Can’t believe I was a knowledge boy in 1974. Retired 2018, !!!
@citizen11633 жыл бұрын
Congratulations! You must have a book in you after all those years of being a cabbie, unless you've already written it!
@Paul-fq9pj3 жыл бұрын
@@citizen1163 a good book for you is it’s “Tales from the Ranks and Beyond “by Roger Lewis
@clareshaughnessy27453 жыл бұрын
Ooh, how long did it take to pass?
@everagull813 жыл бұрын
13 months in total.!!!
@everagull813 жыл бұрын
@@Paul-fq9pj Thanks for the tip.!!!
@lennywebb67403 жыл бұрын
I am only six and a half minutes in and the amount of actors I recognise is unbelievable. Can't believe I have never seen this before.
@lennywebb67403 жыл бұрын
@Newsbender Hahaha! Yes. Mick Ford. Frank Gallagher was the original Archer.
@coventrypunx1014 Жыл бұрын
@@lennywebb6740 Archer - my favourite character in Scum
@robertdore9592 Жыл бұрын
neither can I 🙂
@johnstirling6597 Жыл бұрын
Great film. A real who's who of UK acting talent. Nigel Hawthorn, Michael Elphick, Gary Holton, Nicholas Ball and many more. Great rewatch.
@Ray-c4eАй бұрын
I've got the knowledge and did the job for 30 years. Absolutely mental job
@robbojax20253 жыл бұрын
First time I have seen this since it was first aired. Stands the test of time. Great.
@robertdore9592 Жыл бұрын
Great scripts, actors and directors always do.
@greebo78573 жыл бұрын
Wow. Loved this movie back in the day. I was a cabbie in Melbourne where we learned on the job. Took me years. Can't imagine having to do this. So good to see it again. There isn't much to thank YT for, but this deserves it. Thank you KZbin. Edit: In Melbourne we at least had a thing called the Melway, which is without doubt the greatest street directory on the planet. Beats the old A to Z hands down.
@jordsupp4 жыл бұрын
The wonderful Nigel Hawthorn. What a trip down memory lane this was.
@RobertLocksley3853 жыл бұрын
Together with Michael Elphick, Maureen Lipman, and a brief visit from Nadeem Sawalha as the Arab. A really great fun film.
@thefloorkiller3 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Lesley Joseph
@spidyman88532 жыл бұрын
@@RobertLocksley385 Lesley Joseph of Birds of a Feather Poor old Nadeem, he was always given jobs as an Arab guy. That's how it was back in the 70s and 80s and I guess he needed the money for his family. He is Jordanian I believe.
@susanpeters53924 жыл бұрын
I'm 60 yrs now I do remember watching this so luved it excellent
@alphabetaxenonzzzcat3 жыл бұрын
Wow. Written by Jack Rosenthal(husband of Maureen Lipman) and starring Nigel Hawthrone. I remember watching this on repeat on Channel 4 in the 1990s. A great little one-off TV drama.
@scottscott2326 жыл бұрын
Mick Ford's first appearance (Test) had me in stitches. Seriously though, I now know why London's official Hackney carriages cost a fortune. Full respect to those learned men and women who've put in all that hard work as required by the Knowledge.
@alan13403 жыл бұрын
Ahh but can they speak English?
@staypress3 жыл бұрын
@@alan1340 well not nowadays so much
@theculturedthug6609 Жыл бұрын
Do you still need to do the Knowledge for a black cab in London today what with SatNavs etc?
@bga93882 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting. Watched this film in my teens. Never forgot the scene at 24.54. Hidden Classic.
@spidyman88532 жыл бұрын
WOW I loved the movie. 1st time watching this today on YT. Didn't watch this back in 1979 coz I was a young lad. Nice to see the old London I grew up in and nice to see no parking restrictions and no CCTV cameras. As far I can recall most Londoners lived in the centre of London (Inner London) and then, eventually, most Londoners moved out for various reasons stemming from affordability to noise pollution and what have you. Anyway, back then, the Knowledge to be a Black Cab driver was a great thing for earning very good money. Now a days, the Knowledge is a dying thing coz mini cabbing/Uber has taken over with Smart phones having built in SatNav.
@felixheiss2 жыл бұрын
Amazing performance from Nigel Hawthorne . Incredibly funny script for the introductory meeting .
@thesoupdragonat1213 жыл бұрын
A wonderful film - a real slice of London life. I've watched it many times. The story, writing and acting are the finest.
@wilbursmith29552 жыл бұрын
I faced the dreaded Mr Findley. Drove a cab 30 years. Happy days be lucky. 22402 1975.
@everagull813 ай бұрын
Me too, back in 1974, did 44 yrs, found him tough but fair, as long as you didn’t move the chair.
@nepiris3 жыл бұрын
Remember watching when it first came out, quality. Nigel Hawthorne brilliant as usual, loved when he asked Michael Elphick if he was a removal man or a kleptomaniac when he moved the chair forward.
@andylane247 Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@slalomsteve2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for upload. A great British gem I remember from my childhood.
@garybrockwell20312 жыл бұрын
Great stuff 👍💯🇬🇧 all our old friends, 🙏💯 bless them, as a SOUTH LONDONER 🇬🇧 great location's, memories 💓🇬🇧🗣️💯🙏😇💪👁️☠️👁️🎬🧐
@markgrygielewicz80473 жыл бұрын
Every one of the actors in this film have appeared in Minder and the Professionals. Great film.
@Elitist209 ай бұрын
Made by the same people - Euston Films - who made Minder.
@HerbertDuckshort5 жыл бұрын
Jack Rosenthal was a complete genius. Loved it.
@darganx4 жыл бұрын
He had a talent for quirky characters, for sure!
@seansmith445 Жыл бұрын
That London is gone. Most of the buildings and infrastructure is still there but the civilisation that built it is mostly gone. Sad, very sad.
@Rufinoman Жыл бұрын
I remember watching this decades ago and couldn't find it anywhere, so thanks for posting it. One of Nigel Hawthorne's most masterly performances.
@jennylast31494 жыл бұрын
This film is about the many sides to being British i recognize everyone of these characters it's one of the great British films shame it's been "hiding" in a cupboard somewhere.
@Kenistyless3 жыл бұрын
Grew up in Barnsbury and went to school just round the corner...Copenhagen Street and School...some of the BEST years of my life!!!
@rockingmods3 жыл бұрын
I was across the road in Amwell St. I remember the cafe they all used; corner of Penton and White Lion st. It had a sign that said.. "All the water in this establishment has been passed by the Management". As a child I thought it was hilarious. Ironically I live in Gibson sq now
@Kenistyless3 жыл бұрын
@@rockingmods Trying to buy a house in Thornhill Sq. But at 2mill, it's not easy...l really don't want to live anywhere else in London but Barnsbury; it's STILL the best!...Home is where the heart is...
@rockingmods3 жыл бұрын
@@Kenistyless Yep.
@Kenistyless3 жыл бұрын
@@rockingmods you're So lucky; l'm jealous...
@Londonfogey2 жыл бұрын
I worked in the area for 19 years and must have walked round every street and square in that part of London in my lunch hour. I particularly liked Myddleton Square and the church of St Mark. There's a novel called 'Riceyman Steps' by Arnold Bennet set around there which is very good.
@stevejailbirdmatt6 жыл бұрын
One of the funniest dramas ever made! Watch out for Gary Holton who went on to star in Auf Wiedersehen Pet and tragically died during the second series. The casting and script is second to none - just like Auf Wiedersehen Pet!
@joehiggs1007 жыл бұрын
A delight, thanks for posting. Thames TV did some very good dramas.
@iAmScott867 жыл бұрын
They've turned this into a west end theatre show now. Charing X theatre
@hookbeak35163 жыл бұрын
The History of the Hackney Carriage: The horse drawn carriage service first began in central London in 1636, a maximum of fifty was set. Today a 'Knowledge Boy' has to know 25,000 streets, within the 6 mile radius of Charing Cross Station, to be awarded his green badge.
@ruadhagainagaidheal93983 жыл бұрын
Plus the 150,000 points of interest and the routes between them - in both directions as the one way systems make it different each way. I’ve retired now and I worked out that I drove 1.3 million miles in my 37 years driving various makes of taxi. FX4s, FX4Rs, FX4Ss, TX1,2,3 and 4 also Metrocab and Vito. I loved every single day and night of it.
@hookbeak35163 жыл бұрын
@@ruadhagainagaidheal9398 you bring whole new meaning to the term 'the knowledge', you must have met some interesting people, those that were sociable enough to chat.
@robmckay57008 ай бұрын
What’s the blue badge?
@swt111597 ай бұрын
Blue badge is a tourist guide badge, it has nothing to do with the knowledge although some cabbies did it as was extra income i suppose, I'm presuming you took a test on the history of london and it's buildings, london cabbies had a green badge which gave the right to ply for hire in the whole of the Met police area and a yellow badge which is a suburban badge and was specific to a suburb area@@robmckay5700
@deejaydoubleyou19663 жыл бұрын
Brilliant stuff. Also from the writer Jack roshenthal is a film called. “The Chain” a similar ish film about 7 different house moves in London. Starting with a flat in Hackney and ending in Knightsbridge. Well worth watching. Tons of actors you know, and Nigel hawthorn plays a great character in this one too. Well worth looking for. It’s actually on KZbin ( just checked 😉)
@johnpritchard54106 жыл бұрын
Saw it once in 1980...still great!
@Eitner1003 жыл бұрын
A masterpiece. Loved every single minute of it.
@darrendodd66743 жыл бұрын
The people want progress but none of them want to change. You try your best to move on in life and the moment you put your right foot first, then the questions come. Really good film about relationships, as well as cabbing.
@Dermot2927 Жыл бұрын
Just had our honeymoon in London and were fascinated by the taxi and uber drivers. I (a Dubliner) told my wife (a New Yorker) about seeing The Knowledge decades ago and SHE wanted to see it. The dialogue is hard to make out and the subtitles are unintelligible but it's still a fantastic look at Londeon in the Seventies, a goodhearted and entertaining TV movie. Glad it was posted here - cheers.
@D1CE5797 ай бұрын
Only offical London Black Taxis have to endure 3/4 years on the Knowledge.. Uber drivers haven’t a clue where they’re going.
@dizmop4 ай бұрын
@@D1CE579 They use sat nav
@clivekemp11532 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this one, haven't seen it in yonks. A really great film.
@viviennepopek3 жыл бұрын
A few good memories popped up in this gem of a film! I managed to get this on DVD a few years ago. How it landed on my list to watch I've no idea but i was surprised and happy to see it and watched it straight away! Thank you for uploading 💖 🛵👍💞👏🚦💖🚦👏💞👍🛵 🚦..Remembering..Jimmies,🚦 🛵.....a.fellow.'Knowledge'.....🛵 🚦.............successor.............🚦 🛵👍💞👏🚦💖🚦👏💞👍🛵
@soldierloz4 жыл бұрын
Nigel Hawthorn “The Vampire”🧛🏻 ..... the man is a legend! 😆😆😆😆😆
@MikeGMcDermott3 жыл бұрын
Nigel Humphries and Mick Ford being in the 1979 film 'Scum' where Mick Ford played the part of Archer.
@SEAL3417 жыл бұрын
Wow, thanks for posting this. This is a real gem.
@Gerry_Davies2 жыл бұрын
Lovely to watch this again, it's as good as I remembered it. Thank you for uploading.
@raphaelandrews36173 жыл бұрын
I used to work near the cafe where this was filmed and used to see the actors filming in Smithfield Market.
@rockingmods3 жыл бұрын
I was across the road in Amwell St. I remember the cafe they all used; corner of Penton and White Lion st. It had a sign that said.. "All the water in this establishment has been passed by the Management". As a child I thought it was hilarious. Ironically I live in Gibson sq now
@oleggorky9063 жыл бұрын
Another classic from 79. Mick Ford was also in Scum with Ray Winstone. What with Ray also being in That Summer and Quadrophenia they both had a cracking year.
@Arfabiscuit4 жыл бұрын
I remember when this was on telly a huge hit thanks for posting . I was 14 then wow
@sharonbaston4703 жыл бұрын
brilliant watched this because my boyfriend recommended it to me as hes an ex london cab driver and said it was so true to life
@campbellgraham19793 жыл бұрын
Can’t believe I’ve never saw this. Thanks for the upload
@persiaiskandar42683 жыл бұрын
Loved it.. Cheers and God bless. Thank you. 🙏🙏🙏
@chubeye11874 жыл бұрын
When I first saw this, would have never dreamt of sat nav
@Peter-gv6vf11 ай бұрын
1:25 absolutely classic! I go down t’main road, and then i what?
@julianbarber4708 Жыл бұрын
If you could learn The Knowledge, you could learn anything!
@ThePierre583 жыл бұрын
A gem of an upload, thank you!
@brucedanton3669 Жыл бұрын
I remember this being on ITV in I think 1981 and then reshown on Channel 4 in 1985 or so-not too sure about that though. Great film, so thank you there then so too!
@jamesandolini10873 ай бұрын
Really enjoyed that. What a cast too.
@jamiefors50624 жыл бұрын
Dad used to make me test his him on runs, I think I knew the knowledge when I was 12 lol
@Retro-Future-Land4 жыл бұрын
Did you take the knowledge later? I knew a bloke who passed the knowledge but he was never able to get a drive (a taxi to use).
@jamiefors50624 жыл бұрын
@@Retro-Future-Land no mate, lot of mates from school did but I didn’t
@chrisrattray89582 жыл бұрын
Surely the Satnav has put paid to the knowledge! I never heard of the knowledge even although I lived in London for a time. I was told oal abaht i’ by Brian Conley when he was a young act in Jersey. His dad was a black cabbie. I found the story unforgettable!
@dubiouscaesar37096 ай бұрын
A knowledge boy would leave a driver with a satnav well behind, road closures, different lanes, unprecedented events etc these add more time on to any driver, but a knowledge boy will be impacted least, look a Uber drivers, they're not usually the brightest, and they have to go exactly by what their satnav says, even when it's not always right.
@mackenshaw81693 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing this on Australian telly as a kid.
@chapender64764 жыл бұрын
Geat film. Noticed Ang and Laurence from Abigail's in there too.
@squamespeach72584 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised they've not included pub recommendations in the knowledge - that's what I go for whenever I visit London and take a taxi - a good pub
@spannerintheworks11903 жыл бұрын
Not the best of pints in London, no head on their lager, what's that all about?
@ruadhagainagaidheal93983 жыл бұрын
As I remember , there were some pubs included in the Knowledge, The Anchor , Bankside; The Grenadier in Knightsbridge; and The Sherlock Holmes off Northumberland Ave come to mind. Most of them come with experience though. No point in asking about what goes on inside them as I never drink and drive ;)
@licensedtaximan42713 жыл бұрын
I was never asked about pubs whilst on the "Knowledge" in 1973. Without being snooty I can't even remember the last time I went to one as I don't like alcohol, i'm not teetotal I just don't like the stuff. The only pubs I can think of off the top of my head are, The Sherlock Holmes as mentioned elsewhere just off Northumberland Ave near Trafalgar Square, the Spaniards Inn Hampstead near Whitestone Pond, The Flask at the top of Highgate West Hill and the The Churchill Arms in Kensington Church Street as it's usually smothered in foliage. That's it, either way I wouldn't know a good pub from a bad one. .
@manweller1 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for posting this I was kid when this was first shown ❤️
@peterbamforth64533 жыл бұрын
Excellent upload Thanks :}
@markroberts34004 жыл бұрын
Gold! Nuff said.
@PetroicaRodinogaster2643 жыл бұрын
Mrs Weller is Dame Maureen Lipman now!
@spidyman88532 жыл бұрын
And not forgetting Lesley Joseph of Birds of a feather
@bananabrooks3836 Жыл бұрын
Yes, and it wouldn't have mattered how tired l was.....
@angusmeigh51414 жыл бұрын
I know Londons' streets really well from cycling around it for many years.
@patcom10134 жыл бұрын
But do you have 'The Knowledge' ???
@TennisWithDennis Жыл бұрын
Amazing film!!
@mattylamb91944 жыл бұрын
I think Lesley Joseph from Birds of a Feather is in this too
@bananabrooks3836 Жыл бұрын
Yes, do you think she had a nose job?
@tridbant Жыл бұрын
I was a cabbie for eight years, four in Portsmouth UK and four in Sydney Aus. Not once did I get any aggro. I had plenty of potential but it was always sorted out, mostly over money. I found plenty of fares would get physical given the slightest excuse so the knack was never to give ‘‘em any.
@terranceparsons51853 жыл бұрын
Jack Rosenthal is a genius. This, the Evacuees, Ptang Yang Kipperbang (had a huge crush on Abigail Cruttenden by the way) etc.
@Londonfogey2 жыл бұрын
Ptang Yang Kipperbang was considered extremely 'racy' when I was at school!
@krell21304 жыл бұрын
In room 12, I thought I saw Paul Eddington, but dismissed it saying, "what would an actor of that calibre/magnitude be doing in something like this?" And then in walked Nigel Hawthorne.
@illaveyoubutler35884 жыл бұрын
This is a Jack Rosenthal play.....any actor would be proud to do it
@PetroicaRodinogaster2643 жыл бұрын
they all had to start somewhere. So why not in this? Remember Eddington did The Good Life which was stupid.
@krell21303 жыл бұрын
@@PetroicaRodinogaster264 They do all have to start somewhere, true, but Eddington started decades before this tripe.
@krell21303 жыл бұрын
@@illaveyoubutler3588 Wake up. Anyone who promotes and glorifies infidelity is simply state sponosored scum.
@keithbentley60813 жыл бұрын
@@krell2130 Take your medication weirdo!
@theonlyantony3 жыл бұрын
A gem
@CARLIN47373 жыл бұрын
euston films classic
@markwall45325 жыл бұрын
Great British movie. This should have cult status
@vtecpreludevtec5 жыл бұрын
🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿has
@Oakleaf7005 жыл бұрын
Our dad loved it!...Chips up nose if I remember from decades back...
@darganx4 жыл бұрын
It does, took 40 years to find this gem!
@illaveyoubutler35883 жыл бұрын
@@darganx It is on a Network DVD box set called ‘Jack Rosenthal at ITV’....Full of likewise gems
@boilerroombob5 ай бұрын
Amen
@fletch613 жыл бұрын
You see them all over London on scooters with a clipboard the windshield Doing the Knowledge !
@raymondturner94412 жыл бұрын
I did it and to this day don't know how. In my 30th year now. The maddest job I've ever done. Had a few funny apearences . All in all glad I passed it.
@jonbyrnes43493 жыл бұрын
Great film of a bygone era - certainly Very realistic and brings back memories of the carriage office in penton street . Sadly now governed by tfl who don’t seem to have London’s finest taxi drivers best interests .
@Elitist209 ай бұрын
Never forgot that final speech by Nigel Hawthorne - before he was Sir Humphrey, he was 'The Vampire'.
@ruadhagainagaidheal93983 жыл бұрын
When I was on the knowledge one of my mates, an ex copper called George, had the temperament test where they wind you up to see how you react to stress. Poor George came back to the knowledge school in tears. We all told him that the “ wind up” was normal and we all got it, but George took it badly. We didn’t see him after that , we learnt later that he took a shotgun to Epping forest and shot himself. The knowledge can be like that.
@marccas103 жыл бұрын
Hang on! what? How does that work? They send a "customer" who tries to drive you mad? Poor bloke! A "temperament check" I have only been to London a few times but I always thought that the Black cab guys don't take any crap from anyone and will just chuck you out of there cab?
@chriswaring5565 Жыл бұрын
THE CYCLIST WAS PHOEBE,S DAD ERIC IN GOODNIGHT SWEETHEART
@dougthompson82263 ай бұрын
I drove a cab in Baltimore for 5 years...took me a year to really learn how to get around at all...people think it`s easy till they try to do it...the company I worked for most of the drivers didn't last a week
@alliergal3 жыл бұрын
Retired now but did the knowledge in 81....thanks to uber,the game is well and truly finished. Sad,but joe public gets the service they wished for Sad times.
@licensedtaximan42713 жыл бұрын
With the uber's loss in the courts recently things may well change, there are other PHV apps out there but they play by the rules uber (small "u" by the way) most certainly has not and do not. They also base themselves abroad so pay no corporation tax and VAT therefore they contribute nothing into the UK's economy. I don't feel that "the games dead" but it certainly isn't what it was that's for sure. People don't expect plumbers, electricians, roofers & builders plus others who have studied and trained to learn their trade with NVQ's etc, etc to offer their services for nunpence. But they expect to get into our very expensive purpose built taxis with proper wheelchair accessibility with all the studying we did (there is a massive value to that) and offer the same prices as someone who does no studying, no training and offer their services in an ordinary cheap-ish car. Basically you get what you pay for and when the general public are involved in accidents very often caused by their PHV driver (see many pictures of that on the web) that's their problem end of. I passed out in '73 and because of the pandemic I have not worked since the last week of March 2020 but I will be going back when things improve later this year. I believe that when I originally passed out I may well have been the youngest on the road at that point. Anyway enjoy your retirement, but at 69 i'm not ready for that yet.
@JJVernig Жыл бұрын
I take a normal cab when in London, and don't need the drive into the ground. Just like @licensedtaximan4271 says, it's double whammy. Not taxes and no knowledge. How's Londen with the current 20mph, and all those road narrowing. I've just so much respect you can do it for a living, and not get completely mad!
@zzzaaa0990 Жыл бұрын
Excellent film,great entertainment
@blairmacewancrosbie86464 жыл бұрын
God, London was grim in the 70's........still is.. QUESTION: in these high=tech days of satnavs, etc. do London cabbies still have to prove their knowledge?
@jamiefors50624 жыл бұрын
Take a black cab then take an Uber, you’ll see
@Retro-Future-Land4 жыл бұрын
You do if you want a Hackney Badge.
@spidyman88532 жыл бұрын
Blair I preferred the old London. Why ? no parking restrictions, no congestion charge/ULEZ, just great to drive to London and park any where you like. Gone them days.
@blairmacewancrosbie86462 жыл бұрын
@@spidyman8853 HI Spidy Man, I recall London in the 60's..walking down carnaby Street and Petticoat Lane..... The summer of 67 was incredible ..
@DarrellGregory3 жыл бұрын
David Ryall (Titanic) cycling by the church message board 🤣
@nickdryad10 ай бұрын
Now we commit to memory “Hey Siri,”
@andrewreynolds74137 жыл бұрын
Sir Humphrey 'as the knowledge, know wot I mean?
@dacman532654 жыл бұрын
Just seeing this film makes me nervous.
@gordohogo80162 жыл бұрын
1:45 "What's the Knowledge, then" "It's a form of euthanasia" I. Love. This. Movie. If I ever get to the UK, the highlight of the trip would be to afford a day in a Black Cab watching a Master of the Trade.
@billparrish92002 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't, mate. They'll take you four miles to get 300 yards.
@billparrish92002 жыл бұрын
Brilliant stuff. Nigel Hawthorne in top form as the bureaucratic martinet and CEO of Misery Inc. They don't make 'em like this anymore.
@fredflintstoner5963 жыл бұрын
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?
@grahamd54184 жыл бұрын
Laurence from Abigails Party. In the opening scene.
@grahamd54184 жыл бұрын
Oh and Ange at the reception desk.
@RasMajnouni3 жыл бұрын
Nigel Hawthorne ever playing the "Agony Aunt" (more often causing agony)
@mindfulskills4 жыл бұрын
Love the movie, but wondering now that there's GPS, how has the system changed? Can a current London cabbie please advise? Thanks!
@iAmScott864 жыл бұрын
George Chen Still the same system in principle, however the methods have changed slightly. 3 - 4 years of study in total. Exams are the same format.
@grahamd54184 жыл бұрын
Working and doing the Knowledge is bloody hard.
@syncmaster710n146 ай бұрын
Imagine going for your appearance and finding Sir Humphrey Appleby is your examiner!
@1983spuds6 жыл бұрын
the indian guy at 38.26. is that “i am the real owner” from only fools
@terrythomas13295 жыл бұрын
Yeah, his name is Babar (also spelt Barbar) Bhatti and he's actually Pakistani
@krell21304 жыл бұрын
oh, and there's me thinking he was indias premier wicketkeeper
@TheGodParticle3 жыл бұрын
Gary Holton at it again lol!
@Agathanagatha3 жыл бұрын
I remember the little knowledge hut opposite pentonville prison on Cally road
@johnscott69608 ай бұрын
Love this film. A real British gem 💎 It's probably not important but if Ted Margolis learned the first 180 runs after only 56 days, then he would have finished the book in under 6 months, no? Do the runs become longer and harder as you progress?
@pauljay54783 жыл бұрын
In this age of Sat Nav does The Knowledge even exist any more?
@keithnichols7926 Жыл бұрын
I understand that the trip is quicker for the passenger if the navigation device is in the cabbie's head and not on a cellphone or other gadget subject to error.
@johndrake27292 жыл бұрын
Would be even more interesting if they had gotten Ozzy Osbourne to sing the ending credit song instead of Mick Ford, not knocking Ford.
@skdinterceptor28283 жыл бұрын
Great film. If only they knew then that in 40 years time , tfl corrupted with Uber will take over with sat navs and No knowledge comedian prius drivers! Respect to all london black cabbies.......you are the real london taxi!
@keithnichols7926 Жыл бұрын
One problem in London is the number of streets with the same name. My first trip to London I was to attend a New Year's Eve party in a pub on King Street. I was staying in the West End, and the cabbie asked me which King Street. There are ten or so King streets in London, plus all those named for specific kings. But I was lucky when the cabbie tried the one nearest my hotel, and it was hosting a most enjoyable party.
@shaks20854 жыл бұрын
Ever since Transport for London took over the standards have dropped.
@Retro-Future-Land4 жыл бұрын
Really? In what way? Has the Knowledge Test been watered down?!
@shaks20854 жыл бұрын
@@Retro-Future-Land well for starters. New drivers aren't as knowledgeable. How can a driver (new) working at Heathrow not know where the Dorchester is? Secondly knowing English was important. Now drivers who can't speak English are some how able to pass the knowledge without even being able to speak English properly. How can you tell the examiner the route your taking in the exam if you can't speak English or pronounce the road correctly? Hardly seen a Knowledge boy or girl out in the last 2 years and yet they're flying out with badges. A lot are relying on Google maps to do the knowledge. When they get the badge. That's the main thing they rely on in the cab. Google maps. Makes you think? Are TFL deliberately lowering the standards to the point where customers tend to wonder, why they're paying black cab prices when the driver is the same as in the private hire vehicle?
@Retro-Future-Land4 жыл бұрын
@@shaks2085 Damn, when did Transport for London take over?
@shaks20854 жыл бұрын
@@Retro-Future-Land under the mayor Ken Livingston. Was under the metropolitan police. Much more strict and stringent back then with their criminal record checks too
@Retro-Future-Land4 жыл бұрын
@@shaks2085 Wow. Where I got mine up-country it used to be the police also. they even used to accompany prospective taxi-drivers and test them on the roads before granting them a license. But the council do it all now.
@greebo78573 жыл бұрын
Bear left roundabout...
@johntrevy12 жыл бұрын
Mr Burgess:"Don't you have the knowledge to do? Don't you have somebody to kill?"
@SuperDolly643 жыл бұрын
Nadia and Julia Sawalha s daddy how lovely x
@spidyman88532 жыл бұрын
Poor guy, he was always typed cast and given the Arab man job throughout 70s and 80s