Look Around You - Series 2

[@andrewkatz3845]

The FX are astounding and completely convincing. I love the way they casually edited in Oscar winner Olivia Colman as a a bit of cheeky showing off by the post-production team.

[@superguy183828]

This is a good and unappreciated comment

[@Etcher]

What's really incredible is this was made 14 years before Olivia received her first Oscar which really makes the post-production team look very smart

[@81Mace81]

They actually superimposed one of Coleman's clones for this episode. Onastian Coleman.

[@vicallen5846]

The editing truly is amazing. They make him seem almost human.

[@wisteela]

How they edited him in was incredible.

[@MostlyLoveOfMusic]

Well olivia colman is his mother remember

[@IpswichRobert]

Thanks Charles. Tharles

[@dougie1968]

Wow! I remember this because I was in the audience. I'm the cool, handsome dude with the long hair. Had a pint with Prince Charles afterwards. It was a bit awkward as we got drunk in a pub called the King's Head! Tried to avoid mentioning the English Civil War. I think I mentioned it once but got away it as someone shouted jug ears at Charles.

[@NidgeOSullivan]

Sir Prince Charles, please call him by his full title.

[@agnidas5816]

@@NidgeOSullivan his full title is way longer than Sir Prince Charles. Way way longer.

[@eujnia]

this is real or it's just sofisticated English humour I have to know

[@nordiccafe6435]

1:01 that yawn. Icing on the cake of what's an incredible sketch. Mazel tov

[@SleepyHeather]

That little yawn during the speech is perfect

[@simonjones7727]

The costuming is spot on. Olivia Coleman's Polly Perkins coloured tights and that Emanuels inspired dress with all the furbelows are uncannily on trend for 1981-2. Josie D'Arby's pinafore dress, piecrust collar and pussy bow is pretty good too. Still the best realisation of this era that I have seen.

[@stevecooksley]

I was thinking what a fantastic effort on the FX for the 1980s, then remembered this wasn't actually made in the 1980s.

[@der.Schtefan]

It took me a long time to realize that as well :)

[@nibunibu4254]

like the little yawn at 0.57.

[@green-isaac-ii]

The DVD takes the brilliant production values even further - the subtitles look exactly like the old Teletext ones, and there's a 'Pages from Ceefax' extra which mimics what used to play on BBC1 & BBC2 after the channels closed down for the night (albeit with predictably out-there headlines, and also a flawless guitar accompaniment from Mr. Popper).

[@AutomaTom1939]

It makes me incredibly sad that this isn't available on DVD for region 1. This and Dark Place! :(

[@NotMeInc]

Holy canoly it’s David Mitchell!

[@Scripture-Man]

I remember watching this when it first aired in 1981. Back then, the idea of a "sex change machine" seemed ridiculous, and we never imagined there would be a cure for Cobbles. It's also strange to see Prince Charles here without his beard.

[@mattpendell1369]

Lee Bee Sir Prince Charles*

[@neithere]

Thank you for sharing this experience. Thence.

[@RobertWood-rc1xd]

Thanks Lee. Thee

[@ZeranZeran]

I love this comment.

[@NxDoyle]

Networks, cable channels and streaming services should let Peter & Robert produce whatever they want.

[@soulvey]

Before Hollywood used deepfakes, Look Around You was already ahead of the game

[@tenetennba6529]

Oh so many great people in this sketch! David Mitchell is amazing!

[@itsstephenjackson]

The ‘mazel tov’ is just the cherry on the sundae.

[@misterakt]

idk, hearing the King talk about “sex change machines” years before his ascension really shows just how progressive he truly is!

[@duncanpriestley964]

Footage taken from one of the annual BBC tomorrow's world Prince of Wales innovator awards shows. I'd love to find the original!

[@mnky75]

Impressive speech from his Anu....Highness!

[@fraz6354]

He's now Sir King Charles .

[@davidfgranger]

King Sir Prince Charles, think you'll find.

[@nkt1]

Consecrated today.

[@anorakus8272]

​@@davidfgrangerKing Sir Charles

[@omegaman6494]

Isn't he HM Sir King Charles

[@darrendm8037]

@@omegaman6494 HRH HM Sir King Charles III The Third

[@chickenbento]

Mazel tov, well done!

[@michaelarthur678]

I have ALWAYS been amused with Look Around You. Since I saw clip about computers that showed very old dos computer displaying LOOK AROUND YOG. Can’t find it any more but there are really funny.

[@stillben]

Princw Charles is irresistibly attractive. Any 19 year old blonde would

[@badjemima]

"Mazeltov"

[@mynameismark25]

haha

[@tombstoneharrystudios584]

Normally the SFX is full of stylistic suck for comedy This however, is flawlessly done!

[@HEADROCTV]

Aw no leonard hatred! :)

[@Scripture-Man]

Nope, he was disqualified. I would also have liked to have seen Sebastian Jackson make an appearance, or one of his clones.

[@apl175]

....should've used a memory helmet....

[@FreakDaMIghet]

When I first saw this, I thought they really got Prince Charles to do the episode. I'm American, so I didn't know the prince was actually a lot older than this.

[@Majorhappysaccount]

That really is him.

[@ZeranZeran]

I'm American and I'm pretty sure they did man. That's REALLY HIM! They got him on the show! They're mad!

[@mr8I7]

Much better special effects than the awful Star Wars CGI Tarkin.

[@Unsung_Earth]

Yes for real

[@troyboy7610]

Was that really Prince Charles? Incredibly convincing

[@CarlScripter]

This. is. untimely. (R.I.P. your Majesty)

[@number1authority]

How did they do this?I thought I’d seen every Look Around You episode; this just broke my brain.

[@Uniqueisnotunique]

He's against a white background in the original, pretty much all they need to do is drop the footage in and dub his voice

[@number1authority]

@@Uniqueisnotunique oh, that makes sense. It’s so effective.

[@MalcomCotterill]

That’s Sir King Charles now of course

[@BillyCavendish]

I’m dreaming or he said "Mazel Tov" at the end ?! 😂

[@Rhubba]

I still maintain that Psilence was robbed!

[@AlisonGranger-s5z]

What's this actually from?

[@paulmorphy6187]

0:56 That yawn lol

[@ZeranZeran]

How the hell did they get Prince Charles to agree to do this? Amazing!

[@SheeplessNW6]

Academy award winner Olivia Colman sadly underused in this sketch.

[@eccremocarpusscaber5159]

This was back when Olivia Colman was in most things. Now she’s in everything.

[@LookAroundYou]

Love from my channel LookAroundYou

[@DukeOfKidderminster]

Sir King Prince Charles.

[@PaulShendtown]

Pretty sure the voice of Prince Charles is by Steve Coogan.

[@SimonFoston]

Possibly. It could also be Peter Serafinowicz.

[@russelledwards001]

It’s clearly serafinowic

[@sirandrelefaedelinoge]

David Mitchell?

[@joshgellis3292]

This REALLY bugs the SHIT out of me: WAS Charles REALLY in this scene or WHAT?!

[@TimKirkbyDirector]

As the director of this, i can tell you we got Sir Prince Charles on the show. We paid the palace a donation of £150

[@marnanel]

not his real voice, but synced to real footage of him when you see him in shot

[@CycolacFan]

The horse looked so disappointed…

[@TimKirkbyDirector]

the horse was furious

[@CycolacFan]

@@TimKirkbyDirector then why the long face?

[@TimKirkbyDirector]

@@CycolacFan well, that is the ultimate equestrian

[@CycolacFan]

@@TimKirkbyDirector mane thing on his mind.

[@felixcornelius2577]

Didn't Olivia Colman mention in one episode a " diarrhea machine?"

[@martinhsl68hw]

Diarrhea Dan is one of the computer games in the computers episode

[@felixcornelius2577]

@@martinhsl68hw but I definitely heard her mention the diarrhea machine

[@gnome1882]

Psilence!!!

[@lewissmith350]

Very funny

[@MorrisseysMonkey]

How the fuck did they do the Charlie effect?

[@ashwynn4177]

That was brilliant special effects. Or was Charles really there? He looked far too young

[@WeaselKing1000]

No that looks like 70s Charles to me. They just took clips of him saying generic stuff from an actual speech, then when they wanted something specific to 'Look Around You' that he obviously never said, they cut away. I think all the voice is an actor though, just synched with his mouth movements for the parts where the camera's on him. Splicing him into the actual scene visually was done really well!

[@kisbie]

Yes, the editing is even smarter than the effects work, and that's pretty much seamless. It's Serafinowicz doing the (typically uncanny) impression, by the way.

[@Scripture-Man]

Everything about this is clever. I love how they recreated the trophy to exactly match the one Sir Prince Charles held, and showed it every week in anticipation of this episode. This made it even more believable to see it actually being handled by his highness, Charles II.

[@ZeranZeran]

@@Scripture-Man this is genius

[@michaeljames4904]

It was a better time. None of this pronouns rubbish just a quick zap with converted dry cleaning apparatus.

[@rareblues78daddy]

Well done, Tim. Well done. This was brilliant.

[@Just_lift_anyone]

He only uploaded it like...

[@rareblues78daddy]

@@Just_lift_anyone He was the director for this episode, bud.

[@peartreeproductions77]

😂😂😂mazeltov at the end 😂😂😂