1971: KENNY EVERETT's rural rebirth | Late Night Line-Up | Classic Celebrity Profile | BBC Archive

Since the BBC fired him (the buffoons!), obstreperous disc jockey Kenny Everett has been doing just fine, thank you very much.
He's moved to picturesque Petal Cottage in the bucolic heart of rural Sussex, cast off his London airs and reinvented himself as a rugged country type. He saws wood, he plants veg, he identifies different species of trees, he manfully ascends rickety old staircases using a rope, his cottage is equipped with a 'rustic hood' and bread oven. The urbane sophisticate you once knew is no more, Kenny Everett has changed.
However, his triumphant return to the BBC necessitates a trip to London for a press conference, will the all-new Kenny Everett be able to cope in the big city?
This clip is from Late Night Line-Up, originally broadcast 21 May, 1971.
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[@matthewpayne42]

All done in the best possible taste.

[@SunShine-dk6rk]

Used to love the Kenny Everett TV show and his radio show,Captain Kremmen and all the usual things,was a big part of 70s life. Thanks for a great upload,best wishes to everyone.

[@hilaryepstein6013]

Lovely Kenny. He had his problems but I always thought he was a sweetie - and this film proves it! Lost him too soon.

[@Larry]

Kenny Everett's death was probably the first celebrity that genuinely upset me as a kid.

[@1000colorsmusic]

I love his personality ❤️

[@onlyme219]

His TV show was funny af Sid Snot, Rod Stewart impression, I could go on. The point is it was done in the best possible taste

[@pit_stop77]

Bless, taken from us way too soon ❤️❤️

[@zebedep]

Great footage. R.I.P.

[@sharona1981]

I wish I was his friend. What a lovable, funny, genius man he was.

[@brizzieleif5258]

Never thought I needed a Yoko Ono T-Shirt until now

[@growlerthe2nd712]

Yoko the only artist to live up to her surname 😂

[@knockedoutloaded279]

He was friends with john and yoko

[@pressureworks]

Wonderful man.

[@original.dwornboy]

It's as if it was made for KZbin.. 51 years ago

[@stanwbaker]

That's our Kudly Ken for you.

[@iconicshrubbery]

5:56 As well as GB's favourite looney, a great DJ of course : he had 'Ram" cued up and at the perfect volume.

[@fraserkatie]

Broadcasting house looks so good in that era too

[@prof.heinous191]

Kenny, best DJ in the thingy, ever...

[@ctcurry1777]

Very funny and charismatic man.

[@heresjohnny602]

There's an element of English culture here that just doesn't exist anymore....we've become sooo...sterilised.

[@williamtoner8674]

Yeah there’s something I can’t put my finger on

[@fraserkatie]

What a lovely house! Wonder who has it now? I love the rustic cottage , looks lovely and Kenny looks so proud of it.

[@matthewfarmer6830]

He has that free spirit vibe, or I should say hippie.✌️😎

[@OlafProt]

Dear auld Kenny, "my wife"... This is much like the Oliver Reed interview at Broome Hall, a sort of strange but utterly wonderful unreality about the whole thing. Dropping in and out of his true accent like SO many TV/Radio people did back then.

[@PlaAwa]

naturally funny dude. brother lee love

[@AstonsVintageTechnologyWorkshp]

Good ol' Kenny, shame the majority of his stuff is locked up in the in the Capitol records building archives to never be heard of again. Worst still, is that the majority of the video stuff he did has been lost forever. :-(

[@miaj5118]

What? Why?

[@AstonsVintageTechnologyWorkshp]

@@miaj5118 Well, the BBC and ITV, at the time didn't consider live broadcasts were worth saving, so a considerable amount of the shows were lost forever, when they wiped the tapes, it was down to recovering broadcasts which were taken abroad for syndication in other areas, that anything was saved at all. Capital radio also own quite a lot of the copyright of the era, and as such have decided never to release any of the footage, broadcast on radio. They even went as far as to shut down the last remaining website that had broadcasts of all of the Captain Kremmin radio episodes and demanded that they were deleted forever. I have managed to piece together, thanks to people from around the world, most of the episodes in their entirety. But under legal action I can never share them with anyone. It Is honestly quite a shame such talent, poured into those episodes, may never be heard of again.

[@silvasilvasilva]

I just came to say I thought it was Chris Addison.

[@krunkle5136]

It's great to know Jreg has moved to the English countryside to relax and reconnect with the earth.

[@goffer43]

I loved Kenny's "Reg Prescott" in the 80s! LOL!

[@brianartillery]

Cuddly Ken. A comic genius and a great manipulator of sound. Gone far too soon.

[@MsMarciax]

"It's all a con you know" don't we know it Kenny... Don't we know it old bean.

[@mercoid]

The Kenny Evert Video Show

[@NewZman23]

Loved the Kenny'n'Cash show - nothing to do with Kenya or money 😂

[@heretictom]

1:20 Metabulosm

[@DenkyManner]

YOKO ONO

[@pressureworks]

Officially Licensed t-shirts??

[@raycarter4030]

he says his wife???

[@stephenc6648]

Yes. He was married at the time.

[@llengsuch3426]

Yes - to a woman - a human female with breasts and all the rest.

[@NewZman23]

@@stephenc6648 Her name was Lee and although the marriage didn't last, they remained close friends.

[@andywatts8654]

Wife?!

[@NewZman23]

Her name was Lee and although the marriage didn't last, they always remained close friends.

[@ironmoon8564]

4:38 ...typical Margaret Thatcher supporting tory's humour. 😐

[@andywatts8654]

Bloody hell man let it go!!

[@legobros2020]

@@andywatts8654 ur dense

[@jayh9529]

Was he a Christian

[@johnmc3862]

What's the story moaning Tory.

[@heresjohnny602]

I believe the people at her funeral said it best....ding....dong, the witch is dead.

[@kriswilding]

Primitive

[@TheHarrip]

What an odd fella.

[@Monkey80llx]

Different to you? Must be ‘odd’, then. 🙄 Carefree and fun. Unlike 99% of people!

[@brianartillery]

He was a beloved figure here in the UK. The classic genius tottering on the edge of insanity. Gone but not forgotten.

[@Monkey80llx]

@@brianartillery there are Kenny and Robin Williams characters alive and well today, everywhere…but mostly hiding in the shadows, as they are often misunderstood and labelled as ‘odd’ 😞

[@NewZman23]

@@brianartillery Also in New Zealand - his TV shows were the highlight of a dull TV week. I recorded some of his capital radio shows while living in London in the 1970s and sent the cassette tapes back to my family in NZ. They couldn't believe UK radio was so good.