The Worst Jobs In History - 2x01 - Urban

[@ElectricSlevin]

damn the host is so dedicated, he doesen't even hesitate regardless which shitty (sometimes literally) job he is facing. Great show, it's entertaining as well as educational

[@KAT-ew9wz]

he's one of those who deserves his knighthoods

[@semisophisticate63]

Tony must have a good ticker to not have a heart attack carrying that water! He is crazy to do all these things, like climbing up that ladder, too!

[@NetMoverSitan]

He's also a pretty secure bloke that has big balls considering that some involve being a transvestite, working from great heights and the downright disgusting!

[@ChainSmashers]

+semisophisticate63 I'm sure he thought he must've been crazy to try that job, too. Anything involving heights really gets to him.

[@Crimsonedge1]

The thing about the heart is that the more you use it, the stronger it becomes. The less active you are, the weaker it becomes.

[@zombiepi]

I'm impressed that deal porter guy still has skill and finesse demonstrating his old job.

[@WalterReimer]

A bit like riding a bicycle - you never really forget, I guess. But you have to hand it to the guy, able to carry the plank at his age like he was decades younger.

[@lucienlachance2476]

I really appreciate that they make an effort to tell the measures in metric. It might seem strange, but I was raised with the system and I don't really get the imperial system so it's a very nice change :D

[@CologneCarter]

Britain has adopted the metric system in many aspects in order to get along in the EU, but they still use the imperial system too.

[@Trixtah]

CologneCarter Officially, all weights and lengths should be given in metric. For some bizarre reason, road distances are still in miles, though. Drove me crackers while I was living there.

[@adventureguy4119]

Iv used nothing but imperial

[@dtaylor10chuckufarle]

There are two kinds of countries in the world: Those that use the Metric system, and those that landed a man on the moon.

[@andromeda-p9966]

@@dtaylor10chuckufarle NASA scientists used a metric system for measurements that they later converted to the imperial system.

[@karenlindsey5988]

I'm from America...not that that really matters ..but I just love watching these "Worse Jobs in History" shows! I've watched em all several times! I just adore the host! I've seen some of his other stuff but I really like these the best!

[@IllusionaryWorlds]

One thought I had when they were talking about the link boys is that it's not just drunk or questionable customers that would be a problem--there could also be the risk of getting between a rich person and a mugger or robber. There could also potentially have been the risk of being taken and sold if someone learnt routes and hid in wait at the right time.

[@collinhunter9792]

my god...kudos to tony for scaling tht building with the hook ladder. jesus my heart was in my mouth!!!! imagine tht fireman rescuing two kids like that!! amazing

[@whovianhistorybuff]

Search KZbin hook ladder race watch the one in Poland and you'll see how it's really done and no safety tether to boot

[@beebeelicious]

Great documentaries, thanks!

[@suzienakama1]

I hope Tony did not get any permanent injury from this show. 👴

[@janeyrevanescence12]

In the grain hold, there was the added danger of fire. One spark and all the dust collected around in the air could spontaneously combust. My dad told me that a grain silo near his workplace exploded one day, killing four people.

[@dannyp2058]

Tony really burnt himself, Your a good man Tony!!

[@nice666nice1]

They should do another program explaining more of the jobs

[@CrazyBikerGuy]

"Bells are wrang not ladders" holy that was sweet and smooth.

[@CrazyBikerGuy]

@11:08

[@alexiswelsh5821]

I did pugging while on a trip with my Girl Scout troop. It was fun!

[@loftyskies123]

love the way Tony gets stuck in ,I would pass on most of the stuff he's done

[@alexiswelsh5821]

I once did pugging when I went to Virginia with my Girl Scout troop. It was FUN!

[@SuperGamewarrior101]

I wouldn't be caught dead going up that ladder.

[@SpiritBear12]

You wouldn't be caught dead on the ladder, but you might be caught dead on the sidewalk if you fell off the ladder.

[@SuperGamewarrior101]

Touche

[@wheresthelambsauce8705]

😂

[@itarry4]

Tony Robinson the presenter is scared of heights as well. Madness.

[@wheresthelambsauce8705]

I just remembered that I never actually finished watching all of the episodes 😑

[@Dullborn]

Sir Tony earned his pay on the ladder..Hats off !!

[@mikenichols7760]

Watching Tony for years on many shows, I feel comfortable saying that after seeing how he couldn't lift the barrel at first he emptied it for the climb & just kept up the "oh this water is so heavy" charade for camera. lol

[@sunsetvlogs5500]

Mike Nichols yep your probably right I also feel that whoever produced this show just pitched it as let’s give Baldrick his own show and label it as tony Robinson shovelling shit

[@itarry4]

Think Tony is one of the producers he does loads of historical stuff.

[@nobody-qn6wt]

Good no ads.

[@sophiee.h]

i love this episode 'urban' i remeber wacthing it for the first time my brother was very young

[@walt_man]

Love it love it love it love it. Maybe I can meet good 'ole Baldrick one day?

[@bar1scorpio]

18:10. Welcome to the origins of a classic comedy bit.

[@Ranstone]

As a HEMA enthusiast, the fighting part had me raising a few eyebrows...

[@ShrougerNite]

Necessitating a certain adjustment for inflation, of course.

[@Deluxedracula]

7 shillings a day collecting dog poop?! Bloody hell! The water carrying job only made 3 shillings max! Wow, I’ve been watching this show way too much 🤗

[@Choochin]

LOL! I keep wondering what the fuck is "ashfelt" Oh. you mean "asphalt". Love the British accent.

[@johnbowles5399]

Jesus wept, those poor link boys in Edinburgh. It just makes me want to go back in time to help them, feed them and give them a warm safe place to stay. I can't stomach neglect or cruelty to children. I know that times were hard back then and life was seen as cheap but it doesn't excuse how we exploited and used kids throughout British history.

[@azbrowne]

What I have learned from this is that and Edinburgh Scotland is essentially, prettier, Chicago of Britain.

[@boffeycn]

You don't need to say '' Edinburgh Scotland'', just Edinburgh is fine. I know Septicland has an Edinburgh or two, but no-one gives a monkey's about them.

[@sueszooinmizzousueszooinmi2613]

I bet Tony is thinking "be careful what you ask for", this whole series!

[@itarry4]

Think he rote it and was a producer to. Loves his history but that's dedicated.

[@derrbarn14]

my grandpa worked in a brick factory in the Netherlands some time after WW2 I think.

[@azbrowne]

Must've been good money due to rebuilding, or at least better than it was.

[@ReVoltaire84]

What's the music at 23:48 please ? :)

[@The_Daily_Tomato]

That music in the end you don't happent to know the name by any chance?

[@kivoowl]

"I'm not f**king surprised Liz"

[@Galejro]

Damn that helmet looks like a German Stahlhelm :D

[@thesameasyoursasisaid9567]

I have a bunch of old coins going back to large 1oz silver pieces from 1760's Spain, shillings are common as they were minted in very large amounts.

[@andrewmurray9391]

Bottled water is my bane! I work in shipping where we have to use a hand jack to lug out $200, 5,000 pound pallets of bottled water. I see people buy bottled water and soda on food stamps and TVs in cash then drive off in a nice car with a nice phone. I recently moved into a new place where I'm in charge of the water bill and I'm shocked that it's over $400 every 3 months to poop and drink. I'm sure in that time, you could buy another $400 in bottled water alone. The really sick thing is that the soda costs so much less than water.

[@nicholsjoshua15]

Where I live bottled water is a must. The water from the tap tastes so bad that it can't even be used for tea of coffee. Oh and god for bid someone have a soda on their food stamps. God knows they paid taxes for years and their families paid taxes and even died for their country. We need that money for bombs and "walnuts and pizzas" The poor should live on basic food like beans; rice; and water. As someone who has been on food stamps, when a person falls on hard times should they be forced to sale their car; clothes; and leave their homes? Should the be force to ride a unicycle; wear a potato sack; and live in a box?

[@DrewskiTheLegend]

Joshua sounds good to me. You want to eat lobster and steak? You earn the damn money to do it. I make enough to eat more expensive food, but I still eat plenty of ramen and rice and beans because I know how to be smart with money and I live within my means. I shouldn’t be paying taxes so people poorer than me can eat better food than I do.

[@iamjustamomdoingthebestica6999]

DrewskiTheLegend fool those of us on stamps do NOT eat fancy foods! Healthy foods are marketed to be smaller amounts for much more money while fatty, chemical laden foods are packaged as "family sized" (still too small) for cheaper. The for we end up much more at risk for sickness and diabetes and cancer. To eat healthy foods on stamps is very difficult having to plan out family meals and kids snacks a month ahead and on frozen foods. Cash hose for bills, clothes, outside gear seasonally, (each year) school gear, also each year, all the various soaps to run a home, tooth needs, medicines, hygienic needs, toilet paper. And that's if there are no animals. Animals cost even more cash wether they are merely pets or farm animals. Taxes are forever being pulled from workers and even with two adults working FULL TIME with only two kids still need both food stamps and Medicaid. Here in Alaska the rent, prosperity tax and transportation is insanely high and the winter, spring and fall are extremely harsh.

[@davidallen346]

To watch 2 females fighting each other during that era as a form of entertainment from open hand combat with big wooden sticks and large broad steel swords is quite shocking and no records of decapitations or deaths I find it hard to believed., imagined if we allowed that today in our humble UFC style championship on TV

[@jrmckim]

The guy said there were deaths. Using from infection tho

[@joycebrown1413]

Love him!

[@Pauldjreadman]

Damn right, after that ladder climb

[@OG_Zlog]

Why the ominous music?

[@Pauldjreadman]

That ladder, holy jesus

[@earthalydelights]

1 pound is equal to about $1.75 US now. And a few years ago it was worth approx $3.

[@lordofdarkdudes]

why dident the water caddys use wheelbarrows? or better yet why did they not bad togther and hire a horse and carrage? they would be abel to get loads more water to pepole meaning higher wages

[@iamjustamomdoingthebestica6999]

lordofdarkdudes 1. Stairs. 2. Competition.

[@jmm1233]

Sewer cleaner must be the worst job in a city

[@ChainSmashers]

+jmm1233 Agreed.

[@itarry4]

Did that in first series, can't remember which era though.

[@jamesw4895]

I couldnt do that ladder climbing.

[@robrobert9541]

Ashfelt? I don't know if this what they really call it in Britain, but in Canada we call that stuff Asphalt. (pronounced AS - FAULT.) There isn't any ash in it, or felt.

[@ChainSmashers]

+Rob Robert However it's pronounced, really painful job. *Cringe*

[@tobyytoby6312]

+Rob Robert I'm from England and I say asphalt

[@azbrowne]

+Dumbledoritos I believe it varies from region to region.

[@robrobert9541]

Alex-Zander Browne I think it only varies from region to region due to the mispronunciation by some of one word - and one spelling - common to all English-speaking regions. I don't think the folks in Britain are using a different dictionary from the one used in Canada or USA.

[@boffeycn]

I heard it is pronounced Ass Felt in Septiclsnd.

[@TheLesserWeevil]

23:23 "My great-grandfather had a cunning plan."

[@parisgala88]

Do you know how much 3 shillings would equate to in pounds? He said the caddy earned 3 shillings a day for delivering water, but i wish they could explain how much that is in the documentary so we could get an idea...

[@MsDjessa]

As much as I like traditons I have to be grateful to technology. Makes things so much easyer and less painful.

[@Tadesan]

Man that boxing lady is a fox.

[@The_Daily_Tomato]

The British Brick Society? I guess that's the place where bricks are shat :)

[@TheSpikehere]

a farthing was a quarter of a Penny. a tanner was a Sixpenny coin i.e.. half a shilling a crown was a Five Shilling coin i.e.quarter of a Pound.... For many years when the exchange rate was Four U.S. Dollars to the Pound, Crowns were also called Dollars.

[@franmike152]

I'm hoping he had enough sense to empty that water barrel before carrying it up all those stairs. He's got a lot of guts, but it isn't worth a heart attack. Climbing that ladder was almost as bad. Got to really admire Tony for the things he tackles. P. S. Things that drive Americans nut: the British pronouncing the word 'asphalt' as 'ash-felt' instead of the proper way - 'ass-fault' . LOL

[@brandymcnamee9936]

If the people from the various eras feat. here in _Worst Jobs..._ could see the vast majority of their ancestors in _this day and age,_ they'd surely give us a swift kick in the arse, a boot to the head, and we'd never hear the end of "Back in _my_ day...!" ...And they'd be completely justified. Side note: I feel it would be unfair and remiss to not mention that those still living in developing countries, even as we're sitting here; watching this, almost assuredly feel the same way about we, the largely oblivious, "First World," due to the fact that so many of these "worst jobs" (like the backbreaking work of fetching water from remote sources) are still very much their way of life.

[@PollyJuice]

Because it would have been too heavy? Remember, they had to be able to lift it up and hook it onto the window on the floor above.

[@NetMoverSitan]

42:54 - So a combination of lousy job and lousy English people who wouldn't care to do it? 44:13 - So that stereotype began...

[@randydelaney7053]

just to let that guy know we don't say Mentally R-d anymore it's a Slur, now it's Intellectually Developmentally Disabled.

[@educationhand-outs549]

and the barrel looks heavy heck knows I would be tired

[@69mrsteveo]

But women did the job.

[@itarry4]

Don't get that first job, why were they carrying the water all the way they could have rolled it at least some of the journey. But fair play to Tony for doing it right.

[@collinhunter9792]

good man shandyboy86. not many people know this nowadays!!!! about pounds,shillings and pence. oh gary... look up british currency, I think , in google, there are sites that tell you about the currency. its interesting

[@misslilkev2]

12:55 - no way.

[@MsDjessa]

My respects for those fighting women. I mean wow, didn't know that Britain had such Amazons.

[@iamjustamomdoingthebestica6999]

Why go through the fire bare handed?

[@garygates8101]

how much is three schillings a day in todays USD

[@Oscaeone]

3 shillings is 15p. u wouldn't get a dollar out of a shilling, as one shilling is only 5p.

[@TheGroundedAviator]

About 10 too a Dollar, but that was the basic value balance though, it may have been 12 to an old Pound and 10 for the new.

[@PPikes]

At the end why does he keep going back on it, if it burnt him? And wtf is "ashfelt" it's ASPHALT

[@franmike152]

Haven't you heard? "Ashfelt" is a new substance invented in Britain to replace asphalt. lol

[@MrNnpivo]

Pence is plural, it's 1 penny 2 pence!

[@darkflame8]

You do realise that 1 british pound is equal to 1.6 American dollars right? Because the exchange rate a the time of writing this is 1 US dollar equals .616 British Pounds. so no it is not roughly the same by any means.

[@numberpirate]

Never knew that asphalt was pronounced as "ash felt" in british english.

[@MrMethadrine]

lol

[@Amateur_Pianist_472]

over time the value iof money changes, but they were still in disgraceful poverty. I wih ou society would thank workers more often. I smile at them as much as I can and thank them when they clean the table I just ate at and tell them "good job." not all smile back, but a fair amout do.

[@kingjames4886]

a penny probably wasn't even that bad pay...

[@Nacalal]

*30k of water* That's about what my backpack weighed in highschool, man's a lightweight

[@maiu1481]

Why water caddy is worst job history..

[@kipandren]

Sorry for the kind of late reply, but I suspect water caddy's place on the list was because of the likelihood of destroying your back during the course of your everyday work. Carrying a heavy load like that dozens of times each day for months or years is almost certain to cause serious, permanent damage. I can imagine the retirement years of the typical water caddy being spent in quite a bit of pain because of their former career. I'm being generous in calling it retirement, by the way; they would most likely have been forced into retirement because of said damage causing them to be unable to continue their jobs. They would have had to find new employment options that they could still do with a very bad back.

[@collinhunter9792]

farthing..quarter of a penny. tanner....5 old pennies also a shilling. crown...2 shillings. a pound was a 100 pennies......20 shillings

[@Oscaeone]

I thought a tanner was sixpence

[@rosslynstone]

Half a crown =2 shillings and sixpence ,Crown five shillings A pound was 240 pennies,20 x 12 pennies per shilling,a tanner was sixpence half a shilling.........simple!

[@Wowthatsfail]

The clay part is not that bad at all.

[@willjohnson9828]

I wish you would do “Worst Jobs: Harvey Weinstein”

[@garygates8101]

how much is ten bob a day ??????

[@MrJustanotherZombie]

one bob/shilling is about 5 pence in todays money

[@garygates8101]

OK and 5 pence is about what in USD ? 5 cents ?

[@fulkthered]

There were twenty (20) shillings per pound. The shilling was subdivided into twelve (12) pennies. The penny was further sub-divided into two halfpennies or four farthings (quarter pennies). 2 farthings = 1 halfpenny 2 halfpence = 1 penny (1d) 3 pence = 1 thruppence (3d) 6 pence = 1 sixpence (a 'tanner') (6d) 12 pence = 1 shilling (a bob) (1s) 2 shillings = 1 florin ( a 'two bob bit') (2s) 2 shillings and 6 pence = 1 half crown (2s 6d) 5 shillings = 1 Crown (5s) so 10 bob equaled about 203 us cents

[@collinhunter9792]

50 pence uk.

[@nunyanunya4147]

show should be called 'pensioner who never worked a day in his life is amazed at how hard life is if you are not rich and spoiled'

[@jrmckim]

Then you certainly don't know Tony Robinson.... he's a national treasure in the UK and loved around the world

[@nunyanunya4147]

THAT TAUGHT ME! the problem with famous people is there are so many ov them.. you cant tell who half ov em are think about that bubbles. @@jrmckim

[@dickscratcher3040]

Never trust a man who uses words like tangent in general conversation......Nothing to do wi this show. just sayin.

[@caIigula]

Intelligence frightens some people, no reason to hate those more intelligent than yourself just because of that

[@MrMethadrine]

wtf

[@kingravenink]

Fear the unknown, if you must... just don't fear vocabulary.