London is Full of Bodies

[@jaethemanchild]

Oh mate, the bit at the end. That got me. COVID irrecoverably has changed my mums mental state after being locked in for so long with no company; I didn’t see my son for 6 or 7 months because I was working in a pharmacy and felt I had to keep him and his mum safe... and I still see people defend Party Boy DitherDecision Johnson and it makes me so angry. Sorry about your dad sir. I too hope we all learn from it, but know we won’t. Those Government parties alone will stop people locking down if there’s another one soon. “If the people telling us to take it seriously aren’t then why should we”? They’re selfish vandals.

[@Digitiser]

So sorry to hear about your mum, Jae. Similarly, my mum is struggling these days. It dropped a bomb on so many families.

[@greatestytcommentator]

Did Sanuel Peeps kill his Lion? Or was that how he died?

[@charlespatterson6037]

Good video. Thank you. I wasn’t around for the previous pandemics, so cannot realistically pass comment. However, I was here for the Covie plandemic. How about investigating that!? The mRNA medications, pandemic preparedness, MINDSPACE and the Cabinet Office, the Gates Foundation, the WHO, disruption/fragmentation of society, digital passports, death by drugs in care homes, mainstream media blockout and censorship etc etc etc. Keep up the entertaining videos. Very humorous!

[@scoobylol1987]

These new format videos are superb, and the part at the end about Biffo's Dad was very moving and poignant! The humour is brilliant, but there's always a place for some genuine reflection. Can't wait for the next one ❤

[@Digitiser]

Thanks, Scoobs. Much appreciated.

[@n64lifepodcast]

The meteorite reaction made me cry with laughter 😂 2023 has been such a good year for Digi videos. Thank you guys

[@Digitiser]

Cheers, you.

[@joegallagherr]

That was genuinely so interesting. I think your point at the end about people looking past and almost blanking out history is so true. When I worked in a graveyard here in Belfast, we have a famine, plague and paupers mass grave that just says 'they all had names' I think that's kind of the appeal of history, we're all going to be as seemingly irrelevant as them one day. Loved this video.

[@Digitiser]

Thanks, mister.

[@greatestytcommentator]

They will all have names, unless KZbin gets deleted during the Great fire of Greggs.

[@mikepatterson1]

Samuel Pepys having a friend called Spong was fascinating to discover. I wonder if Spong is an ancestor of Drong.

[@Digitiser]

Pre-internet, so he only appeared on Babbage's difference engine.

[@SmoothEmJay]

Look at Sanja's eyes around 34 minutes in. You can totally see why Paul fell for her. Little adorable bunch of fluffers that you are.

[@Digitiser]

Oh yes. It was indeed the eyes that got me.

[@Vykk_Draygo]

Yeah, Covid sucked. I got married in Novermber of 2019, and then my mom died of a heart attack in April of 2020. Couldn't even have a funeral service due to the restrictions.

[@nettie4408]

Poor you !!!!! Join the Me Too movement eh? Jezz......

[@KlyeKlyeKlye]

For a lot of years I thought "Pepys" was pronounced "Peppis" which made me look a right tit, but I still refuse to change the pronunciation. I'll also be using Sanja's term of "put it in the bubo" from here on. Genuinely I have learned so much from these videos, admittedly I forget almost immediately after learning it, but it's in there somewhere! I will never forget Spong.

[@Digitiser]

We must never forget Spong.

[@Mrpolonog]

I'm watching this early on Christmas Day and holy fuck the last bit made me tear up. I know it's from the heart and being considered as you speak, but it highlights your talent as a creator and a writer that perhaps gets less attention. Being both silly and remarkably well-spoken and dramatic is an immense skill. You are phenomenal. And Sanja is an absolute gem. I've spent the last few days just perusing through older videos and her delivery is so fantastic. You are both full of so much heart.

[@Jamal_Tyrone]

Biffo is rocking the Dennis the Menace look...

[@Digitiser]

You should see my Gnasher.

[@wrathford]

@@Digitiser lucky wife

[@mrpositronia]

I'm honoured to have been born and raised on London. It's the definition of life. Each time you get knocked down, you build yourself up stronger. Then you get priced out of the area, and you can never return.

[@Digitiser]

Hah! Yeah, too true.

[@ceebrupt]

I always love when these vids go a bit deeper or philosophical, they balance out the ridiculous bits nicely :-)

[@Digitiser]

Never sure whether they're jarring or not, switching from performance to authenticity, but I'm glad they seem to work.

[@benwhite8924]

Hah! Sanya made a great point about Samuel Pepys and zombies. Parmesan freak was hilarious too.

[@MarcNewitt]

Loved it, you two never fail to make me laugh, you really are knocking these out of the park. Long may they continue!!

[@Digitiser]

Cheers, mister.

[@TheHyra]

loved this information about are sanuel pepis the monkey slapper, his black plague parmesan and spong the vulcan, being reminded about London Bridge arizoñia, seeing a nice bit of londinium again

[@Soopytwist]

Mavity. Bravo Paul 😉

[@Digitiser]

I thenk yew.

[@shaktievans7478]

You two are great on screen. Rest in power dad 💜💫

[@Digitiser]

Thank you!

[@Mrphilipjcook]

Well done. Glad to see you making more of these 😊

[@Digitiser]

Cheers, Mr Philip.

[@SMlFFY85]

"Ken's Bollock" is my favourite building nickname

[@TomNook.]

Thank you Sanja Peeps

[@greatestytcommentator]

I tell you what, the good advice during covid was, Do Not Cough in people's faces.... that was soon forgotten.. 4 years, no jabs.. and I just caught covid. I bet people don't even wash their hands anymore. 2 years and everywhere still has those alcohol rub dispensers... I check every single one.. and for 2 years.. empty

[@seanflewin9803]

A series of wet springs and hots summers sounds like they were suffering from climatechange. They must have been having to many holidays abroad

[@richardbale725]

Heck yes new digitiser

[@Digitiser]

We back!

[@theprimo100]

Very nice posing.

[@lisalouise999]

We watched the video about the plaza too! I totally understand how you feel about the whole pandemic thing. I caught swine flu in 2010 and I'm still suffering from severe health problems. It's all so easy to forget and governments don't learn anything from it, but people like me are stuck suffering years later with no help at all from the NHS. And like you said many people have died, and lost their livelihoods.

[@Digitiser]

Walk With Me Tim for the win! So sorry to hear about your long swine flu, Lisa. I hate that our useless government just wants to wash its hands of helping.

[@georgiadreamingbb1245]

OMG I AM LOOOOOOVING THESE VIDEOS!!!!!!!!! I LEARN BUT AM SO ENTERTAINED THE WHOLE VIDEO! THERE IS NOT ANOTHER CHANNEL THAT I CAN SAY I AM FULLY ENGAGED THE WHOLE TIME! I LOVE THESE! Sanuel, was a turd! Hahaha I am an animal lover shame shame shame on him lol no cheese for him!

[@Digitiser]

We love your enthusiasm, Georgia!

[@georgiadreamingbb1245]

@Digitiser I hope you feel better soon! We'll wishes and hope your holidays are great despite the chaos that comes along with them!

[@Digitiser]

@@georgiadreamingbb1245 Thank you. Same to you!

[@thefinalv8]

Dunstin checks in was a huge rabbit hole of nostalgia I didn’t expect to go through. Thank you biffo

[@Digitiser]

You're welcome.

[@kylerowe666]

Honestly loving all these new videos. Don’t know how I missed this one. I lost my mother to blot clots in her lungs that ruptured, possibly due to the covid vaccine. No way to prove it one way or the other and it won’t bring her back either way. Anyway that’s bleak. What I was trying to say was I’m loving the new digi vids all the topics are right up my street. I’d love to see a Jack the Ripper video from you two, going round Whitechapel and discussing the case

[@Digitiser]

Thanks, Kyle! We're loving doing them, and people do seem to be enjoying them. Jack the Ripper is definitely on our list. We were going to do it this month, and started researching, but we've put a pin in it as we've had a few heavy ones of late.

[@biggsywolves3279]

Never knew that Samuel Pepys buried his cheese. I've lobbed a few dairylea triangles into my pond as a mark of respect. Should probably point out this was before I heard about him slapping his monkey.

[@TheFerretLives]

Sanuel Prepuce spanked his monkey almost to the point of death. Well I guess they had to make their own entertainment in those days

[@vericaz3894]

Samuel definitely was a freak animal abuser my God I can't believe how gross that is horrific absolutely but I love you guys so much you do such a great job I'm a new subscriber and I am so impressed and so happy that I found your Channel❤

[@Digitiser]

Hurrah! Glad you're enjoying all our stuff.

[@vericaz3894]

@@Digitiser 😇❤💋

[@BeeLZBeeb]

Yeah, what a c u next Tuesday

[@MagicGreenSquid]

Nailed it with that outro, mate. Wise words.

[@Digitiser]

Thanks, Squiddy.

[@jezzermeii]

Mate, you watch Walking With Me Tim! That's mad, so do I. I often find it quite funny when you look at what the KZbinrs you subscribe to are subscribed to, often we're all subscribed to similar things haha.

[@lasanja914]

We especially love the videos Tim does with his wife, because she calls out all of his funny quirks!

[@Digitiser]

To be honest, we mainly watch travel vloggers on KZbin.

[@supermarx]

Regarding learning from past incidents. I'm convinced the New Zealand governments response was informed by how catastrophically the NZ government fucked up the response to the Spanish Flu in Samoa, which they were administrating at the time. During that outbreak they were embarrassed by the contrast in response and in the death toll between NZ administrated Western Samoa and America Samoa, which was comparatively untouched. I'm sure there's a feeling that that is why Western Samoa pushed as hard as they did for Independence while American Samoa is as much in America's grasp as it has ever been. So maybe people with power will learn, for a time at least, from being shown up and taking an L from it. In the UKs case though, looking at it from the outside, it seems like the place in the English speaking world where the government has the least institutional memory... it has a highly developed institutional -culture-. but nothing they do looks like it's informed by events they have gone through. Just a glassy eyed zombie that can turn it on for the camera.

[@Digitiser]

Ah, interesting to get that NZ perspective. In the UK, I think you're right. We have such a turnover of governments and prime ministers here, the thinking is just so short term and limited. There's never any vision, never any informed decision making. I've had enough.

[@thekelvingreen]

Crikey, wasn't expecting that ending, but well said Biffster.

[@markallsworth3043]

Have to agree with everyone else fantastic video - I also really like the genuine bits of personal reflection you've been doing a bit more recently in amongst having a laugh its very relatable (for me anyway) one thing though - if you do indeed do an execution video in the future - people are/were hanged not hung (or executioned) 😁

[@Digitiser]

Thanks, Mark. And thanks for the English lesson!

[@BQhjort]

I'm not sure if it's just an organic thing or a deliberate effort to strike a balance between the goofy stuff and the thought provoking stuff, but the end result is always fantastic, and you guys just keep getting better at it. Impressive.

[@Digitiser]

Thanks, BQ. Much appreciated. We try to just do whatever works in the moment, so long as it's authentic - and that can be funny, sincere, daft, informative. I knew going in that I wanted to try to say something meaningful at the end. I just didn't know what it'd be until I started. It felt clumsy at the time, but it seems to have resonated with people.

[@BQhjort]

@@Digitiser I think it resonated with so many of us because it feels authentic, it feels sincere. If it had been something that was more scripted and rehearsed, then maybe you wouldn't have felt that it was clumsy, but there's humanity and heart that might have been lost in the process to a degree, if that makes sense. It's not just content, it's actual substance. That sort of thing stands out.

[@Digitiser]

You make a good point! Thank you.

[@Tekartez]

Great video! Very interesting, and that monologue at the end really hit home

[@Digitiser]

Thank you.

[@epsilonzero77]

I’ve seen the Orang from Dunstan Checks In live on stage at Universal Studios mid 90s.

[@NezuChan]

You were correct about the OXO building. It was not permitted to have any advertising on it at the time. However, windows were used to create the signature lettering.

[@benwinter5295]

27:45 - money for old rope

[@Digitiser]

Oh-hoh!

[@stephanleece9549]

Who hasn't buried some cheese of an evening eh

[@Digitiser]

Well quite!

[@garethbellamy9989]

Really enjoyed this, thanks. I'm not that well travelled, but nothing seems to remind you of the frailty of human life and how temporary we all are like London. You are surrounded by death, but ignore it in the face of having to get on with your everyday life. Taking time out to explore it, and what that means is time well spent IMHO. Thanks again.

[@Digitiser]

You're welcome, Gareth.

[@leonhantz6383]

When I go to London, I am going to the Church of St.Dunstan 'Dunston' Checks In

[@Digitiser]

We all bow at the Altar of Dunston.

[@victorkapoor5351]

Sorry not laughing about the grim and dark history of the London's past - your humour dissolves some of the heavy weight of history.

[@goodwood-rc4nx]

i was once taking pics in a park near Euston Station and found out later was 1000's of plagues victims buried under the grass when they started the HS2 works

[@eelesey1]

1666. The year that the birth certificate enslavement system was brought in. People are classified as lost at sea. Birth certificates lodged with the city of London.

[@jimbL200]

Another fantastic video! A Greggs on Pudding Lane hahaha!!!

[@Digitiser]

Asking for trouble!

[@vividness4202]

At around 2:20 😏 The most important thing about the plaque is imo the text on the rim ‘The corporation of the City of London’ 😅 If you are a tinfoil hatter both the ‘corporation’ part and the ‘City of London’ are interesting wabbit holes to dive into

[@Digitiser]

We're definitely doing a video on the City of London at some point. We delve into some of that in next week's video...

[@vividness4202]

@@DigitiserAwesome. I’m new to your channel, so have quite the back catalogue to get through still.. Oh, at around 28:30 🤔 the map of the London wall…have you guys looked into the whole ‘starfort’ thingy yet?

[@Digitiser]

Oooh, not yet. Will check that out!

[@alastairward2774]

Great, now I've the lyrics "Calling Mr Peyps" to the tune of "Calling Dr Jones" in my head. And it's just the chorus. Repeatedly.

[@Digitiser]

GOOD.

[@BeeLZBeeb]

Nooo! I have no room for yet more earworms 😫

[@sueetherton6698]

Yep, it was/is shit! Sorry you lost your Dad. I lost people too. The world has changed, so have I. ❤

[@fredwolfmusic]

loving these out and about vids and that ending monologue was really good, its nice to see someone who's famous for playing the "clown" be so real and deep for a change.

[@Digitiser]

It's something we've had in a few of our recent videos. I'm never sure whether it's jarring, but I think as long as it's sincere and honest then it doesn't matter.

[@bathbadgerking]

Everyone knows about the cheese, but I for one had no idea about the monkey. Now THAT'S an enlightenment

[@Digitiser]

I didn't know about the cheese!

[@bathbadgerking]

We're Peeps anti-twins!

[@TheHolyBushGod]

Why's the picture quality so high now?

[@Digitiser]

We upped the production values!

[@amandawoodland3779]

Out comes a bungalow 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Comedy gold 👏👏👏👏.

[@stud105]

I like home alone and trump exclusively.

[@ljsquirrel]

It's OK Samya I get confused with names too.

[@lasanja914]

😭

[@Digitiser]

Ha ha!

[@OfflineSetup]

Welcome to all the international viewers of this video. All that is said is 100% true and taught as standard in all British schools.

[@Digitiser]

Especially the meteorite stuff.

[@gigteevee6118]

The learning vs silly barrier broken again 🤯😮 But rectal bleeding awareness is important, no joke.

[@TimberwolfK]

Jerden-Cooke has excelled himself on this one.

[@Digitiser]

Wait until you hear his Christmas song...

[@brianartillery]

If you liked that, may I suggest the book, 'Necropolis: London and it's Dead', by Katharine Arnold? It's a fascinating, horrifying, and in places, disgusting book, that will make you seriously wonder about what is under your feet when you visit London.

[@Digitiser]

Oooh, I'll check that out. Cheers, Brian.

[@GmodPlusWoW]

Here I was thinking about Dunston Checks in, and Biffo comes out swinging with it. Speaking of which, IIRC there was a monkey shooting in that film. Shout out to Sanuel Bepis and his Parmesan fetish. Not so much him spanking his monkey, which is a connection that I was NOT expecting. Same for the pleasant spinning interlude. Also, speaking of oysters and shellfish, when we were doing renovations in our pub's kitchen a few months back, we found oyster shells under the floorboards. As for bleeding from the rectum, that's actually a status condition you can contract in Fear & Hunger. Except you probably don't contract it from disease alone, because Fear & Hunger is kind of the unofficial Berserk RPG. It's THAT brutal, and it is terrifying and glorious. Not everyone's cup of tea, but if you can handle how dark and cruel it can be, it can take you on one hell of an adventure into the dungeons beneath Rondon.

[@Digitiser]

That's nuts about the oyster shells.

[@edtrots]

😭

[@Digitiser]

Sorry!

[@oldhedders]

One of your best.

[@Digitiser]

Thanks, Hedders.

[@alenka7736]

Great information, but must say I find you two a bit annoying specially when you are doing content for people to watch. You are right you should have more respect for eachother ruther then talking over one another. Kind of put me of wathcing., I mean this in a nicest possible way..❤

[@Digitiser]

Yeah, we should be less annoying when we are doing content for people to watch. We should have more respect for each other. And thanks for meaning it in the nicest way possible.

[@shaktievans7478]

I did nit enjoy history at school. Watch you both brought london history alive and vivid and colourful and funny. Thank you both.

[@Digitiser]

This means a lot. Thank you!

[@martinsmith8572]

Flamingo pmsl

[@BeeLZBeeb]

He looks so angry when she says she hasnt seen dunsten checks in 😂 Neither have I... thanks for the synopsis though lmao

[@Digitiser]

We aim to please...!

[@undrahh]

IS this a way to claim back a nice day out in london on the tax? love the video!

[@Digitiser]

We live in London: trust us - it's not a treat to visit!

[@Illusionator]

I love Biffo’s seamless transition from dicking about to serious reportage about plague pit unearthing to turning into my dad (“will you give me the selfie stick!”) to dicking about again to turning into my mum (“focus on the selfie stick”). A two minute tour de force. Five stars!

[@Illusionator]

Also “that’s what you thought was more important than my facts about executions “ “Yes” The face!!!

[@Illusionator]

Also a genuinely moving ending. Love you guys. Thank you for all that you give that enriches my life x

[@Digitiser]

You're so welcome. It keeps us going knowing you lot are enjoying what we do.

[@Digitiser]

I am all the parents!

[@Illusionator]

@@Digitiser You are!!

[@AurochsHorn]

Gannon would have made a “Pepys Spanked His Monkey” joke in a heartbeat.

[@Digitiser]

Low-hanging fruit. So to speak.

[@adamdenby1282]

Am glad Dunston dint check into Samuel pepys house

[@lasanja914]

😅

[@victorkapoor5351]

Bloody hilarious. Milliganesque.

[@Digitiser]

High praise! Thank you, Victor.

[@wildgoose5964]

Gates = old English for street, not gate.

[@Digitiser]

Thanks for that.

[@stud105]

25:31 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@thekelvingreen]

Hot diggety dog! 🔥

[@shaggy69smobilegamingthing76]

What a brilliant informative video, really enjoyed it❤

[@Digitiser]

Thanks, Shaggster.

[@wyntertyme1735]

❤😊

[@samkc2691]

we become divided more smiles pls

[@Digitiser]

We'll do our best.

[@trenchardjj]

I don't know if I've commented this already and it's vanished, but I know a few of Sanuel's living descendants and they pronounce it "peppiss"

[@Digitiser]

Really!?!? I don't remember reading that, but that's very interesting. Do they have his surname then?

[@trenchardjj]

They do, so they often get asked to do things like open libraries, which sounds like a fine life

[@Digitiser]

@@trenchardjj Very cool! My nephews are direct descendants of Mark Twain. They don't have the surname (Clemens was their grandmother's maiden name though).

[@exploredeepwithin1414]

Yes, your wife is very very beautiful ❤

[@Digitiser]

Yes she is.

[@Zobbster]

Damn, that last monologue hit me.

[@Digitiser]

Wasn't sure whether to leave it in. Didn't know if it was too at odds and honest given the rest of the vid. I mean, I was just venting. But kind of glad I did.

[@Deaths_Disguise]

Was required ! Felt like you needed it.

[@Zobbster]

@@Digitiser I'm glad you did too. It's something that I've been mentally wrestling with for the last decade or so...

[@CJJC]

“Spinning’s a good trick”. They don’t write ‘em like that any more.

[@ymebo]

Sorry to hear about your Dad.

[@Digitiser]

Thank you.

[@thekelvingreen]

Sanja's Excellent Tricorn Hat returns!

[@detectivesquirrel2621]

Spong was a musician John Spong, friend of Pepys

[@jezzermeii]

I don't know if you planned this video to coincide with the Covid-19 inquiry or not, but I thought it was quite fitting - especially at the end when you summed up. I'm sorry to hear about your Dad. Both me and my partner work in the NHS in a hospital setting and worked throughout the entire pandemic. It was a really difficult time and some of the things I saw, as well as things I had to do, were really rather unpleasant. On the other hand, it was nice to be one of the few people in the country who still had a 'normal' life - socialising at work and having something to do with their time. I get what you mean too about history being buried beneath our feet and it is concerning to think that we never learn collectively from lessons of the past. Even the Führerbunker in Germany is now a car park - yet the bunker still exists underneath it. If we can't see the history and stop being conscious of it, then we're doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past. These new, long-form documentary-style videos are so well produced, thank you both for all of your hard work because each one is better than the last. Funny, yet kind of serious at the same time!

[@lasanja914]

♥

[@Digitiser]

We did indeed plan it to coincide. Trouble is, we can't mention the c-word in the SEO, because it gets us knocked down the rankings.

[@ashleycunningham8484]

💜💜💜💜💜💜💜²

[@Digitiser]

Thanks!

[@liveevil6386]

Jubilee Line Extension was opened 25 years ago. There's no such thing as Crossrail Expansion. Crossrail Excavation yeah

[@Digitiser]

Well, we're idiots. What can I say?

[@chessoc7799]

Aghhh The Spon Plague! - a old goon show thing :)

[@Digitiser]

!!!!

[@robdavis6651]

Superb video. Absolutely loved it

[@Digitiser]

Thanks, Rob!

[@chrisj683]

I, the ghost of Saniel Pepess, am grateful for Sanya’s offering.

[@Digitiser]

Leave that monkey alone, Sanuel!

[@chrisj683]

@@Digitiser My kicking foot has a mind of its own, I simply can’t, you see.

[@Robslondon]

Great video.

[@Digitiser]

Thanks, Rob! That means a lot coming from you!

[@Robslondon]

It's a pleasure; I've been a fan of your work for a very long time- you just made my day with your kind comment! Cheers and stay well. @@Digitiser

[@AshFrithComedy]

This is brilliant. Really enjoyed it. But…. Hang on, Paul mocks Sanja for saying they “built a ditch” but just a few minutes later states they “built pits” outside the city walls???!

[@Digitiser]

Did that on purpose. Come and hang out with us to do some silly soon, Mr Ash.

[@AshFrithComedy]

@@Digitiser literally any time please! I’m very bored not doing silly.

[@Digitiser]

I'll drop you a line elsewhere, and get something in for early next year.

[@AcornElectron]

I blame Boris. For the Black Death and the Great Plague that is.

[@Digitiser]

Probably having a party while they were both happening.

[@Dripfed]

When you are filming, do you attract those people who stare at anything out of the ordinary? You can see them in the background of most TV bits. Like dimly flickering bulbs. What's going on in their brains? A slow process of simple binary choices being handled at the speed of a 1970s shopkeeper weighing out sweets?

[@Digitiser]

Somehow, we're invisible to bystanders. We're very discreet.

[@Soopytwist]

@@Digitiser Nah that's just London, they're used to seeing strange people doing strange things.

[@Sweaty_Ken]

That was one of the funniest videos that you have ever done, the 'Sanuel Pepys' exchange was reminiscent of The National Theatre of Brent.

[@Digitiser]

If only we'd scripted it!

[@Sweaty_Ken]

@@Digitiser I would like to point out that I wrote this comment before seeing the poignant and thoughtful ending, but I still stand by it wholeheartedly

[@davethomasatemyhamster]

Just made my day ❤❤

[@Digitiser]

Woot!