Where does London stop?

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- - - UNFINISHED LONDON EPISODE 8 - - -
Written by
JAY FOREMAN and PAUL KENDLER
Filmed and directed by
PAUL KENDLER
Edited by
JAY FOREMAN
Props and special effects make-up
JADE NAGI @jade_nagi
Sir Edwin Herbert
MARK SILCOX @marksilcox
Sir Charles Morris
RICHARD SOAMES @richardsoames
William Lawson
DAN BULL @itsDanBull
/ douglby
Prof. William Mackenzie
STUART ASHEN @ashens
/ ashens
Paul Cadbury / Essex Spitting Man / Council Tax Twins / Bus Passenger
PAUL KENDLER
Confused member of the public
HANNAH WITTON @hannahwitton
/ hannahgirasol
Surrey Spitting Man
JOHN HENRY FALLE @thestorybeast
Kent Spitting Man
THOMAS RIDGEWELL @thetomska
/ tomska
Kent Spitting Woman
LAUREL FOREMAN
Reluctant Londoner / phone voice
MANDY DASSA @MandyDassa
/ themandassa
Woman on toilet
COOKIE FOREMAN
Problem Solver 3000
JADE NAGI @jade_nagi
Newspapers designed by
LOU STEATON @LouSteaton
STEWART FRASER @golfsaleriots
Additional props provided by
LIZ HORTON @lizhorton
RHIANNON EVANS @ReeJEvans
Cameras etc provided by
SHIFT 4 www.shift-4.com/
Visual effects by
CHRIS WALKER @BigDamnArtist
Additional graphics
JACK HERBERT @JackTHerbert

[@shortvideosilike4697]

I just watched a 9 minute video on a border that doesn’t concern me and I loved it. What???

[@generalamsel437]

Same here i live in the US so literally everything he talks about London basically doesn't matter

[@_aragornyesyes_7171]

You came here for the comedy didnt u?

[@Amghannam]

Welcome to geography mate, where everything everywhere is interesting :D

[@sarahprunierlaw9147]

+

[@brunasantana8266]

Me too! I live in Holland and having a hard time looking for houses to rent 😭

[@jdgannonable]

2:54 Gibraltar on the list of places being classed as 'not London' - I'm dying

[@thesalandarian3314]

J G ikr lol

[@AstroGoalHorns]

Would be funny if it was though!

[@Gowza]

It's not London but it is very Moorish!

[@lennard939]

That one was addmitatly close tho

[@poltronafrau]

Someone call a doctor

[@kanzeon7729]

He actually hit the police horse with his map of London. Absolutely hilarous

[@JayForeman]

Not in real life. That was a bit of computer magic. I can’t throw anywhere near that far.

[@nandi7772]

Time stamp?

[@TheStargateNerd]

@@nandi7772 03:45

[@nandi7772]

@@TheStargateNerd 😂😂

[@Ijustdidthat]

@@JayForeman lol I really thought that happened 😂 kudos for the transparency 👏 also, did the real map land outside of the picture or did you edit it out? 🤔

[@doctorkilombo1406]

3:44 Very good trick with the cardboard map hitting the policemen on horses...

[@TheLadyPlantagenet]

Did it actually XD?

[@cheemsdog7662]

@@TheLadyPlantagenet sadly, no. he said under a comment that he edited it in. very good editing though!

[@aelbert128]

I saw that and was like, “did that just happen?!” I love the little Easter eggs in this series, too funny!

[@tyrozone5]

Didn't Jay noticed?

[@TomJohnson67]

Neverthenonetheless: a great and definitely real word.

[@caidenlipoth1247]

@@hiccup1001 and not several meters to the left.

[@Rubyssbu]

It is a real word

[@hollisticbomber2660]

I thought it was neverthelondonless.

[@sarahbasto6520]

I absolutely LOVED his very first sentence.

[@CinemaDemocratica]

Oh I thought he was saying, "Neverthelondoness" which also would have been pretty dope, if also considerably less portable to other situations.

[@tobiaslang3621]

This channel is the incarnation of the weird british humour

[@MarcyB]

True, which means it's awesome.

[@joshentertainment2]

Monty python

[@theobolt250]

I know this. I know this. He's the illegitimate son of one of the Monty Pythons. Via this medium he want to prove himself to his dad.

[@content682]

true

[@yeungyuenhei541]

@@theobolt250But your name is Bolt.

[@spetsnatzlegion3366]

London never stops, we will expand until London covers the earth, sea and sky, London is inevitable

[@clinton8421]

The sun will never set on London.

[@cestyplarpis7947]

London already has

[@stevehendon4076]

I sincerely hope you are NOT including France in this 😂😂

[@LonDanDoc]

@@stevehendon4076 ewww no. We will ignore the French

[@flashmanfred]

You joke but it really feels like that sometimes!

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

The Commuter “journey-time-test “ was done in the days when many of the rail routes in were still diesel and not yet electrified. Electrification made a hell of a difference.

[@Kay-vf8wu]

Epsom then: We're Surrey Epsom now: Please let us use an oyster card. Please.

[@ad3z10]

At least there are TFL bus lines that come down here. I can do Dorking -> Kingston for less than 1/4 of the price of Dorking -> Reigate.

[@Kay-vf8wu]

@@ad3z10 oh I can only imagine. TfL if you head towards somewhere out of Epsom. No TfL for local buses within Epsom/Ewell, and certainly not getting to the Downs.

[@helplmchoking]

Ooh I feel that. I’m living in Sevenoaks and the bloody oyster systems stops literally one station before mine, which means I pay a fortune in train tickets

[@jeff4362]

@@ad3z10 The one great thing about London compared to other UK cities is the publicised bus network. Cheap prices!

[@daveybearful]

When they changed the borders why did they not change the postcodes?I live one road away from Beckenham Kent which officially isn’t Kent but Greater London & my mum lives one road away from Croydon Surrey which is also officially Greater London.

[@tomtom4867]

Well if you're an American, London stops when you get to Scotland.

[@Brooklyn-Manhattan]

No, if you're an American, London doesn't stop.

[@Jivvi]

ScOtLaNd iS iN eNgLaNd AnD eNgLaNd Is In LoNdOn

[@crawlinginfilm9683]

It does if you’re talking about Air Traffic Control !

[@KurtRichterCISSP]

Chim Chim cheree!

[@crawlinginfilm9683]

Same for “London Air Traffic Contrôle”

[@jaishuu__]

4:00 London: Haha! April fools your now a Londoner!

[@Afropean85]

As a Romford resident who feels more like a Londoner than an “Essex girl”, this video is so on point!!

[@SD-iv4sz]

I wouldn’t count anyone from London that’s not in north west south or east

[@JohnnyBurbank123]

Na I from Romford and we are defintly Essex boys.

[@LH-kr4od]

You're the first person I've ever heard of from Romford who feels like a Londoner! Most are fiercely Essex.

[@krob2327]

@@LH-kr4od I think it’s her race...the comment is racially tinged. She seems rather racist wanting to distance herself from largely white Essex. A common theme in Britain is black on white racism but nobody is allowed to talk about it

[@user-uw4qp4qr3j]

@@LH-kr4od I'm from Romford too and I definitely identify more with east London than Essex

[@aidanmelling3315]

Watch 3:46 where Jay indirectly assaults a Metropolitan Police horse in the background by throwing his map carelessly

[@bensheldonrimington8674]

Ooof

[@kievitness]

that piece actually hit the horse and it neighed

[@angry_icelander3744]

@@kievitness it was cgi

[@kievitness]

@@angry_icelander3744 oh thank god

[@sebastiano4906]

100th like

[@Bandecki]

2:55 - Are you trying to tell me that Gibraltar is NOT LONDON?!

[@signalwalid25trainz50]

One way to find out look out for non london bus

[@paulpatrii3272]

They are Londoners but not actually, technically, officially, legally live in London

[@brunasantana8266]

Do you mean Gibraltar in Spain ?

[@Bandecki]

@@brunasantana8266 No, Gibraltar in Herefordshire!

[@jojo.s_bekaar_adventures]

India is London

[@ShelleyDuncan]

"Poor old Middlesex, already lumbered with a funny name, was gobbled up almost entirely by Greater London and the remaining bits were ceded to neighbouring Surrey and Hertfordshire. As a result, since 1965, Middlesex is no longer a thing..." My husband and I both interjected, exclaimed "There's one in North Carolina!" Thanks for such a neat-o show, and for having us rowdy-some over!

[@greywolf7577]

There's one in Virginia too.

[@artisiole325]

One in Massachusetts, one in New Jersey, one in Ontario, and one in Jamaica. That's all.

[@soulman4292]

These videos are so well made. The jokes, the information, and the skits are so well integrated. It’s a seem less show of creativity. I also laugh my American ass off because I love your humor.

[@MrRorySteel]

Hello I'm Sir Edwin Herbert 🤣🤣

[@danbull]

Hep! Hep!

[@smuecke]

Hahaha I was thinking Mr. Lawson looked familiar :D

[@DaniDipp]

Hep! Hep! Hep!

[@YUNOBF3]

Map Men x Rap Men soon™?

[@theyoutubeguy1]

@@YUNOBF3 I think they are realising one on Monday.

[@My_Old_YT_Account]

Hep!

[@May-gr8bp]

3:58 four and a half million people woke up as Londoners for the first time!” “AAAAUUUGGGGHHHHHHH”

[@BrainforBrains]

You sure its not an april fools joke?

[@mynewaccount2361]

Hey, did you watch the fucking video too?

[@screamsinrussian5773]

@@mynewaccount2361 I know right, tired of the damn comments just being quote spam

[@sheepketchup9059]

@@screamsinrussian5773 just because you don't enjoy it doesn't mean that other people aren't allowed to make a remark.

[@screamsinrussian5773]

@@sheepketchup9059 no fun allowed reeee

[@Andyhandle]

Great video. My view of what was "London" proper or not was mostly shaped by the underground fare zones. Upto zone 4 in London. Zone 5 iffy but possible. Zone 6 definitely out! There seemed to be some areas that wanted the best of both worlds - Croydon?

[@FooBarBash]

Love that little bit of the CGP grey jingle on "that's a story for another time"!

[@CityBeautiful]

Did... did that cardboard London hit a horse?

[@JayForeman]

Nope. Computer magic and a cheeky sound effect. In real life, the cardboard thing landed nowhere near the horse.

[@ashleycrane415]

I’ve a feeling Jay grew up on a steady diet of Monty Python, the goons, Ronnie Barker and yes (prime) minister. Editing is occasionally illogical.

[@kimbrolyy]

But did the horse land anywhere near the cardboard thing?

[@ashleycrane415]

Kimberly Brouwers it’s entirely possible that the cardboard representation of London remained completely stationary and the horse, Jay and the rest of the greater metropolis moved around it, but I think that may be beyond the scope of this video.

[@mukrifachri]

Green screen :wink:

[@bridgecross]

"neverthenonetheless" my new favorite wourd.

[@beepboopbobop]

Neverthenonetheless, bridgecross never used this word.

[@JalanBax]

Leeds vs Manchester vs Birmingham

[@Jivvi]

Insofarasinasmuchas it's not really a word, it's now one of my favourites too.

[@bello__]

Im your 666th like

[@Scholar_Nosk]

This has the energy of the Monty Python crew making an educational video for middle schoolers.

[@baller84milw]

5:36 thats the saddest sink I've seen in my life

[@underpussy_]

◻️

[@charliespringer1]

this feels like it was made in 2002 but no, it was made in 2019. Love it.

[@JayForeman]

How have documentaries changed since 2002?

[@mumblic]

@@JayForeman You have to be more polarizing, the video is way to nuanced! Also the average attention time spam has been reduced to 28 seconds ! ;-))

[@sirwilczek1813]

I feel like there's a CGP Grey reference in this video... but thats a story for another day

[@SaraBearRawr0312]

Some say that the mysterious CGP Grey will return one day and on that day he will provide and in depth pseudo-animated infographically educational electronic cinematic film short on the geopolitical subdivisons of a geopolitical subdivision located within a geopolitcal subdivision of a rocky celestial body called earth. All we know is... Hes called the STI- wait wrong show.

[@peterlee242]

Gwangmyeong is a suburban city, being southwest to Seoul City proper, of Greater Seoul (technically belonging to Gyeonggi Province) in South Korea, but not still part of Seoul proper. It used to be planned to be annexed into Seoul City proper, but the central government, rather wanting to foster satellite cities, didn't want to expand Seoul more, so it had to become an independent municipality despite the residents' hope to become proper Seoulites.

[@robertotrottski]

Greetings from Timor-Leste. I stumbled across your channel for the first time today and have already devoured three of your videos. What a pleasure it is to watch and listen to you. At last, someone informative with a bloody great sense of humour, producing videos that make me laugh out loud. Brilliant to say the least. I grew up in Australia watching British comedy (which was, and still is the best in the world) and Jay, you are up there with the greats of the past six decades. Keep it up. You are the perfect compliment to my morning expresso. One other thing. May i suggest that you visit Kim Jong-un's barber to maybe spruce up your hair style?

[@thelastcube.]

3:26 so that's what Tomska is busy doing at these days Accurate CGP Grey impression too

[@fulcrum2951]

Something about the hair though

[@samitefan1]

CGP Grey impression? Oh right, "that's a video for another time."

[@IndyHasSpoken]

Greater London: "Oi, pay your Council Tax!" Surrey: *"WHY DON'T YOU COME OVER HERE AND MAKE ME?!"*

[@linusoredsson7111]

@Egikam kamemura You swallow.

[@aclark903]

@Egikam Which is why it costs an arm and a leg to live there...

[@Achkahkl]

London stop on Hijab border

[@aclark903]

@@Achkahkl Alas, even #Dorking has a mosque these days..

[@nobbynobbynoob]

@@aclark903 Meh, in east Surrey (Redhill, Caterham...) it's not that bad: it only costs about HALF an arm and a leg. ;)

[@simplicitylost]

The whole “I live in a different town than what my mailing address says” is an issue in the US too. I’ve found that most people default to saying what’s on their mail as being where they say they’re from…. unless it’s a very rural area. In those areas, the zip code town name is huge, and so you have to be more specific when saying where you live. If the made-up zip code name of Anywhere has an area of 50 miles, it’s more helpful to say you live in the little town of “But Here” within “Anywhere.”

[@aycc-nbh7289]

The suburban communities of Rochester, NY seem to be in a similar limbo. When I visited there, I found out that RIT bordered a place known as “Henrietta”, but then I found out that its postal address was still in Rochester. I then found an Outback Steakhouse in “Greece” (the community in Upstate NY, not the country), but it was again in Rochester according to its postal address. My question is whether the city of Rochester has ever had to do something like London did.

[@greywolf7577]

There is a zip code in my county that crosses the boarder into the next county. More confusingly, the zip code name is the same as the name of this other county. So people who live there have to give their address as being a county they don't live in.

[@Trixtah]

In the UK, you need to also include different countries. A friend of mine lives in Wales, but her postcode is for Herefordshire, which is in England. (While they're both obv in the UK, they are still different countries.)

[@dylanmurphy9389]

@@Trixtah in the Wirral, Merseyside our post code is still CH for Cheshire and it often says Cheshire on addresses

[@__u__9464]

This is such a great video, you really can see how much effort has been put into it! Thank you very much!

[@amov1escriptending]

2:30 Wonderful Watford Delightful Dartford ...Slough

[@JohnDoe-ny4qs]

Shitty slough

[@ishnotfish0685]

Sloppy Slough

[@sasquatch5569]

Well what do you expect there’s been a rape up there

[@o.o5258]

Ew slough

[@aalexjohna]

VILE STINKING FUCKING FILTHY ROTTEN CUNTING SHIT.

[@battlestar62fleet]

I'm a Californian with no aquaintances from the UK nor any plans to visit it, yet I cannot stop watching these videos

[@thegoodmudkip3652]

@fluidgrab I wanna go to the UK...

[@thegoodmudkip3652]

@fluidgrab I see. Well I'm glad to be in the other half

[@imcarlosjr4898]

Also a Californian, I’m still asking to same question

[@lukey666lukey]

Ah so it begins, in a few years time you will be sipping tea in your garden having just pottered about in the shed all while complaining about the weather.

[@gauthamlal7754]

Like number 420! Good job everyone!

[@marvinhensbergen1515]

love the transport tycoon, simcity and lemmings adlib stuff used! Great channel, very educational and amusing!

[@genocidal_clip_dump]

Absolutely love these Cameos you put in, like how Ashens was in the team made by Sir Edwin Herbert

[@TomJohnson67]

2:30 'Wonderful Watford' 'Delightful Dartford' 'Slough' Just Slough. Slough doesn't deserve an adjective.

[@DonMorris]

Don't think Dartford deserves Delightful. Should be Dreadful hahaha

[@adeladd7638]

It's the Slough of despond

[@petrichor446]

not british, but know that slough is slough. and definitely nothing more

[@keithrose6931]

It's know as Dirtford .

[@grantosgroover6556]

Slough. Or Sluff as some call it. The wrinkly scrotum of despair.

[@DopamineMVWM]

“London was also divided into 32 new boroughs, but that’s a story for another time”... releases video 13 months later 😂

[@Ephoros]

I think that is still a better track record than CGP has with his "stories for another time". :D

[@shapeovertime6364]

Guntis Murāns definitely. He waited 5 years to do the indian reservations video

[@angrypepe7615]

@@shapeovertime6364 and he still hasn't started the first real video on it

[@dontspikemydrink9382]

native american, shape overtime

[@shapeovertime6364]

@@dontspikemydrink9382 alright grammar police

[@kieronexley]

1:59 The Verves, Bitter Sweet Symphony starts playing.

[@Repus89]

I love the fade out that didn't go anywhere. Comic genius.

[@DJ-ov2it]

2:10 "Neverthenonetheless"

[@badin5531]

Gar Nicht q

[@nimamaleki1595]

He says it so casually I thought it was an actual word

[@MichaelOrtega]

Here in America, In the New England area. We still have names like “Middlesex” among others like Kent, Peterborough, Bristol, Cambridge, etc etc. I’m sure the early colonist didn’t want to pick new names for this new land at the time but if “middlesex” got lost to London in the UK, rest assured it’s still alone in America. Lol

[@watson956]

We've also got a Middlesex County in Ontario AND it surrounds London on three sides.

[@cameroncook2048]

It was so groups of people who left their town didn't feel homesick when they reached America. Lots of other British colonies do the same. Perth, Australia/ Perth, Scotland, Exeter Adelaide/ Exeter, England are a few examples. Also nice to know where the people in my town went.

[@PiousMoltar]

@@watson956 Just wait, our London ate our Middlesex, maybe yours eventually will too :P

[@fivesquaredyt2521]

69 likes

[@platenoise256]

there's a kent in washington state

[@Redu3]

3:45 - I swear I've watched this video like 5 times, and never noticed this moment. Such subtle editing, amazing

[@FaxxuYT]

Living in Dartford i always found it weird that we don't seem to be in greater london but yet we still have things that greater london has (such as contactless payment for buses and trains) but we also miss out on some other things avalible to us. Its super strange.

[@tedioustotoro4885]

I love how there’s just 3 second cameos by random British KZbinrs

[@IkeOkerekeNews]

Who?

[@44ro.n]

all i recognise is 1:50 which i think is ashens?

[@atreyuflames]

Dan bull was one of them

[@maceroni5869]

Look at description to see who was in the video.

[@valentins.2637]

2:55 now I know why Gibraltar isn't in London

[@Marylandbrony]

And Leatherhead. Edit: Wait,It's a town in Surrey. Not a horror franchise character.

[@ultimaterocker4]

Fuck thought I was the first to notice haha fair play

[@internetperson9813]

1:37 British government asking a lawyer to draw the border between India and Pakistan

[@history-jovian]

Lol

[@delboy512]

Fantastic videos, crystal clear explanation. Keep it up 🙂🙂🙂

[@weesalikesmilktea4829]

3:55 A CGP Grey reference? I see you are a man of good taste

[@MadeByLVA]

I was thinking the same thing lol

[@jamesdavison1786]

ysa :P *culture

[@DeanAyres]

I saw that too!

[@SL-ht1nu]

No shit

[@midgetwars1]

Yes and both of them when they say "another time" they also happen to mean in 5 years. So yeah..

[@Cl0ckcl0ck]

The BBC should give you loads of money to make actual content!

[@xiupsilon876]

Can't tell if this is a compliment or an insult. British people are weird.

[@plywoodman8626]

Cl0ckcl0ck they did

[@starry_lis]

This is the most actual it can get, mate.

[@Marcus51090]

Cl0ckcl0ck he can’t work for the bbc he’s not a sex pest lol

[@Posiman]

@Time Traveller Well, Jay has a bunch of videos on promoting urban biking, making public transport more environmentally sustainable and minimizing the spread automobilism in the city. So UNLIKE the BBC Jay has a very clear agenda on this channel. It's an amazing agenda that everyone should promote, but an agenda nevertheless.

[@heavycortisone]

Your videos are very informative and fun 😀 Greetings from Austria!

[@mortimerbrewster8575]

“Never-the-none-the-less”. Brilliant.

[@michaelbianchi22]

As an American it's not like I need to know about London politics, but when you present them with the humor of Benny Hill it suddenly becomes very important to me.

[@juzoli]

JC Fennec I kinda want to move to London just to make these videos relevant to me:)

[@nathanschmick9681]

Never hurts to learn new things...

[@doubtfulguest5450]

-I'm going to confidently propose that you either didn't watch this video, or you have never watched Benny Hill.- -I refuse to accept that the US education system is so bad that you could have watched both, yet still drawn the conclusion of the OP.- Ok, the OP responded to Jay and I retract the above. The US education system really _is_ that bad.

[@DSAhmed]

@@doubtfulguest5450 Everything British to a lot of Americans is just Monty Python and Benny Hill. We know nothing else.

[@Muzikman127]

...Benny Hill? Tf does this have to do with Benny Hill hahaha

[@AdioAurel]

Your advertising strategy is the best and smartest on KZbin. You know that your content is so good that people easily watch it to the end, including the creative advertisement, which is also fun to watch. Great job m8!

[@airhab]

I'm still not signing up though!

[@rizkysaragih7875]

@@airhab at least we dont get irritated by it. So well done..

[@Vyker]

We even got a catchy jingle 😂

[@mrtalos]

I'm concerned about the problem solver 3000's appendage severing issues though. I'm not sure he should be advertising it.

[@FlagsinFocus]

Just found this channel, you are an inspiration Jay.

[@SundayTalksYT]

why can this history video be so enjoyable to watch- it's so good

[@thomasNL030]

HEY I SAW AT LEAST TWO MAP MEN IN THIS VIDEO

[@JamesNeave1978]

Map men?

[@JamesNeave1978]

Map... Men... **cut to wooden storage case being enrolled into map storage warehouse**

[@valentins.2637]

Map men map men map map map map men men

[@KikomochiMendoza]

@@JamesNeave1978 Map Map Map Men . . . Men (It's a separate Jay Foreman series about Maps)

[@JamesNeave1978]

Yeah I know. But I'll die before I pass up a chance to make a Top Men joke...

[@brucewayneisdeadpool830]

Those are some very sweet special effects at 3:45 hahaha

[@_Piers_]

Yeah, it's wonderfully done :)

[@Darkiie]

Wait... I thought he threw the map and it actually hit the horse and bounced off? I was wondering why the police didn't say something lol

[@melododie]

Ikr they're really good. Couldn't tell it even was special effects at first.

[@jennyrayman2505]

40 years as londoner and I honestly learnt about boutoighs and boundaries from you. Awesome . Thank you@

[@fsodn]

It's always lovely to see Jade! It's so much fun watching the two of your interact.

[@krozjr5009]

2:57 - “Gibraltar not London” YOU DON’T SAY?!?

[@Isambardify]

Don't let the spanish hear you say that.

[@miangel02]

@@Isambardify Did someone called me?

[@poltronafrau]

Well spotted

[@merci-wheelium]

@@miangel02 SHIT

[@BoraCM]

It says Staines! I live in staines.

[@IamCrusaderRUS]

Map men map men bring back map men men

[@irasponsibly]

They are.

[@-Zippy2707]

Ehemmm I think u ment to say PERSON??? XD

[@pilchardpliskin9381]

Men

[@MarceldeJong]

Mahogany mahogany

[@monkeybusiness4929]

IamCrusaderRUS retweet

[@lebowski1181]

U really are one of the rare channels that catch me on the sponsoring clips :D all others get usually skipped and yours are even at the end of the video🤣

[@5thdawg917]

As a Londoner just discovered this channel! Amazing channel

[@jaywool]

“Why does this bit stick out, here?” *tickle tickle* and I almost spat out my tea

[@PrinceEWS]

The same thing was happening in Kent.

[@sonicbobomb15]

I love CGP Grey and i'm glad you poked at him.

[@Lasagnaisprettycool]

I'm marathonwatching all videos of this channel and it's been EXHAUSTING with the british humor oh my god 😂 I don't know if I now have a permanent smirk or just want to sleep for 5 days and forget all about it

[@marksimpson2321]

I csme across these by chance . Brilliantly entertaining and hilariously informative!

[@kylesw555]

Someone has finally made this video! I'm so happy that finally I have something to back me up when I have this argument with people!

[@pyeltd.5457]

Fake world wide Web videos just like fake news. Sorry.

[@nobbynobbynoob]

The GEOGRAPHIC home counties - Middlesex, Berkshire, Essex, Kent, Surrey - still do exist, however, and encroach into the political area of Greater London. However, those run right up to the walls of the ancient City, and do not respect the political changes of 1889 and 1965. So Hounslow is in Middlesex geographically, but so is Westminster. Bexley is in Kent geographically, but so is Lewisham. And so on... Postal counties that show home counties in Greater London specifically outside of the cardinal inner-London post codes, however, were formally axed in 1996.

[@allisonjuno7654]

@@pyeltd.5457 you ok?

[@pyeltd.5457]

Fate 04 yes.

[@lankyGigantic]

Did NOT expect to see Stuart Ashen in this video

[@Offensive_Username]

Now I understand why it was in my recommended videos.

[@bigoil48]

I honestly thought he was Simon Pegg

[@AlwaysCooodooolu6]

wonderful *WATFORD* delightful *DARTFORD* “mum, i’m sorry. i’ve made a big mistake. i went to slough.”

[@Aledharris]

The biggest mystery for me is how you are so funny. None of the jokes you make should be funny on paper but they’re all hilarious. I think that’s probably a sign of genius.

[@fuckyshityfuckshit]

"Captains log , year 3156. We are losing the battle with London. Soon London will encompass the entire planet in a smoggy, british haze..."

[@nathanbanks2354]

Fortunately this expansion brought rain to the Sahara.

[@thelonesculler]

Ngl I read as far as 3156 and assumed this was about to say the UK has asked for it's 500th extension to article 50

[@martinburke362]

Ther will be nothing British about that haze by that date will be a Muslim haze!!!

[@Yanilovesmya]

@@martinburke362 you are like dumb

[@MoonlightWalnut]

Martin Burke when britain is 85% ethnically white but apparently the 2% are now producing 100% of the emissions for the entire country. Also what do you even mean by a ‘muslim haze’? The sky is full of muslims? Muslims raining from the sky? The only thing apparent from your comment sadly is your lack of education and understanding of the world.

[@onionbot2]

2:32 wonderful WATFORD delightful DARTFORT *SLOUGH*

[@chelseacomps829]

dartford ain't too delightful from a bexley fan

[@danwall6662]

Sexy Slough

[@BNoble86]

It's nice that you have this little thing you can do with your friends.

[@solanceDarkMOW]

I finally found him! I've been scouring your video catalogue for hours looking for where i remembered that Sir Edwin fellow from and he's here!

[@Demiglitch]

He's in a few different comedy things on TV and online and I never remember his real name.

[@fortyyards1397]

This is brilliant. We moved to Kingston 15 years ago and always wondered why, unlike Greater Manchester we don't use Greater London in our addresses or common vernacular. I tell family back home we live in Greater London but then they say we live in Surrey due to our postal address. Even people in London say, 'that's not London'. Trying to explain to people back home that we live in London is a tough one to get across. Great video!

[@keithrose6931]

If you get free travel you're in London

[@leod-sigefast]

Most Greater Manchester residents do not use Greater Manchester on their addresses. Just like Greater London, a lot of folk are very proud of the historical counties and districts and will therefore put either Cheshire or Lancashire. The postcodes are also similar to London, as in they keep codes from (what were once satellite towns, like Oldham OL..., Bolton, BL..., Stockport, SK..., Wigan WN...) their original town, even though they are now in Greater Manchester. Very similar to London. Funnily enough the oft-stated city-in-its-own-right Salford uses a Manchester (M...) postcode! It is a bit messed up but nothing on the scale of London!

[@philcooper279]

Suppose, you lived in Swansea, how would you explain that?

[@SD-iv4sz]

Not really London though

[@bfc2155]

@@SD-iv4sz neither is Tottenham or Fulham

[@Jaidencharlotte]

Wait 1st April 1965 What if London’s border is just one massive April fools prank

[@RobMacKendrick]

What you mean, "if"?

[@OGrandomunknownperson]

⁹⁶²⁸⁰⁰⁰⁰ people live there tho

[@stefanocoppo3949]

hahahahaha

[@Insert-thing-here-Fan]

Problaby not. The congress dosent mess up.

[@Sunbeam020]

There’s no Congress in the uk

[@bythelee]

For a moment, I forgot who I was watching, and was totally buying into the "Problem Solver 3000". The scream when she was faced with a problem she couldn't solve is the highlight of the whole video for me. Short but very sweet. Great entertainment. And educational, too. Teaches much about the epic British skill for "muddling through".

[@sponsoredmessage201]

For me this is Jay Foreman's magnum opus, I keep re-watching it.

[@JayForeman]

Aww, thanks! :)

[@pre-debutera6941]

3:51 That CGP Grey parody. 💀

[@Jivvi]

Freebooting!!!

[@lisaanimi]

Shots fired :D

[@munjee2]

I somehow didn't catch that , its so obvious , I got the music being from that but not that its paroday as a whole

[@Hatchet1]

The disrespect

[@HSMiyamoto]

1. Jade Nagi is the best part of the video after Jay. 2. Portraying the 1965 boundary commission like the "Upper-Class Twits of the Year" from Monty Python was a nice touch.

[@jadeforeman131]

😊 Thank you! I was very nervous.

[@bumbaaclaaat2866]

@@jadeforeman131 where have you gone Jade ? I miss your bazoomas (b"oobs)

[@davewright9921]

I've been struggling badly lately with depression and anxiety and your videos not just entertaining but so helpful in so many ways thank you so much ☺ ♥

[@vituperation]

Know that just like Greater London's borders, you too can change :) (also, I got assigned fluoxetine and bupropion and it has done wonders for my brain. Ask your doctor about it today!)

[@spaceflights]

Utterly Brilliant! Thank you

[@joewilliams5057]

I needed this to have been made two years ago when an acquaintance absolutely tore me to shreds for referring to visiting friends in Croydon as "going to London". To them, only the London postcode district was Proper London.

[@niazgulhazarboz9043]

Yeah I had a friend from Croydon who would always say " I am going to London" and I would be like you are in London!

[@tomturnbull2066]

As someone who lives in Bromley I can confirm the mockery is real. 'No SE postcode, no London' they say

[@PiousMoltar]

Only the square mile is proper London It's also its own city and its own county

[@rosiefay7283]

@@PiousMoltar So that'd mean that e.g. Camden, Finsbury and Islington aren't in London. What do you think they are? Separate towns? Where's the countryside in between?

[@tecwynjones6532]

@@rosiefay7283 Nah, City of London is different from London due to the French (Normans) weren't able to defeat it.

[@JKEOJKEO]

I know it doesn't, but at 3:44 it looks like London hits the mounted police officer on the helmet, hahaha

[@rocketrichardson7423]

I think he did

[@cavelly6833]

That’s actually crazy

[@pryn.darkstorm]

Looks like it hit them on the horse, and I think I heard a faint neigh in response lol

[@juliamuukkonen8674]

I think it did hit the horse lol

[@joe76595]

Thats the point, its a joke

[@sandybarrie5526]

some of the funniest and great documenteries…

[@hadorstapa]

Music from Transport Tycoon for the suburb test section: brilliant!

[@dlwatib]

Well of course the rich people raised a stink. The whole reason they chose to live where they did in the first place is because it was close to London but it wasn't London.

[@urmaisgay6495]

yeah, notice how the only tory voting parts of london are on the very outskirts.

[@EnteiFire4]

There was a similar problem when boroughs merged into the city of Montreal like 15 years ago. The richer one didn't want to join, since that would mean that their money would be distributed to be used for the needs of other more impoverished boroughs. If you look at the map of Montreal, you will see "holes" in the island, which include Westmount, Mont-Royal and Côte-Saint-Luc.

[@Desmaad]

@@EnteiFire4 I thought it was a language issue, since those towns are also mainly Anglo.

[@burhanur]

That London shape cardboard hit the horse in the head when he threw it. 3:43

[@slaughterround643]

WOW REALLY? THANKS FOR EXPLAINING THAT FOR THOSE WITHOUT EYES!

[@seven7zip]

its VFX

[@Jiskpirate]

I didn't see! Glad someone pointed it out

[@hydrowolf1]

Why spend time in 3d bs just 4 that one joke

[@seven7zip]

hydro bubbles23 thats what jay foreman does

[@TonySpike]

3:42 did jay just low key snipe a mounted cop with cardboard 🤣

[@JayForeman]

Not really. That was a bit of computer magic and a cheeky sound effect. In real life I can’t throw anywhere near that far.

[@SeekerGoldstone]

1:33 How did they get The Actual Mark Silcox for that bit!? That was simultaneously one of the funniest and most impressive things I've ever seen on youtube.

[@zeevro]

I loved the CGPGrey reference :)

[@internetguy7965]

What reference???

[@internetguy7965]

Oh! Surprised I missed that.

[@soepgroenten9811]

did he just hit a police horse with a chunk of cardboard at 3:43?

[@zeevro]

@@internetguy7965 "But that's a story for another time" at 3:54

[@kostathomas8732]

I like how at 3:45 he pretty much threw the cardboard cut out of London at the two police officers

[@agent00x]

@Roderick storey it hits the horse's head at 3:47

[@includenull]

It's VFX, it bounces off the horse's head before landing on the floor and disappearing.

[@NotMe35971]

lol

[@jrickard]

listen on headphones for the unmistakeable sound of horse distress

[@al35mm]

@@includenull Really? You think so?

[@0IDaveCouch]

My dad was a Londoner. East End, Stoke Newington and Bethnal Green. 😊

[@BiteBolt_77]

4:04 remains to be the best portion of all Jay Foreman videos of all time imo. It's just so funny

[@eddenoy321]

Only Jay Foreman can make a fan want to watch his Skillshare ads at the end !

[@igotes]

I still enjoy the Great Courses Plus promo where he's coughing in a bed... I can't remember the video, and I haven't signed up for the Great Courses Plus, but I am more inclined to support him on Patreon.

[@milkandduckrailway323]

Theres that advert spinning thing before the add, reminds me when i was young and on itv they used to do that.

[@raybloodypurchase1941]

Jay I quit my job today and on my depressing journey home I got this video. Thank you (from a West Londoner)

[@whythehecknot5038]

1:45 I love how you made these guys move like animatronics lmaoooo. Seriously tho, I've watched these types of entertainment/educational videos for a long time, and this is one of the few times I actually laughed.

[@razor2k911]

Another jewel. Man I love these videos.