UK Candid Camera Classics - Threatening Letter

The Candid Camera crew hire a short hand typist who soon realises that the letter being dictated to her is impossible to write down...
Buy me a coffee www.buymeacoff...

[@peopleddiagram2920]

OMG!! A lass with principles who actually stands up to maintain them. Oh my, this kind of morality is virtually extinct these days. What a wonderful young lady. Virtue in action is the most heart warming thing!

[@frankzappaspussy7362]

yes.. today if you turned up at the job centre with that story - they would say that you were voluntarily unemployed and would sanction you for a month..

[@RobBob555]

@@frankzappaspussy7362 lol so true !

[@williamrisbridger60]

No, it’s not extinct. You’re just old and bitter.

[@vincent7520]

She's quite self assured and has a sense of humor. Beautiful woman, beautiful personality

[@112sje]

It would have been nice to see her reaction after being told she was on Candid Camera !

[@speedy692]

Not proper English? Stuck up cow?

[@sputnik1315]

This beautiful lady must be around 70 yrs now. I hope she is well and should be proud of herself

[@blaze1148]

she died at 63 in 2019.

[@sputnik1315]

@@blaze1148 what a loss and at young age. R.I.P

[@petercallaghan3361]

@@blaze1148 aww, couldve done without that info

[@MB-pe1dw]

Dark Star was a troll

[@GeoffHarrison-li9lo]

​@@blaze1148 I wonder how she died

[@SiskinOnUTube]

I like the girl. She really stood up for her principles there. I hope she had/has a good career.

[@bendover9862]

What a NATURAL beauty. Stunning.

[@m.e.d.7997]

I actually understood a lot of what he said. The girl is great though.

[@m.e.d.7997]

I know compare her to the way women look today.

[@TheA8lee]

Have you never left Wigan your whole life?

[@elcheapo9444]

At her age, every girl is beautiful.

[@BroskiRIP]

@@elcheapo9444 Most, not every. A few chavvy fatties with yellow teeth at 22 as well.

[@mickeybitsko1676]

When she asks to see what he is reading from, the double talk giggerish he lays on her is gold

[@jaymorris3468]

☹️😟☹️I had a crush on her when i was a kid, she was a beauty but I don't think she realised, Hope she got some great recognition and joy from it. I was around 10. Sadly after reading the comments below, particularly her sister, I've just read she passed away at the age of 63 in 2019, gutted.

[@martm216]

Very sad - she was such a lovely young lady.

[@robertiggulden2998]

His English is immaculate by 2020 standards ! She"s brill.

[@saltydog4759]

Beautiful young woman. No tattoos, no blue hair, no over-done clown face make-up. Just an all-natural and feminine young woman.

[@Greenpoloboy3]

Totally agree! I could have wrote what you just did! No false eye lashes or swollen fat lips either. No hair shaven short and styled weirdly, or nose rings.

[@streetzomb69]

@@Greenpoloboy3cry about it. people have different tastes. some men find that attractive.

[@Greenpoloboy3]

@@streetzomb69 I think I have just described you! lol. But I agree. some men find it attractive. Not many but some for sure.

[@streetzomb69]

@@Greenpoloboy3 lol im 15 so I have none of the above, I just hate the idea of people downing other peoples creative ways of expressing themselves. "Not many" How do you know? There's billions of men in this world so thats a very hard thing to know.

[@Greenpoloboy3]

@@streetzomb69 Can have some of those things at 15. Really any age. usually when I see these women looking like it they dont appear with their boyfriend or husband. Plus its also often the results of having way too many facelifts. Not a good look. Most males I'm sure prefer natural over false.

[@miked4377]

she is an absolute knockout....better than most of the woman i ve seen today...

[@Boilingfrogg]

And no tan or tattoos.

[@miked4377]

@@Boilingfrogg yep!

[@grizzlycountry1030]

She's gorgeous

[@mpsymonds1]

This young lady is super star material. Great comments below, bang on. Bring back this show.

[@andrewmcdonald793]

She is a beautiful girl, enjoyed the clip, she was quite right not wanting to write this letter and type it out later, she would have been the about the same age as my mum when this was done in the 70,s, my mum passed away a few years back, sad to read that the girl the clip passed away in 2019.

[@Stuart-r9f]

Oh what great days and what a beautiful young lady

[@WarthDader74]

That is one of the most beautiful women in the world.

[@4seeableTV]

She's very cute. But she's probably 65 to 70 now

[@peopleddiagram2920]

WarthDader74 You took the words right out of my mouth, see my response above or below. Kudos.

[@ronniebishop2496]

WarthDader74 That's exactly what I think. Sexy.!

[@TheA8lee]

Really? What is your idea of seeing 'the World', crossing the sea to the Isle of Wight?

[@elcheapo9444]

They all look cute at that age. You should see her now.

[@martm216]

Such a delightful, beautiful, young lady. The slight lisp is so endearing. And she has good principles.

[@tarsempalsinghbhangu7549]

A bold lady have civilized values.

[@martinphilip8998]

I’m American and I could understand every bit of.

[@martinphilip8998]

Living in Bristol for a few years helped. I student taught there and my cooperating teachers were stunned that I could understand 6 year old Jason in spite of his limited vocabulary, thick Bristolian accent, and a severe speech defect. The only time my supervisor observed me teaching, I sorted out a problem involving a missing plastic barrette. That worthless butterfly meant so much that I had to do something. I had bonded with this miscreant. It takes one to know one. It took me about 20 seconds of interviewing him before I found it tucked into his shoe. “Honesty is the best path to follow.” Then quickly into the lesson. I loved the show Monk. I have keen observational skills. I once told a shocked young stranger in a grocery store that she ought to get a new boyfriend. Yes! You wouldn’t have ruined your new white parka if he’d cleared the snow off your car for you. There’s a world out there. Notice things.

[@StelliferousEra]

At least she speaks out though. Young people these days would take no responsibility, would type out the letter and then tell their friends afterwards, or put it on Facebook. Not one of them would be conscientious enough to actually walk out and refuse to type it.

[@johnsmith-wx5fb]

These days the Secretary would volunteer to cut the kisser themselves so they could put it on their resume

[@AAprilia]

this is one of my favorite candid camera videos

[@ricardoroberto100]

These days they would accuse him of speaking too clearly.

[@marclaw4511]

A time when the UK was still civilised.

[@RobBob555]

before mass immigration you mean.. yes.

[@mizofan]

@@RobBob555 mass racism, xenophobia, fascism, scapegoating easy targets for the failures of capitalism, the corporations and bankers- billionaire Rupert Murdoch and The Sun, right wing trash, have had their way with all general elections, major referendums and the voting system since the 70s. No wonder the country is in such a mess. Yet still the disgruntled working class vote like turkeys for Xmas.

[@grazzer1673]

@@johnmulligan455 Not so fast. One of the key indicators of civilisation is literacy. In your meagre attempt at one sentence, you made THREE errors. I rest Marc Law's case.

[@grazzer1673]

@@johnmulligan455 Are you meaning to tell me that even after re-reading your illiterate rubbish you weren't able to find your elementary mistakes? No wonder you made such moronic statements as above. You wrote: There are plenty of people like here and there is lots of civility Correct: There are plenty of people like her and there is a lot of civility. Now let's see if you can find the three errors on your own, genius!

[@grazzer1673]

​@@johnmulligan455 Oh boy, you're getting dumber by the minute! What do you think "typo" means? It's short for "typographical ERROR"! Please tell us that English is not your native tongue; otherwise, we as a society are doomed. Ok, let me spell it out for you, Einstein. Error No. 1: The pronoun referring to a female in the third person is "her", not "here". Error No. 2: You wrote, "... there is lots". "Is" is a singular linking verb. "Lots" is plural. Do you remember in third grade when your English teacher told you about subject-verb agreement, meaning that if the subject is singular or plural, then so too must the verb be singular or plural respectively? Or were you eating paint that day? Error No. 3: In the English language, when writing, in order to provide clarity, we use a little thing called punctuation. For instance, if you're asking a question, you finish the sentence with a question mark. If your making a command, you finish the sentence with an exclamation point. If you're making a statement, you finish the sentence with a period. Do you see how that works? In all sincerity, please tell us that English is not your native language!

[@sunnyduscle]

A proper and beautiful young girl back in the days RIP

[@SE10GREENWICH]

She's lovely.

[@chris-hu7tm]

what a great historical footage! weird to think about but everyone in this video is long gone

[@andrewmccormack4295]

She is sweet,I hope she has/had a great life.

[@stardust-hr8wh]

There was more of an innocence about people back in those days. Proper English people.

[@mesofius]

she's half Welsh

[@stardust-hr8wh]

@@mesofius how you know that

[@mesofius]

@@stardust-hr8wh You can tell by her cranium, it's somewhat Welsh

[@stardust-hr8wh]

@@mesofius what? I'm a Welsh man and I have no idea how you work that out

[@mesofius]

@@stardust-hr8wh I don't believe that for a second

[@Skin-ve2tt]

She is fantastic.

[@tonythomas279]

Great to hear a different accent other than American. British accent are a novelty to us Americans.

[@azaccone]

No such thing as an American accent. Many different dialects.

[@barney8953]

I wonder if that lovely young lady has seen this on YT? Perhaps she has shown it to her grandchildren. She would be around 60+ now.

[@Greenpoloboy3]

She has good principles!

[@curlyteeth3097]

Proper upstanding girl..principled

[@thenandnow111]

What a great start to the day 🤣🤣🤣

[@ThoiMangang0098]

Wow ! Beautiful lady.

[@kentcyclist]

I remember when this episode first aired

[@Boilingfrogg]

What year?

[@awakz100]

Thanks for posting, great vid on many levels

[@tobleramone]

I have here your letter and in reply to your letter which I have just received, here is my answer. I think you are taking a liberty regarding the proposition what we talked about in The Grapes last Sunday and I view the whole situation with (?) regarding the invoices. To me the whole thing is a load of hubbly bubbly, hurdy gurdy and French almond rock. And as I've said before, what can't speak can't lie, so don't try any of this moody with me and try to con me again, otherwise you can rest assured you'll get a handful of fives and a gob full of teeth, broken. So rest assured I'm telling you Fred, no more aggro as I've sussed you out. If I have any more of it I'll send the boys down and you'll finish up with another broken arm and a cut kisser.

[@deepindercheema]

+Duncan Thorpe I'm struggling with that missing word too.

[@khaddamhussain8193]

+deepinder cheema I view the whole situation with ascern regarding the invoices. Ascern means to moniter in real time.

[@trevorgraham2663]

Duncan Thorpe askern

[@snowman9555]

There doesn't appear to be any such word as "askern" or "ascern" in any dictionary or even the urban dictionary. If you have a link to it, please show it. I think it's a word he made up.

[@visualcomms]

@@snowman9555 www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Ascern

[@jpeanrkode]

I'm from Texas and completely understood him. Then again, if you can understand most people from Texas, you can understand anything.

[@madpenguin9402]

From his accent he sounds like he's from Southwark, the (Wrath of) Grapes pub would be the one at Borough Market SE1

[@mogadishusneeze]

Came for the fine looking lassie, stayed for the clip. From "Hubbly Bubbly" on I died about 5 times over. Fucking hilarious

[@sheisveryfamous]

Sadly she died 2 years ago at the age of 63 :-( (her sister commented on a few videos I see)

[@MB-pe1dw]

Probably a troll.

[@farenhai]

Wow, this girl is very attractive!

[@lindab8397]

Poor girl, ha ha ha humbly buberly. Loved this video.

[@lindab8397]

Shame it did not show, when she found out it was a joke. Very funny 😂

[@coecludd]

@hauntboy Cheers for the info. I got to know Arthur Atkins who worked on the show after posting my previous comment. He confirmed about working on the old show in the 60's and the revived show in 1974.

[@joshron99]

Cute girl--- luscious really.

[@johnnyserdon9694]

Beautiful smile so polite wonder what she doin or where she is to day

[@jocollier4873]

Hello - this was my sister and unfortunately she died in July 2019, aged 63. This was the try her, she never changed and never compromised.

[@johnnyserdon9694]

jo collier lm am so sorry what was her name did she marry beautiful woman it will always be a piece of history on candid camera may she rest in peace

[@Tigray_Hagerey]

@@jocollier4873 That is very sad to know that she has died. From her accent & the way she talks, she looks really beautiful & respectful person & wonder if this is just her or a culture that still exists in your country

[@jaymorris3468]

@@jocollier4873 so so sorry,, I think all of the world that loved candid camera that find this out will be saddened, she was a credit to everyone in and made us all laugh, pretty devistated and I've only just found out 2021 😟

[@coecludd]

@tizz1955 I do get contacted from time to time by people who have appeared on Candid Camera. I always say that any clips that feature people can be removed if the said person is unhappy that their clip is shared on youtube. Just though i'd let you know.

[@StelliferousEra]

"...and a cut kisser!"

[@coecludd]

Thats nice to know. I thought that these Candid Clips were made in the mid 70's but I'm sure they could have been made until 1980. I've been contacted by a number of people who have been featured (or know people who have been featured on these clips). Maybe some of these classics will released on DVD some day.

[@koont666]

In all fairness our books in primary school where written like that.

[@OrangeFuzz123]

I love Leslie Caldwell!

[@RexOrwell]

Sounds like he's sussed the other bloke out. Better luck next time Fred.

[@johnnyserdon9694]

She prob still pretty to day

[@blaze1148]

no...she died in 2019 aged 63

[@hypes411]

she has a very cute lisp.

[@S0UNDWAV3DNBUK]

i'll send the boys down, cut on the kisser, made my day :)

[@goldkhw]

I was listening to HIM and watching her reaction. That was so funny. When I got off the plane at Heathrow and ended up at a train station in London I couldn't understand the man in the ticket booth. She left when he began talking about breaking the guy's other arm. That wasn't a nice place for her to be.

[@goldkhw]

This just popped up five years later and I've watched it again. I have tears in my eyes from laughing.

[@islandgal500]

Oh my! I would ask for a chance to compose the reply myself after he explained the situation to me. His wording and lack of order do not need a formatted letter, but a scribbled note on crumpled paper with blood on it!

[@Efferpheasants]

What a lovely bright girl who does not suffer fools gladly. If it had been today the girl would have probably written down exactly what he had said and sent it off without a second thought?

[@140valley]

This girl is so beautiful and intelligent. Does anyone know if she is an actress today or something. Maybe she has a facebook. Love to see how she looks today.

[@sunnyduscle]

Its best not knowing - she'd be old and fat.

[@sanderverweij]

Yeah, time flies :)

[@jaymorris3468]

See top of page comment

[@jaymorris3468]

She died u fortunately at the age of 63,no age really

[@rayrumming7901]

I remember all these Candid cameras when they first came out in the early 70. so that young lady must be in her early 60 by now.

[@deancarter8667]

ah, she was cute, just my type. Pity she'll be in her 60s now! Oh hang on, I am now.

[@peteryostquantumdesignllc9700]

Ray Rumming that's incredible

[@Selena-ff5er]

Why didn’t they show her reaction when they told her !

[@smith82c]

She looks capable of more than taking dictation. But that was the world back then, happened a lot.

[@oo0Spyder0oo]

wow someone else that thinks tattoos on girls sucks. They're getting hard to find though, without tats I mean.

[@blizardbill]

It sure looks bad ... if it was temporary whould look like kindergarden holoween stuff. I think permanent tattoos represent scars from a fight on a man, and looks good ... on girls represents brusses from beating in sex , i guess it feels sexy and thats why they do it , but still ugly and gets boring. offcourse the clasic use of a tattoo is to make the girl look different , from the girl you had sex yesterday ... its not good all look the same

[@Greenpoloboy3]

I was in stitches ere!! XD

[@vincent7520]

They should have asked her to read what she wrote.

[@snowman9555]

It's "He should". You know his gender, so no need to say "they". Besides, he did ask to have it read back.

[@112sje]

George Formby topping the bill ! The letter sounds like one of Joe Maplin's on Hi-De-Hi.

[@SuperFerdie1965]

Turned out shite again!

[@Mrkmotr]

You shouldn't say that, you English have the most beatiful girls in the world. Even today. This girl is really pretty though.

[@BritishBoy1971]

I hope Fred had a good dentist!

[@hauntboy]

@coecludd This wasn't 1980, so you were right to begin with. There were 2 UK ITV series in the 1970s following on from the original series in the 1960s. They were aired in 1974 and 1976.

[@coecludd]

@tizz1955 French means Park Bench, Almond Rock means Frock. Not sure how Park Bench Frock can be used in a sentence. You can look up the Cockney Rhyming Slang Dictionary. Type Forum Football about32821.html on google. KZbin won't let me just post this address link for some reason.

[@peacefrog1916]

ubbly bubbly, urdy gurdy and french almond rock?

[@mizofan]

them woz the day's wen peeple woz ejucated and could tork and right proper inglish not like now wen evryfing as gone to pot with nobs on, all coz of elf and safety regs and such like

[@grammargrub]

heeheehee. very good. thanks for putting it up! :)

[@mistofoles]

She was very attractive!

[@Xcalator35]

'Candid Camera Classic' classic comment: «Oh! This was from the good old days when people were nice, there was proper education, everyone was civilised, there was no crime, politicians were serious and honest, the water in our pipes used to smell like roses, unicorns populated our gardens, , there was no reality tv...oh shit!»

[@sanfrancisco89]

Good Girl!

[@baldnonce9105]

That old guy is hot stuff!

[@rafathalam5245]

Christians of that generation...maybe 2024 parents need to relook at how their parents or grandparents brought them up... same moral ethics, innosence need to get drafted in their daily lives

[@bloke33]

God shes cute!!! bloddy helerious sketch too

[@johnsmith-wx5fb]

Just before he says cut kisser its edited in some way wonder what else was said? She was deeply disturbed anyway love her attitude shes a star

[@hauntboy]

@jimpurdie This was filmed in 1974 or 1976. There were only 2 series after the original one in the 60s and they came out in those years.

[@alexeyvartanyan8486]

She looks like young Kirsten Dunst

[@michaelchampion96]

What's a "cut kisser"? Google won't say. (Thinking about it, is it a cut lip?)

[@greatbriton8425]

Yes lol

[@gehlen52]

I heard she's currently working at a school.

[@smadaf]

THE British accent? There's only one?

[@salvadormarley]

I find her VERY attractive indeed.

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Cut kisser!

[@michaelleacy]

"I hope you don't mind me saying, but that's not very good English". How different things were back then. Nowadays it's emails that being with the word "Hi". Written correspondence used to be formal and correct

[@snowman9555]

"Nowadays it's emails that being with the word "Hi"." ? I hope you don't mind me saying, but that's not very good English.

[@pachma405]

Hi, it sounds like a load of ubbly bubbly and urdy gurdy to me.

[@MilesBellas]

Stanley Unwin?

[@70sstreetracer]

very good

[@cheyennebritbrat]

oh dear, i think i talk like that

[@coolboy2811]

I understand him as I'm a East Ender

[@ayishas4385]

It's weird to me that she can't understand him, and that she then corrects him and says it's not very good English -- it's actually a bit painful to watch her. I guess we hear such a range of accents thanks to film that I'm used to a much broader range of them than if I had lived in this era, and this is back before his accent was considered cool and emulated by all the young people in the UK. But I understood almost every word but one of the names, and two of the non-names. I know what "fives" are, and I wouldn't have needed this repeated or spelled, beyond the three words I missed. I'm American, but I grew up watching a lot of British TV shows, so I guess I've been exposed to various accents of the British Isles that others might not be familiar with, and I guess her range of experience was different. Kudos to her for her honest reactions, and her refusal to keep typing when she felt uncomfortable! There's nothing wrong with her for not having the ear and the cultural knowledge to understand the guy, but I am a bit gob-smacked at how repeated her ignorance was over the first few sentences: he hasn't even started using any slang yet at that point; it's just his accent that she's completely lost with!

[@yourrightimsooosorry884]

I like turtles

[@peacefrog1916]

what does he say after Hurdy Gurdy? it sounds like french almond rock or something?

[@inlovewithi]

This looks so old. She has to be in her mid 40s now.

[@ricardoroberto100]

Try 60.

[@inlovewithi]

@@ricardoroberto100 Thanks for replying because last night I was thinking about this video, because yesterday a text scammer texted me and I started talking to him, and I was telling him to meet me by The Crabs at 6:15 PM. But now I see it was Grapes.

[@sunnyduscle]

lol you think this was done in the 90's? hahahaha

[@RF_Burns]

Does she look like a 2 year old?

[@erictheking97]

Not Disputing who she is mate, but that can't possibly be 1980, the return of candid camera was between 1974-76........ 38 episodes

[@michaelleacy]

She seems quite slow writing it down in shorthand

[@pachma405]

You would too if you had short hands.

[@deanstanley5799]

Wonder what happened to this young lady ?

[@mrcarlroberts2008]

Does she have a kent accent?

[@qed456]

Think its more middle class North London - Edgeware or Collindale perhaps