HIGNFY - Brian Blessed (Full Show, Extended)

[@TheNerdForAllSeasons]

I'm American and I've been sobbing laughing through this entire episode. Brian Blessed is an international treasure.

[@hypnotised-clover]

Boss Nass is an international treasure.

[@synthonaplinth5980]

Agreed! I'm American and my face literally hurt from laughing so much after watching this episode

[@disgruntledtoons]

His voice work is the best part of Peppa Pig.

[@andrewwilliams9599]

A-fucking-men! From a fellow Yank.

[@franminky7763]

Have you seen the Boris Johnson episodes ? Long before he was PM he appeared on several episodes , I honestly think this show is responsible for Boris’s popularity and political career , The Leftie BBC have never forgiven themselves 😂😂😂😂

[@topazpenguin5740]

I was so fortunate to get tickets to this episode - 3 friends and I were actually in the front row. One of the best nights out we'd ever experienced! Brian was on top form - it took about an hour just to film round 1. Part the way through the episode, the producer had to stop the recording because there was a queue of taxis waiting outside to collect those who had booked them in advance. We weren't able to leave the studio until gone midnight - so much of the whole footage had to be left out. Absolutely amazing.

[@653j521]

Topaz Penquin Did it take a week to recover? :D

[@ritz2467]

What time did the filming start?

[@TheAVJ2]

oh man that was certainly a blessed day

[@bunnybismuth]

You were in the front row? Are you now entirely deaf?

[@wich1]

My, you were a lucky bugger, that’s definitely a night to remember

[@PeterButchens]

Please Britain, could you replace your royal family and just crown Brian Blessed as your King?

[@zodiacmanan]

That is one of the best suggestions ever!

[@gentboy515]

He was in Blackadder I ;)

[@DonaldBickerstaff]

Pete drive

[@exitus82]

Chiswick!! FRESH HORSES!!!

[@bobbyshaddoe3004]

PeterButchens put him in a room with Donald trump and shut the door.

[@vicj3343]

Without doubt the BEST HIGNFY I've ever seen. The panel couldn't keep up, Brian was just that good! :)

[@Leto617]

William Shatner did an amazing job as well

[@angeladawn805]

Tom Baker comes a close second. Both absolute legends

[@rabidbigdog]

Can you imagine sitting down with this vision to edit up for a tight 30 mins???

[@libertyordeaf]

Blessed, Baker and Shatnell are the Holy Trinity of HIGNFY hosts.

[@kinghock]

This is just...the best HIGNFY ever. It's incredible. Merton can't believe it.

[@russell6clacks]

The only thing bigger than Brian Blessed is his VOICE, and the only thing bigger than Brian Blessed's VOICE is his personality. An absolute treasure of a man.

[@robertleer4111]

Brian Blessed is insane. Probably the best episode of this show ever.

[@tombranch2261]

As Bercow is stepping down, I vote that we make Blessed the new speaker of the house, after all, he could silence the commons with his booming voice.

[@insertclevername4123]

ORDER! I SAID ORDER! I'LL FIGHT YOU, YA SILLY BASTARD!

[@markscott554]

Top shout. Totally agree.

[@thestigsdutchcousin]

It would make debates way more interesting.

[@synthonaplinth5980]

When he shouted in London, they would be able to hear him in Wales.

[@beenaplumber8379]

That's what makes him so good with Shakespeare - his Exeter in Henry V and his Ghost in Hamlet were all the more ferocious because we all knew THIS was lying just below the surface, this howling, batshit-mad crazy man you had better listen to as if your coddlings were at stake. He's so good when he underplays his roles.

[@andrewwilliams9599]

I think the NHS should hire Brian Blessed to shout at the Coronavirus until it gets scared and runs away.

[@glitterbitesback]

If pure joy was turned into a human being, it would be Brian. Love him!

[@billmcbillface7467]

I revisit this one at least once a month. It never gets old.

[@russbarker2727]

Same as you. Always brings a smile to my face.

[@henrikhyrup3995]

Note to ALL car manufacturers: Replace that little lamp on the dashboard with Brian Blessed yelling *"PETROL!!!!! WE'RE RUNNING OUT!!"* I guarantee, noone will run dry ever again.

[@hoilst]

Please, please tell me there's a Brian Blessed satnav voice. *"FOUR HUNDRED METRES! TURN LEFT!"*

[@Jay_76]

@@hoilst I believe there you can download a Brian Blessed voice for TomTom.

[@hoilst]

@@Jay_76 I may just buy a Tom Tom satnav for this... "TURN LEFT, YOU BASTARD."

[@synthonaplinth5980]

@@hoilst There are actually a couple of commercials for the Brian Blessed version of TomTom on KZbin, not to mention a bloopers video!

[@h0lly_blue]

*DON'T TOUCH MY ARSE*

[@soeffingwhat]

*NEXT!!!!!*

[@Kiwigrunt]

This is the greatest episode of any television series.... EVER CREATED!!!!!....ALL HAIL BLESSED!!!

[@synthonaplinth5980]

You sir, are my hero. The full version of this show mysteriously disappeared a couple of years back, thanks so much for reposting it!!

[@robbie007]

I revisited this. And it's my favourite one. Brian is on top form right from the go. Hilarious stuff. Paul and Ian are lost for words.

[@munenemathenge8085]

This might be the best episode in all of television.

[@Spikeelsucko]

its not even a hard position to defend

[@munenemathenge8085]

@@Spikeelsucko it isn't. And the fact that they didn't have him do another one is the crime of the century.

[@Spikeelsucko]

@@munenemathenge8085 as long as he's still with us I live in hope

[@lilymarinovic1644]

​@@munenemathenge8085he did do more than one IIRC.

[@animeveteran]

"And what were you called in Z Cars?" "...... Fancy Smith." The epitome of 'I'm really not one to talk, am I?'

[@eliotmccann2589]

Dear grief, this is hysterical... the man is a legend...

[@Celestatiune]

Brian Blessed if you are reading this I am but a simple man from the land of Kansas but one day I aspire to be as erudite and absolutely insane as you

[@RIXRADvidz]

practice your bellow. be sure they can hear you clearly in the next county. and Read. every, any, document, book, pamphlet, tome, absorb the information and use it. the insanity comes in just when you're not looking...

[@Spiegel1989]

It's Kansas; he won't have to bellow too hard.

[@orientalgreenfinch]

All headlines need to be read by Brian Blessed.

[@michaelboucher7645]

Brian Blessed is a big man but not even his frame can begin to contain his massive personality! What a legend...

[@omegastar19]

5:31 gets me every single time. The unexpected and completely over the top interruption, and the way Duncan reacts - he’s caught so off guard that you can see him whirl around with a “who the fuck said that!” expression for a brief moment before he realizes.

[@peterdefrankrijker]

Paul’s “Brian, you’d never guess you were an actor” is a brilliant ad lib as well.

[@sfshinz]

"WHAT THE FUCK'S HAPPENED TO YOU! YOU'VE FAINTED SINCE THE BEGINNING! YOU'RE DOING FUCK-ALL AT THE MOMENT!"

[@lindahart6049]

I really needed a good laugh tonight. This episode never fails to deliver 😂🤣😂. Watching Paul was half the fun!

[@moif_velocita]

Reading this comment in 2024. What ever happened, I hope you're alright now

[@A.Green55]

I’ve never seen Paul Merton laugh and be joyous like that! That is very telling.

[@moif_velocita]

What does it tell you?

[@morbius109]

This man is a wondrous whirlwind of marvelously manic, unfettered, utterly insane energy and he is absolutely magnificent. Brian Blessed for PM! Alan Duncan losing it at 35:03 made me laugh till I cried, lol.

[@bettychatfield2544]

I found Alan Duncan's laugh lovely LOL

[@russbarker2727]

This has to be the funniest episode of HIGNFY. Brian Blessed is a national treasure. He is also quite mad. I haven't laughed so much on my own since reading the Spike Milligan war diaries. .

[@JnEricsonx]

God America needs Brian to come here for a while, do a podcast, a TV show, SOMETHING.

[@elvikingobarbaroja]

I want Brian Blessed to be my local librarian. Legend!

[@paulbanton]

One of the best HIGNFY episodes ever .. revisting .. Now need to revisit the Boris double episode ..

[@christhesmith]

In my opinion, one of the funniest HIGNFY. I hope BB realized that he did a brilliant job.

[@moif_velocita]

It's strange to watch this in 2024

[@shawntco]

This video is 42 minutes of me laughing continuously

[@bettychatfield2544]

When I am medically diagnosed with Deep Blue Funk ... the only cure is to watch Brian Blessed host HIGNFY and laugh myself well again

[@kikufutaba1194]

彼は私を泣かせる彼はとても面白いです愛ブライアンさん Thank you for posting funniest program yet.

[@thedutchessofdragonshyre4630]

Brian Blessed is my favorite actor

[@dmbindallas]

Ok so I watched a different clip today with Brian Blessed and now I am watching every single thing I can find...dumb American that I am I was unfamiliar...he is spectacular

[@wilcopeperkamp]

His biography is on KZbin, read by Brian Blessed himself. Enjoyed it a lot

[@lilymarinovic1644]

​@@wilcopeperkampoh my, I have to find and listen to it as soon as I finish watching this.

[@richin2123]

Has ANY television show anywhere in the world ever gone so spectacularly and hilariously off the rails as this?? Comedy gold, and you don't have to understand the specifics of British politics to love it.

[@jcgabriel1569]

What's your favourite line? Mine was; "If I'd known before that he was a sleazebag I probably wouldn't have gone anywhere near him." So the photo of his knackers weren't a giveaway..."

[@insertclevername4123]

The word "probably" is doing some really heavy lifting in that story.

[@AndrewTinley]

This is by far the best episode of the show ever.

[@TheHrb1234]

Im sure Ive seen this several times before but every time a HIGNFY episode with Brian Blessed in it comes up in my feed, Im watching it. What a legend.

[@neuvocastezero1838]

"You're my second choice after...(looks at notes) Paul." Brilliant

[@Rotorhead99]

I thoroughly enjoy all HIGNFY, but this was by far and away the funniest episode ever. They need to get Brian back again.

[@andrewwilliams9599]

Brian Bloody Blessed! God bless him and keep him. He renews my faith in humanity every time I see this episode.

[@SynthFreaq]

Probably one of the best episodes of HIGNFY...

[@maccoll3644]

When he told the anecdote about what landed on a fellow-climber's shoulder, I nearly choked myself with laughing so hard!

[@francovance1]

Best episode, Brian is a national treasure.

[@smoog]

Such a shame they've never got BRIAN back to host this show. I guess Paul and Ian are still recovering, and can't yet face him.

[@rupert1124]

Thanks for uploading this. What a fantastic laugh.

[@prateekkc8624]

Osama Bin Laden's son.... Dave :'D

[@LeofromFreo]

Brian Blessed is a unique individual and just fabulous.

[@flgbanjo]

I'm crying from laughing so hard and I'm American! Brian Blessed is simply amazing!

[@JnEricsonx]

Been a fan since I was a little kid seeing Flash Gordon!

[@sureshot8399]

Brian Blessed and Miriam Margolyes are two of my favourite unfiltered characters. Always loved them both.

[@pandawolf3410]

Ian: I suppose you are the only gay Tory, aren't you? Alan: Actually, there are... Brian: ARE YOU GAY!?

[@brendandax]

What a joy to watch from start to finish!

[@Sbiper]

Probably the most legendary piece of TV ever.

[@chrissheppard5068]

He turned that into the Brian Blessed Comedy Special. The other jokers looked well miffed.

[@andrewwilliams9599]

Well, if you can't keep up, maybe YOU'RE NOT SHOUTING LOUD ENOUGH!!!

[@merlapittman5034]

Oh, how I LOVE Brian Blessed! My ribs ache and I have tears streaming down my face from laughing so hard!

[@Bullski123]

Such a deep voiced actor, no wonder he has many narrator roles...very much like john rhys davies`s voice...

[@public.public]

Brian Bleedin' Blessed will save the world.

[@insertclevername4123]

"Welcome to the show, Mr. Blessed. Here are some lines we've written, and the Teleprompter is over ther--" "WE WON'T BE NEEDING THOSE!'

[@DOBERSTAFFIE]

He must present it again!!!

[@thedr00]

I highly recommend you listen to/watch the Richard Herring Leicester Square Theatre Podcast episode with him, it's 90 minutes of insanity. It's absolutely amazing.

[@MelbourneOldFashioned]

I just tweeted him asking him to do just that....doubt he will even read it but then I probably didn’t tweet LOUD ENOUGH!!

[@shmookins]

@@thedr00 Thank you for the recommendation. It was a hoot of a watch.

[@thedr00]

@@shmookins You are more than welcome :-)

[@thedr00]

Does Brian Blessed have a GPS voice? The man is a legend. He could read the bible and have me in tears of laughter.

[@EmilioRodo]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3vTfKiPl6-EgZY

[@abwatson2]

Funniest episode I've watched so far. HIGNFY is brilliant! :)

[@TomFynn]

I think people are NOT SPEAKING LOUDLY ENOUGH!

[@michaellejeune7715]

TomFynn *I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT!*

[@andrewwilliams9599]

I AGREE AS WELL!!!

[@kilotun8316]

Look if you in the UK don't want him as a PM, we'll gladly take him in the colonies...

[@JnEricsonx]

God yes.

[@andrewwilliams9599]

AMEN TO THAT ME OLD SONS

[@CthulhuInc]

Brian Blessed should be Doctor Who.

[@theothertoddg]

He was on about 4 episodes of Classic DW

[@KhanggiTanka]

if he were a litle younger he's 80

[@L1701]

The Count of Monte Disco "IIIIIIIII AM KING YCARNOS!"

[@Dragonair08]

Just shouts his enemies into submission.

[@andrewwilliams9599]

Absolutely! All he'd have to do is shout at the Daleks and Cybermen and they'd all fall to pieces.

[@patrickmuhwheeney6518]

I've never seen Paul so happy...Hilarious! Thank you!

[@karry299]

He's just happy he didint have to be his usual attention whore self, it's impossible with Brian there. So he was just enjoying himself, first time in decades.

[@jonathaneffemey4892]

Thanks so much for POSTING!!!!!

[@rabidbigdog]

This has to be the greatest ever episode. Holy shit.

[@misterwishart]

Fun fact: Brian Blessed's microphone wasn't actually on for the whole recording. No-one noticed.

[@RonPiggott]

About the Prison news: Watch 'bad lads army'. Many commented that National Service was so much harder than their times behind bars, not to mention prison being bad for young adults who lost their way.

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks so much for posting

[@hypnotised-clover]

"You're gettin yer moneys worth cause thats my Boss nass from star wars"

[@kristencharlton8330]

Christ that has to be the funniest show ever. How I wish I could have been in the studio alongside the crew who must have been thinking there jobs were going to go after the first 5 minutes. Sometimes the funniest moments on tv are the one's that are not pre-planned. If you don't find this funny you need a humour transplant

[@wtrdawnlord]

Brian Blessed is bloody fucking brilliant!

[@DM-ht9ql]

Legendary episode! Never tire of watching it! Laugh the same everytime.

[@orxalot]

"Were you worried about avalanches?" I'm dead

[@davegadge1]

this is the best one by a mile

[@kevincaldwell4707]

Brian is a whirlwind of a man...non stop energy and volume

[@lugano1999]

Brian Blessed - What a great host!!!

[@dayvancowboi9135]

absolute chaos and joy

[@JOSHL50]

that was absolutely amazing. thank you

[@isabellaangeline2175]

These episodes with Brian Blessed make so happy. Hopefully they can get him to host a few more episodes. He’s just one of those people who make you feel like everything is alright in the world.

[@paul1x1]

Watched this again Brian is the coolest man on the planet flying turds on Mount Everest beat that

[@bensneb360]

Brian Blessed has to play Santa Claus at some point, he'd be perfect in the role

[@juib4294]

I thought it was Santa Claus playing Brian Blessed.

[@ianandjessicamackereth275]

www.imdb.com/title/tt5282530/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_11

[@quaddo]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hH3ci3yPpcl6fa8m3s

[@adrianeloserus8205]

I haven't yet moved to the UK when this was actually broadcast, but even without understanding every reference to then current affairs, I laugh my arse off watching this. Which I have done several times by now.

[@Alcagaur1]

"Anyone remember what this show used to be like?" is perhaps the best tagline for this amazing episode.

[@suzanneh2679]

Alan Duncan losing it at 35:15...!!! 😂😂😂😂

[@68sweetnovember]

Excellent !!

[@SHB373]

This episode is THE BEST!!

[@seamusblack5876]

This is him acting amazingly because I've seen him chatting in round the table discussions and he's very subdued It shows what an amazing Actor he is Fantastic

[@craigeyler4495]

This is one of the funniest episodes they ever made. The Boris Johnson episodes are great too, but for a different reason.

[@Sou1defiler]

33:20 probably ranks as one of the greatest laugh out moments ever in the history of HIGNFY

[@talaveraleonardo]

I don't quite understand, maybe because I'm American lol

[@omegastar19]

@@talaveraleonardo ‘nancy boys’ and ‘poofs’ are kinda derogatory terms for homosexuals. Calling the Spartans that is funny because they werearchetypical macho men. But one of the guests is homosexual and he gets back at Brian by reminding him he played a character called ‘fancy Smith’ (also the way Brian frantically tries to apologize is also funny).

[@talaveraleonardo]

@@omegastar19 this comment gonna make me watch the whole video again

[@FloraWest]

This was the first episode I ever saw of HIGNFY when I was visiting England. I didn't know if he was always the host or what the hell was going on but I loved it and have been a fan of the show (and Brian) ever since.

[@graham392]

love this show constantly dying of laughter!!

[@hypnotised-clover]

This is simply the best

[@davidlevin9351]

I have to re-watch this episode every few months because it is still DAMN FUNNY

[@seamusblack5876]

14:46 literally picked his nose on national TV and ate it I love Brian