I purchased the full dvd box set, it’s great comedy, sadly comedy like this will never be made again, but I can watch them over and over again.
@DavidNettleton-l3r11 ай бұрын
Younger people need to see these sitcoms,they were brilliant & miles better than the rubbish reality shows of today thank you stu 😊😊
@joanne2611 ай бұрын
I agree with you but now is not to upset the ‘woke, gen z’ snowflakes I was 10 when this series first aired. One of many, classic iconic shows on TV that we all laughed at, so much you had bellyache I know some of the scripts have been altered when Porridge is shown 🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴🏴👍 👍 😍😍🙏🙏❤️❤️
@frantrictantric11 ай бұрын
The woke brigade would have seizures. Come to think of it that's not a bad idea haha.
@marcse7en11 ай бұрын
I met Windsor Davies at a promotional event at a Lancaster furniture store in 1985. He gave me his autograph, and he said I was, "A lovely boy!" 🤣
@stuviewtv11 ай бұрын
Brilliant!
@G_Fresh_UK_Extra11 ай бұрын
Best moment was the last episode where SM Williams is in the waiting room at the station after everyone else had left, when Gunner Parkin walks back in to see him just sitting there and ask if he got the job as a prison officer, he says no. Gunner Parkin ask him if he wants to come home with him as Gunner Parkin's mum still asks about him..... with the best happy look on his face, he says "she does ?" and so he agrees to go, best tear jerker moment in the whole series.
@stuviewtv11 ай бұрын
A wonderful moment with some beautiful acting.
@suededogs967011 ай бұрын
That's a beautiful thing ❤
@j0hnf_uk11 ай бұрын
There was a rumour that, that scene was a precursor to a spin-off sitcom featuring Davies and Mitchell, but it never came to fruition.
@tonycritcher341910 ай бұрын
The last episode was a real tear jerker! 'After you Lovely Boy. Fine pair of shoulders, Show 'em off!'
@Richard-fv7rq11 ай бұрын
Watching this was brilliant nostalgia but sad as it makes you feel old as time has flown 🙂
@PeterMackett11 ай бұрын
Another from the golden age of British sitcoms when people were not offended at the slightest thing!, it was a very funny show, i think i watched every episode.
@baldrick607111 ай бұрын
Classic 70s TV comedy amongst many others.
@ddlee8411 ай бұрын
I love this show and even though i was born after it finished airing originally i still enjoyed watching it as a kid. I grew up in Carry Ons so seeimg Windsor Davies in this made me want to watch it. I still use the "oh dear, how sad nevermind" line to this day to convey certain levels of contempt for things lol.
@thomasreece973311 ай бұрын
This is a breath of fresh air. I've watched other people have tried but failed. Now, can I point Melvyn Hayes also appears in Operation Amsterdam 1959
@stephenphillip56564 ай бұрын
As an 8 year old, I was allowed to stay up late to watch the film. Melvin Hayes played the street organ which warned those inside the vault (recovering the diamonds) that they had enemy company. For the true(ish) story of Operation Amsterdam, read "Adventure In Diamonds" by David E Walker.
@Julie-sm7sp11 ай бұрын
Classic british comedy the likes we'll never see again, brilliant casting with Windsor Davies as the sergeant major 'lovely boy' the partnership between him and Don Estelle was so funny, thanks for the video stu.
@stuviewtv11 ай бұрын
They worked so well off each other. Wonderful chemistry. Thanks for watching!
@Julie-sm7sp11 ай бұрын
@stuviewtv You're welcome stu. Many thanks 🙂
@danieladams995011 ай бұрын
It was a marvelous chemistry between Windsor and Don.
@Julie-sm7sp11 ай бұрын
@danieladams9950 It was Daniel, you can tell when actors are friends in real life they bring out the best in each other.
@stephaniemurphy344311 ай бұрын
Loved this show shame they don't make them anymore how tv has changed
@jnuttso13 ай бұрын
I rarely watch anything new on television I'm quiet happy watching all the all the great classics
@davidharvey443311 ай бұрын
Such a great series. Sad how so many of them died so young though.
@kevinhammond986411 ай бұрын
That brought back some great memories a brilliant series
@stephenguppy788211 ай бұрын
Shame on the BBC for stating they will never show it again. It just shows you how out of touch Auntie is.
@GNeuman11 ай бұрын
Woke idiots. Don't pay your licence
@padgepadgham32389 ай бұрын
Playing other races is called acting .. It was a great series 👍
@jimmyodriscoll927311 ай бұрын
I'm surprised to see so many still alive "good health" to all..😉
@Cleow3311 ай бұрын
Don Estelle and Windsor Davies’ version of Whispering Grass is a classic. Estelle had a great voice. Sadly he was reduced to singing in shopping centres later in life. I saw him singing in Lewisham in the 90s. If he’d have been taller, he would probably have made a great career as a straight entertainer.
@guswittering446611 ай бұрын
Saw him singing in the window of Woolworths in Hunstanton Norfolk, on a Sunday morning around that time. I thought at first it was a really good window display till he waved to my young daughter !!
@2002barneyf11 ай бұрын
Great video, remember watching when I was a child and being scared by Windsor Davies' character as he was always yelling! As for Melvyn Hayes, he was also with Cliff Richard in the earlier 'The Young Ones' from 1961 and happily still appears on Talking Pictures TV doing a segment on his favourite 1930's films.
@SamLowryDZ-01511 ай бұрын
My only real memory is an episode where the officers are discussing their plans for after the war. One has the idea to rent televisions sets for a shilling a week and the other plans to sell curry in little foil trays that you can eat at home. And that almost everyone has one of those elasticated 'S' snake belts in the 70s.
@JohnCollins-u8v5 ай бұрын
I loved watching it ain't half hot mum back in the 70's, bsm williams was the best, no one could have done it better than mr Davies, fortunately they are re running it on freeview on that's tv 2, unfortunately they don't write comedy like this anymore 😂
@Pierre6111 ай бұрын
"Sargent major shut up" still reminds me of the days of emptying the TV box from the back of the TV and seeing if we had more money than the price of the rental for that week. Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. (I wish I'd thought of that)
@HappyBear37610 ай бұрын
We had a tele like that too!
@xxFORDIExx11 ай бұрын
Another wonderful tribute to these legends of TV. 😊
@stuviewtv11 ай бұрын
Many thanks.
@KarrierBag11 ай бұрын
Tis a bit cold outside right now, the canal has frozen, so this should warm me up a bit 😅
@suededogs967011 ай бұрын
Stu , all your videos take me back to a happier time . Bless you & thank you 😢❤
@stuviewtv11 ай бұрын
That's great to hear! Thank you so much for watching.
@danieladams995011 ай бұрын
The world was different then, asleep by Ten.
@duckofearl11 ай бұрын
🐍 Land of hope and gloooory. Shaaaadap! 📢
@suededogs967011 ай бұрын
Never failed to make brother and i laugh out loud
@aegisltd201811 ай бұрын
Thank you Stu! Such warm feelings and wonderful nostalgia on a cold January evening in London ❤
@stuviewtv11 ай бұрын
That's lovely to hear! Many thanks.
@stewartfooter358011 ай бұрын
Great vid stu,we will never see anything like this again
@stuviewtv11 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks!
@russellcooper582611 ай бұрын
Good channel, interesting stuff. I hope teenagers and younger people see this and appreciate it.
@stuviewtv11 ай бұрын
Many thanks.
@fluxington11 ай бұрын
Stuart McGugan also played Wink McAndrew (an old friend of Donald Stewart) in Benidorm.
@cliveevans685211 ай бұрын
Another good one Stu, love these 👍😃
@stuviewtv11 ай бұрын
Thanks Clive!
@bobpert403011 ай бұрын
Although born in Stirling Stuart McGugan's family moved to Arbroath and his brothers (Jim and Bill) opened a shop. I knew his brother, Bill, quite well and once walked right past Stuart in the street because I was too shy to speak to him!
@Nickherts5 ай бұрын
The greatest episode was probably Gloria’s Finest Hour, recently discussed with Melvyn on Radio 4’s Kaleidoscope. The station waiting room scene in the final episode ranks alongside Blackadder 4 as the greatest final scene in TV comedy history.
@lisabriggs755810 ай бұрын
Don Estelle came to my local Woolworths and set up his 'stand',. He sang and sold his albums. I didn't really appreciate it at the time but the older generation loved him.
@philipsmith299511 ай бұрын
Amazing so many characters were in every single episode
@jamesdignanmusic276511 ай бұрын
Windsor Davies was also one of the stars of a Welsh/New Zealand comedy-drama film about rugby called "Old Scores" in which he played the chairman of the Welsh Rugby Football Union. A bit of an oddity of a movie, but well worth tracking down. He became friends with quite a few of the New Zealand rugby players, past and present, involved in the production, and was a frequent visitor to New Zealand in his latter years.
@GodlessGrandpa11 ай бұрын
Thanks for the nostalgia trip.
@london1965711 ай бұрын
Another great video my friend but I'm surprised you left out George Layton being a mechanic in some early episodes of Minder. Keep up the good work, Cheers.
@stuviewtv11 ай бұрын
Many thanks.
@joannefalkinder39311 ай бұрын
Loved this programme. Was so hilarious 😂
@ForeverNeverwhere111 ай бұрын
Windsor Davies retired to a small town in the Southwest of France with his wife, not far from Leslie Judd and Roger Whittaker, two other staples of the same period. First time i met him was in a supermarket checkout, i jumped when i heard his voice, my mom used to sometimes have coffee with him on a saturday morning. Very down to earth and normal guy, his wife was nice too. The moved back to the uk to get treatment for his last couple of years, i think he died of Cancer.
@stuviewtv11 ай бұрын
Wonderful memories. Thanks.
@rw873311 ай бұрын
Brilliant. Thanks, Stu. More of these, please. Crown Court? Doctors?
@stuviewtv11 ай бұрын
Both great ideas. Thanks!
@chrisgodfrey205711 ай бұрын
Nice job, I like watching your videos, but one small mistake on this one Lieutenant in England is pronounced Leff-tenant. Loo-tennent is the American way of saying it.
@mukkaspec333311 ай бұрын
Great series. Got the boxset.
@lucaschapman218810 ай бұрын
I have never seen the last episode of “it ain’t hot half mum “ I was Holliday in Wales 🏴 with me Mum , Dad and Sister. My Mum used to get Home sick so we used to go once in a while. Lol
@owenmcgheeandbdawg11 ай бұрын
My nickname years ago was Don Estelle because of my shorts and glasses, I don't know why it wasn't lofty. I have really fond memories of this show and don't know why it didn't get repeated and promoted like Dad's Army
@j0hnf_uk11 ай бұрын
Political correctness is why it never got repeated. Too many offended by proxy within the BBC, and elsewhere.
@martinharris646911 ай бұрын
Brilliant love this information 😁👍🏻
@stuviewtv11 ай бұрын
Thanks Martin.
@KittyCatFurbabiesMaria197211 ай бұрын
This was one of my faves to watch when I was little , they don’t make them like this anymore x
@stuviewtv11 ай бұрын
Very true.
@iandawe94811 ай бұрын
The world is a much better place for it
@peterjones355711 ай бұрын
Very interesting and informative. Thank you.
@stuviewtv11 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it. Many thanks.
@jonrose233211 ай бұрын
Nice review
@stuviewtv11 ай бұрын
Thanks.
@jonathang.50928 ай бұрын
I remember seeing Don Estelle in a shopping centre. Think it was in Nottingham. It was a good bit after It Aint Half Hot Mom had finished. He was still dressed as Lofty, selling his cassette tapes. Looked like he'd fallen on hard times.
@stuviewtv8 ай бұрын
Such a pity.
@MayYourGodGoWithYou11 ай бұрын
I watched It Ain't Half Hot Mum and the Doctor series and never realised they were the same actor (the bombardier and Dr Collier). Interestingly I have both read and been told that the show is still shown in India today and it will be found somewhere on Indian television being repeated at any given time.
@annetteminett850011 ай бұрын
Never knew that!
@wolfeflambe11 ай бұрын
Melvyn Hayes owned the pub in my old village years ago Also saw Don Estelle doing a PA in the Royal Priors in Leamington Spa one afternoon. He was dressed as Lofty still.
@stuviewtv11 ай бұрын
That's wonderful.
@Zombie_Problem11 ай бұрын
Went to the 1979 panto, Cinderella in Nottingham. Don Estelle was performing. Ended up with a bunch of swag when I was randomly picked from the audience to sing happy birthday on stage. It wasn't 15mins, more like 5mins!
@stuviewtv11 ай бұрын
Fantastic!
@danieladams995011 ай бұрын
Liverpool, 1976: Aigburth cricket ground. 5:year old me photographed with Windsor and Don. At the height of their powers.
@stuviewtv11 ай бұрын
Fantastic!
@danieladams995011 ай бұрын
I genuinely fitted the maxim: lovely boy.
@MrMegan196211 ай бұрын
Definitely old shuuuttt uuuuppp was the funniest 😂
@heartofoak4511 ай бұрын
My favourite has got to be Gloria. He was also excellent as 'Mr Pink' in Benidorm.
@tonybaloney419511 ай бұрын
I have never seen so much poofery in all my life
@dryflyman712111 ай бұрын
Thanks Stu, that brought back some great memories. I really liked Donald Hewlett as a comedy actor, particularly in “You rang m’lord”. I am not surprised Don Estelle didn’t get much work after this as he was a dreadful actor ! So many of them died way too young. One thing I can never understand is that when one looks at the t.v. Listings, so many things are repeats but yet, to my knowledge, this has never been repeated on channels like Gold or Dave?? 👍
@stuviewtv11 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed the memories. Thanks!
@walterkronkitesleftshoe668411 ай бұрын
It has transgressed too many current taboos since it was first written, the most heinous of all is of course that it was actually funny.
@dryflyman712111 ай бұрын
@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 🤣🤣
@MayYourGodGoWithYou11 ай бұрын
However I have been told it is still shown in India where it is incredibly popular.
@alpiekaar11 ай бұрын
always a shock when someone dies young ,,,,,,,,esp heart attack
@johntomasini391611 ай бұрын
Hard to say which is my favorite, each character was special in their own right, but I guess Battery Sargent Major Williams is up there, his poor command of the English Language was perfect. I often use his words, "O dear how sad never mind " when faking sympathy. Our Sargent in our High School Cadet Unit was totally the opposite, tall, articulate and softly spoken, but when he spoke, you obeyed. IAHHM will live forever.
@chriswaring556511 ай бұрын
THINK MY FAVOURITE 2 HAS TO BE SERGEANT MAJOR "SHUT UP"! WILLIAMS AND GUNNER (LOFTY) SUGDEN
@stuviewtv11 ай бұрын
Both wonderful characters.
@spritbong52857 ай бұрын
Michael Bates was brilliant, lost far too soon.
@stuviewtv7 ай бұрын
Yes, a fine actor.
@robertwoodroffe1232 ай бұрын
When the Brit’s, Americans etc say Germans don’t really have a sense of humour 😢 this , Monty python,and various from particularly 70 s shows why !!