Classic sketches about the police from Not the Nine o' Clock News and Alas Smith and Jones
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@Rayfaedundee2 жыл бұрын
Classic Not the Nine O’clock news comedy . Bring back those days
@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr236111 ай бұрын
yes ..british days . . .pre african-influence !
@robbieallan65229 ай бұрын
Absolutely agree proper comedy gold 👌
@arturs243619 күн бұрын
i believe this is from a posterior series"Alas Smith and Jones"
@saracenseven83143 жыл бұрын
Why oh why have we lost this comedy genre? British humour at its best when we take the piss out of our selves.
@Pooknottin3 жыл бұрын
Sketch shows and sitcoms aren't as cheap to make as quiz coms. That's it really.
@krisbassett46363 жыл бұрын
Think we’d upset to many people.
@hoffer543 жыл бұрын
@@krisbassett4636 And that's a bad thing?
@seymourskinner25333 жыл бұрын
Still alive and well. Maybe try looking instead of complaining?
@seymourskinner25333 жыл бұрын
Kris Bassett the only people upset are you fragile petals constantly saying people are upset
@user-yh7cl9kj8k6 ай бұрын
Sòooo, funny. These two together were brilliant! Their face expressions deserve an Oscar on their own😂😂😂❤
@martm2164 жыл бұрын
Love Griff's facial expressions.
@TheModernHermeticist8 жыл бұрын
"depends on how many officers we have on duty" - top kek.
@fewerbeansplease4 жыл бұрын
Didn't think this was comedy at first. Thought it was a documentary on the police...made perfect sense.
@patagualianmostly74374 жыл бұрын
May I reword your comment? "Thought it was a documentary of the state of the current Police Service."
@daffyduk77 Жыл бұрын
It's what's known as a drama-documentary
@juliebone4929 Жыл бұрын
@@patagualianmostly7437 with all due respect I don't think much has changed.
@robbieallan65229 ай бұрын
That's a good one makes sense!! which is something police cannot manage
@HRJ14114 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!! Remember when this was first broadcast - got in such trouble over the years in business meetings, when asked, if there are any questions - ". . . what is the Capital of France?"
“Coughing without due care and attention” well that is a charge that can be brought today
@starcitizen890j53 жыл бұрын
11:06
@alanoxford62193 жыл бұрын
the New World Order is here....
@AbrahamAlamzany3 жыл бұрын
Phlegmic Bodily Harm
@rickb.41683 жыл бұрын
Funny, but wrong sketch.
@johndejure98493 жыл бұрын
and how do you account for yourself and pc smith putting 83 rounds of ammunition into the back of winston brown ? thats all we had sir !! .
@jjharson73442 жыл бұрын
Squeezing a malteser..... cracked me up.....
@ricklangley34387 жыл бұрын
That staring up at an angle thing that Griff Rhys Jones does kills me very time.
@johndejong88227 жыл бұрын
So brilliant, and always feel sad watching these skits because of Mel's passing.
@williamroberto69802 жыл бұрын
i dont mean to be offtopic but does someone know of a method to log back into an Instagram account?? I stupidly forgot the password. I appreciate any assistance you can give me!
@keenanjimmy89972 жыл бұрын
@William Roberto instablaster :)
@topcat4759 Жыл бұрын
Agreed. Also liked him in "Colins Sandwich".
@jamie12345917 жыл бұрын
I'm off to the Bengazi to park my breakfast!
@HowardNorris-gh1jw11 ай бұрын
Great first sketch there from Mel and Griff - practically a documentary regarding the police.
@mummyd19902 жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant loved watching this back in the day.
@willmoore758210 ай бұрын
Pure gold. As a teenager this was the freshest comedy I had seen in a long time. Rowan Atkinson et al were a classic recipe re comedy..
@GeeGee33743 жыл бұрын
Look we couldn't nab him Why not? Because he's a mason 😂😂
@iVan1233 жыл бұрын
i don't get it can you explain? thanks
@walterrizotto86683 жыл бұрын
@@iVan123 The complete, gramatically correct, non-colloquial answer would be: "Because he's a Freemason".
@mcata36253 жыл бұрын
@@iVan123 freemasonic brotherhood, the devil worshippers, have infiltrated every level of society are free to commit any crime and get away with it.
@susanpeacock216 Жыл бұрын
Watching from across the Pond. ❣️🤣
@evilrobottolhurst9 жыл бұрын
1:24 What's the capital of France? 1:48 We have introduced new squad cars that make the *American* type of noise... Classic!
@Cheezsoup4 жыл бұрын
Pity it ends so abruptly the 'punchline' to that final sketch was that Savage got offered a job in the SPG (Special Patrol Group)
@Catubrannos4 жыл бұрын
I figured it was headed in that direction, typical humour of the time.
@davekp67734 жыл бұрын
Now renamed the Territorial Support Group recently famed for harassing a journalist performing his duty.
@animaltvi95153 жыл бұрын
And then stood on a hedgehog
@josephriley44604 жыл бұрын
Nice to see Nicholas Ball (Hazell)again. Hazell was a great series!
@martm2164 жыл бұрын
Ah! I thought it was Patrick Mower!
@mikeos14 жыл бұрын
It was. Shown again recently on talking pictures tv but the sounds as so muffled I had to give up on it.
@josephriley44604 жыл бұрын
mikeos1. Yes I’ve been watching it too. Good plots but the quality of film is not good. Talking Pictures is an interesting channel. BTW Patrick Mower is on Special Branch with George Sewell at the moment.
@mikeos14 жыл бұрын
@@josephriley4460 It's a pity that the channel doesn't have subtitles. I could often use them.
@kevwoodward6484 жыл бұрын
It was! Part written by Terry Venables. Great theme song also.
@stevienico4523 жыл бұрын
Its like looking into a crystal ball, how could we have ever known that some of what has made up these sketches 30+ years on would actually reflect true policing Today.
@stopthecrazyguy99482 жыл бұрын
It reflected actual policing 30+++++ years ago. This is nothing new.
@thomasscott48324 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite sketches of all time!
@christor29073 жыл бұрын
This is amazing. Why doesn't anybody do sketch comedy like this now.
@unclegreybeard39693 жыл бұрын
Simple, political correctness has a strangled every field of humour to the point that comics have next to no material left to work with.
@alanrix53442 жыл бұрын
No truer words were ever spoken
@topcat4759 Жыл бұрын
As per previous comment the crazy PC world of today has restricted script writers with virtually nothing to base a show, especially for a show that can be broadcast on prime time tv. Watch the "PC Savage" sketch from this show. Sadly not a cat in hells chance of broadcasting that these days.
@jeremymerrifield7244 Жыл бұрын
@@unclegreybeard3969 And yet there are thousands of comedians making a good living today. I think Uncle is talking rubbish
@baboo423 Жыл бұрын
No talent available
@noblemann48987 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this when i was 9 or 10. Where the bloody hell have the years gone?
@halvaman35 жыл бұрын
I haven't laughed this much in a long time. Mel Smith was the best.
@mikereger11864 жыл бұрын
T-34 - RIP Mel. We’ll always have Wilt.
@RB747domme4 жыл бұрын
I absolutely agree, but please don't under value Griff. He co-writes many of the skits. Together they were the funniest thing on TV.
@halvaman34 жыл бұрын
@@RB747domme Of course Griff you were brilliant too.
@robbieallan65229 ай бұрын
Did you like the rhyming slang? That's my favourite
@tedbutler17617 ай бұрын
This so our police force today
@Gordon6697 жыл бұрын
Mel Smith ...THE most under-rated comedian of all time. RIP Mel
@Turrican604 жыл бұрын
NOT by us Brits.
@ami32143 жыл бұрын
Definitely not underrated. In the 80s and 90s had us rolling in our sofa’s.
@Phoenix_cataclysm_in_20403 жыл бұрын
Albino from the Pit of Despair.
@markrae13173 жыл бұрын
@@Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040 Utter garbage! How many people do you actually know who don't rate Mel Smith?
@Phoenix_cataclysm_in_20403 жыл бұрын
@@markrae1317 You've lost me here, man. What is utter garbage?
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering Жыл бұрын
I was praying the Winston Codogo one was in it , it’s pure class and was seriously indicative of the time ! Hysterical 🏴👍😆
@HSMiyamoto7 жыл бұрын
The first sketch is fantastic satire!
@bermudarailway3 жыл бұрын
It's not a satire ,it's a documentary !
@stevegarrod47643 жыл бұрын
Depends on how many men are available! Classic!
@greatbriton84254 жыл бұрын
When he said,"Ladies and gentlemen, the capital of France is" I fully expected him to say "F"
@paulshri86099 ай бұрын
Never ceases to amaze that these comedians could manage to keep straight faces, knowing what they were doing would make people almost black out through laughing too hard.😂😂😂classics deserve to be watched over and over again. RIP Mel Smith.
@MrDavey20104 жыл бұрын
This is so prophetic as life is now in April 2020 in the UK.
@plumberman4u2 жыл бұрын
Or Aug 2021 after lockdown
@rayhunt32449 жыл бұрын
leave it out son,I`ve sausaged a few gregorys in my time but I`m no tealeaf.
@waltjacob37764 жыл бұрын
This could quite easily be an interview with the senior police officers in charge of the Rotherham abuse case. There incompetence is all there to see.
@nigelgreenwood90104 жыл бұрын
Think this is a parody of the Yorkshire ripper case.
@MrDaiseymay3 жыл бұрын
And THAT isn't a joke, but bang on.
@johndejure98493 жыл бұрын
hand shakers ! rotten to the core , truth will out to those satanic gits.
@Muckylittleme2 жыл бұрын
Never put down to incompetence that which can be explained by corruption and that goes double for the Gov.
@jamesbarbour8400 Жыл бұрын
Not necessarily incompetance, they've been told to turn a blind eye.....
@anigov7 жыл бұрын
"What is the capital of France? I'm sorry,I'll have to ask the experts" "sir this man's no partridge,he's a tablecloth"
@JonSmith-cx7gr3 жыл бұрын
Both Mel and Griff could really act a part. Im surprised Griff didnt do more serious acting.
@brianjones28993 жыл бұрын
Constable Savage was at Trafalgar Square today.
@jakethekipper Жыл бұрын
Savage has since been promoted to position of Met Chief.
@eddiekingham2 жыл бұрын
Totally brilliant sketch. Full on cockney, and then some. Luv it.
@italktoomuch644210 жыл бұрын
The second sketch is a perfect parody of Operation Countryman.
@martynlewis9020Ай бұрын
Used to illicitly watch this in my bedroom on a small black and white TV I had in my bedroom during my last couple of years at school. Going to school next day and talking and laughing about the sketches with my mates. Good times 😅
@HideousConformity8 жыл бұрын
"Depends how many men are available..."
@gbonkers6667 жыл бұрын
He's a Mason!
@MrDaiseymay4 жыл бұрын
they all are---if you wanna move up the tree
@souljastation54633 жыл бұрын
@@MrDaiseymay that's the joke
@Onkarr3 жыл бұрын
An episode yesterday of only fools and horses mentioned the masons too.... when he realised Raquel is a stripper lol
@mfollett3613 Жыл бұрын
These sketches were from the satirical comedy programme noNot the 9 o'clock news which ended between 1979 and 1982 on BBC2 in UK.
@sararichmond72404 жыл бұрын
Of course, with the current Covid lock-down and policing of the streets, the 'coughing without due care and attention' reference is now no longer a joke... cough....
@bennyisrael29679 жыл бұрын
i think this is ripping the piss out of the Yorkshire Ripper case at the time
@GordonHeaney4 жыл бұрын
@fifthof Other way round, Ripper was active in mid-late 70's, this sketch was a few years after he was jailed.
@polyorchid5286 жыл бұрын
The capital of France is the letter F.
@martm2164 жыл бұрын
'Depends how many men are available . . .' Griff breaks in - 'Play the tape.'
@Schooner77 Жыл бұрын
Looking back then, Nouts changed, no matter wherever you are in the World
@SaltyReward10 жыл бұрын
Hilarious. Miss you, Mel.
@JPB-zu6wd4 жыл бұрын
Cressida Dick this is how you and yr police force work today. Mel must have known this would happen. RIP Mel
@jota37324 жыл бұрын
Coppers don’t look like this anymore, they look more like a Swiss Army Knifes.
@patagualianmostly74374 жыл бұрын
Ineffective Swiss army knives at that. But that's what you get when you re-assign the Police to being social workers.
@animaltvi95153 жыл бұрын
I was looking at all the crap they have to carry. Whilst having a chat with Mr plod
@markhughes83144 жыл бұрын
"Without due care and attention" lol. Now its reality. Bit like when Alan Partridge was desperately thinking of new shows for tv and suggested "Cooking in prison"! Years down the road, step forward Gordon Ramsey!
@Mac-sb5lj6 ай бұрын
Awe..... Rest in Paradise 🙏 Mel. Miss your sense of fun so much. 😢
@motle7106 жыл бұрын
why the hedgehog? because I love trucking!
@timewalker66545 жыл бұрын
if you dnt like trucking.........
@ollietaylor37484 жыл бұрын
@@timewalker6654 tough luck
@Jock6093 жыл бұрын
Sorry sir, is this your pet hedgehog?
@motle7103 жыл бұрын
@@Jock609 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWrPnnamft-bfNE
@agentsmakem424 Жыл бұрын
Isn’t it funny how these sketches way back then, actually predicted the future of the British police force today 😞
@anthonymarsh4956 Жыл бұрын
They didn’t, or the rapist would have been the cop
@JamesThomas-zl9er Жыл бұрын
@@anthonymarsh4956 ooof, but funny 😂
@pseudonayme7717 Жыл бұрын
They were every bit as bad back then too. They just got away with it more in the past.
@robertknight5429 Жыл бұрын
It was even more true in those days!
@thearmchairspacemanOG Жыл бұрын
how fucking DENSE are you? .. ''predicted'' wow.. FUCK OFF you gormless arsehole. . they done it THEN .. ABOUT *THEN* moron.
@jakubkrcma7 жыл бұрын
OK, call me hedgehawk from now on, please... :-)))
@mickd69424 жыл бұрын
Coughing without due care and attention is a thing in 2020
@daisyhoward54723 жыл бұрын
All standard police practice today.
@man-of-the-world2 жыл бұрын
Constable Savage " He's a villain' classic!
@charlesfu336 жыл бұрын
Truly amazing!
@stephencook46943 жыл бұрын
This is so true lol 😂 how the police 👮♀️ give press conference lol 😂
@joannelivingstone66563 жыл бұрын
I had a hard bubble this raiding my mufflers. takes me back to my kipper days.
@eldermachado3432 жыл бұрын
Absolutely hilarious!
@dimensional1811 ай бұрын
These are so FUNNNNY!
@robbieallan65229 ай бұрын
Arr Smith n Jones what a great comedy duo, I love the rhyming slang if you're from London you'd still have trouble understanding most, I was in the jam jar and I lmfao...
@chadchadman50567 жыл бұрын
Sums our police up rather well I think !
@1fires18 жыл бұрын
very realistic sketches. :)
@JohnLloydScharf8 жыл бұрын
+clownage123 ████ ████
@rickb.41684 жыл бұрын
Savage is sublime
@Sjmby952 жыл бұрын
So funny that it was just underrated
@captainblue82587 жыл бұрын
3:10 that was WHAM!
@garrick37273 жыл бұрын
Although the Constable Savage sketch is probably one of the best and most popular comedy sketches of all time (and weirdly cut short here), the cockney criminal/police sketch is one of my favorites. I'm not cockney, but I've seen The Sweeney enough to understand most of what they are saying, but the beauty of it is that I cannot tell if they are making some of it up or whether it is 100% genuine - it's certainly 90% genuine. Unfortunately the punchline for the sketch isn't that great, otherwise it would be a classic.
@topcat4759 Жыл бұрын
Just watched the PC Savage sketch in full on another channel. My favourite by a mile. An absolute scream at school the next day. The Sweeney an also must watch back in those days.With the current crime rate we could do with at least a thousand PC Savage's and Reagan and Carter in charge on the streets to sort it all out. LOL😃😃😃😃
@momeara7482 Жыл бұрын
'90% genuine'? You're having a giraffe!
@janeokeeffe52974 жыл бұрын
This is brilliant 🤣🤣🤣
@kevwoodward6484 жыл бұрын
Sheer quality.
@autumnleaf36679 жыл бұрын
Rowan Atkinson!
@timewalker66545 жыл бұрын
yeah they are brother in arms
@kamrankhan-lj1ng4 жыл бұрын
better than Rowan.
@Ulfnarr7 жыл бұрын
mel smith was really some kind of comedian
@peregrinemccauley66153 жыл бұрын
I had a splitting headache before watching this . Now I feel fine . I miss British comedy . The do gooders have consigned said phenomenon , to the waste bin of history .
@seymourskinner25333 жыл бұрын
Peregrine McCauley oh rubbish. Why does someone always have to have a sook about “ Oh my pc has killed something”. Show me where English comedy had died. It still produces some of the best in the world now. Just because you’re stuck in the past.
@Britonbear3 жыл бұрын
@@seymourskinner2533 It's extremely tiresome.
@peregrinemccauley66153 жыл бұрын
@@seymourskinner2533 That's true . It's alive and well , if you're anything to go by . There's hope yet .
@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr236111 ай бұрын
err . . .british comedy is finished . . now its all immigrant comedy ..fine..if you are immigrant ...but not humorous at all if you are native-british.... not at all . . . !!!
@wudangmtn4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!
@ewetoo8 жыл бұрын
The last one is one of my all-time favourite sketches, just a pity the punchline was lost.
@suffolksettler51067 жыл бұрын
yep the punchline was the clincher - shame its missed off as its prpably still true
@vink61637 жыл бұрын
What was the punchline?
@CycolacFan Жыл бұрын
@@vink6163 probably something like because he’s so racist they’re promoting him to CID, or whatever division of the police was most in the news that month.
@momeara7482 Жыл бұрын
@@CycolacFan Transferred to the SPG
@pOpCoRn05313 жыл бұрын
3:05 the original Rick-Roll😂
@iainv40923 жыл бұрын
Coughing without due care and attention-Prob relevant for 2021
@terrywilkinson9653 Жыл бұрын
This is so now. Brilliant.
@mickd69425 жыл бұрын
The late great mel smith RIP
@garyhiggins6718 Жыл бұрын
Bloody Marvellous! 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😪😪😪
@romeyburgin72214 жыл бұрын
Love British humor!
@adriankaill94132 жыл бұрын
You'd love it more of you spelt it properly...humour
@Goatcha_M3 жыл бұрын
The Hedgehog can never be buggered at all.
@hobied624 жыл бұрын
Coughing without due care and attention!
@thecraziestcanuck3 жыл бұрын
I tell ya, Comic genius.....🤣
@colinnewmarch1106 Жыл бұрын
Another series that couldn't be made today
@harmjansen53733 жыл бұрын
I love this
@badgersalesman559511 ай бұрын
British POLICE FARCE 😂😂
@RENEVERTIO37678 жыл бұрын
A classic......
@MrPomdownunder Жыл бұрын
Smith Jones and the great Nicholas Ball !
@orionstar67473 жыл бұрын
Good ol TV! Miss Smith & Jones show. :-(
@bawns941611 ай бұрын
Sums up the current police force
@MrUndersolo3 жыл бұрын
Interesting thing is that Thatcher came to power in 1979 and one of the first things she did was raise the salary of police officers. And 'NTNN' started in the same year. Interesting how things dovetail...
@pancholom3 жыл бұрын
12:03 ...against the same man! 😂😂😂😂
@judgedeath71934 жыл бұрын
The first sketch could be updated with the World Health Organization coming up with the Covid-19 name!
@varamyrz29206 жыл бұрын
Last sketch was the best and most widely remembered. Why did you cut it short?
@iqi6163 жыл бұрын
Only old farts like me can remember who the SPG were!
@garrick37273 жыл бұрын
@@iqi616 True, but most people would understand the idea - that he was being "promoted" in some fashion. I think is was just a very clumsy edit.
@angelaburrow81143 жыл бұрын
@@iqi616 Fans of The Exploited remember them because of their song "SPG".
@MattDavis_BeechingsGhosts3 жыл бұрын
It would also give context to the references to hedgehog