Kenneth Williams Interviews Barbara Windsor

Kenneth interviews Barbara Windsor, and the two Carry On legends reminisce about the good old days. The show was broadcast on Wednesday, April 23rd 1986.

[@pixiejemm]

I hope these two are having a right good giggle up there. She missed kenny terribly

[@ais8358]

Oh really who told u that?

[@pixiejemm]

@@ais8358 she was on Paul O'Grady. And he had a picture of Kenny on his desk and as she sat down she touched his picture and said 'oh I miss him.' 😭

[@Irishgui83]

@@ais8358 she said so in many interviews.

[@linzieloo1]

@Robert Helix Heaven of course, both are there now hopefully.

[@Plethorality]

@@linzieloo1 how could it be heaven without them?

[@johnking5174]

These two were like brother and sister, both adored each other.

[@linzieloo1]

@@ismile7094 whats that got to do with it? bit crass and narrow minded comment

[@Starling-lp1pz]

@@ismile7094 what’s being gay got to do with? 😂

[@MetallicAGirl14]

@@ismile7094 no point being a jock about it lmao

[@beawesley5834]

She might be gone, but she will NEVER be forgotten! God bless you Barbara. RIP 💖

[@craigstewart938]

Rip our lovely Babs. Such a talented actress and fun loving lady.

[@chrisevans5259]

Anyone remember him as Willow the wisp? Loved that as a kid growing up

[@glumpy6079]

Yeah I do

[@stephenroney6490]

And Mavis Cruet the overweight fairy. And Carwash(a pussy cat with glasses) and Evil Edna witch which was a TV with an ariel on top of its head. And the green catapiller Arthur and the fat stupid lumbering dog called the Moog.

[@BarnDoorProductions]

@@stephenroney6490 Moog , who USED to be a dog.

[@VB-hf1js]

Of course. Of course! KZbin can be a blessing to give us back some of our childhood!

[@RogueWJL]

Amazing. The man is a legend. Aa is Barbara.

[@gpt02]

RIP to both these amazing actors. They are back together now.

[@hedwards4020]

Carry on, carrying on in another realm. Bet it's an hilariously talented place to be.

[@Beetrecca]

What joy they brought to a nation 💗💗💗

[@beachlife2968]

@@Beetrecca Wouldn't be allowed to make these carry on films with the woke brigade

[@Beetrecca]

@@beachlife2968 your right there.

[@hedwards4020]

@Robert Helix that's her business. I don't know her personal story I know what I know of her in the public domain. Not my place nor practice to judge

[@Divinedancedivas]

I have a big smile on my face as I watch this. Such genuinely lovely people.

[@ijustdidahugeshit]

Please explain

[@joestout2959]

There are lots of excellent documentaries about both of them. They were amazing folks.

[@StonefieldJim4]

Speaks volumes that Ken loved her; he barely tolerated anyone else.

[@stephenrafter1022]

He bearly tolerated himself bahahahahahahaha joke. RIP Babs

[@linzieloo1]

@@stephenrafter1022 He never suffered fools gladly, love him, he was a true individual

[@alpaca76]

Very true

[@alpaca76]

What's the chance, another Williams on this post 😆

[@allanb52]

The Carry On films were fantastic and will live in my fond memories forever. These two were my favorites. RIP Babs and Kenny..The world is a sadder place without you.

[@MarkMahoney]

👍👌🙏🥀

[@richardsharpe2966]

Dame Barbara Windsor was one of Kenneth Williams few close friends

[@majordolbyscat]

Two absolute delights of British cinema long since gone, RIP Barbara, reunited with your dearest Ken X

[@chloe-marie.5080]

I love the Carry On films, I'm 14. They're so funny and they're classics, hilarious two. Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor are probably my two favourite people from the series. It made me laugh and smile watching these two chat to eachother. So sad that they can't make them anymore..

[@AmberTheFangirl]

I'm 13 and I love the films dearly

[@pauldunn81]

In this horrible world we live in at the moment, for a brief time Kenneth, Barbara and the Carry on gang can take us to happier times, away from this horrendous virus. How thankful we will always be to them all.

[@penelopewebling1085]

Wonderful to see these two I loved them in the Carry-ons A light certainly went out when we lost our dear Dame Babs

[@S7EVE_P]

They really loved and liked each other and they don't do natural interviews like this anymore. The golden years

[@snapdragon9300]

Graham Norton does.

[@Syklonus]

@@snapdragon9300 Cosigned. Graham Norton's interviews are dynamite!

[@blueskye6372]

Enjoyed. 👍📺🎬🎥💜

[@minekara6407]

Graham Norton has all the high profile celebrities on his show but we are non the wiser about them or their views or life experiences....the show is all about Graham and his smutty 'humour'.

[@foxylorri64]

I thoroughly enjoyed watching these two chatting away together! Barbara is fabulous, she's just being herself no airs or graces just cheeky Babs! They don't make films like the carry ons anymore. Those were the days...

[@henryvagincourt]

Lorraine, you said it all, bloody fantastic.

[@BritishComedyUK69]

brilliant!

[@degsbabe]

Read his diaries.

[@MarkMahoney]

👌👌👌🥀

[@Irishgui83]

They were two actual legends. So nice to see them together as themselves.

[@1alsturgeon]

Together again. Man this year more than most time waits for no one.

[@Escapetheratrace-ji6rx]

I imagine this is what they are doing now on the other side...RIP

[@TriciaSenior25557]

Kenny always puts a smile on me face, he was intelligent, funny and very articulate. RIP Kenny

[@nini1772]

od bless you Dame Barbra .....loved watching in the carry on films.and eastenders. ..you will sadly be missed ....sleep well 💔

[@haydenharris3059]

Make the most of it whilst your alive and they certainly did. RIP Bar and Ken.

[@clara241984]

r.i.p kenneth u were awesome,cant believe u died 2 years after this interview

[@greaterbayareahero1401]

There is no one in the world like Kenneth William. He’s personality is magnetic!

[@musicplateau1]

Wonderful people, part of England's comedy culture that those of a certain age were brought up with. The nostalgia purveyed not just through the films but the actor's presence here off film is so powerful. Even here you feel they are still in character, such was the power of those halcyon days.

[@MizzLola94]

This warms my heart ❤️

[@robg71]

Without Kenny & Babs there wouldn't have been any Carry Ons.

[@danielgdrever]

Two really good friends having excellent banter and fun that's what makes a good chat show.

[@Knappa22]

Genuine affection between these two. Nice to see.

[@2626stephen]

Poor Babs so sad. Kenneth Williams all so a good actor. God bless you two xx

[@fredrikliljeblad1209]

Oh those marvellous Carry-On films! An idelible part of my boyhood! How wonderful Hattie Jacques and Charles Hawtrey were, too!

[@Django44]

What a dear dear gentleman, so terribly missed today. A heart of gold, enormously creative and generous in spirit. His likes may never be seen again; he was a dearly loved one-of-a-kind.

[@argieav]

He was very talented and a fantastic raconteur but there is surely no need to pretend he had a 'heart of gold' whatever one means by that. He was, by most accounts, and as his diaries indicated, a sometimes difficult and waspish person.

[@degsbabe]

Yes indeed, if you read his diaries you'll soon be disabused of certain ideas you may have formed about him. He avoided fans and autograph hunters like the plague. Much to the dismay of close friends like Gordon Jackson who relished his adoring fans. Yet his comedy genius is beyond question.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

Urbino237 there’s a movie on KZbin called Cor Blimey that paints a much different picture to the Kenneth Williams that you appear to think he may of been, apparently he used to tell autograph hunters to piss off or other words to that effect. My personal view of him was of a sad lonely man off screen as was Charles Hawtrey

[@stevebbuk]

Was he a manic depressive after all those live stage performances of his younger years? I think underneath you have analysed his character correctly.

[@degsbabe]

Have you read the Diaries?

[@ellieloveslife9383]

Two lovely people that brought so much laughter to the 1900's. I'm only 12 and I love the carry on films, and you don't get two actors better than this. Barbra is so cheeky and lovely, Kenneth so humorous and a great actor. RIP Kenneth ❤️

[@AmberTheFangirl]

I'm 13, and same goes for me

[@christianbuczko1481]

To a 12yr old, and 13yr old, it IS the turn of the last century...their both 21st century, carry on's were 20th.

[@charlottebruce979]

1900's they're not that old!! That made me laugh.

[@roderickfernandez8554]

I fell in love with Barbara Windsor the first time I saw her in a carry-on movie and I knew nothing really about her till I seen her on these interview programs answers exactly the way I thought you would be just a lovely lovely lady I said she was funny and beautiful and I turned out to be right she was everything I thought you'd be rest in peace girly

[@helentrofimova1444]

Carry on gangs all back together now.rip babs xx

[@Venelix21]

Jim Dale is still with us

[@mikehudson8884]

This is such a lovely interview. You can see they really liked each other and were great friends.

[@1911olympic]

They obviously very much liked or even loved eachother. It's delightful to watch! 😄😄😄

[@mrspenn1611]

yes very sad, he was a genius, so sad he's gone

[@dave101smith]

Here reminiscing, since poor Babs passing. RIP Babs and thanks for the laughs! Up there with Kenny!

[@limeyjoe1931957]

Great actor and actress. Loved the Carry on films.Now in heaven RIP Barbara

[@johnking5174]

2:15 - I can reveal the secret here - Kenny was wearing a stupid false beard in his role in Carry on Spying where Barbara first worked with him. Barbara kept getting here lines muddled and Kenny said "Oh duckie do get it right", to which Barbara replied forcefully "Ere you, don't you have a go at me with Fenella Fielding's minge hair round yer chops. I won't stand for it" - Kenny stunned for a few seconds, Barbara knew Kenny did not get on well with Fenella, he suddenly burst out laughing and said "Oww! Ain't she lovely?" - from that moment on they were best friends for life.

[@degsbabe]

Fantastic. He must have been frightening to work with sometimes.

[@AmberTheFangirl]

She starred in Uncle Jack in the early 90s :D

[@stephenroney6490]

@Joseph Preston She just died a few months ago. Shame.

[@misterprecocious2491]

@@stephenroney6490 she was on tv a few days ago raising awareness for dementia.

[@stephenroney6490]

@@misterprecocious2491 No I mean Fennella Fielding, not Barbara Windsor.

[@Simon67316]

Wonderful! Unique British eccentricity at its best.

[@jz4746]

Loved him on carry on series 👏🏻 he and Sid were one of my fav characters

[@maxedison8259]

Kenneth Williams, witty, articulate, intelligent, a loner. Benny Hill, effectively the same. Two of my favourite comedy heroes, growing up, along with Stanley Baxter, Dave Allen and Dick Emery, they had a massive impact on the way my sense of humour developed, and I soon realised how hard these people worked to 'be funny'. Part of their talent is not allowing you see the struggle, and the hours spent in getting things right. Kenneth Williams, 'Don't muck about' catchphrase, is as much a work ethic as a funny quip. I loved his humour and self-deprecating attitude too, because he knew it made for good TV, but it was his blitz of brilliance in the 'Carry On' films that locked him in many people's hearts. Paired with Barbara Windsor (who had her own pair - sorry, Sid James joke) in this interview, they seem to be two dear friends just having a chat over coffee. The Public were lucky to have such a great team of 'Carry On' stars, and it is always going to sad as we lose them over the years. Liz Fraser passed on, and now we have lost the wonderful Barbara Windsor too. Comedy heroes, from my youth, I'm just glad so much of their material is either commercially available or posted on KZbin. R.I.P. Kenneth, Liz and Barbara. I'm sure the God's of comedy were pleased to welcome you home.

[@Lady_Jay]

I hope Kenny was waiting for you in Heaven you National treasure you. RIP

[@charlottebruce979]

@Robert Helix why not? People can believe what they like.

[@kung-fuhustle5755]

The most awesome characters on British t.v. God bless the 70’s and 80’s

[@nascar0509]

He always said that he always hated Carry On and the fact he was typecast for life as a result of them.

[@mohammedsultan1544]

Love this reminds me of my childhood in Manchester .. love it

[@TheNic81]

Never seen this before. It’s great. Sleep well Barbara R.I.P xxx

[@colinluby5950]

Kenneth was a good sport to be in the Carry On films for sooo long

[@nagabhushanbabu867]

I love the carry on films

[@pitfieldn1]

I just want to agree with all those comments about KW. He was so sharp, so funny, and so complicated. One of a kind.

[@juliannebenido6835]

Still alive

[@JoseEduardoNZ]

It is so nice to see them together. thank you for posting this video.

[@saramoyo4807]

2 great comedians! RIP

[@marksinthehouse1968]

I would like to think that they are up there having a good giggle heaven will be a happier place with her lovely giggle ,thanks babs xxxx for getting me through some hard times by making me laugh RIP ❤️❤️an to Kenneth Williams RIP and thank you

[@jeanandbilly]

I remember this interview so well!I was a kid but we loved watching Wogan at home.Anyway my Mum was amazed at how Kenneth could swing from his posh accent to a Cockney one when hammi,ng it up with Barbara. Great times! We do miss him.

[@Syklonus]

He was a working class London boy, and he only adopted the accent when he was about 14. He wasn't brought up that way.

[@itsjemmabond]

@@Syklonus His father hated that posh accent!

[@coralarch]

I love them both. Thanks.

[@stephenb1962]

Thanks Babs for all the good times, lots of nostalgia viewing needed, an antidote to the rubbish we get now. R.I.P. Barbara Windsor

[@vannyy5401]

RIP my favorite actor

[@BritishComedyUK69]

Love Kenneth

[@annikee59]

Remember when men all dressed like that? A suit and tie all the time? lol

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

blackzed or people with jeans that are virtually hanging by their knees like they’ve left their arse at home.

[@pics8619]

annikee59 my partner does for work, he is sexy in his waistcoat.

[@Syklonus]

And all looked exactly the same with no sense of style. Wearing a suit doesn't make you a better person. Most rapists and paedophiles are very smart suit wearing people, becasue they need to gain trust. Now, I'm not saying everyone who wears a suit is one of them, but you should judge a person on who they are, not what they wear.

[@jayfurjill]

My Dad is 96 and still does.

[@WilliamZeebub]

beautiful lady, ;osing her memory apparently, hope she still has Carry On to remind her.

[@RogueWJL]

Two of the Greatest. Cant believe Barbara has gone.x

[@dawnslater1065]

Love Syd James' laugh.

[@MarkMahoney]

Yesss sooo naughty!!

[@JO-hu4dx]

Both gone now. So sad. I was the police officer who went to his apartment in Euston after he died and found him. His mum had the exact same apartment opposite his. His was so cluttered and messy, that I was surprised. Not what I expected at all. I remember it well. These two are both British institutions. I hope they are making laughs together somewhere. 😊

[@bowler8]

They said he was immaculate

[@gavinpowers1217]

God I love Kenneth Williams

[@TomGallagherSuperboyBeyond]

always thought it was a shame Kenneth was never asked to actually write a Carry On. His innuendo and double-entendres were funnier than the scripts towards the end. He probably could have written the very best Carry On given the chance. But i guess the producer would have had to pay him more, and they'd never do that.

[@carpypark]

If you're a fan of Carry On like me, you'll know what a wonderful addition Babs was. Her laugh was infectious! Thanks, Babs. RIP x

[@Robertonnz]

RIP Babs - Fantastic comedy actress. Ken too - brilliant

[@stephenguppy3466]

In case there is anyone who doesn't know, the Carry On Spying story is from the first day of shooting. Williams, wearing a false beard, shoots his first scene with Windsor and she fluffs the line. He says "Oh, DO get it right!" and she, having heard of the frictions between him and Fenella Fielding during a revue season they did together, says to Williams (with reference to the false beard) "Ere! Don't you talk to me like that with Fenella Fielding's minge hair round your chops!" From then on, they became great friends because he loved people who stood up to him.

[@jediknight1209]

How bloody wonderful

[@TheHoliday077]

the good old days

[@dalebaker9109]

These two were great friends.

[@robertjackson5645]

Remember when all the showbiz lot were "turns" ? Everyone could do a good unrehearsed half hour and hold an audience enraptured. We've lost something good.

[@betaville72]

Back when people had 'talent' before they were put on TV. Now people are just put on TV in a series and because of that are considered 'celebrities', although they have zero talent.

[@linzieloo1]

@@betaville72 oh so well said, totally agree, unfortunately tv reflects society and look what rubbish we have, to watch, shows how messed up society is.

[@betaville72]

TV should reflect 'entertainment', not society. Thats where they've gone wrong then.

[@tonyt5919]

I can imagine when Barbara was approaching the purley gates, Kenneth was there to meet her, along with all her carry on gang. R I P Barbara, and thank you, you too Kenny,! ❤❤

[@Irishgui83]

I'm not religious but I was upset at Barbara's death. But, I'm imagining when I die and the team I worked with 50 years ago showing up to greet me, I'd be very pissed off.

[@TryptychUK]

In 1986, after her divorce from Ronnie Knight, Barbara Windsor married, on a beach in Jamaica, a chef called Stephen Hollings, who was 19 years her junior. For some years she gave out that the marriage was blissfully happy - “He’s an absolute darling and I’m a very lucky lady” - only to change her tune entirely in 1994, when she announced that their relations had been a sham and that she had had at least four lovers while she had been with him.

[@miggyblack50]

God bless you both xx

[@theveryfirst]

Sad you can't make films like the carry ons anymore. Too much political correctness nowadays. We're all too quick to take offence. God bless you Barbara. We love you.

[@trevorsaunders580]

You are right but I talk to a lot of women who couldn't care less, they don't mind having a door held open for them by a man ( and its nice when its the other way round)and don't mind being told they look nice. I think it's a small amount of women trying to tell a lot women what they should like or dislike.The thing I don't like is office sexual innuendo from both sexes very dangerous.

[@Syklonus]

There are films made today which are far worse than the Carry On movies. It's what the censor ratings are for. Also, don't confuse what P.C. actually is. Holding a door open for lady is not being politically incorrect. Making a derogatory joke about a "nigger" or a "paki" when you are white is though.

[@ivormectin.3046]

@@Syklonus why...?

[@sabrinajoyce1861]

This is lovely xxx

[@ahowlettuk]

A comic legend who brought so many laughs to so many people.

[@alanwilson6367]

They are together forever now. God bless em.😢😢

[@MAX-tw3qz]

"Oh what's the point of it all" Ken's last diary entry before his suicide.

[@eviltwin1984]

For a second there I thought that the thumbnail of this clip was Kenneth Williams and the Kenny Everett character, Cupid Stunt!

[@mazzab1970]

I know this is an old comment, but I was going to type exactly the same thing and phrase it in the same way! "But Kenny...I'm tellin' you the plot. And it's all done in the best POSS-ABLE taste! :D

[@itsjemmabond]

Dean Russell You're not wrong!

[@stellaorvad2519]

Dean Russell lol too funny Dean move

[@stellaorvad2519]

Dean Russell Cupid Stunt ? Wow that was close lucky he did not get his words mixed up and was illiterate lmao

[@stellaorvad2519]

Dean Russell Supid Ctunt if I had a brandy or 2 bottles I would have said that perfect lol

[@jayceoldacre9702]

How he always managed to keep a smile on his face when he was depressed and miserable inside.

[@nightburgers3670]

Because I don’t think he was with Babs. They had a lovely friendship. But I know what you mean having read his diaries and biographies. It’s sad he didn’t find happiness as he brought a lot of laughter and enjoyment to others. Bless you Kenny xx

[@graaarm]

True genius there in Ken. Amazing audience reaction, or lack of it! Understandably speechless

[@ianstewartorr8455]

They where all wonderful 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@tonychuter4830]

I bet there all there the carry on team to greet her big smiles and hugs...thanks for the laughs kid....

[@robertcotgrave5920]

I loved the carry on films. Loved Kenny Williams, All my love to Dame Barbera...... Thinking of you.

[@MegaKingjohn]

Barbara Windsor most beautiful young woman (Londoner).

[@miggyblack50]

Love the carry on movies love Barbara.

[@jamesbishop8948]

I loved all the Carry on films they were brilliant I still watch them they make me laugh so much

[@pinky-ud1rt]

Rip babs your gonna be missed xx

[@stuartwilliams7912]

God bless them both.

[@nascar0509]

Two years before his untimely suspected suicide.

[@mday6140]

Love Barbara and Kenneth they have brought so many people joy through the Carry On genre of films. Disgusting comments directed at Barbara by some people on this thread and typical double standards regarding men and women on display in the comments.

[@garysinglewood6369]

God bless you Barbara rip xx

[@digitalmediafan]

Like they were just chatting away at the pub but no live on national TV!

[@nannybimbim]

Shame Kenny's not sill alive. They could have written him in to EastEnders as a seasoned old queen to prop up the bar and hang out with Peggy.

[@philiptonee6334]

And he would have tongue lashed all the thugs and muck rakers to mercy begging. ;-)

[@dawnslater1065]

I'd love to have seen Kenneth in a skit with Scott Thompson.

[@cobaltmale]

Oh yes that would have been fabulous. Sadly he died years before Barbara was in it but I think he could have fitted in, though he was Kings Cross rather than East End. Doubt he would have taken up the offer anyway.

[@thescrutineer7022]

When I was young I used to think Ken and Dot Cotton were related because they sound the same!

[@bowler8]

Barbara and steven are now divorced. Loved kenny williams...he was the best

[@peterflisher6584]

Two British icons R.I.P. both of them

[@MetallicAGirl14]

I wonder if they’re all making a Carry On Heaven film now 😔