Why does London have 32 boroughs?

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- - - UNFINISHED LONDON EPISODE 9 - - -
Written by
Jay Foreman @jayforeman
Paul Kendler @kendlerpaul
Edited by
Jay Foreman
Director of Photography
Paul Kendler
Camera Assistant
Urs Robbe
Props, Costume, Fight Director and Production Runner
Jade Nagi @jade_nagi
Additional (invaluable!) research
Ian Pleace @lccmunicipal
Further reading: lccmunicipal.com/
VFX (The Brent Monster)
Chris Walker @BigDamnArtist
www.zangrethordigital.ca/
Political maps by
Matt from @ElectionMapsUK
Ko-fi.com/electionmapsuk
Stressed office worker
Dodie Clark @doddleoddle
/ doddleoddle
Kid on climbing frame
Alexander Wolf Fraser
Priest
Barry Kendler
Funeral Widow
Ailsa Mainwaring
Keith Sinjohn Joseph
Tim Byrne @TheTimTraveller
/ @thetimtraveller
Mr. Wembley
Paul Kendler @kendlerpaul
Miss Willesden
Funso Foluso-Henry
@itsfunso (insta)
Thanks to:
New London Architecture at The Building Centre
Pipers Models - creators of the New London Model
Liz Clutterbuck @lizclutterbuck
Nikki Druce @MacabreLondon
Shaan Ali, Daniel Bloom, Ed and Douglas Finch, Andrew Fisher, Matthew Gabriel, Simon Kendler, Ryan McNish and Lakshman Pathak.

[@starship2277]

Of course the Brits put way more effort into splitting up a single city than they did for the entire Middle East.

[@vaclav_fejt]

And Near East. And East Africa (Map Men - Bir Tawil). And...

[@ASLUHLUHCE]

Lmao

[@MHCE444]

bold words from a Spanish person, Señor Patria 😉

[@ASLUHLUHCE]

@Anglus Patria Except you're wrong because "...stan" countries aren't in the middle east

[@ASLUHLUHCE]

@Anglus Patria Yes, that is a different definition. Some people it seems *cough* have a hard time distinguishing the concepts of middle easterners, south asians, and muslims

[@thederpygoatman9300]

He's been doing unfinished london for so long that it's going to be finished london before he is done

[@ronanmcintyre]

Unfinished Unfinished London

[@CityWhisperer]

I can guarantee you that that's probably never going to be the case.

[@thederpygoatman9300]

Unfinished London 2050: Why is london still unfinished?

[@chasbodaniels1744]

I say let’s drag it out to keep the enjoyment coming in.

[@thederpygoatman9300]

@@chasbodaniels1744 yeah lol

[@dionyzus2909]

whoever disagreed to turn East Ham and West Ham into Ham Sandwich has lost in life

[@Cial]

Most of the residents there don't eat pork so not sure they'd want to live in a ham sandwich.

[@korl0ch298]

@@Cial no, their meat becomes the ham

[@Cial]

@Kit that would be called beef.

[@pootonz5810]

@Kit where do u get this kinda info?? 😂 😂

[@LeSethX]

I do appreciate how they chose New Ham and made it Newham. That kind of simplification is how New City became Naples, just with a thousand years or so of language changes.

[@hamanakohamaneko7028]

Fun fact: Tokyo by itself is not a city. It is just a combination of 23 "wards". Cities in Japan with over 500,000 people can become a city with wards, like mine with 800,000 people and 7 wards. But we have a mayor, and so do the 19 other cities. But Tokyo is not a city, so it does not have a mayor. Its 23 wards are not cities either. They are wards, just like the wards in the 20 cities. So if Tokyo is not a city, what's the capital? Tokyo is united under the Tokyo prefecture (prefectures are like states or provinces), which is made of the 23 wards, plus 26 cities, 3 towns, and 1 village, each having their own mayor. The Tokyo Prefecture acts as the capital and has a governor. Not to be confused with the Tokyo metropolitan area, Which is composed of the Tokyo Prefecture and a few surrounding prefectures. TL;DR Tokyo is a total mess.

[@ilcubo32]

Britain now have someone they can relate to.

[@Vixen1525]

So your capital is a government federal state? I mean it is the same with Berlin but Berlin has also several majors per district. And it is tinier..

[@9volt65]

And yet, it somehow has better public transportation than every other city in the world. Can’t tell if that means it’s not hard, or…

[@Shanaoh]

Another fun fact: Osaka was gonna be the 2nd city in Japan that will have a similar system to Tokyo. If it happened, the city government of Osaka and it’s surrounding cities would have been dissolved, and the wards of the city of Osaka would’ve been directly under the prefecture and not the city. This never happened because a public referendum revealed that a majority of Osaka citizens didn’t want Osaka to become something similar to Tokyo. The Mayor of Osaka was then forced to resign because he was too confident that the referendum would make Osaka similar to Tokyo and swore to resign if it went otherwise.

[@hamanakohamaneko7028]

@@9volt65 I mean... An effective and efficient public transportation is a need for the world's largest metropolitan area. Also not sure if Tokyo's complex bureaucratic structure has anything to do with public transport.

[@christiandaniell6835]

Things I learned: A: Penguins can't use computers B: Some stuff about London

[@kildevang98]

C: Owls eat mice

[@fixinglue27]

*Jay Foreman eats mice

[@yolo12345lol]

Lmao

[@albertbatfinder5240]

Da king, where can I buy the t-shirt?

[@karlkastor]

If penguins can't use computers why does Linux exist?

[@LowBudgetHistory]

So there's essentially 2 reasons why London has 32 boroughs. 1.) 33 was too many B.) 31 was too few

[@RedmarKerkhof]

The number you shall count to is 32...

[@Flame1611]

@@RedmarKerkhof 32 Shall be the number of thy counting and the number you shall count to is 32

[@BonaparteBardithion]

35 is right out.

[@heathergittens3223]

I don't understand. Why so many boroughs for a small city, let alone a small country. It gets more confusing.

[@JudyCZ]

@@heathergittens3223 I was a little confused too but hearing that each of them has population around 200.000 people made it sound reasonable for me.

[@SpiritmanProductions]

My favourite sentence in the whole video: "But this was precisely the sort of silliness getting rid of this entire exercise was the point of." Makes perfect sense when you hear it. :)

[@fabianwhs9891]

As somone who does not have english as his native language I have to say this was very headache indusing. My brain makes me think I'm doing something wrong translating and therefore tries to understand it even more...

[@anonymouscheesepie3768]

@@fabianwhs9891 as a native english speaker who has not yet watched the video i am still wrapping my head around it trying to see what it means lol

[@MJofLakeland1]

How ironic of the Brits to create a situation they no longer want any part of

[@gracewenzel]

I know this comment is a year old, but try rearranging the sentence like this: “Getting rid of _precisely this sort of silliness_ was the entire point of this exercise.” And see if that makes more sense?

[@retrograde2]

@@anonymouscheesepie3768 I found no problems but the sentence is complex though

[@teh-maxh]

New York is divided into four *iconic* boroughs, and also Staten Island.

[@mcfarofinha134]

Jersey can keep that shithole. No soul dare touch the Island of Misery

[@KevinKickChannel]

Yea I was thinking the same

[@myhandlehasbeenmishandled]

We don't talk about it

[@KingQubed]

Yeah Staten is like the adopted child from Jersey who doesn't fit in

[@Jabberwok28]

I’m guessing you never been outside Manhattan.

[@jihongji8452]

Reasons why this channel has been inactive the last couple months: -Had to record a scream for Tom Scott -

[@oscarmccormack1611]

Wait what?

[@lucyac3]

Jay makes a small appearance in Tom Scott's recent video about copyright

[@bolloggfisch1100]

@@oscarmccormack1611 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3vaoGinmJxrh7c there you go, even with a nice little timestamp

[@theviniso]

To be fair, it was a pretty good scream.

[@R2k2]

He had to wait for Tim Traveler to arrive!

[@alistairlee7604]

Jay Foreman: Find out in part 2. Well, we'll see him in 2030

[@mickconway5668]

Regrettably probably true

[@Skaos87]

True, but stay tuned for Map Men in 2025 maybe? Pessimists... :)

[@jadeforeman131]

It’ll be out in May 2020

[@realbland]

alright brb in 10 years

[@chrisspencer6502]

@@jadeforeman131 does jay use the Islamic calendar?

[@RootlessNZ]

I grew up in the East End in the 50s. I lived in Bow, went to school in Stepney, visited relatives in Poplar and played football in Hackney. I remember most people didn't fuss when Tower Hamlets was declared. Nobody could give a toss. There was nothing we could do about it anyway not being toffs. The old names endure. Mile End, even Globe Town were still spoken of. Some of these place names date back to 13th Century London. What Tyler and the men of Kent met Richard 2nd in Mile End in 1381. The Peasant's Revolt is still remembered there.

[@vice.nor.virtue]

Can I just say... I'm so happy you exist. I was born and raised in London and the city doesn't exactly vomit it's history not you for all the time you live there, and it's so great to be taught these little histories by you. I feel a greater level of civic pride despite the fact I now live in Berlin (since 4 years).

[@drink__more__water]

"Ham Sweet Ham" was a huge missed opportunity.

[@stuartedwards5536]

Rum Ham

[@mickeythompson9537]

And we think Boaty MacBoatface was a modern phenomenon.

[@fane757]

Is that flaggy flag?

[@drink__more__water]

@@fane757 That is indeed flaggy flag. Viva la revolución!

[@caesar7734]

Ham Sandwich

[@TheRealRocles]

Wait let me get this straight. The british were so good at redrawing maps and making people pissed off for generations... that they did it to themselves?

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

To make that fair and comparable they should have given the job to an African person who has never set foot in the UK and given him a straight-edged ruler to divvy up London into 32.

[@alexturlais8558]

@@gustavmeyrink_2.0 honestly they'd probably do a better job.

[@jasonirwin4631]

The us and Canada still have border disputes due to British borders. New York and New Jersey had there borders drawn by the British and the 2 states still to this day fight over the border.

[@James-gc5if]

Heard of brexit? We love strong borders so much that we've invented a new internal border to go through the Irish Sea to avoid the reimposition of another British-invented border inside Ireland, and we're going to build another internal border around the English county of Kent to stop pesky truck drivers sneaking over to France.

[@pfysche2283]

@@James-gc5if Wait, is that *seriously* the compromise y'all came up with? I mean, I knew the situation with Northern Ireland would suck either way, but an internal border? Really?

[@aoifeann1238]

5:47 I adore that you used the Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy theme. It was so subtle I had to rewatch. Thank you for so much intricacy and detail!

[@JayForeman]

Glad you spotted/enjoyed it! :)

[@value4363]

Technically, the arrondissements of Paris also have official names in addition to their numbers (for example, the 5th is "Panthéon"), but these are almost never used in daily life.

[@zhihuangxu6551]

Let me guess for them. 1-5: Louvre, Bourse, Temple, Le Marais, Pantheon. 6-10: Luxembourg, Invalides, Champs-Elysees, La Fayette, Les Deux Gares. 11-15: Voltaire, Daumesnil, Italie, Montparnasse, Lecourbe. 16-20: Trocadero, Wagram, Montmartre, Jaures, Gambetta.

[@mysticalquilava]

The first 3 are right, but they others aren’t. They are named after areas of Paris or important things inside the arrondisement not just random French things or people like Voltaire

[@rahmathkakkotkallery854]

1:50 can we just appreciate that he gathered a dozen men in suit and priest just for that one bit.

[@marcosmanuelvillarreal8823]

Who says that he just didn't stand in front of a funeral?

[@DrRiq]

C'mon let's donate to him, he put an awful lot of effort into this. Imagine how hard you'd work to pull that off

[@georgedoty-williams2085]

@@marcosmanuelvillarreal8823 You just don't randomly chatter about London's boroughs in the middle of a funeral

[@marcosmanuelvillarreal8823]

@@georgedoty-williams2085 dunno, British are weird man, maybe that's one of their traditions or something like that

[@TheManFromOctober]

Is it the same priest that marries the two in 5:33?

[@Tvimadur]

Wasn't expecting Dodie here. But well, convincing portrayal of a stressed office worker.

[@gormster]

Ben “Mum, can we get Simon Pegg?” “We have Simon Pegg at home.” Simon Pegg at home:

[@najrenchelf2751]

Wait, when? Nevermind, found her!

[@charlottebean2569]

She’s at 0:38

[@rosiem4586]

I love Dodie this was such an exciting cameo.💕

[@shay.w.5812]

@@rosiem4586 I know, she's amazing. I've seen her in concert, she's even cuter irl.

[@austinrossi3707]

In the city of Montréal, Canada, a lot the boroughs are just multiple old borough's names slapped together (e.g. Villeray-St-Michel-Parc-Extension, or Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles). One notable exception is 'Le Sud-Ouest,' which just means 'the Southwest,' with no place name in it (Griffintown-St-Henri-Little-Burgundy doesn't exactly roll of the tongue in French).

[@kIrazaparap]

And St Henri is stil surrounded by freeways

[@pontificate2090]

And also most of the English language majority towns on the island of Montreal just flat out refuse to be arrondissements of the Ville de Montreal outright for whatever reason, even though it would make much more sense and more cost effective just to merge all the English speaking municipalities into the city of Montreal.

[@elwan_]

How come i have heard about any of these boroughs (excepted maybe southwest) And I live in Montréal

[@austinrossi3707]

Most people don't use full borough names, just the neighbourhood names (e.g. Villeray, St-Michel, Parc-Ex, RDP, etc.). The borough names are more used in municipal politics than daily life.

[@ecogeilsnw]

@@pontificate2090 Je n'ai jamais compris comment c'est possible pour Montréal de se rendre jusqu'à Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, mais pas les minuscules exclaves de Côte-Saint-Luc dans Côte-des-Neiges.

[@The_Industry]

OMG first time rewatching this in over a year and I just noticed the main theme of Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy (the radio show) playing at around 5:50 when discussing the "Answer to The Question" being 32. Brilliant! Also, as a worldbuilder, Unfinished London and Map Men are incredibly useful. Cheers.

[@joyphobic]

I still love the little "ad is incoming" mark on the top right screen. No one makes better ads than Jay Foreman.

[@whoeveriam0iam14222]

I noticed it but it's a british tv thing and didn't recognize it

[@boyzrus842]

internet comment etiquette's ads are so good the comment section complains when there isn't a sponsored section.

[@Stephen_Lafferty]

It is a cue mark or a cue dot : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cue_mark

[@amorty456]

A monthly subscription to skill share is what I want.

[@Localhorst86]

@@boyzrus842 Nobbleberry. Now on BBC 12.

[@RyuakiraX]

Oh yes, the best weirdly specific documentary, with the weirdly best British comedian.

[@a.n.l.aantineoliberalismas4504]

British comedy is best comedy

[@botigamer9011]

Best British comedian? I only agree with you if leaving Britain disqualifies you, but I enjoy John Oliver as much as the next guy

[@RyuakiraX]

@@botigamer9011 Sorry, but idk who's John Oliver. Sounds familiar though.

[@jmurray1110]

He was in movk the week for a whole and now hosts last week tonight with John Oliver in HBO He is funny nonetheless

[@thederpygoatman9300]

We are now at war

[@vatsaltanna6010]

6:14 "...and 3 of them wanted to be called 'Riverside' including one not on the river" I just love your humour 😂😂

[@scoot.112]

8:17 You better not forget our name Chelsea when you name our new borough or I’m gonna come round here and I’ll fwnngywywgygg and I’ll whwyhwhwhhwshhwnfhwnfwfwnfshw

[@doddleoddle]

THAT LONDON BOROUGH LADY LOOKS STRESSED

[@halftimelordwizard]

She's doing her best ❤️

[@Eliteerin]

Working very hard :) having a KZbin and music career on the side ❤️

[@xinr]

stray dodie enter the fray haha

[@N05K177]

Haha I was like "omg dodiiie !"

[@haulin]

Nice. Didn't realise that was you. Timestamp for others 0:36

[@ThatOneIrishFurry]

Me: ugh why does it take jay like 6 months between uploads Me watching the videos: ah that's why

[@robertoschaumburg5719]

Oh boy oh boy read me

[@ThatOneIrishFurry]

@@robertoschaumburg5719 you have been read

[@Jambunctious]

Loved the music choices in the video! Especially the amount of Transport Tycoon Deluxe music

[@gonbochabkarko1731]

Loved the editing. Wasn’t expecting the video to be like this 👍🏼

[@siddharthmishra48]

“Three of them wanted to be called Riverside, including one not on the river.” 😂 Lmao

[@PottersVideos2]

There must've been a better reason for not giving one of the Riverside boroughs that wanted to be called Riverside that name though!

[@TheUKNutter]

Siddharth Mishra Instead that name went to a football stadium in Middlesbrough

[@campkira]

yeah they are dick....

[@Discitus]

That's how they name neighbourhoods and streets in my area. Lakeview? There's not even a lake! A name ending in "heights" on a low elevation area full of two storey homes? Woods? The whole forest was chopped down to make the bloody houses!

[@Jordynthebest615]

They should've had three Riversides.

[@karljones543]

Out of all the videos I've ever watched, this is definitely one of them.

[@chasbodaniels1744]

Hear, hear!

[@flyingrobotpig]

Eaeaaeear

[@imaginekarma8582]

Rrrreeerrrrrr

[@drthvdr2802]

Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[@TestOfInsanity]

OrDEEERRR!!

[@cholten99]

Very late to the party but now that I'm here, I'm not sure which bit I loved most - the 5 seconds of the Hitch Hikers Guide theme after the word "question" or the still from Clockwise when describing Wembley. Excellent work Mr Foreman.

[@bugjuicer]

Love the lil nod to the old TV stuff, with the counter in the top right at the end! We used to have a video recorder that would pause for ads because of that lil thing!

[@brendancross2767]

"I'm a penguin, I can't use a computer" "Fair enough"

[@cajmo8635]

That penguin sounded suspiciously Welsh

[@br60066]

​@@cajmo8635 The word Penguin originates from the welsh language so this is either a really clever joke or an amazing coincidence

[@TheFreshSpam]

@@br60066 Seeing the details throughout the episode. I doubt it's ever a coincidence, you can watch it multiple times and find new things

[@br60066]

​@@TheFreshSpam Agreed the detail is phenomenal so it must have been planned

[@MarioAtheonio]

Huh, I thought he sounded vaguely Scandinavian.

[@evnhck]

I genuinely thought this series was gonna get left unfinished, exactly like it's subject-matter.

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

It's still unfinished

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

There is still much to do, so it can absolutely end up like that.

[@matthewalbery8827]

Well, London isn't really finished. It just shows that life is a really complex and intere...........--------

[@Wheeze_NL]

But when is it finished?

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

@@Wheeze_NL n e v e r

[@notnek879]

I know I'm late to this video but loved the little ad break signal just before the sponsorship segment, those little details are the best

[@elvinmaponde3652]

I am addicted to your videos….you are undoubtedly the best Vloger out there!

[@poekie7950]

1:48 Imagine going to your grandfathers funeral and then suddenly Jay Foreman joins in and starts talking about London's buroughs

[@coffeebrown9371]

Imagine if they actually allowed him to film and talk at some random funeral I’m sure their all just paid actors

[@xott99]

“Alright, who invited uncle Jay?”

[@ndemers]

@@coffeebrown9371 I mean, of course they are :) The vicar's shown up in a few other videos. Still, it makes for a great scene

[@davidfellows1650]

And imagine spelling borough wrong on a clip about boroughs.

[@poekie7950]

@@davidfellows1650 Jeez, can you imagine if that did happen. Luckily i did spell it write though :]

[@xenobenoit]

The “proper borough” looks like something else but I’m not exactly sure what

[@bentoth9555]

Yeah, it was clearly something familiar but it's hard to tell what. Guess whoever was drawing kinda cocked that one up.

[@midlifecrisi]

The Prime Minister

[@onionbot2]

hmmm

[@panzerofthelake506]

It sure does look a bit like the prime minister Boris Johnson. Can't tell why tho.

[@lifetimesofamultiplemediam1003]

That proper borough looked a bit Dickensian to me!… LOOOOL

[@felixdatche9278]

Quite some great information, I wish my City of Nairobi would go this path as the population balloons and it is obvious the Centre can no longer hold for the whole neighbourhoods.

[@hellnawnaw]

Did you actually stage a funeral just for a single line

[@joncurtis199]

Nah, think he randomly gatecrashed a funeral. It must have been before Covid kicked off though as there is more than two people there.

[@juliusnepos6013]

joncurtis199 yeah

[@lolatomroflsinnlos]

Things like these make these videos great. Very big effort for single lines or "unnecessary" jokes

[@aluas4654]

'That's like telling the people of Scotland "You're called England now", except nowhere near as big a deal' Aside from this being hilarious, maybe don't give anyone ideas ey 4 years ago was tense enough

[@shuvodipbarua6001]

@Paulie Doodle I mean, Germans don't even call it Germany, so

[@krashd]

@Jedem Das Seine It is sad to know that some Europeans are as ignorant as Americans then.

[@roomullan3050]

Fabulous, you make it so easy to listen and take in the info.

[@mary-adler-english]

Wow! Amazing video! Thank you so much for your work ❤

[@WombatSteve]

3:36 "He didn't like it for 2 reasons" "I don't like it for 2 reasons" I love this type of humour, very funny!

[@potatoonastick2239]

It's very British, silly humour, certainly not everyone's piece of cake... But god i love it lmao

[@Martijm]

There are some examples of this in I Am Not Okay With This, already in episode 1. You might enjoy that series. :-)

[@BoraCM]

I've rewatched that part so many times and still laugh each time. The best bit about it is the fact they both stress the same vowels and say it in the same way.

[@darganx]

Definitely an element of Python in this, right down to Basil Fawlty's car at 5:07

[@ldbonq]

The proper borough is shaped like a dick

[@halfaworldaway]

These videos look so bloody time-consuming to make, but they're honestly some of the best content on KZbin.

[@jadeforeman131]

Chuck. They are! He get obsessive too. Edits for at least 12 hours a day. Glad it’s worth it.

[@andyjay729]

Well, he has a lot of free time to make them now... Unfortunately he probably won't be able to do another Map Men for awhile, since that's a two-man job.

[@jadeforeman131]

andyjay729 They are going to use the lockdown time to write new episodes so that can film as soon as they’re allowed in the same room.

[@00bean00]

@@andyjay729 what happened to map man I?

[@andyjay729]

@@00bean00 I wrote that just as the COVID lockdowns were beginning.

[@internetperson9813]

"The new boroughs now needed names" Paris: No they don't

[@twittliff2]

Great editing! Love this video

[@stoffer6365]

I am disappointed they didn't rename it "Barking and Meowing".

[@megarockman]

Or "Barking Mews"

[@schnozz87]

My dog has been taking clarinet lessons on the tube. His progress has been rapid, he went from Barking to Tooting in just over an hour. Sorry.

[@jibicusmaximus4827]

Odin Emtertainment that would have put the cat among the pigeons lol.

[@dickiedavies6870]

I have allways called it Barking and Dogingham for other reasons😉

[@PHSPictures]

​@@dickiedavies6870 kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmK5mJauep5_ptk

[@louischo2701]

That feeling when the Tim Traveller appears I’m so proud

[@andrewk9267]

Love it

[@WolfJustWolf]

This guy is going places.

[@cityseby]

A blessed moment

[@starlittardis2049]

Oh good, I'm glad I wasn't the only one excited to see him. I've never met the guy yet for some reason I'm proud of him.

[@sheepketchup9059]

He looks like Simon Pegg.

[@ulfberht4431]

Usually I skip the self made advertisements at the end but this one and your previous ones are art in their own right!

[@thehumanorion9675]

This has to be the funniest, most creative and very antique-styled video I have watched in a while.

[@scs998]

The amount of audacious alliterations always astounds me.

[@rodriguesnick]

*clapping noises*

[@Kj16V]

Boo. Off to Gulag with you.

[@mnmnmnmnmn]

Audio accordance involving vowels is actually very aptly known as assonance

[@joiedeceivre]

Alliteration always alleviates alarm alongside alluring alacrity

[@Cheekster15]

The city of London bit was one of the best ways to show the cutting a portion of your script.

[@razor2k911]

So interesting! Thanks for this fantastic journey.

[@hdng1984]

Actual video length - 11:25. Length of video with all the pausing and rewinding to find all the footnotes and addendums - 65:37

[@user-te1fn8cj5r]

You'd think with the East Ham and West Ham merger they'd just be called Ham.

[@raflyraihandy]

.. Or maybe Ham 2.

[@mcbain23]

Ham Ham

[@timkramar9729]

Pressed Ham.

[@Veni_Vidi_Vortice]

Ham Sandwich

[@user-te1fn8cj5r]

Ham and Cheese

[@goatseatsoatsk2255]

Jay Foreman Protecc Jay Foreman Attac But most importantly He finally bacc

[@thesampion628]

That took *so* long :-(

[@K-o-R]

3:50 A proper borough needs to be a proper shape. The strongest shape!

[@StuartB138]

Someone is an R.C.E fan too! I’m amazed he hasn’t commented on this!

[@fay-amieaspen6046]

This made me laugh 😂

[@stefaneulenstein]

1:45 reminded me of an old Wes Anderson movie in the best kind of way. glad i found this channel.

[@georgedoty-williams2085]

In loving memory of Royal O'Reilly Tenenbaum

[@k4four615]

3:55 the Royal borough of Dickenson and Ballsy.

[@samiuddin328]

lmao i saw it too

[@ethanhoward389]

Damn, came here looking for this comment, took me a while to find it and i was starting to get worried that noone else saw it. Lololol

[@doctorpig3200]

I noticed it to

[@ondank]

Its gotta be Dickenson or Ballsy. Can't have both. Unless that bellend is full of rich people its against the rules.

[@MegrelMamba]

That's were billions of spemires shall reside.

[@salamanda550]

The...tiny..."advert incoming" thing, in the top right... I love it. Classic.

[@voyager_105]

I was wondering what that was, thought it was a glitch or something

[@noisychamps]

That's a "cue mark or "cue dot." Love Jay's attention to details. This blog explains those cue marks better than I ever could: moonrakerblabbering.wordpress.com/2015/10/06/heres-5-classic-british-tv-symbol-signals/

[@lisax3331]

I've always LOVED history, but you made this fun! :) You're great.

[@randomstuffprod.]

This channel is so underrated it's crazy!

[@reformCopyright]

"But this was precisely the sort of silliness getting rid of this entire exercise was the point of." Bravo!

[@surlyred3653]

ridded

[@OverSimplified]

That was great

[@emrewas_lit]

why does this have so little likes lol

[@joyphobic]

I didn't expect you here

[@kadirkiremitci1]

Hi

[@atlantic_31]

Omg it is Oversimplified

[@ArtofE]

Hello father

[@thomasschmitz3765]

[3:48] "A proper borough" - should always look like this 😁😁 This, along with all your other videos, is so much fun to watch. An absolute stunner, pleeeeeeease keep up with it

[@arcsomniac]

5:40 Theme music from the 1981 BBC Hitchhikers' Guide TV Series/earlier radio theme... You are an unrivaled and timeless genius, Jay. Our family salutes you!

[@Ilikeporkpie]

Please talk for hours about what makes the city of London weird.

[@northshorepx]

You'll enjoy this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqOyk42Vfb-Ni8U

[@AymanTravelTransport]

Another fact about it: it's the part of London that actually holds city status as Greater London as a whole does not hold city status; Westminster is a city in its own right as well so London as a whole isn't a city but a conurbation that contains two cities within it

[@SnabbKassa]

Stephen Fry did a whole TV show on it

[@archdukefranzferdinand567]

@Anglus Patria peak comedy

[@archdukefranzferdinand567]

@Anglus Patria clearly is

[@goose5]

1:46 The dedication to bring together 9 other people for a 5 second clip is really something.

[@yonishashi1775]

espicially a whole priest and everyone has to wear a suit

[@fatty_owls]

Or he just gatecrashed a funeral

[@sunny_muffins]

They even had to kill someone to make it more realistic.

[@kinjonin2788]

@@sunny_muffins r/cursecomments

[@alphachiu]

@@kinjonin2788 r/ihavereddit

[@annewillmott3091]

I love this, just found this interesting, informative and funny. Britain is blessed with self depreciating humour. If you’ve never lived in another country you’d never understand how wonderful that is! 🙂 Thank you so much

[@nostalgiakarlk.f.7386]

"You better not forget the name Chelsea when you name our new borough, or I'm gonna come 'round there and I'm gonna *fneeeeeoooooh,* I'm gonna _wooofnefnmwehhhh..."_ I died LMAO

[@johnb6723]

I think he probably meant to say to give the Central London government official a Chelsea smile.

[@beep6185]

I didnt understand why it was such a deal until he said "that's like telling scotland they are called england now" and my scottish soul shrivelled up and died

[@AndrewAbraham83]

I'd agree. Apart from the fact y'all had a referendum and decided you didn't want independence from Britain

[@amct1019]

@@AndrewAbraham83 But why are you relating the difference between Scotland & England to the issue of independence from the UK? Your remark would only have some relevance if England and the UK were synonymous.

[@gm2407]

@@amct1019 Well when you look at the history England Conquered Wales and turned it into a principality of England and the only English Pope ever gave Ireland to Henry II of England leading to the centuries of rule there. Henry VIII elevated it to a Kingdom as it was a Lordship before. Scotland was neither conquored nor given to England, the King of Scotland James VI inherited the Kingdoms of England and Ireland as well as the Principality of Wales, it was his idea to refer to it all as Great Britain. The whole country exists because of the crown was the property of one family hence United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland which required several acts of Parliament to create the formal bonds and then remove Republic of Ireland. Even though the Scottish King united these Kingdoms he moved to London and an act of Parliament settled London as Capital, Scotland was depopulated during the industrialisation of Britain as people went to work in towns or left for the colonies. This left England as the most populated and industrially developed part of Britain with many Scots, Irish and Welsh families living in England and their decendents remaining for generations. One look at the old phone books can show just by looking at surnames the significant number of Scots, Welsh and Irish surnamed people living in England (family could have moved at any time in the last 423 years). England may not be synonymous with UK but it constitutes the largest part of the population, and has absorbed more resources and peoples from the other parts of the UK than they have from England. On the other part of this the whole of what would later be England and Wales was part of the Roman Province of Britannia where we get the name from. Ireland was Hibernia and Scotland was Picts.

[@xp_studios7804]

Not all Scots want independence but they still definitely aren't England

[@aidenrafferty7825]

@@xp_studios7804 I wonder how many people would vote for independence in another referendum given the current situation regarding Brexit and the Boris...

[@NandoGaleao]

Here's a random fact: The background sound at 1:10 is from the movie HELP! when Paul is playing gibberish at the organ. Coincidentally Jay is talking about London before 1965 and that movie came out in 1965.

[@JayForeman]

***VERY*** well spotted! 🏆

[@shanearnold7781]

I was always super jealous of their living situation in that film watching it as a kid, their house looked so nice

[@p4kimaster419]

Damn boiiiiii

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

AHHHH THATS THE BEST

[@igloo2962]

can i have a link to it?

[@Yamezzzz]

The best part was the TV advert indicator in the top right before the ad started at the end

[@danielhale1]

One of the very, very few sponsored advertisements I've watched all the way through and enjoyed

[@Haheehahohaheehoha]

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS ALTERNATE REALITY WHERE YOU CAN STAND OUTSIDE AND CAN WE HAVE SOME PLEASE THANKS JAY

[@cowboyjonathan3676]

I was your 25th like, where is my prize

[@n3bloons23]

He said on his community post that he gathered all the footage before the lockdown. Pay attention bruh

[@NathanielBTM]

You can still go out during lockdown you know?

[@mehmedkaanyaman6740]

@@NathanielBTM yh but only one person per family, you aren't allowed to meet up with people outside of your family, and you can only go to a park for exercise or shopping for food

[@Haheehahohaheehoha]

@@n3bloons23 Is it warm down in the valley where every joke flies over your head?

[@egpx]

The Tim Traveller was brilliant as Keith Sinjohn Joseph. Oh, and the bloke who played Jay Forman was good too.

[@brightmoor]

I thought he looked familiar when he was looking at the map, but once he was talking to camera I realized it was The Tim Traveller. Oh yeah, and the penis shaped ‘Proper Borough’ made me lol. 🤣

[@sphagbog]

I thought Sinjohn was spelt StJohn . Otherwise, Sinjohn's ambulance! Then there's StMary pronounced Simmary as in StMary Ax (sp?). Must be others?

[@egpx]

H Adamson I thought that too but a quick check on Wikipedia suggested it was indeed Sinjohn and of course if it’s on Wikipedia it must be right!

[@helenl3193]

My dad's middle name is St John, said as Saint, but there are those who say Sinjohn for StJohn too.. So, there's a mix of the lot, from my limited experience

[@sphagbog]

@@egpxthank you. Coulda looked it up myself but Sunday morning lazeee :-)

[@oriontheron6478]

This is a fascinating video series, great Job, well played sir, well played

[@paul_has_nolife]

Paris: I have 20 arrondissements, that's quite a lot, right? London: That's rookie numbers, I got 32 boroughs Hamburg: laughs in 107 stadtteile

[@jj_blair]

When I saw background scenery at 5:09 I cried. I’m just picturing the whole scene that episode is hilarious

[@marklaw5116]

Loving the old “advert upcoming” alert in the top corner. I haven’t seen that thing in yeeeaaaars!

[@robinw77]

Didn't that enable some kind of recorder box thing to skip adverts?

[@JonMarkDeane]

@@robinw77 That might have been an unintentional bonus feature, but it was actually to allow the advert playout facilities to cue up playback.

[@GeorgeFoxEdwards]

@@robinw77 It was actually to notify the grid to temporarily increase the power to homes. Because British people like tea.

[@perryjohnalan]

Lol. Yeah I saw this too. Not seen it in years mainly cos they dont have it in canada and we 100 percent streaming.

[@jonnybabes1]

@@GeorgeFoxEdwards "I'll put the kettle on..."

[@johnguidry4065]

I feel advertisers either regret completely or really enjoy Jay's work.

[@NopWorks]

I came back here just to watch the ads

[@andyw7758]

I hope they appreciate it - it's one the best ads I've ever seen. I've watched it several times now. If more advertising was like this, I think more people would take the time to watch it - instead of trying to switch it off at all costs. I might try NordVPN too ... looks good :)

[@00bean00]

@@NopWorks if you guys like Jay's ads, try Zach Star and Ryan george.

[@alfredpereira9152]

Thanks for the nice information brother!

[@warwickshiremidlandsweathe9067]

This is actually soooo interesting absolutely love ur videos!!! Litterally addicted!

[@F3tcher]

They should have called Chelsea and Kensington “Richie rich money neighbourhood”

[@mchparity]

North Ken is normal.

[@simontay4851]

The posh rich twat borough

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

Torytopia has a certain ring to it.

[@JD.Knight]

Half of it is very poor though.

[@red_red_robyn]

That's the great misconception, though. It's super rich and posh at one end, but it has large underfunded and ignored council estates too. It's an unbelievably divided borough. Don't forget that Grenfell Tower was in K&C.

[@iirzd]

London has 32 boroughs because it can't afford 64-bit technology.

[@Alystas]

God to that i say YES!!!

[@AMPProf]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[@Spacepro-ml1rj]

underrated comment

[@whitefluffyclock9882]

Hahaha

[@griffinshorts785]

That moment when you realize that you’ve gotten to familiar with Powers of 2

[@williammartin1081]

Brilliant hosting!!

[@thatslife2769]

The knoweledge I didnt think I needed, but I now feel upgraded because of it lol. Interesting subject matter and interesting, watchable presenter. Twas great new sub.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Fun fact: Pyongyang is divided into nineteen guyoks (wards). The main ward is the Chung-guyok (central ward) where Kim Il-sung Square is located. Also it was cool to see the Tim Traveler

[@tikkj]

Thanks Kim, big fan of bulgogi

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

Hello, your greatness! Always good to see you.

[@wetlettuce4768]

Keep up the good work Kim

[@seanw1186]

How’ve you managed to spread your influence absolutely everywhere it’s scary

[@vikranttyagiRN]

Oh look it's the almighty himself. Mr Jong kim

[@OBGynKenobi]

They should have named one borough: Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-F'tang-F'tang-Olé-Biscuitbarrel

[@mcbain23]

We are no longer the knights who say Ni! We are now the knights who say ekki-ekki-ekki-pitang-zoom-boing!'

[@lukahutinski9075]

If they were posh they could have without any trouble XD

[@Mishima505]

That's now called Kensington & Chelsea

[@gearmachine8454]

Welcome to Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

[@thexalon]

I don't think we should be naming boroughs after failed parliamentary candidates.

[@bobbob465]

Your use of SimCity 2000 music during the borough creation made me ridiculously happy.

[@darnellchristie6671]

What an interesting video! Thank you for this, I loved it.

[@samhutch7679]

The amount of effort for almost every shot in these videos is astounding

[@kfish6347]

Whilst I find it impressive, I find it tiresome when watching the video, I don't want joke after joke, I want the information in a fun video. Not an over the top video. I wish he'd focused more on sound design than jokes and special shots to give the information that the video is made for

[@gearmachine8454]

I personally love how creative he presents these rather abstract to portray topics. Makes the videos much more enjoyable to watch.

[@fuego5532]

@@kfish6347 don't watch it if you don't like it, im sure there are more boring videos on youtube about london boroughs

[@kfish6347]

@@fuego5532 Lol was the passive aggressiveness needed? I stopped watching after I realised I wasn't fond, and commented just to share my opinion

[@fuego5532]

@@kfish6347 idk i find it weird to go out of your way to share an disapproving opinion on a piece of work someone's obviously worked hard on so i commented, but to each their own

[@camokarzi8491]

The amount of work that goes into just a few seconds of these videos is insane! Take 4:23 for example. The idea of hiring 2 extras, printing them 2 t-shirts that say E and W, giving them pig masks, putting them in front of a green screen and telling them to fight just for a little visual gag is both staggering and brilliant!

[@skidude2014]

those weren't extras, those were the 2 guys from the show

[@jamesmichaelmcdermot]

Luckily the t-shirts are re-used in one of the Map Men ads, I think. Reduce, re-use, recycle!

[@beeble2003]

"Hiring two extras" or, as we say in England, "getting one of your mates to be in your video with you."

[@camokarzi8491]

Well, Jay uses a lot of different people in his videos, surely he can't know all of them!

[@TheIceMurder2]

Exactly. For example, literally every slide from 6:39 to 6:58 shows each of the former borough's names, their population sizes respectively, their new name once merged together and their precise location on a London map on the bottom right of the video. Hell, there's even a (fairly long) cliff note on the slide shown at 6:58 if you pause it. He makes the kind of videos you can watch 10 times in a row and still catch a bit of new information or notice something different each time. Amazing, high quality, information rich filled videos.

[@SonnyDarvishzadeh]

God level production 😂

[@Tsholo-qd5lj]

I keeping coming back to this funny and educational video if London. Thanks man!

[@hubertblastinoff9001]

When Friedrichshain (old East-Berlin) and Kreuzberg (old West-Berlin) were merged to form a new double barreled borough, they literally flipped a coin to decide which one was to go first

[@Vio818]

Anyone else want a video where he talks forever about The City of London

[@gordontaylor2815]

That might be a future video in the Unfinished London series.

[@NarendraWicaksono]

@@gordontaylor2815 Unfinished (City of) London

[@WuffiePhoenix]

CGP Grey

[@00bean00]

Unfinished series (Unfinished London (City of))

[@carlmcgregor2707]

I subscribed to this channel at the 35 second mark. Already brill

[@NathanBudd]

The advert indicator in the top right towards the end of the video is perfect!