Simon Farnaby on his involvement in the discovery of Richard III's body - from RHLSTP Book Club 68

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@joannemoore3976
@joannemoore3976 Жыл бұрын
One of my all time favourite programmes, ever! It was a fascinating story but also a comedy gem, not least because of Simon. So many immortal lines, I think my favourite was, when comforting a distraught Phiippa, 'you know, he could have had a hunchback and still have been a nice guy.' 😂
@McRino1
@McRino1 Жыл бұрын
The audible "hmmm" after she said she KNEW she was on the grave. Beautiful
@lilylittlemonster5
@lilylittlemonster5 4 ай бұрын
Or an unlucky monk🤣
@dorothywillis1
@dorothywillis1 7 ай бұрын
There were two things that impressed me when I first watched that program. First, the arrogance and bad manners of the "professionals" from the university, second, Simon's good manners and kindness to Philippa when she was upset.
@glyph2011
@glyph2011 Жыл бұрын
It’s a fascinating documentary, and my first thought was ..”How the hell did Simon land this gig?” Now I know. 👍
@Heatherssix
@Heatherssix Жыл бұрын
Where can you watch?
@glyph2011
@glyph2011 Жыл бұрын
@@Heatherssix I watched it on KZbin.
@GarryVaux
@GarryVaux Жыл бұрын
So Richard III had a hunch, and so did Phillipa
@Joecoleman84
@Joecoleman84 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this sir, have a great day 😂
@jcortese3300
@jcortese3300 Ай бұрын
I remember that whole thing, and I still take utter joy in the fact that it was all down to one obsessed fangirl's stubbornness. 🙂
@stream_gene
@stream_gene Жыл бұрын
I first saw Simon in the Mighty Boosh playing an intellectual with a head that looked like a conker. Next time I saw him he was looking over Richard III's skeleton whilst a batshit crazy lady fawned over it. Quite the leap.
@JD-re3cj
@JD-re3cj Жыл бұрын
What’s this archeology nonsense? That’s way off the mark sir
@jimbofandango7046
@jimbofandango7046 Жыл бұрын
Later on in this episode, I wish that Richard had raised the fact that Simon Farnaby's character in Star Wars was called "Farns Monsbee", a hilariously half-assed anagram...
@sonoftakeshisan5929
@sonoftakeshisan5929 Жыл бұрын
Yeah did he! Bloody Simon and Garfunkle stealing our finds again......
@paulwilkinson2507
@paulwilkinson2507 9 ай бұрын
Top reference.
@stewartbailey1653
@stewartbailey1653 Жыл бұрын
By the sounds of it they were going to initially be taking the piss out of the people who initiated the dig, and then had to get super serious about it when it turned out that the Ricardians were right. That's why, by the sounds of it, they were offering Simon the job, because Horrible Histories was a comedic history program. I actually thought that it was a really good documentary, as was the follow up, so it's a real shame that all they offered him after that was, by the sounds of it, a totally ridiculous program and a total waste of his talents. I, for one, wouldn't mind seeing him doing more historical documentaries
@schubertuk
@schubertuk Жыл бұрын
I don't think it is a shame Simon got out of Documentary making - the result is we have lots more of Simon doing Ghosts and writing and staring in blockbuster films - presenting documentaries would be (to me) a waste of this guys immense talents. But if you are super-into documentaries hosted by Simon - I suppose I have no chance in convincing you otherwise! ;-)
@beedubree2550
@beedubree2550 Жыл бұрын
the best documentaries are always the ones about a subject that the team and presenter actually care about
@showardnutrition
@showardnutrition 9 ай бұрын
But Simon himself admits in this clip that's not where he's at. He's an incredibly talented and accomplished writer and actor.
@2Sugarbears
@2Sugarbears 5 ай бұрын
Glad I found this. He sneered at Phillipa through the whole thing. Now suddenly he is rewriting his own story.
@CatherinePlantagenet
@CatherinePlantagenet Жыл бұрын
This shows how serious they really took the idea of finding him was. They were going to do a 3 day archeology comedy skit. Hope to find the church they were looking for anyways. On another note: I’ve seen where Philippe says that the university didn’t give her credit. I’ve watched the footage and the university had included her and the r3 society as part as the group that found him. They made made a point to mention her. So, she was given credit.
@Herring1967
@Herring1967 Жыл бұрын
That's why it's such a great documentary. Everything gets subverted. There's so much going on in it. Brilliant TV.
@stuupiddeaths
@stuupiddeaths Жыл бұрын
It seems fitting that someone from Horrible Histories was a part of something as big as this😂
@jeffkeogh5616
@jeffkeogh5616 Жыл бұрын
I love that fella, I'd watch him reading the phonebook
@showardnutrition
@showardnutrition 9 ай бұрын
Haha same!
@nickchambers3935
@nickchambers3935 Жыл бұрын
2:47 Philippa just had a hunch... pun intended?
@jamesthecat
@jamesthecat Жыл бұрын
I'm really hoping the phrase 'I made this!' was used at some point in this lovely conversation.
@Rhianalanthula
@Rhianalanthula Жыл бұрын
I remember watching this. My take, as a history graduate, was that his successors exaggerated the hunchback. These days we cant always tell people with scoliosis, so maybe it wasnt as obvious then. Who knows.
@boogiewoogie9770
@boogiewoogie9770 Жыл бұрын
I once stood above King Richard III's resting place. We were looking at one of the flats that were built around the car park - well vice versa really. They were rubbish!
@ellie-tk4jy
@ellie-tk4jy Жыл бұрын
Perfect face for comedy. Probably one of our best comic actors. Anyone know who his first wife was and why they split?
@alisondark8183
@alisondark8183 Жыл бұрын
It's a shame that Philippa was so upset about Shakespeare being right. What a wonderful achievement though, to have been instrumental in recovering this brave, maligned king's bones and giving them a fitting final resting place in Leicester Cathedral
@Ionabrodie69
@Ionabrodie69 Жыл бұрын
A fitting resting place would have been in the North where he was loved. ..not at the place where he was the victim of treachery…🤨🇬🇧
@alisondark8183
@alisondark8183 Жыл бұрын
@@Ionabrodie69 fair enough! Where would you have picked? Leicester Cathedral is better than under a car park though ;)
@bhoops13
@bhoops13 Жыл бұрын
Fantastically funny interview. Shame you didn’t have time to talk about his brilliant turn as Sam Chatwin in Alan Partridge
@ellie-tk4jy
@ellie-tk4jy Жыл бұрын
Do you mean This Time? He's hilarious in it. Partridge was inspired by his run.
@nicholasprotz4297
@nicholasprotz4297 Жыл бұрын
Great as the inept security guard in Paddington 2
@GR-ew4re
@GR-ew4re Жыл бұрын
Stop that unusually attractive nun
@madebymelz7702
@madebymelz7702 Жыл бұрын
And the writer of it
@weswheel4834
@weswheel4834 Жыл бұрын
But "Never had a hump, and my arm was alright"?? :)
@mac5565
@mac5565 4 ай бұрын
Even as a kid I found it absurd how quickly that line became obsolete
@ainekearney9041
@ainekearney9041 Жыл бұрын
They sent him there because they wanted to make a clown of the richard the 3rd society but they joke was on them.
@Herring1967
@Herring1967 Жыл бұрын
this is part of what makes it one of the greatest documentaries ever!
@christophergotch6115
@christophergotch6115 2 ай бұрын
“Go on then, you’re through to the afterlife”
@informedchoice2249
@informedchoice2249 Жыл бұрын
that's today's television feast
@richbrock9876
@richbrock9876 Жыл бұрын
A man of off Ghosts talking about a Skellington….soon be Halloween 👻
@showardnutrition
@showardnutrition 9 ай бұрын
A nan who co-wrote and starred in Ghosts amongst other things.
@ThatCoalSoul
@ThatCoalSoul Жыл бұрын
So he became an actual historian for a bit ...bet he kinda rubbed that in Mackenzie Crook's face! 2:50 Anyone catch that? Deserved more laughs unless you don't like ancient-king-bashing.
@SunnieGirl63
@SunnieGirl63 11 ай бұрын
But one doesn't get a hunchback from scoliosis. They're just a tad lopsided. I should know, I have it. 😂
@isthatrubble
@isthatrubble 4 ай бұрын
that's the point, he didn't have a hunch but he had something that could be exaggerated into a hunch by future generations.
@Rok_of_itza
@Rok_of_itza Жыл бұрын
Where can I find this documentary
@jeanhutchinson6198
@jeanhutchinson6198 Жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIjIo3djqM6MqpY
@showardnutrition
@showardnutrition 9 ай бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmm0dZRnr9qImpYsi=k52Gf_9Tb0AZKVTV
@JohnnyDrizzle
@JohnnyDrizzle 8 ай бұрын
It's on youtube
@Rok_of_itza
@Rok_of_itza 8 ай бұрын
@@JohnnyDrizzle I did actually find the documentary but thank you for telling me anyway
@JorisKoolen
@JorisKoolen Жыл бұрын
haha almost said 'the bone that I found'
@davidjones8478
@davidjones8478 Жыл бұрын
She had a hunch.......badum tishhhh
@soniarafael1613
@soniarafael1613 Ай бұрын
Simon (and all the people laughing), I wonder how you can make fun of Philippa's hunch (backed by thorough research) when research alone didn't get the historians and archeologists anywhere close to Philippa's location. And her disbelief regarding the "hunchback" also proved correct - it was a sideways scoliosis, barely visible...
@SquirrelDiaries
@SquirrelDiaries Жыл бұрын
👏👏👏
@ESL.MsClaire
@ESL.MsClaire Жыл бұрын
19K.
@megan14.85
@megan14.85 Жыл бұрын
Richardians are kooky? Really? No. They are mostly historians or hobbiest historians who have done their research and chosen not to believe Tudor propaganda. Especially now with the new evidence about the princes. The richardians were right all along
@stephenderry9488
@stephenderry9488 Жыл бұрын
"Historical digs/comedy expert? Get me Tony Robinson!" "We've got Tony Robinson at home!" Tony Robinson at home:
@HOTD108_
@HOTD108_ Жыл бұрын
Tony Robinson wishes he was Simon Farnaby.
@avdv8798
@avdv8798 Жыл бұрын
Only the Ricardians could be the living proof that time heals all wounds...well not richards, but it's always felt strange that they're swooning over a double child murderer who only had the crown for 2 years.
@williamjackson5942
@williamjackson5942 Жыл бұрын
There is a very good possibility that they survived Richard but not his usurper!
@JD-re3cj
@JD-re3cj Жыл бұрын
I recently watched the documentary called ‘the princes in the tower’ it presented evidence that the young princes survived but it’s still a mystery. I’d like to know the truth of the matter
@Slate-writer
@Slate-writer Жыл бұрын
why take the piss out of Philippa Langley - the 'mastermind' behind the dig - when she was fucking right 😡
@JustinMcJustin
@JustinMcJustin Жыл бұрын
He's a comedian...
@Spenglenoodle
@Spenglenoodle Жыл бұрын
Because she's a self absorbed kook, fair play for getting the society to fund part of the effort but she's been given far too much credit, the resting place has been public knowledge since the 80's and she's recently gone forth with practical slander to try and elevate herself above others.
@Mr_Bunk
@Mr_Bunk 9 ай бұрын
Oi, that was just some gentle ribbing. Grow a spine, mate.
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