Telly Savalas Looks at Portsmouth

Harold Baim's 1981 film shown in cinemas at the time to promote tourism in Portsmouth.

[@dulls8475]

I moved to Portsmouth after watching this. It was the opening shots of parking buildings that did it for me.

[@Senna-xi1gr]

😂

[@toriladybird511]

That was opposite what was St Lukes Secondary CofE school. Charter Academy now

[@markbailey1970]

Loved in Portsmouth from 1993-96 - I still love the place

[@gmf121266]

They missed out lively shopping experience of the ultra modern Tricorn centre. Where one's pockets would be picked with infinite skill as you peruse the exotic collection of out of date fruits in Bembows.

[@anonUK]

Greg Fletcher that's no way to talk about the vibrant gay community of Portsmouth.

[@danielearwicker]

0:35 "... a time capsule of life in Tooda England". Ah, the Toodas. One of the great die-nasties of our royal lineage.

[@EricIrl]

Replaced by the "Stoorts".

[@gmf121266]

Now we got the Winsas.

[@leedel20]

this is amazing possibly one the best things i have ever seen

[@darryllharden9141]

Me too!.Telly's distinctive voice over makes it more worth listening to here!.

[@chattycathydoll]

@@darryllharden9141 this is the pinnacle of them though just for the lines...my kinda town: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fam9YqukZ9KfZ5I

[@vooveks]

4:09 This is widely acknowledged as the first ever use of this now classic pun.

[@laurietijerina3816]

Looking at this old video reminds me of school ,having to listen in class. This narrator is also a big reminder!

[@andyunderwonderful]

Can't believe telly never mentioned Domino records or ritzys nightclub ☹️

[@bubba842]

Hey my town. I love Portsmouth. Sadly though some of these buildings haven't changed much in 40 years. I see that Weatherspoons wasn't on the corner of Guild Hall square back then.

[@peterpeterxxo]

what about that grim looking multi-story carpark ?..please say thats been demolished at least.

[@bubba842]

@@peterpeterxxo you mean the tricorn centre. Yes that piece of brutalist architecture was demolished about 15 years ago.

[@Bawghy]

@@bubba842yeah, and that site looks so much better now 😏

[@danielalexander8588]

Why am I smiling so much watching this?

[@SoHomeMadeItHurts]

Thanks Telly.... i'm off there RIGHT NOW!!

[@Jimdixon1953]

3:40 to 4:02 …. Just to warn any potential visitors, the Royal Marines Museum is now permanently closed but Fort Nelson is still open and free to get in.

[@mrtj24sdt]

I was born in Portsmouth in 1993 and lived there till 2018. No longer the city it used to be.

[@leon-o4m7k]

we only notice the changes as we get older lol

[@chris1982james]

I love Portsmouth. Been here 31 years. Wouldn't want to be anywhere else!

[@corneliusngagwayang9428]

Lol portsmouth a.k.a. racistmouth

[@georgemorley1029]

@@corneliusngagwayang9428 No more racist than anywhere else. Depends on what you choose to focus on, I suppose. I guess if you remember someone being racist to you in a location, it will cloud your opinion of that place.

[@ClearLight1967]

I remember my incredulity when seeing this as a support feature in 1981. I've never forgotten it.

[@richardknights64]

Same. It’s stayed with me

[@erictinkercomic]

"They're serving more than 'meats' the eye here." Pure gold, Telly.

[@andycole366]

Portsmouth is an amazing city, full of history and my home.👌 Passionate residents and a great place to live.

[@Lambhead8419]

🤣🤣

[@lesbambrough619]

Big up from QPR Les, loved Casey’s bar on the estate and had many a good pint in the Electric, Fratton best part of pompey

[@nicoefc]

Worth a visit changed alot over the years

[@matthewmitchell6899]

Best three things in Portsmouth - the ferry terminal, the M275 northbound and the Spinnaker Tower.

[@Pseudonym-aka-alias]

Shame about the footy team😅

[@bellerophonchallen8861]

to be fair, Telly Savalas didn't do a bad job of pretending he was actually there in these voice overs, when he was probably reading the script in Los Angeles.

[@DasTubemeister]

Who loves ya Navy?

[@darryllharden9141]

Who loves ya, Fratton Park?.

[@MatlockJack]

This is the best of the three promotional Savalas films, that I've seen on here (did he make any more?). This city has some sense of institution (or if you prefer, pomp and circumstance), which BIrmingham and Aberdeen (for all their other virtues) just can't match.

[@pompeymeowth3229]

The Mary Rose, a time capsule of Tooder England.

[@williamwallace3257]

I love how he says Portsmouth with that strong New Yotk accent!

[@porkscratchings5428]

He didn’t mention the amount of brasses there too, it was wall to wall with them.

[@paulbain9262]

Priceless

[@Essentialbathrooms]

I am proud to continue the fashion craze of young men in Portsmouth sporting a sexy bald pate, which must have started soon after Telly shot this about our great city!

[@robharding4028]

Telly tells it like it is, We miss the old days.

[@zivkovicable]

Telly read it like someone else wrote it.

[@edf6607]

Perfect opening scene of 1970s Britain - a blue Austin Maxi tootling round a corner

[@peterpeterxxo]

surprised it didn't fall apart on it's way round.

[@deliawest3607]

Something they forgot to mention about the 'Guildhall steps' me thinks 😂 & what, no shot of the 'Mighty Fine'?

[@discopanda28]

This really is my kinda town.

[@aw-h3875]

No Tricorn, no Landports or Woolworths or the joke shop up by the big Post Office, no funfair... There wasn't even any washing up liquid foam in the fountain. Not the Pompey I remember from the early eighties

[@GeorgeSoroshasenteredthechat]

I shoplifted so much gear from Landports as a kid, that i got a lifetime ban from their store. Good times.

[@leewhite2195]

Was a sad day when U-Need-Us closed down not too long ago.

[@robinlee1972]

He made it seam a lot better than it really is. I must say after moving to Portsmouth directly as a result of watching this film I am slightly disappointed with it.

[@oatydave3814]

you as well eh? if you ever want to split the costs of a removal van just gimme a shout

[@derekjennings220]

You can always piss off

[@PaquetasCar2147]

Scummer!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@stephenchappell7512]

@@MrPhilfridge Somehow, I think he was joking 🤔

[@macklee6837]

I miss this Britain :(

[@manmaje3596]

@@corneliusngagwayang9428 Go away fool.

[@duckiebrown]

What about fifth ave Tel?

[@edf6607]

1:45 Reminders of the past... the Austin Allegro :)

[@1100HondaCB]

I'm glad you do m8. I wish more people would open their eyes to what is happening around them. I'm only 33, but even in the 17 years since I left school, I've seen a lot of changes and none for the better. It pisses me off when I go into town and hear all languages being spoken but English. I have to remind myself I'm actually in my own country. Not good is it when your own country doesn't feel like your own anymore?

[@manmaje3596]

I agree. People will always say well Britain colonised the world....which we did but we didn’t ethnically cleanse the people of those countries replacing entire indigenous populations with white people. Africa is still Africa India is still India but with infrastructure. You could still make the same argument for Australia and America but they were new world continents discovered by Britain and Europe with no prior knowledge of them. They wouldn’t be the great countries they are today without us. Such a shame isn’t it mate. Pompey will always be Pompey though and the pride for our city will always live on.

[@Lambhead8419]

😂

[@paulmarsh972]

I get the impression that somehow tello never visited any of these places. Who thought these were a good idea? They are quite entertaining however

[@heighleigh69]

Ha! The Gosport ferry looks the same :)

[@tadeuszg5128]

Piękne miasteczko jest co zwiedzać. Byłem tam pół roku. Pozdrawiam wszystkich.

[@corneliusngagwayang9428]

Shut up bruv nobody understands spanish 🖕🏿

[@toriladybird511]

City❤ not town

[@johndeans1546]

​@@toriladybird511miasteczko's just friendly.

[@DuffMan.]

Its amazing Hollywood Royalty actually comes to visit Pompey and doesn't even mention the Spinnaker tower... or visits the Tricorn.

[@paul756uk2]

😂😂 I can't make out if your joking.

[@haojin531]

I saw Margaret Rule Hall! I didn't know it had existed in 1980s. Was it a hospital? somebody told me.

[@duncansmith44]

It was an office block. I was doing some furniture moving in there and one of my colleagues threw his cheese sandwich at a couple of old ladies chatting in the street below. No idea why, but it was funny. This was about 1981ish.

[@Tezbedz1]

That is Charlotte Street not Charles St

[@mr.british.teacher]

Born n bred !

[@laurietijerina3816]

OH,The narrator is TELLY SAVALAS! The Queen Elizabeth's husband just passed away today at age 99 years old. May he RIP 💐

[@wilf81]

The Daily Mail - Saturday Supplement brought me here!

[@Butteryjam]

God he makes Portsmouth sound so glamourous.

[@corneliusngagwayang9428]

Yep when in reallity it is 90% white ppl and 10% seagulls

[@pinklesley]

30 years on and everything but the market looks the same. It would be nice if there were less cars like in the film. Loved it!

[@MrMralt]

Bring Telly back to Portsmouth!

[@Paul-iv9mt]

Telly is in the square as I write. It's a great big thing on the civic offices wall that no one looks at. 7:02

[@mclovin8739]

At the time old Terry was so smitten with portsmouth he very nearly bought property in buckland and moved there, unfortunately he had contract commitments in the states but in his memoirs he stated that he regretted never being able to live in Portsmouth, he felt at home there .

[@RighteousBrother]

That would almost be amusing, if you'd gotten his name correct.

[@gnorty]

He's Chinese. He can't help it. Stop being so racist.

[@nckweeks]

Telly wasn't a chav!

[@nckweeks]

@Paul Chav's can be any age and sometimes they're mush's or geezers too! I don't think Telly was a mush.

[@daveco4645]

😂​@@RighteousBrother

[@charlesjmouse]

"This street was named after a ship! The ship is called the Mary Rose. 450 years ago it sank at Spit head..." Today it has been spat back from the depths, "So let's look at Portsmouth." "50 years ago Portsmouth looked like this, 40 years ago 1,320 high explosives, 39,000 incendiaries, and 39 mines were dropped on her..." Well done Gerry, what an improvement! Telly puts his professional heart and soul in to his work once more!

[@darryllharden9141]

Thanks to Renown Films/Talking Pictures TV/Harold Baim Collection you can finally get this classic gem on DVD.

[@porkchp6369]

‎"In the Guildhall Square, all kinds of things happen" Yes, we know Telly, we know.

[@bubba842]

Like getting vomited on by a drunk student on a Friday night. Or getting knocked off your feet by skateboarder doing tricks on the steps.

[@neilsailing]

Henry the eighth.........kinga Englaaand.....................do you get the feeling our Tel might possibly never visited some of dese tointy century choiches....................we will never know.

[@paulthompson8996]

My home town! The title itself sounds like a piss take.

[@maninthemirror7219]

Amen brother ;)

[@MattanzaMafiaFedora]

Tribute to Hants here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWaYppxohdaVmqM

[@leon-o4m7k]

RIP KOJAK 🌹

[@MrMralt]

I am English. British, in fact. Also, I love this country. You are a silly old bean.

[@corneliusngagwayang9428]

Lol racist alert! 🚨

[@MickG6ASJ]

I have lived here for 54 years, it used to be a great place in the 60's & 70's with so much going on. Now the local authority have pulled down a lot of the pubs, and built flats in their places. In my opinion, it's not as good as it used to be but I still love the place..

[@1100HondaCB]

You obviously haven't witnessed what I have in recent years in order for one to feel very strongly in that subject. Fact is, more and more people are becoming resentful, even the elderly are not too happy the way the country has become over run with foreigners.

[@MintiesPoopin]

1100HondaCB bit racist but okay, just boomers being ignorant of change

[@darryllharden9141]

I don't know of a another place where so many famous people have had Streets named after them. But this particular City has a fine sense of history. This Street is named after a Ship.The Ship is called The Mary Rose. 450 Years ago, It sank at Spithead. As the ship went down, King Henry VIII of England stood and watched from this very spot. The pride of his fleet was to become a time capsule of life in Tudor England. Built at Portsmouth in 1509, Today, The Ship is giving up it's secrets. From the lifting vessel the diving project is conducted, So let's look at Portsmouth. 50 years ago, Portsmouth looked like this. 40 Years ago, 1320 high explosives, 3900 incended areas and 38 mines were dropped on them. Reminders of the past, The White Swan, The New Theatre Royal, which it was when opened 130 Years ago. Originally a Music Hall, The King's Theatre, A marvellous old building, Now stages prior to London presentation. It was 800 Years since the Cathedral was founded. A Parish Church in 1320, It became a Cathedral in 1927. Charles II would be married to Catherine of Braganza in The Garrison Church in 1662. Today, it's a shell. Portsmouth projected herself into a new age, Modern office blocks were created. Contemporary housing and congenial surroundings came into being. As the new Port Fairs and Shopping Centres. International Companies Headquarter here and by complex engineering know how, Land reclaimed from mud flats provides for more and more construction. In the tranquility of Victoria Park, Memorials commemorate Men and Ships lost in historic battles.Built in 1760, The Land, Portgate was once the main entrance to the town. Today, A very different story, Every year, More than eight hundred,thousand people come in and out of Portsmouth.From just across the way, Come The Ferries from Gosport. Medals, Uniforms and Relics of Famous Bands are in The Royal Marines Museum. Portsmouth has always been strategically important. Defence was always a priority. In the 1800's, Lord Parmestan built a ring of Sea Fortresses. And Fortresses on land, But by the time they were finished, They were obsolete. Where the Camber Dock is now, Portsmouth really started, It was a natural inlead from the sea. There's certainly more than meets the eye here. A Charter given to the Town in 1194, Allowed Markets to be held, And they've been held ever since. This is Charlotte Street, Where everyone in the know...Goes. Would you turn down an Invitation to go to Sea with The Royal Navy?.You wouldnt ?,Well, neither did I, So I went to Sea...to see The Navy's Sea Day Programme. 1400 people come to work to the magnificent modern civic offices in Guild Hall Square. In Guild Hall Square all kinds of things happen.I felt the anticipation, The excitement as The Band plays, A Limousine arrives at the red carpeted Guild Hall steps.This famous ancestor looks across to His Royal Highness,The Prince of Wales, Who watches the display, Organised in honour of his visit. What a way to find out the time. Guild Hall Square is the hub around in which Portsmouth revolves. And dominated by The magnificent Guild Hall. On the nights of the 10th and the 11th January 1941, Incendiary bombs destroyed the interior. The Guild Hall seems to be looking at me, So...So long Portsmouth...Here's looking at you.

[@ParacolidingDanni]

I guess he didn't sample Joannas 🤣

[@uklivestreaming8748]

I don’t think the director had ever visited Portsmouth. “The Guildhall Sq is the hub around which Portsmouth revolves”. My arse.

[@paul756uk2]

😂😂 I remember it well

[@leewhite2195]

He'd still be there,stuck to the carpet.

[@crayzeehorse]

Those in the know go to Charles Street! (Cue picture of man with a cauliflower) - love it! Has anyone got Telly Savalas looks at Birmingham?

[@aw-h3875]

Charlotte street! Which was right next to the Tricorn. Which was demolished leaving a bit empty hole in my heart.

[@leebritnell2405]

Better than Terry Wogan at Windsor Safari Park,which preceded The Shining.Looks like Telly made a virtual visit...

[@harbourdogNL]

"50 years ago, Portsmouth looked like this..." You mean lo-res 240p?

[@esmeephillips5888]

'Ťhis particular city has a fine sense of history' over a shot of a concrete multistorey car park. LOL.

[@acidhouse1988]

Aaah the good old days when there wasn't a human in sight

[@oatydave3814]

Who the fuk needs New York, when you've got Portsmouth?

[@newtown81]

The Gosport ferry doesn't move THAT fast!

[@peterpeterxxo]

random youtube comes up with another odd classic.

[@JROC2112]

A very upbeat video. But honestly, old Kojack would turn in his grave if he went there today. Royal Navy? More like some young folk with alcohol problems driving through on their way home. Guildhall? A place where homeless folk congregate. Tricorn? A car parking area from folk who work in the empty soon to be closed permanently ships. Contemporary housing? The places where illegal immigrants rock up and then decide it's too low quality to live there. At least the Gosport ferry still runs..............

[@portsmouthlivemusic]

Haha not changed much since back when this was filmed

[@1100HondaCB]

I was a taxi driver for many years and thoroughly enjoyed that job. However, come 2007 onwards I noticed more and more Romanians becoming taxi drivers as well and with that my earning plummeted to a point it wasn't worth doing and regretfully, I had to give it up. I guess I've been in a situation to see how bad the problem is, whereas many other people haven't seen the full picture yet. We don't need migrants here. Instead we need to get the idle in to work and stop benefits.

[@Maya67]

Use to live in Portsmouth but its lost its way many years ago. Public transport is lacking, lack of control of home of multiple occupancy is leading the city to become one big slum.

[@corneliusngagwayang9428]

Lol shut up racist

[@danw1374]

@@corneliusngagwayang9428 What did he say that was racist?

[@wannabuyabridge]

​@@danw1374 Cornelius Ngagwayang needs to be an oppressed minority. Without racism, he has no identity

[@Lambhead8419]

@@corneliusngagwayang9428 how was that racist you din!!

[@hunnypotbuzz]

@@Lambhead8419 Spoken like a true Pompey girl ☺️

[@lilysaunders8565]

Give me back my choc ice

[@1100HondaCB]

I left school in 1996 and the problem was no where near as bad as it is now. It annoys me when I express my concerns, people say I'm racist, but is it right for England to loose its culture and identity forever? I am resentful and I do get angry when I go down Commercial Road and hear people talking in Polish/Urdu/Romanian etc. I wonder how much worse things will get. I can see it getting so bad there will be riots, disease, gridlock, famine and mass unemployment. I wish I could leave.

[@MintiesPoopin]

1100HondaCB we’re all the same species and living on someone else’s land fairly is fair game.

[@Lambhead8419]

Wow you literally predicted 2020/21

[@MrStargazer66]

A quick mention there of His Royal Highness, the Prince of Whales... :-)

[@mac1975]

You should the one he did on Birmingham, a true dump at the time. He did about 10 I think, on such exotica as Sheffield and Manchester. Fuck me...:-/

[@gmf121266]

Up next in the series......Telly Savalas looks at a pile of dog shit and tells us how beautiful it really is.

[@nckweeks]

He did one on Scumhampton and he didn't even try to polish that particular turd.

[@pompeyguv]

OMG Banana Bill !

[@Danoftheconda]

My home town. What a shit hole! Looks nice in the video clip though

[@itsMIKEYY]

i live in portsmouth, and didn't know half of this.

[@corneliusngagwayang9428]

Lol all u need to no is that its racist as hell

[@Lambhead8419]

@@corneliusngagwayang9428 people like you need to piss off on the next boat!!

[@leedavies3629]

Who luvs ya Baby 🍭🇬🇧✌️

[@commanderstraker6732]

“Who luvs yer baby ? “

[@1100HondaCB]

Sadly, England and even Portsmouth has lost a lot of its identity. Really pisses me off.

[@timebandit4708]

Not really

[@tentringer4065]

1100HondaCB yes, the ransacking of the monasteries was a national tragedy and forever changed the face of England.

[@badroo]

Not you again.

[@chattycathydoll]

A road named after a ship that sank...claim to fame right there...

[@booldawg]

The Mary Rose is coining it in now though!

[@1100HondaCB]

If you call an Aqua taxi and it turns up in a few minutes, it is because the poor driver has been waiting for that job for quite some time as they have way too many drivers. Last time I used Aqua was just over a year ago and the Romanian driver was clueless. I ended up in Hilsea when I wanted to go to Fratton from Eastney and then he tried to charge me £12.50 for a £4 fare. As for the driving, it was frightening, driving at high speeds and erratically. Shame how things change! Thanks Labour. NOT

[@timebandit4708]

the Tories opened the gates many years before Labour got elected in '97. Get your FACTS straight. FACT

[@SuperDan3232]

And surly you would of told him he’s driving the wrong way ??

[@YatharthSharma007]

International Portsmouth uni student here. If you knew the way and driver wouldn't listen, just ask driver to stop and call aqua when parked up and they will resolve it for you. And city needs that many drivers because of students taking many short trips all the time.

[@harbourdogNL]

Telly Savalas??? Was he all the producers could afford for voice-over?

[@Senna-xi1gr]

Brilliant 😂

[@Widmerpool99]

5:48: People were more easily impressed then, I guess.

[@bcarroll7317]

Hey hey, who loves ya baby.

[@rohan212121]

Having been born and bred in Pompey, I moved away at the first opportunity. The film neatly avoids areas like Fratton, Stamshaw, Paulsgrove to name but a few. Poor old Telly Saliva must have been desperate for work; and on the rare occasion when I have to go back I still hear his dulcet tones, and it makes me laugh. Pompey was, and always will be a shit hole.

[@peterpeterxxo]

wot no vince hilaire ?.

[@Doriro]

press "like" if you're here because of Lily's tweet

[@MrMralt]

I find Aqua provide a decent service.

[@LADY_JEMIMA_FORTESCUE]

who loves ya baby

[@paulspice720]

The white swan? It's the mucky duck. Always was.

[@chriswaring5565]

OLD KOJAK WHO LOVES YA BABY?

[@DSDMovies]

The script really struggles to say anything remotely interesting about Portsmouth.

[@worldoneprofessorjamesperr2417]

LOL

[@exeterjedi6730]

He just looks at it. Then he looks away. Too disgusted to speak.