American Reacts to Top 10 Shocking British TV Moments!

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[@sirstix-a-lotfpv8604]

I can’t believe Tommy cooper passing away live on stage in the middle of a joke was not on this list

[@primalengland]

I was watching that on telly. It was confusing…. Then tragic.

[@Millennial_Manc]

I can because watch mojo is just inaccurate clickbait drivel that’s thrown together almost at random. 30 seconds of footage and then they turn the sound on for 3 seconds.

[@jonntischnabel]

Me too. I was expecting that to be number 1.

[@primalengland]

@@Millennial_Manc I usually turn off for Watch Mojo and that Lawrence character. I like this guy, though….. Manc?… I can see you from my back garden in Bolton…. Stop it! My son lives in Manchester. Don’t buy him a pint, he can afford his own. Apparently he lives in BrewDog, but also pays for a flat……. Loser.

[@harrymc9263]

Absolute British comedy legend. I remember people laughing because they just thought it was part of his act.

[@phoebegreig6523]

Oh. It’s not the fact that Meghan Markle had mental difficulties that was the issue. It was the fact that she was claiming nobody was able to provide her with help, despite the fact that her Prince husband was the royal patron of multiple mental health charities at the time. Piers Morgan was calling her out on that and asking why her own husband wasn’t able to get her the help she needed. The voiceover of the video missed out that bit

[@old.not.too.grumpy.]

Pop idol is what American Idol was based on.

[@neilmcdonald9164]

A lot of these are more "shocked some Brits" rather than" shocked the world"🎩

[@laughforlife3539]

Nobody cared just laughed. Title wrong for drama😂😂

[@jeepsthetimebandit]

Piers Morgan did not say he didn't believe she felt suicidal. He said he didn't believe she wasn't offered help for it.

[@matthewwalker5430]

And he didn't quit because he was challenged, nor because of complaints, but because they wanted to force him to apologise and he wouldn't, so he took it out of their hands.

[@nessiferum6200]

Exactly, and by this point it was yet another proven lie from Princess Pinnochio and her gormless husband.

[@TfL1901]

you aren't alright in the head@@nessiferum6200

[@liamcorrigan3158]

Wait? What? The Daily Fail and The Sun tried to get Julian Clary… CANCELLED?! The irony hurts.

[@unholyxeras8182]

The daily fail constantly complaining about "CaNceL cULtUrE!!!", but are the first to try and police morality and cancel things they disagree with...it's nothing new, they've always been this way and they aren't intelligent enough to see the irony

[@mancuniangamecat8288]

Sharon Osborne and Louis Walsh are currently in celebrity big brother UK.

[@djalice]

I was waiting for the Julian Clary joke. It was shocking and hilarious! Clary is a genius of the double entendre. I don't think I have ever laughed so much at another comedian. His appearance on QI telling of his story about when he met the queen had the other comedians in tears. I remember him saying to a very camp, supposedly straight, man on a panel show that he'd 'like to share a bottle' with him later. Only Clary could make that line that funny. Love him!

[@simu31]

Julian, when he did Taskmaster in 2023, was absolutely amazing!

[@traceys8065]

I love him and Sticky Momemts was hilarious too 😂

[@icba9292]

I like youre reactions because u actually look up something if youre unaware instead of others that just say 'let us know in the comments' Keep doing what youre doing 👍

[@frankhooper7871]

Yeah, Tommy Cooper merited a place on this list, and IMHO so did Grace Jones slapping Russell Harty on his talk show.

[@gmdhargreaves]

Susan Boyle. The fastest selling debut album of all time and the only artist to have a debut album go straight to NUMBER 1 in the UK, US and Australia

[@klaxoncow]

#susanalbumparty

[@traceys8065]

​@@klaxoncow😂😂

[@viciousyorkie6318]

​@@klaxoncow😂

[@qman2261]

All down to marketing - she's obviously a competent singer but no better a singer than ,many in the chorus-lines of broadway shows in London. Her relative talent didn't warrant the global sales (although I'm happy for her benefitting and living her dream) but THE STORY sold the records (the show enabled someone without traditional good looks to be heard singer on TV which has become rarer and rarer these days when (wrongly) image is 90% of executives' decisions). A similar thing happened with a man called Paul Potts - it's selling the story of the person next door being able to make it, which is obviously very appealing to the average man in the street - that's why the show lays it on so thick with the back stories.

[@danielgardecki1046]

Susan Boyle isn't the "fastest selling" anything in the USA or Australia. A guy who grew up 2 miles East of me is the "Fastest selling debut album from a Brit in the USA" however.

[@rufus1346]

Tommy Copper dying live on stage didn't make the top 10! I remember watching it and thought it was all part of the act. In fact he got a round of applause from the audience as he was dragged under the curtain. Maybe it was too long ago to make this list, most of the stuff on here is 20 odd years after this happened.

[@andybaker2456]

"Dying live"?? 🤔

[@rufus1346]

@@andybaker2456 Yes, he died live on stage. What about that is hard to understand?

[@user-is9ci4te4x]

Julian Clary started out as "the Joan Collins Fanclub" with a dog called "fanny the wonder dog", there are compilations out there of his litany of Double entendres, he co hosted a show called "Trick or Treat" a late night gameshow

[@sarahradford9822]

I ❤julian clary ..

[@traceys8065]

He's a legend and I miss him on TV 😢

[@sarahradford9822]

His tribute to Paul Ogrady was hilarious and moving..

[@ianp1986]

I am so jealous you’ve never heard of Katie Price/Jordan

[@vallejomach6721]

Or Kerry Katona.

[@stewedfishproductions9554]

LOL 😂😂😂 Peter Andre is too...

[@marieparker3822]

We needed the time Lesbians invaded the BBC TV studio while Nicholas Whitchell was reading the News - which, of course, is live. I actually saw this while it was happening, and wondered what was going on. It really is a gem.

[@stewedfishproductions9554]

How Sherlock survived the 'fall' was all revealed at the beginning of Season 3... Careful planning by Sherlock to even fool John Watson and make it as real as possible...😊

[@fayesouthall6604]

The most logical explanation was given to Anderson

[@dorothysimpson2804]

The following episode of "Sherlock" fully explained the roof incident.

[@PocketLocket20]

Thank you! I thought I was going mad!!

[@PocketLocket20]

Thank you! I thought I was going mad!!

[@GirlOfTheTardis]

Exactly, this video he's reacting to doesn't have its facts right

[@nightowl5395]

I like how you look things up...because you are genuinely interested in that moment, for context or for some background. You are like me; I always have to look everything up...if only I retained a fraction of what I 'research'...I would know SO much... 🙄

[@lillired857]

Gareth Gates had a stutter that would go when he sang. Will Young argued with Simon when he said he was 'distinctly average' or something along those lines, and won the audiences hearts. It was very close, but I think most thought Gareth would win.

[@MsClaudz]

Omg your commentary on Kerry Katona (the woman who was pointing out peter and Jordan ) was spot on for her personality! Good insights in this one 👏

[@jeepsthetimebandit]

Susan Boyle... an unfortunate looking person 😂😂😂😂 that was hilarious! ❤

[@lynneclarke6265]

Thankfully that old saying, don't judge the book by the cover, applies here. The judges looked so dismissive of her before she sang.

[@scousenotenglish2819]

I went to school with Cillas neice Lorraint Cullen. We grew up living opposite each other in Denstone Crescent in Liverpool. Met Cilla a few times growing up, and she was always brilliant.

[@lynnhamps7052]

Julian Clary is hilarious...you should check him out...if you like silly humour then Tim Vine is a good one, especially his older tours...and I know yoh would love task master, would I lie to you and eight out of ten cats does countdown...😁✌🇬🇧

[@darrellhannan9216]

Years ago Susan Boyle's social media team selected an unfortunate #tag for one of her upcoming album launches. They came up with #susanalbumparty. Those of you with dirty minds can see the damn funny unintentional (or was it) error of their choice :-)

[@sheisveryfamous]

9:40 her name is Kerry Katona. She actually won that series. She is known as one of the most talented singers in England xxzxxx

[@TheHilikus89]

😂😂😂

[@Millennial_Manc]

12:44 His long term boyfriend had died from AIDS not long before that show and one of his family was ill with something else. He has since said was at a really low point and wouldn’t have cracked that joke if he had a clearer head. Definitely damaged his career for a few years. At least he was a bit more edgy and brave than people like Graham Norton and Alan Carr who followed in his footsteps with a more wholesome family friendly comedy.

[@maqusan22]

It was fucking funny though.

[@Millennial_Manc]

@@maqusan22 oh yeah… no denying that. Probably the funniest thing anyone will ever hear at that dreary awards thing

[@VonBlade]

People have no idea what being edge and brave is. Julian as Joan Collins Fan Club, back when he did that on TV, edgy and brave to the nth degree. Total legend.

[@user-is9ci4te4x]

judy Finnigan's wardrobe malfunction

[@vurogj]

Also notable as being one of the only recorded instances of John Leslie (who rushed the stage to cover her up as her husband hadn't noticed) being nice to a woman.

[@sheisveryfamous]

@@vurogjomg 😅😅😅

[@germankitty]

THANK YOU for going back to the effect-free format! SO MUCH BETTER!

[@ericg5791]

Julian is a lovely fella. Lives not far from a few family members,so i see him occasionally.Always polite and gracious

[@erinjohnson7329]

The thing with Pop Idol: this was early in the days of reality TV; people auditioned in front of the judges with no-one else in the room and no backing track. Gareth Gates, who ultimately came second, took about 20 seconds to say his name, because he had not at that point conquered his stammer. And obviously, it was freaking brave for him to go for it, knowing that his speech impediment wasn't going to give him a day off for an audition. And then he sang - brilliantly. When that was aired, he got a hell of a lot of viewers (I was one of them) in his corner. They both went on to be majorly successful, btw, and I believe are good friends to this day :-)

[@laurenm7438]

re: Pop Idol voting - I was a pre-teen at the time, I remember watching the final at my cousin's house and we tried to vote for Gareth about 15 times and every single time the call didn't get through. We were so curious if the line was just busy or there was some kind of issue with it, so we called the number to vote for Will and it immediately went through. Ever since that day, I haven't trusted reality tv votes.

[@gvigary1]

Yes, Gareth Gates was hot favourite to win Pop Idol, and was exactly the sort of bland, moldable figure the producers wanted. However, the audience's judgement was borne out as Will Young went on to have 8 top-3 albums and 11 top-10 singles. Gates had only 1 top-10 album, though to be fair to him, he did have 4 number one singles, the same total as Young, but one of those was a charity record, and one was a duet with Young!

[@ivylasangrienta6093]

Number 10 is no longer the only time UK has got 0 points in Eurovision anymore...

[@froggy8030]

It is the singer Cilla Black, or as she really was Priscilla White.

[@Aussiedoll1]

I remember Will Young winning, I was absolutely in love with Gareth back in the day ahaha

[@TheThird1977]

Pop Idol was created by Simon Fuller who then adapted the show for a US audience as American Idol, then farmed it around the world.

[@mishla101]

I love your analysis of Kerry Katona watching Katie and Peter!

[@paulbromley6687]

Apparently no one has ever seen Norman Lamont and Susan Boyle in the same room at the same time… Lamont always had an amazing voice, and Susan has never commented one way or the other about her thoughts on fisting.

[@ciaranmulcahyjones]

Are we forgetting Kat Deeley telling a whole audience to “f*cking shut up” on live TV on Britains Got The Pop Factor! 😂

[@seanclark6438]

I think with Susan Boyle it was also that silly swagger

[@mikehorton9371]

Number 9...the moment Louis's surname became Wash!! 😂

[@kelst75]

I mean Arthur Conan Doyle did kill Sherlock off because he was tired of writing about him, but people were so upset he bought him back.

[@bajkabajeczka560]

You are absolutely right about the talent shows. Now in Polish tv is another edition of Dancing With the Stars and one woman who completely can’t move and dance is going through even the judges rates her like 7 points- production already announced that she’s supposed by her fans sending texts.

[@davetherave6192]

Love the Julian Clary clip.... Would love to have seen the 5Star interview on going live.. When a caller phoned in live and asked... 'why are 5 star so f@cking crap!?' was hilarious!

[@rufus1346]

Say what you want about Piers Morgan, well that's an open invitation!

[@delskioffskinov]

I do enjoy your wee investigations into a person you edit them well! keep up the good work JJ your doin fine!

[@marieparker3822]

You need to see 'Sticky Fingers' with Julian Clary. He was pretty edgy for the early 1990s. I remember an American being amazed that he could be on TV. I explained that it was after 9.00 pm so it was all right.

[@OrganMusicYT]

Pop Idol was the British forerunner of American Idol.

[@TROZJAN]

That guy end of Sherlock Darren brown is a hypnotist

[@daveofyorkshire301]

Sherlock's jump was explain in full detail at the start of the next season.

[@ripper6342]

You should react to Little Britain. it is a 2000s show and it is legendary

[@bugs7139]

Oh god Gemini was one the worst UK entries to Eurovision ever! I remember watching this live with my best mate and jaws dropped to floor with horror! 🤪

[@aaropajari7058]

Cilla Black was a close friend of fellow Scousers The Beatles. She was often refered to as the 5th Beatle. An icon in her time. James Corden utterly ripped off her show routines on his American chat show.

[@elethio]

Any list of brilliant British TV moments, that doesn't include Spike Miligans live insult to Charles, is completely wimping out.

[@tbob1927]

Little grovelling bastards 😂👍🏻

[@G02372]

“Peter Andre is globally recognisable!” Wot? 😮

[@fayesouthall6604]

In his own mind

[@clowncarqingdao]

If you heard Gemini in tune you were unlucky. It was dire from inception and got worse. Being out of tune at Eurovision was indeed a blessing.

[@boggled007]

Cilla Black was the highest-paid female performer on British television. I expect JJLA is the highest paid entertainer on KZbin. 😉

[@slytheringingerwitch]

Cilla Black was a singer as well as a TV presenter. I'm a Celebrity is a reality TV show where has been celebs appear and do trials for our entertainment. So Katie Price and Peter's relationship was clear to the general public.

[@Dranok1]

Jemini: the thing everyone seems to ignore about their performance is that they were fantastically harmonized with each other, perfectly in tune and confident making it difficult to argue with the explanation that they couldn't hear the backing track. It was like they were singing a capella...

[@notpoliticallycorrect1303]

Cilla Black quitting was one of the best moments on tv ever. A double win in fact, no more cilla on the tv and no more of that turgid steaming log they called entertainment.

[@whattiler5102]

Sherlock Holmes was killed off by plunging down the Reichenbach Falls whilst fighting with his arch enemy Moriarty in 1893. Arthur Conan-Doyle was 'forced' by unprecedented public pressure on him and on The Strand Magazine into bringing the character back with the publication of "The Hound of the Baskervilles" which is actually set before the 'death' (?).

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

The Sherlock "resurrection" is probably a nod to Conan-Doyle, who did the same in the novels. Strange list - there were some not-at-all shocking items on there. and a few big ones were missed out. Jimi Hendrix going off-script on the Lulu show, death of a contestant on a Noel Edmunds show, Spike Milligan's brilliant insult of then Prince Charles, Richard Hammond's car crash...

[@peterjackson4763]

Which car crash of Richard Hammond's? I guess you mean the rocket car. Grosjean's fireball crash was probably more shocking as the race was being broadcast live.

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

@@peterjackson4763 yeah, that's the one I meant. You're right about Grosjean - but that was broadcast worldwide, so it wasn't a specifically British moment.

[@adam8892]

God bless Diana, The peoples Princess.

[@sarahfoster6765]

Let’s be honest Megan had mental issues way before entering the royal family & he didn’t say he didn’t believe she had mental health issues he said he didn’t believe she wouldn’t have got any help.

[@Gulliedoutbigup]

The pop idol one.. it could have just been my area, but I'm pretty sure people had signs up on their houses, windows and cars on who they were backing/voting for. The fact I didn't have to think about the names, Will Young and Gareth Gates proves how much it thrown in my face when out. I would have been 8 years old and my parents were goths, so there was absolutely no pop or talent shows on the tv. It was honestly ridiculous.

[@stewedfishproductions9554]

JJ, just to clarify - The UK has actually scored ZERO points twice now... First in 2003 with Cry Baby (as per this WatchMOJO video) AND in 2021 (because of Brexit and the UK leaving the EU). I guess this video came out before 21'? 😂

[@XENONEOMORPH1979]

i had a lovely beer on the day of brexit , best news i had heard for a long time

[@andyt8216]

Yes because of Brexit countries like Australia (God save the Queen / King), Israel, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Russian Belarus and many more which have nothing to do with the bloody EU gave us zilch. FFS. You also can’t vote against a country, just deem them not worthy of being in your top 10.

[@rufus1346]

@@XENONEOMORPH1979

[@bradwalters2612]

The shocking thing about Pop Idol is that a lot of people thought Gareth Gates was going to win and even Simon Cowell was vocal about wanting Gates to win through the competition. He did not want Will Young to win and yet the winner got a contract under Simon’s label. Very soon after winning, Will came out as gay against Simon’s advice and he was soon dropped from Simon’s record label but went on to have success on his own instead.

[@ladyE602]

Cilla Black used to be a singer in the 60s. Her real name was Priscilla White

[@raythomas4812]

I was in the Audience in Riga when the UK got Nul points ! - when she started to sing ( or not ) I Looked at the person next to me and we both said at the same time WTF !

[@lyndapet1]

Julian Clary was criticised because the programme was advertised as a family event.

[@werxeh]

I really don't like this Watch Mojo guys accent. Sherlock pronounced as Sheer-lock?

[@werxeh]

He really mispronounces Julian Clary as well. You pronounced it correctly

[@BadMoonandStars]

​@werxeh not only that, I've heard him mispronounce commonly known place names and ordinary bloody words before! Not with a regional difference, just very weirdly! Is he even a real person?!

[@danielgardecki1046]

Ashley Bowman the Welsh-born Canadian, who has lived in Canada for most of his life. Narrates on at least 20 channels. Mispronounces everything whether they're words in the dictionary or not, on every single video. Gets facts wrong on every single video. Has no interest in the UK. And blocks you as soon as you point out one of his mispronunciations or pieces of misinformation. He blocked all 4 of my accounts from at least 6 channels, before I gave up with list channels 5+ years ago.

[@werxeh]

@@danielgardecki1046 Well that would explain it

[@WreckItRolfe]

It's his Welsh accent

[@jameswaugh2150]

Cillia was a singer, songwriter, actor and tv presenter

[@lrob06]

And by all accounts a horrible person (unless you were a celebrity)

[@jameswaugh2150]

@@lrob06 I wouldn't say she was horrible she did a lot for charity

[@robertpetre9378]

Surprise surprise, it’s Cilla Black 😅

[@gavingiant6900]

Piers, I'm on the fence with him in what he says and how he says it. But he had run-ins with Megan before this, and knew what she was like. So I can understand why he did what he did. There were also people quitting their jobs completely and quitting their posts at the Palace at the same time as this so they didn't have be around Megan because of how demanding she was. Also rumoured to have verbally abused staff if she didn't get her way. So when pointing one finger, three are pointing back at yourself thing. And race thing only really came about when she became pregnant and the family members talking about what the baby might look like, hair colour, facial features and skin colour (just like any family would). Also BLM was a thing at the time, so it doesn't take a genius to figure out what she was probably doing.

[@werxeh]

Ah, phone voting, that was shocking

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

I loved the slaps

[@mmckenzie8085]

Yes I remember Gareth Gates was the favourite. Everyone expected him to win including Will. I wanted Will to win. So did my sister and brother in law.

[@vtbn53]

No American idol is a spinoff of Pop Idol

[@TheHilikus89]

I like the tone of your voice 😂

[@jameswaugh2150]

No the show was always live

[@fayesouthall6604]

Exactly what I thought

[@Cleow33]

The Pop Idol moment was on here because Gareth Gates (the one in white) had a sob story - a speech impediment, and was very young. Will Young (in black) was openly gay and stood his corner arguing with Simon Cowell. We were all meamt to vote for Gates but the Young won he had a much more distinctive voice and hes had quite a long career as a singer and actor. Julian Clary's comment was the funniest thing that ever happened on live TV. Still cracks me up. The right wing papers went nuts and he was not on TV for a few years afterwards. Now everyone has calmed down he is a regular on comedy panel shows and has become a bit of a subversive national treasure. He writes novels too. Very talented man.

[@andrewharper1609]

Villa Black was both a singer and a TV personality although when I was a child she was better known for Blind Date.

[@joshua.910]

Villa?😂😂😂😂

[@GirlOfTheTardis]

Sherlock; maybe i watched it after this video youre watching was uploaded to youtube, but the fall was explained in the next series, he dropped a body from the morgue that looked like him off the building then had a group of people who were in on it prevent watson from getting close to the body before it could be switched with him playing dead with makeup and fake blood

[@jobaker884]

Will Young winning Pop Idol only shocked Simon Cowell and Gareth Gates

[@lrob06]

Pop Idol was controversial because nearly everyone thought that Gareth was going to win. Simon desperately wanted him to win (saw £££ for his marketability as someone teen girls would love). Will won, and I think there's a shot of Simon looking a bit pissed off so I don't think there was much producer influence with that result as it would have been Gareth that won if so. Also, during the heats for the show, Will stood up to Simon when Simon criticised his performance, that made Will stand out a lot and I think a lot of people actually then took notice of Will when they hadn't previously (they liked that he wouldn’t just roll over for Simon 😂)

[@Havanasky100]

Sherlock being on this list is strange. The rest is real life moments.

[@whattiler5102]

Peter Andre was only ever a "superstar" in the 'pens' of the writers of the tacky tabloids! Katy Price is one of those 'famous for being famous types'

[@markcorvus6289]

Thanks for that....I`d just come home from a bit of a crap day but just had a huge and unexpected laugh when you described Susan Boyle as " an unfortunate looking person"......just sounded a very British thing to say....watching all these vids it`s starting to rub off on you!

[@alasterjordan1197]

The fisting gag was one of the funniest things I've ever seen, but sadly it did kill him off for quite a while

[@ninabradshaw2267]

They did explain how he survived on the following series (sherlock)

[@neuralwarp]

7:20 The TV regulators have kept a close eye on phone-in polls since the BBC Pet Name scandal.

[@barbaraallen435]

GMB hasn't recovered since Peirs left

[@chrisofnottingham]

No, she was Katey Price. Love your voice btw

[@beeurd]

Regarding Julian Clary's joke - the UK was still very homophobic in the early 90s. There were still laws banning government organisations (including schools) from portraying homosexuality as being acceptable.

[@WreckItRolfe]

Seems like it was necessary

[@drogna3905]

Will Young has a fantastic voice. You should check him out.

[@Jimthehumanoid]

Susan Boyle went viral again when the her PR celebrated an album release with the hashtag #susanalbumparty :D

[@Grithron2]

Random comments: Singing off-key due to P.A failure is an occupational hazard - but some famous people seem more prone to it than others (yeah, that means you Siouxsie Sioux...or Excession: remember "Yasmin comes out as bitonal!"). / If it wasn't the nose it was the teeth - or did she have strawberry jam tarts in her hair?

[@findingmybliss5713]

Pop Idol came first before American Idol

[@leecarter74]

Anyone remember spike milligans acceptance speech at the British comedy awards where he called the then prince charles a grovelling little bxxxxxd live on air