to know the TV series these sketches are parodying... This whole thing is a send-up of a show that was big (at least in the UK, and amongst Britophiles like me) in 2006-2007, called *_Life On Mars_* (named after a David Bowie song - Bowie was HUGE back in the '70s). It was a _very_ peculiar speculative fiction / crime drama about a modern-day Detective Chief Inspector Sam Tyler (played by John Simm, who you may know as 'The Master' from *_Doctor Who_* ... The Doctor's companion 'Rose Tyler' actually got her surname from this character) who is abruptly knocked down by a speeding car one day, and whose body (in the modern day) ends up in a coma, in the hospital. Meanwhile, a really bizarre thing happens, where in his mind, he wakes up in Manchester, in the year 1973 (hence all the David Bowie references in the show, as well as the soundtrack music). And for some reason, in this reality he's been demoted down to Detective Inspector, and he has to work with a Sweeney-style DCI (oh wait, you might not get that reference...) - okay, like this really stereotypical macho '70s-style copper who's always roughing up suspects, swinging his fists, hard-drinking, shoot-first-ask-questions-later kind of police boss, DCI Gene Hunt (played by Philip Glenister - which is why his cameo in the Part 2 sketch is so hilarious!). Gene Hunt (who calls himself 'the Gene Genie' after another Bowie song) is appallingly racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, ableist, you name it, he's it! kind of guy. And meanwhile, Sam Tyler is the sensitive, progressive, buttoned-down one who has to constantly be at his bullying neanderthal boss about proper police procedure, gathering forensic evidence ('gay boy science' as Hunt calls it), and 'innocent until proven guilty'. There's a lot weirder stuff that goes on in the story too (verging into surrealist horror) as Tyler tries to make the best of his bizarre circumstances and continue his job being a good police detective and trying to solve crimes, but also he is constantly testing out the nature of his strange 'reality', as well as questioning his own sanity, wondering in a voiceover at the intro of each episode: "Am I mad, in a coma, or back in time?" So yeah, the reason the audience laughs when he gets knocked down by the car [in Part 2 of the Sam Speed sketch], is because they realise what show this is parodying (at the start of every episode, it would always show poor Sam Tyler get abruptly knocked down by the mysterious speeding vehicle, to explain where his strange adventures all started from). I hope this explanation helps you understand more of the context of the Sgt. Sam Speed sketches! :D You can look up *_Life On Mars_* on IMDb! :) I do hope you get a chance to watch it some time, as it is really strange and interesting. Definitely one of the most original TV series I've ever seen. www.imdb.com/title/tt0478942/
Amazing- just one thing: why do people laugh when the guy gets hit by the car? Is that because they know Phil's in it so they know where it's going or what? Because that creeps me out
Life on Mars parody- i love it. Phil Glenister showing up- everything i never knew i needed, what a legend!
Philip Glenister is pure win. No matter what.
This character is EXACTLY like my Nan it's uncanny!
Two of my favourite people on television today. Excellent!
This is definitely Nan's prequel 😅
Nail on the head satire! - Gene Hunt as a traditional bobby - This is where cops of the 70s and 80s got their loose tongue: It all began as far back the bow street runners, so it makes perfect sense to cast Gene in this sketch. A perfect prologue to the Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes!
I didn't get this the first time I saw it but now, after watching Life on Mars, it makes much more sense (altho I still have trouble understanding what Catherine is saying lol)
Me too. And the subtitles are even more confusing!
GENE HUNT!!! TOM ELLIS!!!!!! :P
Didn't realise Phil had done this, trust him to be typecast though!
Love it, very gorgeous!
Tom was simply a candy in the youth 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
He’s even more handsome now.
*Philip Glenister in The Catherine Tate Show*
Please help me decypher what Ma is saying! Undecyphered bits are marked with the ellipsis: *[ . . . . . ]* . Thanks! *:D*
__________________________________________
*Sgt. Sam Speed:* [ voice-over ] My name's Sam Speed. Detective Sergeant Sam Speed, Thames Valley Police. In 2006, I was on a routine enquiry... when _this_ happened. [ speeding vehicle runs him down ]
- I was hit by a car travelling at 60 miles an hour. [ everything turns monochrome ] When I woke up . . . it was 1951.
- Am I dead? In a coma? Or gone back in time?
__________________________________________
[ Everyone laughing and posing for the camera ]
*Ma:* MAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
- Right then, you lot - _come_ on, look sharp, I _don't_ want us fallin' behind schedule.
[ They find a spot on the beach to settle down on a blanket. ]
*Ma:* Now... 'Alf past eight. *[ . . . . . ]* for three quarters of an hour. Quarter past nine: 'Old shells up to our ears an' say 'Ooh! I can 'ear the sea.'. Twenny past nine: Go for a stroll along the pier. Buy *[ . . . . . ]* and eat a pint of whelk. Ten o'clock: Splashin' about in the sea. And remember, ladies: Mind you don't get your drawers wet. Twelve o'clock: Buryin' Pa up to 'is neck in sand for the rest of the day. Even _I_ don't like it - but remember: Just because we're all adults, it don't mean we 'ave to have a good time!
*Jeannie:* What's for lunch, Ma?
*Ma:* Bread 'n' butter, break 'n' drippin', bread 'n' liver, bread 'n' marge, bread 'n' ham, bread 'n' jam, bread 'n' lamb, bread 'n' spam.
*Sam:* Is that all there is?
*Ma:* No. There's eggs. 'Ard eggs, soft eggs, fried eggs, scrambled eggs, poached eggs, coddled eggs, *[ . . . . . ]* eggs, brown and white eggs, speckled eggs, plain eggs, fancy eggs, and Easter eggs. [ proudly ] 'Ow d'you like them apples!
*Sam:* Is this really all you people eat?
*Ma:* Oh, not all the time, but we're on our _'olidays_ - we're _entitled_ to 'ave a bit of a blow-out. An' as me ol' Granny Woodcock used to say: 'A mackerel in the hand is worth two in the pocket, but it don't 'alf make yer gloves stink'!
*Sam:* But - if you carry on eating rubbish like this, you're all gonna be dead by the time you're sixty.
*Ma:* I should bleedin' well _'ope_ so!
*Ma, Jeannie, and Var:* MAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
*Ma:* Well, come on, then - get in them beach-huts an' get changed. It's time for a dip!
- [ holds a seashell to her ear ] Oh! I can 'ear the sea...!
[ Ma, Jeannie, Var chattering merrily all at once ]
[ Ma, Pa, Jeannie, and Sam make their way to the beach huts to change. Sam is shaking his head in disbelief. ]
__________________________________________
*Ma:* [ Struts out of beach hut in exact same outfit, but with skirt tucked up short, bare legs, and cloth knotted on top of head. Poses dramatically. ]
*Jeannie:* [ Walks out of beach hut in exact same outfit, but with skirt tucked up short, bare legs, and cloth knotted on head. Poses cutely. ]
*Pa:* [ Strides out of beach hut in exact same outfit, but with trouser legs tucked up short, bare legs, and cloth knotted on head. Poses dorkily. ]
*Var:* [ Smiles approvingly at family. Then she turns and SCREAMS. ]
*Sam:* [ Saunters out of beach hut, having removed all his clothes, now wearing only a tiny swimming thong. Poses unselfconsciously. ]
*Ma and Jeannie:* [ Turn to stare at Sam and SCREAM. ]
*Pa:* [ Looks at Sam up and down. His pipe falls out of his mouth. ]
*Ma:* For 'eaven's sake, 'Erbert - _do_ something!
*Pa:* [ Falls backwards in a faint. ]
[ They gather around Pa ]
*Ma:* _Lord_ 'elp us, it's _killed_ 'im. The _shock_ of it's killed my 'Erbert!
*Sam:* Well, what did I _do_ ??
*Ma:* Standin' there with your _Thomas_ 'angin' out.
*Sam:* My _what_ ??
*Ma:* Your _Tommy_ ! Your Tommy _Trinders_ . _Bollocks_ !!
[ Ma points. Sam looks down. ]
*Copper:* [ two long whistles ] 'Allo, 'allo, 'allo?! Wot's all the carry-on 'ere, then?
[ Makes his way down ] Right - now what seems to be the problem?
*Ma:* Terrible business, it is. Out of the goodness of our 'earts, we take 'im in, an' give 'im a _nice_ trip to the seaside. An' 'ow does 'e repay us? By _chargin'_ out of that beach-hut like a ravin', bleedin' Zulu.
*Sam:* I - _think_ you're all over-reacting a bit!!
*Copper:* [ slaps Sam on the back of the head ] I'm warnin' you. I know your mother.
*Sam:* But - _my_ mother hasn't been _born_ yet!!
*Copper:* [ slaps Sam on the back of the head again ] Right, that's it - I'm arrestin' you for gross indecency, an' bein' a right li'l toerag. An' I know _just_ the punishment an' all... [ looks at watch ] Time of arrest: One-fifteen.
*Ma:* One-fifteen? Why, 'oo would've thought it. We 'aven't 'ad a _sing-song_ yet!!
[ They all make a run for the beach ]
__________________________________________
*Pa:* [ playing a piano on the beach ]
*Ma, Jeannie, Var, the Copper:* [ singing merrily in unison ]
"Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside!"
*Ma:* [ speaking ] Y'know I do!
*Ma, Jeannie, Var, Copper:* [ singing ]
"I do like to be beside the sea!
Where I'm lookin' for the tide,
I should like to be beside,
Beside the seaside - beside the sea!"
*Sam:* [ Buried up to his neck in sand, he mouths to camera. ] « HELP. ME. »
__________________________________________
Sorry I know this comment is three years old... but in case you still want to know:
-wrestle with deck chairs for three quarters of an hour
-buy a 'kiss me quick' hat and eat a pint of whelks
-powdered eggs
Tom Ellis!!
This is definitely Nan's prequel 🤣
oh my that was filmed on broadstairs beach lol
That's where I grew up
@reynay69 The sketch is based on the tv show Life on Mars and the cop is Philip glenister who plays Gene Hunt (the copper in life on mars) :)
Thanks ! Had never seen this one.
Superb! Gary and the Gov together, Brill! - that Catherine Tate!
This is just brilliant! Thanks for posting it :o)
Love the tan lines on Tom!
loooool love this!
Ooooooh, Tom Ellis
"My mother hasn't been born yet!" 😹
Watch the 'behind the scenes' video where they are shooting this sketch on the seaside! Hosted by actor Mathew Horne, who plays Lauren's on/off boyfriend 'Ryan' and Nan's grandson 'Jamie', in regular sketches of *_The Catherine Tate Show_* . He shows us around the set, and has some amusing interactions and mini-interviews with some of the cast and crew: Hugh Sachs ('Pa'), Janet (a supporting artist, AKA background performer), Catherine Tate ('Ma') and Una Stubbs ('Var'), Tom Ellis ('Sam'), Niky Wardley ('Jeannie'), Becky (hair & makeup artist), Patrick (first assistant director), a longer bit with Catherine, and ending with Phil Glenister ('the copper'). It's the first feature of the video, 0:44 ~11:54.
*Making of The Catherine Tate Show Christmas Special 2007*
ruclips.net/video/O8bDKFyTLrA/видео.html
Holy crap, that IS Una Stubbs!!
*the food she reels off is basically half an entrée there*
If you mean the tune at the start it's "Puffin' Billy" Melodi Light Orchestra. People use to speak like Caterine's character in the 50's - Great!
And as for DI Hunt I like his character's "PC"! Good days.
I think @illusionnnnnnn is asking about the song at the intro, when Sgt. Speed is on his bike and gets hit by the car? (I'm curious as well.)
Still, thanks for the tip about the tune that starts at the seaside! :D
*Classic BBC Radio Theme ~ Childrens Favourites (Puffin' Billy)*
ruclips.net/video/gtGUaScpSbg/видео.html
Kinda scary after Ashes to Ashes.
Buahaha xD Amazing Gene Genie xD Thx 4 upload, great video ^^
Lucifer Morningstar on Broadstairs beach.
He's more like the young angel Samael here... All innocent and curly-haired, no thoughts of rebellion against his Father, lol.
I can 'ear the sea.now!
Hahahah this is awesome!!!
So funny!!!! I ache
LOL Brilliant!!!!
Tom ellis is amazing ❤
GORRGEOUS GENE GENIE with a bobby's helmet lol. gene hunt would be ashamed
But surely even the Gene Genie started off as a uniformed constable, at the very beginning his career?
Hey, that's Donna and Tom Milligan! =)
Aka Catherine Tate and Tom Ellis.
Doctor Who fans, rejoice!
Hey, what episode was this Tom Milligan character in?
@@crystalidentity "Last of the Timelords" episode.
The final episode of season 3, I believe.
@@neszi3 Thanks!
In this sketch, Sam was like the only character that had any common sense.
The music at :047 or so sounds like the opening of the American tv show "Captain Kangaroo" tv show for kids.
There are people like that today
What is that theme starting at 0:37? An old sitcom-- can't remember!
*@John Dryden* commented (just below) that it's 'Puffin' Billy' by the Melodi Light Orchestra. In North America, it was most famous for being the theme song for the children's show, *_Captain Kangaroo_* .
*Puffin' Billy - Edward White - Melodi Light Orchestra/Hubert Clifford - C.433*
ruclips.net/video/6Wy73UYbNrs/видео.html
Lol x
Right little toe-rag... Ace.
To answer some people's question: "Why do people laugh when the copper gets knocked down by the speeding car? That's so horrifying, and not funny!" I wrote out a long explanation for this 20-yr-old kid who posted his reaction vid to the two Sgt. Sam Speed sketches:
*Catherine Tate- Seargant Same Speed & Philip Glenister in the Catherine Tate Show| Reaction*
ruclips.net/video/f2b1ryzgegA/видео.html
so I'm gonna copy/paste my explanation here as well.
__________________________________________________________
Okay, so I think you'll be relieved to know, that the reason the audience laughs when the copper gets hit by the car, is NOT because getting hit by a car is funny. I guess you were too young to know the TV series these sketches are parodying... This whole thing is a send-up of a show that was big (at least in the UK, and amongst Britophiles like me) in 2006-2007, called *_Life On Mars_* (named after a David Bowie song - Bowie was HUGE back in the '70s). It was a _very_ peculiar speculative fiction / crime drama about a modern-day Detective Chief Inspector Sam Tyler (played by John Simm, who you may know as 'The Master' from *_Doctor Who_* ... The Doctor's companion 'Rose Tyler' actually got her surname from this character) who is abruptly knocked down by a speeding car one day, and whose body (in the modern day) ends up in a coma, in the hospital. Meanwhile, a really bizarre thing happens, where in his mind, he wakes up in Manchester, in the year 1973 (hence all the David Bowie references in the show, as well as the soundtrack music).
And for some reason, in this reality he's been demoted down to Detective Inspector, and he has to work with a Sweeney-style DCI (oh wait, you might not get that reference...) - okay, like this really stereotypical macho '70s-style copper who's always roughing up suspects, swinging his fists, hard-drinking, shoot-first-ask-questions-later kind of police boss, DCI Gene Hunt (played by Philip Glenister - which is why his cameo in the Part 2 sketch is so hilarious!). Gene Hunt (who calls himself 'the Gene Genie' after another Bowie song) is appallingly racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, ableist, you name it, he's it! kind of guy. And meanwhile, Sam Tyler is the sensitive, progressive, buttoned-down one who has to constantly be at his bullying neanderthal boss about proper police procedure, gathering forensic evidence ('gay boy science' as Hunt calls it), and 'innocent until proven guilty'.
There's a lot weirder stuff that goes on in the story too (verging into surrealist horror) as Tyler tries to make the best of his bizarre circumstances and continue his job being a good police detective and trying to solve crimes, but also he is constantly testing out the nature of his strange 'reality', as well as questioning his own sanity, wondering in a voiceover at the intro of each episode: "Am I mad, in a coma, or back in time?" So yeah, the reason the audience laughs when he gets knocked down by the car [in Part 2 of the Sam Speed sketch], is because they realise what show this is parodying (at the start of every episode, it would always show poor Sam Tyler get abruptly knocked down by the mysterious speeding vehicle, to explain where his strange adventures all started from).
I hope this explanation helps you understand more of the context of the Sgt. Sam Speed sketches! :D
You can look up *_Life On Mars_* on IMDb! :) I do hope you get a chance to watch it some time, as it is really strange and interesting. Definitely one of the most original TV series I've ever seen.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0478942/
Even in 2019 I wouldnt be seen dead in speedos
Det. Sgt. Sam Speedo!
Didn’t know there was 2...
Mmmm Tom Ellis seems a fine peice of meat :p
You mean his 'Thomas'??
@@dollcefina His 'Tommy Trinders'!!
does anyone know the name of the song at the start?
They're bloody mad. No wonder they live on an island, away from the rest of Europe! Thank God for that... Imagine?
Amazing- just one thing: why do people laugh when the guy gets hit by the car? Is that because they know Phil's in it so they know where it's going or what? Because that creeps me out
I thought it's because most British viewers at that time were aware of the premise and intro of the _Life On Mars_ TV series.
I think it’s because the cool entrance is completely undermined.
so he's been caked up