The Missing Postman Part 1

James Bolam and Alison Steadman star in a tv mini series about a postman who is forced to retire because he can't drive.so on his last day he collects the mail from the town post-box and decides to deliver it by hand,on his bike.

[@weenajensen4670]

This is a beautiful example of why the rest of the world was so envious of British film-making. So well composed with equal amounts of bitter-sweetness and comedy. Beautifully filmed, great acting and lovely music to go with it.

[@kevinbaird7277]

I have a friend who lives in San Francisco, he was visiting a while back and whilst watching our TV programmes he described it them as total class, the difference he said was stark whilst the variety of our programming was delightful and quality to it's core, we can at least get something right here but really having been subjected to Netflix over lockdown I crave the calm surrounding of series from the 70's and 80's.

[@familybills2908]

@@kevinbaird7277 British film and TV is def better than American - as an American who grew up watching programs from other countries I find British film so much better that I haven’t seen American TV in about 15 years. I often recommend a film/series to someone who hasn’t seen any or much British TV and they are always impressed!!

[@davidkotze4140]

Delightful ! There's a complete lack of this type of story these days.....thank you to the cast and movie makers for sharing this little gem ! 😁🙏

[@ShoegazingHammer74]

Around 7 minutes in when Alison Steadman appears, that's my road...my house is next to the one with the white van. Strangely surreal experience to leave for work each morning and have this being filmed literally on the doorstep.

[@pplopposeplpolo198]

I found this 2 years ago . It’s a beautiful story and we laugh and cry. When I can’t settle down I watch this movie since I know every scene without looking at the screen of my I pad or phone. Thank you for letting us see this, one of many shows that come out if BBC…

[@pplopposeplpolo198]

The same with me…. I also know every frame of this wonderful film . Eases me to sleep often. Nice to know it’s charm is shared by more than just me. One of the best I have ever seen.

[@MrDavey2010]

James Bolam is a superb actor who hasn’t had the official recognition he deserves.

[@bjackins1879]

I trust you've seen "New Tricks"?

[@greenfingersgardener822]

5 years since I last watched this, And I think its time for a rerun, It's just such a delightful story to follow

[@nigelw512]

Thanks for showing this little gem. Great watching shame the BBC cannot come up with programs as good as this nowadays. If you like this you would probably like The Beiderbecke collection too. Also stars James Bowlam as a school teacher.

[@ilabooberky]

I just discovered this and love it! It is a wonderful alternative to the hate, violence and cruelty that the new is full of. Just right for the end of the holiday season.

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[@missmaggie2620]

I remember watching this years ago. This is so charming, all the character actors & then the writing! Lol.

[@billk9856]

Me too, always remembered it very fondly, always been a big James Bolam fan ... so glad the algo randomly pops it up for me to revisit.

[@osnatshaibe1534]

Beautiful 👍. Especially the wife with her house work...😊. Thank you 🙏

[@bjackins1879]

Hilarious!!

[@josiethornton7049]

You've just got to love James Bolam. I would like to see 'When the boat comes in' again.

[@electricleg207]

Great drama ,that was aired when i was at school ,and all the kids used try and copy the Geordie accents.

[@philsaspiezone]

That was on KZbin about 2 years ago all the series but that got taken down for copyright.

[@tamsinlee6447]

How about the Likely Lads?

[@stevenanderson7461]

Just watched the Christmas special which brought me here

[@charlesbergen5398]

Watched this movie several years ago and loved it then as much as I have done today. Now on to part 2.....again.....

[@liktom]

James Bolam is a favorite actor of mine since I seen him in a Agatha Christie film with Margaret Rutherford. Love him in New Tricks. Thank you very much!

[@philsaspiezone]

Also he was good as Jack Ford in When The Boat Comes in and as Figgis in Only When I Laugh.

[@passiton3801]

Very eloquent an humorously written. With a fantastic cast, with lots of humour mixedin with a beautiful haunting an melodic score , loving filmed an produced by a great crew!

[@bjackins1879]

Yes, the music is beautiful!!

[@davidpeck7545]

We've watched this various times through the years--gets better and better. Presently in the Coronavirus "lockdown." Great acting, great music. Thanks for posting!

[@davidjones4291]

Me to 🤗

[@avidnongetit8710]

This is a peaceful and happy film. Thank you. I search for Canadian sci Fi and British tv if almost any kind. Intelligent, thought provoking and wise. Also great humour.

[@qazwsx753ish]

First class! I thoroughly enjoyed this. Excellent casting. Good old bbc. Thank you.x

[@rahawa774]

I just LOVE Robert Daws! Comedic genius :)

[@tinagardner3112]

Oh what a joy to watch, absolutely brilliant acting scenery can’t wait to watch part 2 , it certainly needs to be on tv again 👍🏻👍🏻

[@ArchineerRob]

Hahaha, that moment he makes the decision to turn his bike around and take the letter, I'm cheerin' him on! XD

[@mondomacabromajor5731]

James Bolam is a brilliant actor .... so good in this mini series.... i admire his work in Andy Capp and New Tricks as well ....

[@CARLIN4737]

I used to be on the post 📪 1988. Absolutely loved it. LONDON ec1 to ec4. KEB st Paul's. 2nd post out and delivered by 11am. In the boozer for 12. Remember that 2 deliveries a day by 11am. Used to be a respected profession. 6 months training learning every street and postcode in London. Times have changed!

[@sihammer7942]

Thanks for this............ So British it made me homesick......... And crave 'Ginger Nuts'!!!!!

[@mosellethomas40]

What a great show with superb acting

[@1984isHereNow]

British light hearted dramas, this, the Booze Cruise, Christmas Lights etc, so refreshing, love them.

[@TheFakeyCakeMaker]

We need more not enough these days and we do them so well 🙂

[@1984isHereNow]

@@TheFakeyCakeMaker Especially in tbe current climate, good feel good light hearted distraction.

[@jenniecat4369]

The late Roger Lloyd-Pack, what a pleasant surprise ánd addition to a lovely cast!

[@philsaspiezone]

Also the policewoman was Cassandra out of Only Fools and Horses as well.

[@TheFakeyCakeMaker]

Always nice to see him on screen a very funny man "no Dustin Hoffman's all wrong" hahaha! Brilliant

[@chicagofrank2010]

British comedies like this one is always good. Cheers 4 posting this.

[@mervyndrage3507]

James Bolams finest moment

[@esterherschkovich6499]

After watching the 3 fantastic funny Booze Cruise films...saw this...and from the remarks,sounds just fab too...and boy oh boy I need a cheer up!

[@arthurlagos1439]

Love it my husband had the same trouble when he was ask to take early retirement after 35 years

[@sandracarlson370]

Thank you for this great movie. A real keeper!!!

I joined Royal Mail in 1979 and got early retirement after 35 years.Very,very happy to be out of it.

[@jacksainthill8974]

+Angel Mcfadden I suppose it was better than walking the streets?

[@kingshearer2]

@@jacksainthill8974 Probably the oldest joke in history

[@adrianandkatrinadove203]

i have done 33 and have just under 5 to try and survive and like you..i will be so so glad to be free of it all..

[@djb4069]

He's on a bicycle and you're in a Vauxhall Astra, made me smile

[@danielatouch7498]

I love British films, especially this type. It was so funny though when my husband and I didn't think at first the detective said "jacket off" when he was pondering about what the postman was doing (38:37). We laughed until we cried. I was wondering if we're the only ones who thought the same thing and had to rewind it just to make sure.

[@peterlewis6820]

And hes finished before 9 AM,Ah the good old days.

[@shirleycameron7718]

I feel so old ......!

[@pitbullsandcalicos]

Wow what a lineup of great actors 🤗❤💯✔

[@peaceandhonesty3516]

Omg I needed this. It’s soooo funny!!! What a welcome rest from the negativity! Feel better already.

[@ginacable5376]

What an enchanting little film can't wait for part 2.

[@michaelhunt4445]

I remember the OCR in Mount Pleasant. What a work of art. Able to do away with 000000s of sorters but at the time could only sort printed mail. The Japanese Postal authorities were working on a machine that COULD read handwriting. This was in the 1980s.

[@petertommerup2388]

Have loved this since I first watched it on PBS about 1997 or 1998. Touching & kinda sweet but with more depth than one often gets from a tv movie.

[@jjroseknows777]

Hey, I love seeing the butler from Downton Abbey in his younger days...you see him, the policeman in the dark suit.

[@duncancallum]

There is a spoof western movie and the same guy is a baddy who gets shot dead in the saloon.

[@steviebrochdale]

I remember watching this when I was a kid It was brilliant

[@jewel4989]

Lee Clarke - thank you so much for including the write up of what this movie is about....I sure do appreciate it...Lately I have tried to watch movies that people listed but they are not the movies they say they are. At least when there is a write up or a detailed description of what the movie is about you know that you have the right movie....Thumbs up for that....Thanks for sharing this video....Good movie.

[@diniathome7930]

copyright

[@greenfingersgardener822]

without a doubt in my mind, this is extremely enjoyable to watch, off to put my chickens away 4 the night, then returning for part 2. perfect for a Sunday evening, thank-you so much for a magnificent upload xx

[@jenniecat4369]

lf you do keep chicken for real (and not just making a funny avatar related joke) l sincerely hope your animals won't be victimized by the dreaded bird-flu, like they are here on the mainland. l cannot tell you how my heart cries when l hear about the clearing of thousends of little chicks (l certainly won't watch any of the videobites on the news) with the use of bloody woodchippers! Guess now it's waiting for the next "madcow" epidemic, ugh, mainly for the disgusting way the bio-industry is abusing animals for fast profit. Sorry for the rant, l was only going to wish you and your chickens good health but then l couldn't help myself.. :)

[@greenfingersgardener822]

i do keep chickens for real, and not a lie, i may only have 25, but they are my girls, i never eat my birds, they live life to the full, and always will

[@liamwhitcombe1237]

greenfingers gardener what about eggs. Do you eat those my friend? Or is that kidnapping in your book

[@greenfingersgardener822]

liam whitcombe some i eat, some i let the hens hatch out, depending of the time of year. if its late in the year, the survival of the chick will drop, due to the temp, spring is on its way now, so, less eggs for me, more for my hens to hatch...

[@jenniecat4369]

liam whitcombe smh *sigh..

[@trapper1064]

I love it when movies begin with an overview of the town following the one, lone postman (or sometimes it's a newspaper boy, throwing newspapers) and the harmonica is playing as the individual follows his route down a sun-dappled, tree-lined street and housewives step out on the stoop to get the paper (not the milk anymore) in a close -knit (oh! so many hyphenations) hometown community....the music in this intro reminds me of Steel Magnolias.

[@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz]

And then a mob of Vikings pops up over the nearest hill and hacks them to pieces!!! I love that.

[@dadodydo]

@@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz No more Vikings. Nowadays it will be terrorists and the like.

[@dadodydo]

The good old times of handwritten letters... Before the damn e-mails and the inept social media killed them. P.S. He should have worn elbow and knee protection with that outfit. Thank you for this beautiful movie.

[@antoniadelaunay8585]

Love love love this gem! Thank you for posting. Perfect!

[@camillatwilley4205]

How come Ive never come across this one??!! Excellent. Many thanks for uploading.

[@6or1]

If I were Clive, I'd be mailing letters to Peterborough with paperclips in them. That oughta keep the red lights on the machinery going.....

[@jacksainthill8974]

+6or1 I own a copy of Mad number 1.

[@michaeligoe3935]

What ! Me worry ?

[@LynxSouth]

Right! Why is it that 'sophisticated machine' really means something that breaks down if it's given a cross look?

[@lavendardust]

Or put the postage stamp upside down so they have to call in a specialist from Sweden. lol

[@loggggon]

Kathy Brown Swindon

[@justinwatson4792]

the most beautiful film ive seen for yrs .wonderful/

[@hometruths9411]

Great to see some Fools and Horses actors

[@robertlamb1962]

I’ve ‘bin watching this film for an hour and I’ve paused to write this and will watch the rest in bits. I took redundancy at 58 and now I’m 80 in a couple of months. I’ve done nothing since except sit in the garden on my own and learned to play the sax (I’ve got 6). When I’ve finished watching I will try to do something else with the rest of my life. I’ve often been told I’m a survivor so I should be able do that at least. I don’t find this film funny I find it very very sad,

[@neenaserrao7130]

Fell off me chair laughin'. Thanks for the upload. Off on me bike to see part 2

[@Shekhina01]

Wow! So well written! Hard to find something of this quality anymore.

[@misshavisham3220]

This show has so many similarities with the book, "The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry," it's uncanny!

[@a697ag]

I loved that book!

[@jankelly4933]

And look at the state of The Royal Mail now, bloody privatised and posting a load of compulsary advertising through yer letterbox for us to pay to recycle ourselves. Great little film. Thank you.

[@kingshearer2]

Yes and the postie's always get the blame for it

[@katekibugi5101]

Clive's falling from his always looks so real that's good acting👍👍

[@tombloom99]

Brilliant. The story is brilliant because it is true. Mail is delivered by bike in most countries I've visited. The US is an exception, and postmen there regularly die from MI's due to sedentary jobs. And the post there is insolvent for paying for gas powered vehicles. It's true also because you meet interesting people on a bike, not in a shiny new car. The paparazzi, the Colombo cop, and all the rest are also brilliant story parts. How did I miss this? Thanks for posting!

[@carolking6355]

My second time round. It’s as good as ever !

[@davidjones4291]

Seen this msny times now getting me through lockdown. 🤗

[@Neldidellavittoria]

Lovely tour of Britain on a low budget, ;-)

[@sarahstrong7174]

Great film. Love it! Thanks for making it available.

[@ESJ593]

The first film made from a Mark Wallington book, the other was Happy Birthday Mr Shakespeare, which I had a small speaking part in.

[@dogbitr5833]

Steve Edmonds Flavor Flav did a lot of the script rewrite and also Flavor Flav Uncle Sigmund Flav was a post office guy

[@ravenuggla]

Since when is this film?

[@malkaringel7864]

Congrats! Any acting role is something to be proud of! I was in many films as an "extra" special extra so had good visibility n I know it takes a special patience to hurry up n wait for lighting angles, etc. Then I gave up trying.

[@maureneschlosz491]

Loved it. Good old fashioned enjoyment.

[@sandradameron4620]

Steve Edmonds p

[@davedump4943]

What a bloody good show 👍🏻

[@VeganChildrensStories]

Wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing this

[@petrslivinski7481]

Enjoying the story very much! Thanks for sharing!

[@FriendOfChrist]

What a sweet movie. Absolutely love it.

[@hart1625]

The Missing Postman (TV Movie 1997) - imdb 7.6 Clive Peacock is a postman in a small seaside town in Dorset. He's happy in his job and doesn't want it to change. But new technology is being introduced in his sorting office. Since he can't drive, and since deliveries by bicycle are deemed to be "old fashioned", he is offered early retirement. But he doesn't want to retire. On his last day, he collects the post from the pillar box... and decides to deliver it by hand himself as a protest. And so he starts out on a long journey by bike all around Britain, delivering each letter personally. He is hotly pursued by the police (who want to arrest him for "stealing Her Majesty's mail") and by the media (who see a great human interest story and turn him into a celebrity). But he manages to stay one step ahead of them, making many friends along the way.

[@MrK67]

i loved this when it first came out thanks for uploading it

[@TheFakeyCakeMaker]

Absolutely brilliant. Looking forward to part two. Surprised no one has mentioned that the inspector is Carson from Downtown Abbey. Never seen him on screen before.

[@MrDavey2010]

Jim Carter is a major supporting actor from countless movies tv & theatre.

[@dianebertrand9641]

Excellent Movie..Thanks for the post..

[@steviebrochdale]

Love it!

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

'Restless Natives'is better and along the same lines. 2 unemployed youths become modern day Robin Hoods... Love that film!

[@andrewharris1837]

Royal mail where i worked at 17 yrs old a great British institution which no more😊

[@princessmargaret601]

thank you for your comments. i will watch this

[@markshillinglaw1404]

Rodney would have loved her in that uniform

[@johneyton211]

First saw James Bolam when he was in the Likely Lads...with Rodney Bewes. Series about 2 Geordies.

[@dundee520]

great post well worth the time to watch -- 1 for the workers

[@proudpatriot8946]

I miss good TV😢

[@orange70383]

Movies always finding a way to tip the hat to the old tobbler.

[@andrewpetersen6116]

Bolam is very convincing as Shipman

[@adamworley1957]

Been looking for this since i saw it as a kid. Truly great

[@arbonac]

Great character development *when the postman is delivering mail", and snappy repertoire upon arrival."

[@naveedrafiq7923]

Release Date On Monday 18th August 1997 UK VHS

[@nazufani]

good movie, changed quality to 240 on settings for better view. he should have chosen anthony hopkins when the guy asked him what actor would he pick to play his life.

[@marty-fh1rw]

Royal Mail uniforms are quite smart.Aussie Post was similar.Nice film.Thanks.

[@Fran330]

Excellent! Thanks for posting it :)

[@paultemple8478]

I had a moment of panic when I saw him leave his bike outside the garden to post that letter.

[@capcompass9298]

"He's on a bike and you've got a Vauxhall Astra". That IS the problem. Two days from Dorset to Scotland, he's faster than Dick Turpin.

[@Sim-gd2kd]

I love it. What a great story!

[@lbluebird486]

What a nice surprise. Not sure how it's going to end, but look forward to part 2. Thanks for sharing and in such great quality also!!! L :)

[@daveconyard8946]

Thank You for this post ha ha pardon the pun, brilliant stuff Keep safe👍😊

[@lindaschanz8062]

Love this movie, thank you!

[@samanthabloggins1775]

What a fun movie!! Love the adventure!

[@francoisebeylie2923]

Thank you.

[@sandranaylor2348]

Lovely little story

[@sannox01]

Thank you :-D Been looking for this ever since it was on T.V

[@angelasmith7891]

Superb 💕 just my cup of tea 😁

[@SuperLisalis]

Fabulous movie, watch it please you will love it.😊❤

[@naveedaslamrafiq4193]

Release Date On Monday 18th August 1997 UK VHS.

[@Helen-xy9qj]

Fantastic. Loved it. Thank you.

[@sandranaylor2348]

Lovely story but depressing as we are losing jobs to technology

[@Finsami71]

Thanks from Finland!