The Plank (1979 TV Version) Full Movie

[@blondJasper]

I lived very close to the timber merchants location in Churchfield Road, Walton on Thames (it's still there) and during a break in filming I asked Arthur Lowe to autograph a Dad's Army annual for me, which he was happy to do. It's great to see all these comedy legends again, thanks for posting it.

[@TheTmny876able]

and that is some timber yard ! never seen so much in one area.

[@JandeNeree]

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[@RobertKetteringham]

I agree with you 💯 😂

[@keithdavidson9102]

I had the Great honour of being granted a 10 minute interview with Eric about 15 years ago. He was an absolute gentleman and talked for 50 minutes until his manager, Norma Farnes, had to practically drag him away for a public appearance. What a legend, and the world is a poorer place for his passing. RIP Eric, and all the other great stars in The Plank (both versions).

[@afberglund2764]

Must have been difficult to talk to a profoundly deaf and later blind person?

[@emma-janeminshull-turner1242]

I can remember my Father laughing out loud to this wonderful comedy! Eric Sykes and Arthur Lowe , so brilliantly funny ! 💚🔨

[@julieharnett3600]

A suit hhere

[@jazzman1626]

That’s a great memory to have.

[@payres48]

I can relate to that, my dad laughed so much I thought he would have a stroke. This was filmed around my part of the country. There are references to Weybridge, Kingston. There's another version which features Tommy Cooper in place of Arthur Lowe. Some actors in this version appear as different characters in the other one.

[@rox03y]

British comedy at its best! I recall watching this in the 70’s and it is still my favourite.

[@scottyceres]

This is so funny, I remember my parents talking about it, many years ago. It is so good to see all those great comedy actors again. They made me laugh during so many years. This gives me warm feelings again and a big smile on my face. Thanks for posting.

[@TheJonathanNewton]

Perfect comedy. Such an incredibly simple premise and no dialogue yet half an hour of great fun. And a soundtrack that fits the mood spot on.

[@stevemason5348]

Fantastic to see all the old greats, just what we need in these awful times,

[@christrinder1255]

Brilliant, can't be bettered!! Better than I remember having watched it the first time around!Wish comedy today made me laugh like this. Bless you Eric and all the 1970's celebs who appeared in it!

[@franzjohnston]

Brilliant simply brilliant ....when comedy really was comedy - just watched 2 minutes of it and are roaring! Thank you for posting!

[@raj26mayuk]

Stumbled upon this by chance today, absolute gold!! Have heard about it in my younger days but being born in the late 70s in India, had never had a chance to watch until today! Will surely be watching it a few times! Love it.

[@AlphaGamer1981]

i was born 2 years after this was made, my grandad had it on vhs and i would watch it all the time, such a classic, rewatching this now brought back so many memories

[@royandjacqueline1294]

This is on NOW talking pictures, sky Channel 328 R. I. P., Christopher Plummer 😔💕🇯🇲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🕊️✝️

[@toolsconsumables7055]

British comedy at it's finest. Even today it will still rival modern interpretations. Very well done. Kind regards.

[@Mrbimmer11]

World comedy at it finest i would say

[@toolsconsumables7055]

@@Mrbimmer11 Hear, hear. Bring on Terry Thomas, Peter Sellers, Eric Idle, Robbie Coltrane. Kind regards.

[@ingowill9597]

Legendär! Ich habe den Film als Kind geliebt. Mein Vater hatte ihn immer wieder auf VHS gezeigt. Humor braucht keine Worte! Ein Meisterwerk

[@denisecarnes5456]

Classic British comedy at its best. I have seen it so many times but still laugh all the way through. So good to be watching this at this time with so much bad happening in the world. Thank you for sharing. This is the better remake of the plank.

[@sharonellis8776]

This is the best version of this movie. Love it xx

[@axelusul]

Amazing to see so many talented comedians together.

[@Atom-56]

James Hunt and Henry Cooper there too. 👍

[@juliusfucik4011]

I have been looking for this for years. I first saw it when I was a small child. Amazing!

[@peterthefox2076]

So old and still marvelous. Better than what they produce nowadays.

[@melvyn51]

I completely agree with David . This little film is hilarious and the way the participants act is very well observed . English Tati . Thank you for having shared this marvellous moment of British humour .A real treat.

[@paulmalone8720]

Excellent, fab work.

[@user-go6bm2tg1n]

Love all the old cars. So well done words not needed, brilliant

[@annabelledoulton2421]

The car troubles just get better

[@fujishoot]

Great Britain at its greatest. Fond memories. Made my day watching this. Thank you 😊

[@Trillock-hy1cf]

I've not seen this slap stick comedy for years, so it is nice to come across it again for some giggles. What a magnificent cast of class actors/esses to appear in this film, and all done without the need for them to speak. Great stuff!

[@ScrewAttackEurope]

Yeah, took me years to track down a copy. It's come out on DVD since, but it goes for silly money now.

[@morriewyatt6234]

Close. Two words were spoken. "It's paint!"

[@rikvlasblom4272]

As a little kid I watched this at my grandparents home here in The Netherlands. Again enjoyable to watch 👍

[@MeRe52]

Zelfde herinnering. Mijn opa vond dit prachtig net zoals Tommy Cooper. En het is ook gewoon leuk.

[@dryflyman7121]

Some great old stars in this ! Lovely to see the great Kenny Lynch in it.

[@PeterSmith-bj4ml]

Loved Kenny Lynch singing James Taylor's song, On the Roof. A great song. Not in this film of course. I think it was Kenny's signature song.

[@gorankarlsson8741]

This movie used to be played around christmas every year in Sweden for decades but ow I have´nt seen it for a long time. Thanks for letting me see it again here!

[@martinworld7214]

ah the Swedish Wizard of Oz then

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

This alway makes me laugh!🤣👍 Thanks for upload, greetings from Sweden! ❤️🇸🇪 They used to air this on New Years here in Sweden!

[@revhead5420]

Eric Sykes and Arthur Lowe are perfect for this , I guess that's why I adore this one ..

[@erikstahlberg407]

This aired EVERY New year's eve on Swedish television when I was a kid. This and Dinner for one (in Swedish it is called The Countess and the Servant) was apparently the most funny movies Swedish TV-directors could think of.

[@garrywatters1140]

Dinner for one was also a popular showing on German TV on news years eve. I think ZDF have it on every year.

[@taynecooper7747]

Dinner for one is still screened every new year's eve on SBS Australia

[@kenbshorter4494]

Just brilliant humor. Nice to see all the famous british celebrities from the 70ties. Sykes,Lowe,Cribbins,Lumley,Hunt....!

[@hallson2917]

Always on TV on New Year´s Eve in Sweden in the 80!s

[@cissi9671]

This version was shown every new years eve on swedish television for many years.

[@densmorde4520]

This and Dinner for one.

[@jonasthemovie]

Same procedure as last year.

[@leeblanche4983]

maybe thats why swedish folks like Barnes as much as they seem to.

[@gailcrook2687]

Poor sods

[@kingwacky184]

@@gailcrook2687 Poor sods? Swedes are some of the nicest people and happiest in the world. Not to mention that Sweden last year was number 1 on the personal freedom index and will most likely be number 1 this year. They are top on innovation and pretty much every world ranking there is. I would not call them poor sods when they live a better life than any other country together with the other Scandinavian countries.

[@servalan65]

Absolutely adored this!! Thank you xxxx

[@badgrundCRINGE]

The Plank has got to be one of my favorite Eric Sykes shorts of all time.

[@vincentharriman3283]

Both versions originated in an episode of Sykes and the.... In the 1967 version, his co-star in the series (and the later Sykes) Hattie Jacques has a cameo.

I can't help myself from laughing so hard at this movie it's a comedy masterpiece.

[@PeterSmith-bj4ml]

And of course Henry Cooper, great British Champion boxer, in the pub who blames Reg Varney the innocent window cleaner, for drinking his pint of beer. 😂😂 The seamless and timeless brilliance of the whole thing. It's choreographed like a top musical show in that everything fits beautifully. Jimmy Edwards as the copper sat on the plank on his bike and at the end when they didn't even know they'd lost the plank a second time. I'm stating the obvious I suppose. Superb, all of it. 😂😂

[@darrylbuckett5380]

Eric Sykes had such a great sense of timing and yet he was just about deaf, amazing. Cheers

[@Jockinoz]

Larry. You will never know how much I appreciate this. It has got to be the best comedy routine ever. The best of the best comedians. I am in heaven.

[@ScrewAttackEurope]

No worries, Yup, I was in the same boat, spent literally years trying to track this down. Nightmare to search for on Google, as you just get the original Movie in searches.

[@wenglishsal]

Awesome cast... Eric Sykes, Arthur Lowe, George Roper, Charlie Drake, Diana Dors, Jimmy Edwards and so many other stalwarts of British film and TV... :0)x

[@arguspanoptes9510]

Sally Ann Loveday George Roper was the character name of Brian Murphy. He starred with the late great Yootha Joyce as George and Mildred Roper in "George and Mildred "

[@garyyakamoto2648]

I was a kid living in southern Europe during the cold war when I watched this movie. What a great movie.

[@patrickwilliams6464]

Hard to believe it was done with just the one cameraman. Great script and acting.

[@erifretrats378]

in days of man-made misery, we need a good laugh............. and I laughed years ago at this, and I still do today. many thanks

[@johnferguson8993]

This is one of the funniest comedies I've ever watched over and over again!

[@leifkarlsson323]

Pure gold. 👍 Thank you for posting this. They used to air this every new years eve here in Sweden back when I was a kid. Laughed my arse off every time... Haven't sen it in 30+ years, but its still just as funny 😆.

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

Hej fellow Swede!🇸🇪

[@johnwharton2617]

Reading some of the comments I have to say the live viewers laughter works for me! It sounds spot on! And I think this one is way funnier than the 1967 original, and thanks Guru Larry if this is your work, Great!!!

[@ScrewAttackEurope]

+John Wharton Yup, it's mine :D

[@Mr10forlife]

abdelfq

[@sharonneethling5468]

These comedies are the best compared to some of the comedies that you get today😂

[@markhpluygers2226]

Thank you SO much! It reminds me of a sort of Laurel and Hardy, British Style. No words needed! MH

[@robleary3353]

British comedy at it's best. Love this!.... simple, funny and to a degree timeless!...

[@technicianbis5250]

Gone are days when a comedian could give people a belly laugh with out using bad language. Only true professionals could do that.

[@Joyce-Mackey]

Brilliant, best of British comedy. Great actors, 👍 watch this time and time again... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🇦🇺

[@barryroach1980]

just needed to watch this now, thanks Bud!

[@rosewallace6854]

I still love this short movie, supremely acted, very very clever 🤣🤣🤣

[@propolispropolis657]

Rofl. 😂😂😂😂😍😍So gorgeous. It seams to be the English version of Jacques Tatis Monsieur Hulot.

[@harpothehealer]

Absolutely fantastic. Eric Sykes how brilliant he was.

[@chrispascoe8116]

You know you're getting old when you can remember & name every one of the comedians that performed in "The Plank" lol

[@vrrefiner]

so so true but it was british humour at its best

[@paulmchugh8695]

Sorry are these my feet ? I heard that Pardon. ?

[@CaptainGreyboots]

@Katarina Hernandez Ha! No, a touch of the Sylvester Stallone about him though! He's not Sylvester.

[@tommcglone2867]

I know James Hunt made a cameo. And Joanna Lumley

[@johnnyonenote376]

@Katarina Hernandez It's Lionel Blair and the other gentleman is Bernard Cribbins...both alive today too Katarina.

[@TBMartin]

Thank you ever so much for this. Another thing I didn't know Harry H Corbett starred in

[@LaurenThornton-jb9bq]

Absolute classic i have thank my granddad for showing me this proper comedy not like the crap we get today I am not an oldie I am under 30

[@davidshaw571]

Absolutely amazing. Thank you so much for posting this.

[@trainstrains1]

The sot of comedy we seem unable or unwilling to make today. That's why it's timeless.

[@stigtuneback1966]

A pure true classic , The Plank , many thanks for the upload Guru Larry Gaming , regards from sweden.

[@paulcooke2258]

One of the best british comedy movies ever !!!!! Thanks...

[@James84800]

For me it's not just a comedy, it's a portal into the 1970s and what life was like in different areas.

[@aileenmorrison6184]

Fantastic ! So very clever, enjoyed a great belly laugh

[@raulmurillo7957]

Espectacular ... El mas fino humor inglés ... Ya no hay series como estas.

[@Senna-xi1gr]

Sheer brilliance 👍🇬🇧😂 Loved it for years.

[@santoprattico6027]

The late great James Hunt as the truck driver... pure genius!

[@gordi-music]

I think the implication was that it was genius to cast a former world champion racing driver (i.e. "great" driver regardless of how much of a tosser he was) as a one-eyed truck driver who wouldn't notice driving into (and around with) a plank.

[@tommcglone2867]

@@nn-ro1lv World Champion 1976. GET IT RIGHT.

[@tommcglone2867]

@@sockington1 tosser? You mean mad lad. The only "Tosser" in F1 was Ricardo "Tosser" Rosset.

[@tommcglone2867]

@@sockington1 in YOUR opinion. It was a different time

[@buzzard3515]

@@sockington1 Oh ! and what great things have you achieved in your life Mr S apart from from having a number 1 after your title ! Take some some advice never judge people you don't really know !

[@garrythirtle]

Such a great remake of a classic with a few little differences and love the fact that Eric Sykes portrayed the role of Tommy Cooper too.

[@78rpmblog]

This was the version that was shown once a year in Swedish TV when I was a kid in the 1980s. It is way funnier than the older version with spoken lines and Tommy Cooper.

[@MrCharliejaera]

fyfan vad lustigt att jag kom att tänka på den här nu.. '

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

Hej fellow Swede!

[@paulnorris1559]

So many names of extremely talented people, actors, presenters...James Hunt!! Henry Cooper...and the lit goes on and on....what humour. What we all need today with what is going on in this mad, mad world led by a mad man.

[@LadyBlanche.888]

I was wondering in 2024 does anybody still remember laughter? Because I hardly see it these days and I watch a lot of funny films and shows like the above hilarious Plank! It brings back memories of who we used to be until wokeness came along and put an end to that.. ❤

[@whiskeyoo7]

Thanx for sharing. This is an epic comedy😂👍🏻

[@IlkeaPikkuMyy]

Omg, thang you for sharing! My dad recorded it when i was a child and i used to watch it very often

[@Lausebengl]

Me too!

[@kimvibk9242]

@guru larry gaming: Thanks for the upload! I remember seeing this as a kid and I have been looking for it ever since. I still find it as funny as I did then.

[@InterzoneIncVideos]

Wonderful, saw it as a kid. Also nice to see Joanna Lumley and Bernard Cribbins. :)

[@amensip]

Amazing I thought I would never see it again

[@absinthedude]

Lovely to see this on KZbin....I wondered how rare it was, it used to be regularly broadcast in the 80s and I have a copy on super 8 film but I've not seen it on more modern formats.

[@rileybenstead3574]

Great to see this again. I still had to laugh at it even though I have seen it so many times over the years.

[@andrewmillard5326]

Haven't laughed so much in ages. What a cast ❤ it.

[@אילייןלוי]

Classic!😅😅!,all our Stars!.great job fellas,hysterical!😅😅😅😅❤❤

[@martinlynn4733]

Still hilarious too this day, I remember this being on ITV one Christmas in the 80s

[@davidwickham1965]

When you had talent on the tv.Good old days.Not like the shit now.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

You got that right, there’s not a single comedy on tv today that I would class as comedy, it’s crap. Think back to the 70s and early 80s when we were spoiled with talented writers and actors, then the pc brigade entered the fray.

[@martinsmith1538]

@@Eleventhearlofmars damn right, PC brigade spoilt it all.

[@ThisIsVinecessary]

Wow , I haven't seen this since the mid-80s, what a blast from the past.

[@tempusfugit4545]

Great fun to see so many famous faces all in this this skit!

[@erifretrats378]

all the greats are in it........ when we were allowed to laugh and have silly fun................. not many complained, unlike today...... frowned upon.............. by the few.......... who spoil it all for everyone else............. they took all the fun out of life

[@silktvPDR1]

My Dads best mate Dave was the Council cement worker in the film. Both passed now bless 😢😢

[@VectrexRoli]

This is a classic one, I saw this on Austrian TV back in the days. I looked for it now on KZbin and it is even you Larry having that film on your channel. ;-)

[@ScrewAttackEurope]

Lol, what are the chances? :D Yeah I've been lookign for this movie myself for years, so when I found it I put it online ASAP.

[@TheRealKaiProton]

Im happy this still holds up today, watched it with my daughter, and she thought it was brilliant too

[@c.chelseathedog7987]

Excellent !😂😂😂 I cried laughing from one end to the other! Great Art! Thanks a lot for this hilarious movie ! From deep south of France 🥖🍷🧀, 🖐😀🦊…pop…🍄⁉️

[@NaoPb]

Ah, I've been looking for this about a month ago. We used to have this on VHS recorded from tv.

[@elsamundy8353]

geez I remember watching this as a kid with my family and couldn't stop laughing!!

[@dannymistry5876]

You’ll never see a line up of the best in British comedy ever....🇬🇧👍

[@suemassey5076]

@Deane Minister Health and safety would close it down wouldn't they?

[@lexluthier8290]

I'd forgotten what a stellar cast this film had - a who's who of TV & film comedians and actors.

[@soledude]

A timeless classic! 👏👏👏

[@subhashnitave7575]

Fantastic comedy of great old days!

[@thoughtful_criticiser]

Four years before this was made I used to ride in a Morris 1000 (the first car with the problem doors)on the first leg of my journey to school I only did it for a few weeks. As the driver turned left, I was sat in the back on the right hand side by the door, the door opened and I only just managed to stay in the car the car was so old it didn't have seatbelts. The second time it happened, I stopped taking the ride and went on the bus. It was half an hour earlier but a lot safer.

[@anitastone168]

American election, Covid Lockdown....turned the News off and enjoyed this with morning coffee!! What a relief , an escape from all the mayhem and madness. Brilliant 😂

[@shaunsautorepairs5410]

One of the best films ever...silent comedy is king

[@FrankJCarver]

I bet Joanna Lumley doesn't remember being in this.

[@jacquelinemulders9975]

He touches my heart every time I Watch this documentary !

[@CCJohnDow]

I felt in love with the British Humor since I saw it, in Romania, on TV at the end of the '60s