1973: FYFE ROBERTSON's Trail of DESTRUCTION | Robbie | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

[@TopOfThePopsFan]

I love listening to Fyfe such a distinctive voice. More please.

[@JamesTilsley1]

Thanks to the BBC archive so many of us have discovered the joy of Fyfe Robertson!

[@ROOKTABULA]

The psychopath with the Rolls: 'No problems at all, as long as I'm getting rich.'

[@effess8698]

3:10 "the Doric arch at Euston" is a pretty interesting story by itself. It is referring to the entrance of Euston station, built in 1837 and demolished in 1962 despite protests by Sir John Betjeman amongst others. Apparently the guy in the video offered to reconstruct it elsewhere but was refused by the government. Quite a lot of the stone still exists (it was dropped in a canal) so there is a suggestion it will be partly reconstructed. Thanks Wikipedia.

[@andrewashdown3541]

MacMillan was the culprit - another Tory. And it wasn't an arch but a propylaeum

[@hilaryepstein6013]

I wonder how many other historic buildings that man proudly demolished. Never mind, at least he had his Rolls Royce.

[@greatestytcommentator]

His Rolls is probably crushed for scrap now? Did anybody check if it is still on the road?

[@markiliff]

Och, Fyfe, ye were one of a kind

[@AtheistOrphan]

Fyfe Robertson: The Scottish Jack Hargreaves.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@christopherhulse8385]

Interesting comparison!

[@Peter-cz8hx]

apparentlly, in the 1960s, he reported on a quarry in woodcroft near chepstow where the quarrymen were overestimating the ammount of explosives to use, sending huge pieces of limestone over the rooftops of the village, luckily no casualties.

[@DixieDaydreamer]

Something very unnerving about the plate smashing section, he's fighting the urge but enjoying it but no one around him is reacting, it's almost surreal!

[@Progressive_Canadian]

It's wild to think that a 70-year-old tree was considered "old" in that BBC clip from 1973. In British Columbia, there are trees that have stood for over 1,000 years! It just shows how perspectives on age and nature can vary depending on where you live. Those ancient trees are living history and deserve our protection.

[@scottishwildcat]

There are, and were, trees that old in the UK too. The Fortingall Yew is at least 2000 years old, and possibly anything up to 5000.

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

There are some pine trees here in the US in Nevada that are 5k+ years also.

[@killerdoug20]

He had a smashing time

[@JJONNYREPP]

1973: FYFE ROBERTSON's Trail of DESTRUCTION | Robbie | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive our frank sounded like the dude from rutland weekend tv - the small dude who starred in words and pictures.... he introduced nude fishing on the aforementioned RWTV show......................................................... i'm not aggressive!!!!!!!!!

[@Fredric_Cedrich]

Those who cannot create can only destroy

[@inisipisTV]

What they say?! "You cannot make an Omelette without breaking a few Eggs."🍳 😅

[@Fredric_Cedrich]

@@inisipisTV ah the paradox of destruction!

[@andywatts8654]

Sure, you’re making omelette but killing a family of chickens

[@lauraclark1520]

Ahhh, the madness of it all 😅

[@oliverlee-os6tr]

I'm sorry but frank Valori was nothing short of a vandal, not only did he tear down the arch at euston but he also used some of the stones for building his garden whilst the remainder where simply dumped into the river lea. happily they where found by dan Cruickshank and maybe one day the arch might be restored to it's former glory.

[@Geraint3000]

Don't be sorry. He admitted that he only cared about money. It just made me instantly think of the other side led by Betjeman who campaigned to save it.

[@scroggins100]

Keep them coming. Days when the BBC was interesting!

[@JJONNYREPP]

1973: FYFE ROBERTSON's Trail of DESTRUCTION | Robbie | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive smashing plates routine. far right of shot. was that peter cushing's brother sat there? one surmises hammer studios must have had a hand in creating nationwide reports or local tv channel skits (for HTV and anglia and the like??????).....such as we see, here. i like this geezer.

[@richardjones8699]

Back when the BBC was actually decent and worth watching.

[@JJONNYREPP]

1973: FYFE ROBERTSON's Trail of DESTRUCTION | Robbie | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive informative and entertaining - in the proper sense of the word: infotainment had it's birth. no hysteria (unless limestone is being blasted over yer home) and no histrionics. probably presented by a dude interested in his and the craft of others. probably a good egg - the type to go for a loaf and a bottle of milk for his elderly mother only to stop off at the local pub. niiiiiiiiiice. doubt it'd be rum and coke, though. that said, you never know, eccentrics are a varied and contrary bunch. seems there's more money in demolition than construction or rendering. hmmmmmmmmmmm.......... yhe presenter? the jack hargreaves of the arm chair detective set, i feel.......

[@harrycooke6349]

Agreed

[@JJONNYREPP]

@@harrycooke6349 ?????????

[@BelleBlu]

Quite disturbed by all that !

[@johnwaller2886]

I wonder if and what Fred Dibnah thought of Fyfe blowing up chimneys?

[@projectdalekmark]

That was smashing...

[@76ToneCrome]

I prefer Demi Moore at the potters wheel.

[@Mechanicalrob]

I prefer Fred Dibnah felling the chimneys.

[@jeshkam]

Or Priscilla Presley.

[@Davyfb75]

Oh I miss Fyfe I remmber he did a series which used ABBA's Arrival for the intro. Ex Picture Post wasn't he?

[@1gerard47]

Starmer and khan come to mind when destroying is mentioned.

[@Veni_Vidi_Vortice]

Hope you're top of the list. 😁

[@ROOKTABULA]

Of his time: Enjoys cutting down 70 year old trees but laments bringing down a filthy symbol of industrialization. Irony.

[@davidcarrol110]

Back in the 1970s, the BBC appealed to many niche interests and fetishes.

[@릭_C137]

Now I understand how shows like BBC's Top Gear came to be.

[@DaraM73]

Of course the actual medium of television isn’t included in the smashing, which is why modern production is as mindless as Gogglebox etc.

[@NoosaHeads]

2'.40". Interesting smile.

[@crunchinjelly]

Nice timing on this video. 🥴

[@stevestannard6004]

Trolling us you mean what with our renegade government proposing to build on the greenbelt/farmland.

[@2511dhall]

Fred Dibhah.

[@AtheistOrphan]

‘Did tha like that?’ (Although dear old Fred never used explosives).🧨

[@2511dhall]

@@AtheistOrphan Did you like that? Is what he said but he did it in a safer (no pun) way instead.

[@AtheistOrphan]

I didn’t notice that autocorrect had changed the Bolton dialect of ‘tha’ to ‘that’. Yes, he said “Did tha like that?” Thanks for pointing it out, have now corrected it to what he actually said.👍

[@Fuzzie_Dunlop968]

Nature is destructive. Eventually, people will destroy themselves, too. Such is life.

[@vintagepipesnightmares]

TV programs were so much better and professionally made. Even us in communist Romania had amazing good programs on tv I still watch old tv programs from back then on KZbin. Same with radio. We have radio stations that only play old programs and theater plays

[@markgoddard2560]

When television didn’t have to include every sexual detail from every woke imagination. Whatever happened to the bbc.

[@stephfoxwell4620]

That explains the narcissist Banksy.

[@JJONNYREPP]

1973: FYFE ROBERTSON's Trail of DESTRUCTION | Robbie | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive 1026am 12.8.24 sadly, robbie, women are still invisible. only thing altered is the cost of a decent blend.... are ye building a whicker man any time soon, though????

[@jaculton2641]

That's a pretty bleak comment. In which way are women invisible?

[@JJONNYREPP]

@@jaculton2641 Comments on ‘1973: FYFE ROBERTSON's Trail of DESTRUCTION | Robbie | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive’ 1319pm 12.8.24 he said so himself. in the idiomatic whimsical reportage way he has........... if you listen to the guy speak then you will acknowledge that that fine poetic statement to be a factual statement... yer no doubt gettin' laid so will be well abreast of the vagaries of male/female interaction... it is kindda bleak when there's sod all doin', sir....