Oh No! It's Selwyn Froggitt Episode One

[@smackeye]

RIP Bill Maynard. I remember this being on a Saturday teatime / early evening when I used to go visit my grandparents as a very young kid. Always used to make me laugh, even the name was funny. I don't imagine I understood any of it back then at such a young age, so I suppose it must have been down to his larger than life presence. I remember The Gaffer too which I enjoyed.

[@russellmartinkenny5796]

Bill Maynard used to come into the town where i live in Earl Shilton in the 1980's to do a bit of shopping, my mother heard him once in a queue at the fruit and veg shop saying "My god everybody is miserable in this town,can't nobody smile?"

[@ab-ig1cu]

Rip. Comfort tv the good old Saturdays nights. All the family would watch this. Highlights of our evening great times

[@johnfellows2867]

I was talking to my son about this series, and happened to say " magic our Maurice ", which my grand daughter overheard. She now walks around with her thumbs up saying this ! Brilliant, innocent comedy !!

[@paulinerodgerson2476]

I loved Selwyn Froggatt. I'm sad to hear that he has passed away 😢❤. Time goes by too fast!

[@scottishwildcat]

Chief Superintendent Brownlow delivering the milk, there...

[@swfcocs1]

great comedy actor was Maynard,remember The Gaffer when I was a kid as well-RIP

[@toucheturtle3840]

Used to love this as a kid. Bloody brilliant.

[@stephenpoulson5505]

Me too 😊

[@Rbplastering21]

Brilliant, Brings Back memories from when I was a Kid, Im sure when this First started , it was on in the week , maybe when Coro , was on

[@andymoore9977]

It was on ITV same as Coro so no clash. I guess you must have been watching BBC!

[@simonyip5978]

It looks like it was filmed in Bradford or Leeds judging by the style of the houses at the beginning.

[@TheGemDoctor]

Bill Maynard (Selwyn) played Claude Greengrass in Heartbeat for some 155 episodes.

[@justindoonerwind6076]

Great as the Gaffer as well

[@sgrannie9938]

Heartbeat wasn’t the same after he left 🙁

[@johnfellows2867]

The milk man was a big cop in The Bill.

[@ReleaseThaPressure]

Supt. Brownlow 👍

[@digitalbroadcaster]

Back in the days when overhead boom mics always used to to pop into the shot.

[@jasonkearney9851]

And the beauty was nobody cared.

[@andymoore9977]

Magic our Maurice! After all these years I shall never forget Bill Maynard (as Selwyn) 'flipping' and catching the stack of beer mats (a pastime all the rage in the mid 70s) in front of the cameras (I suspect he was supposed to drop the lot) , the look of delight and surprise on the actor's face, then he just carried on acting. A true pro.

[@privatepilotuk]

RIP Bill Maynard. Legend

[@ianmedium]

I really appreciate you posting these. If you have series three it would be great if you could post them as well, thank you. This brings back so many happy memories from childhood!

[@archymac5801]

This was filmed in my remote village on top of the moors in West Yorkshire - SKELMANTHORPE - Near Emley Moor

[@ianmedium]

R.I.P. Bill, thanks for the laughs

[@stevegordon5689]

Oh No! It's Selwyn Froggitt was ITVs answer to the BBCs Some mothers do ave em.

[@mjp8648]

"Mrs Poo" as Selwyn's mother.

[@mrman9561]

Thank you fro bringing a lovely memory back

[@nigellacey559]

Who remembers maynard in "the gaffer" ?

[@georgepadgett]

Lived in the same village as Bill Maynard growing up. Served him in the local shop. I heard it said he based the character from this on a guy called Pete who lived on my street. Pete was a very good skittles player. Have no idea if he was the basis for the character though. 28 06 82

[@georgepadgett]

Just read the Wikipedia entry. Yeah, it was Pete Wright. I used to drink regularly at the Sapcote Working Men's Club around 1998 - 2004. I remember when Pete died around 2005. Funny world. 🙂

[@georgepadgett]

Used to chat with Pete. I'd sometimes walk with him on my way home if was walking back from the shop. That was when I was doing my GCSEs. Used to serve him in the shop. Talk to him. He'd come in the club for skittles night and sometimes then. No idea what he would have been like when he was younger. I'm not taking too much from the video clip.

[@albaproductions9602]

I remembered Linda Baron and Megs Jenkins were in this.

[@evilspeak5702]

The Milkman is the Chief Inspector from The Bill.

[@drewsterpevovar3887]

Balti Pasta is a big promotion

[@weltonvillegal6258]

I saw this as an advert in Viz Magazine. Asked my British husband, who had no idea about this show. Guess he was watching Coronation Street or something.

[@1984isHereNow]

Great nostalgia mate. Thanks 4 posting😂

[@mr488gto8]

Love the mic dropping in 😉

[@AwSso-x6j]

Were brilliant 70s back in day magic our Maurice.. us northern nutter s 😮

[@bobrobert4173]

aww one of the best..ab fab guy..RIP Bill ( selwyn and greengrass )..nobody as funny now on tv..

[@MisterSplendy]

Bill is so damned lovable.

[@brianmorrison9168]

RIP Bill Maynard

[@MrBOROLOYAL]

R.I.P. Bill!

[@kevlandy]

RIP Bill. :-(

[@flybobbie1449]

ADHD before ADHD..

[@MarkSlater71]

No, just an idiot 🙄🙄🙄

[@Nickster_P]

Definitely......😃

[@pic101]

Very perceptive indeed. Agree.

[@chopchung]

IS that DAVID LODGE as Morris?. Think so!.

[@dannyboy6114]

I think you're right. I've just bought the dvd and I think he's only in episode one. So is the mother. Do you know who she is ? It's Meg Jenkins in all the other episodes I'm assuming.

[@dawnfinch8232]

RIP Bill Maynard use to laugh so much at.this our Maurice

[@bigfatlawrencebeggar]

Rip magic our morris

[@davew8039]

RIP Bill

[@lllucky13]

RIP BILL MAYNARD

[@drewsterpevovar3887]

This is the pilot

[@badtracking]

Magic our Morris

[@FightFairLoseEasy]

David Lodge breaks character and laughs here 07:12

[@kri2590]

I loved this as a kid

[@jamesthecat]

Brilliantly acted.

[@GavTatu]

ADD ? ! i remember this, but not him being so hyper !!

[@davidcoe1782]

+Gav Tatu Looking at it again it's not just ADD but also he clearly is childlike in his enthusiasm and joking around, imagine a ten year old boy...could it be that he is "challenged" ?

[@billycahill4265]

R I P bill

[@BigyetiTechnologies]

I barely remember this from being a kid. I remember stuff always falling out of the cupboard, and him giving a thumbs up and saying "magic" whilst riding a bike. The guy is clearly on the spectrum somewhere.

[@albaproductions9602]

Mike from the Nags head.

[@smackeye]

Yup, spotted that too!

[@jonathanwilkinson1461]

Lass was in Rising Damp as one of Alan's dates..

[@MacTheRipper1]

Rip sir!!

[@gazriley624]

funniest comedy ever!

[@shanemurphy2680]

Thank god someone post these

[@saulberg5247]

R.I.P BILL MAYNARD..............

[@johnrider5701]

I remember watching this show but with a slightly different cast or am I remembering it wrongly? I seem to remember Linda Barron being in it,

[@darryllharden9141]

No,You're right! Lynda Baron was Vera in Series 2 & 3 taken over from Rosemary Martin who was Vera from Series 1.

[@johnrider5701]

@@darryllharden9141 Thanks for the information 👍

[@dawnfinch8232]

Oh no its Selwyn froggit so funny

[@tonymichaels1272]

2:58 camera equipment top right LOL

[@ianwhitehead691]

Magic magic

[@kevlandy]

Boom microphone, @ 2:58 ;-)

[@smackeye]

Crossroads was one of the worst offenders for this, but to be honest you could watch pretty much any TV programme in the 70's and spot one. In fact I always used to enjoy looking out for them!

[@gideon_uk9754]

Eyes like a hawk!lol

[@Sheffield_Steve]

Aye, it weren't half in shot that mic!

[@gedhuffadine1873]

Ad an hoss and a dray, couldn't read a packet of seeds😂

[@KismetMulhaneski-to3wg]

Bloody brilliant 📺 bless ya 🥳

[@johnnyretro1975]

Rip xx

[@robinlincoln8901]

This was the pilot episode not episode 1 and it was awful . Episode 1 of series one saw a completely new cast apart from Bill Bill was a legend especially as Greengrass in Heartbeat , sadly missed

[@mrtoptenatten]

The good old days ..when we all had great fun & not AFFRAID about any "PC CRAP" ON TV .....

[@gwh3013]

Yeah must be awful not being able to be racist to people 🙄

[@NOTODIVERSITY123]

Back when the TV channels were worth watching not like nowadays with the BBC blacks before Caucasians..and itv immigrant trans voters.all labour leftist channels now channel 4 too with their black takeover weekends....that's racist sir.....

[@basaraksan835]

Bill Maynard is best

[@stephenlees1691]

great

[@debbielangton8371]

David Beckham on walker's crisp😂😂

[@charlesdixon52]

cant he keep still

[@auntsally3058]

❤always will be one of the best❤

[@garfield1842]

I can not understand what Froggitt is saying most of the time..

[@davidcoe1782]

+jsjsharp58 Sharp It's reet Yorkshire lak !

[@swanseamale47]

Great series. Don't think I've seen him in anything bad.

[@stevet7369]

He was in a tv play called ‘Kisses at Fifty’. Its on KZbin 👍

[@swanseamale47]

@stevet7369 oh thanks I'll look that up.

[@oldmanandguitar]

THE Gaffer?

[@BigyetiTechnologies]

That's the fella

[@bolshevikproductions]

Pint of cooking bag nuts

[@frogstamper]

I forgot how irritating this character was...

[@mickd6942]

Magic our morris lol Or don’t open that cupboard things fall out .

[@antoniod]

Alan Coren really hated this show. In an article for American "TV Guide" titled "The Horrible Truth about British Television", he focused on the top 10 shows in England and ran them all down, including this one, CORONATION STREET, and THIS IS YOUR LIFE. Coren couldn't have predicted that another Roy Clarke-penned show, KEEPING UP APPEARENCES, would become a hit for US public service TV.

[@davidcoe1782]

+Steve Burstein Of course he created yet another highly irritating character in Mrs Bucket....

[@alanoneill3065]

Adverts after 7 mins

[@gazriley624]

LOL

[@lllucky13]

Boom mic @ 2:58

[@RayhanAhmed-qr3vz]

He looks like bob robson West Ham Utd 😂

[@tonycogan6714]

Fucking Classic Comedy!!!

[@michellefalleur960]

.. Language Timothy !! ..

[@marcse7en]

More tea, and a Sponge Finger, Vicar?

[@semajttam]

Oh look its DCsupt Brown low

[@mygaffer]

Maybe this just loses a lot in translation but I hated it. The main character's actor does give a great performance though.

[@isaachunt5799]

ADHD long before it was a thing.

[@debbielangton8371]

😂😂 classic

[@LordMoku]

4:24 The original yeet??

[@blaisineful]

I don't remember him being so annoying

[@davidcoe1782]

+geowyn Kinsey That really was the whole point, I think !

[@blaisineful]

I could watch entire shows back then, I managed 3 minutes of this.

[@FightFairLoseEasy]

@@blaisineful The Character is all about being a lovable annoyance

[@fredflintstoner596]

Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view!" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?

[@mariabarnard1546]

A man who hasn't grown up. Like the actor, hate the script.

[@SilverSurfer5150]

Looking back, this is a really weak comedy by Roy Clarke. Some of a similar period are still extremely funny but this, sadly no.

[@m6nster1965]

Unfunny when I was a kid, An even worse now. 😏

[@adamshaw907]

What's happened to opening credits no sound on the opening credits title and the closing ending credits titles you have to do better than that who ever posted up this up shame on you ruined classic comedy of the 1970s

[@marcse7en]

Copyright?

[@jimmcfarlane5611]

Not funny at all

[@davids736]

RIP Bill Maynard

[@excocetmissile8256]

RIP Bill