Superb! An antidote to the tsunami of crap on TV in on both sides of the Atlantic in December 2020.
@nikmoney2587
3 жыл бұрын
"TV on both sides," Johnson would not forgive such a slip
@Joe-of1ob
3 жыл бұрын
If you want to really be blown away read the massive autobiography written by his life long friend. Its the most detailed and accurate biography ever written.
@andyayala9119
10 ай бұрын
Yes we know of Boswell.
@doreekaplan2589
Ай бұрын
Durants book is excellent on this man
@mrmike2119
4 жыл бұрын
Forty-plus years ago I was given an undergraduate assignment to analyze Johnson, of whom I knew nothing. Now, I "get it" and have a far better understanding of the man. Perhaps, also of myself. Thank you for this excellent production.
@zipi_zape9158
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing. A moving documentary for a person suffering OCD. Thanks. :)
@jamesreilly3679
2 жыл бұрын
As an OCD sufferer myself, I love revisiting this documentary from time to time. Johnson is one of my favorite historical figures; I find it so inspiring, how he was able to endure all of the anxiety and depression that plagued him throughout his life, and overcome it all to become one of the greatest intellectuals and authors of all time. It's good to know his story has the same impact on others in the same boat. I hope you're doing well, friend :)
@MikeTheD
6 жыл бұрын
The old guy who played Johnson sure has been around, props to him. His face is so recognizable, yet can't place a single role.
@David-sw2rj
3 жыл бұрын
Does Game of Thrones ring a bell? Lol.
@pattywolford
3 жыл бұрын
I am trying to identify this actor portraying Johnson. Roger Ashton-Griffiths.
@michaelalancope9729
3 жыл бұрын
I’m pretty sure he was the girls dad in ‘The Patriot’
@neroresurrected
2 жыл бұрын
Seen him in “The Tudors” on showtime as well when that was on.
@PacRimJim
11 жыл бұрын
A delightful biography of Samuel Johnson, of which Boswell would approve. Absolutely first-rate.
@vincentdeneale3466
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the upload
@PabluchoViision
9 жыл бұрын
I heartily recommend Paul Fussell's distinctive biography, SAM'L JOHNSON & THE LIFE OF WRITING. Extraordinary book, and unique (I believe) in its emphasis on the man's "manner of proceeding" in taking pen to paper, his understanding of what writing was and of his writerly duty. The last sentence of the book: "Johnson's species in the Lives [of the Poets] is the writer as representative man, obliged by his frailty to imitate and to adhere to genres and conventions which he has not devised; tormented by the hunger of imagination only to be always defeated of his hopes; and finally carried away by the very stream of time which it has been his ironic ambition to shape, and by shaping, to arrest." (Fussell is best known for THE GREAT WAR & MODERN MEMORY, and in general for his hard-won skepticism about the heroic narrative of war; he also wrote a wryly funny and insightful book called CLASS.)
@zensnoopy3032
5 жыл бұрын
oh thank you! - I did not know he wrote a book on this subject
@edholohan
5 жыл бұрын
Fascinating!
@florenceuzoegbu1142
10 ай бұрын
This is very amazing
@alexismarquez3674
2 жыл бұрын
THOSE WHO ATTAIN ANY EXCELLENCE, COMMONLY SPEND LIFE IN ONE PURSUIT; FOR EXCELLENCE IS NOT OFTEN GAINED UPON EASIER TERMS.
@beaucorr2561
7 жыл бұрын
I truly enjoyed viewing this well crafted program! One of the many aspects that I particularly liked was the portrayal of Dr.Johnson's kindness and humanity by showing him adopting the young Jamaican boy and giving him a great start in life both as a person and financially as well...
@josephcampagnolo157
3 жыл бұрын
I read once that Boswell, after he had written a travel book about Corsica, went about prodding others to call him Corsica Boswell, to attach the achievement to his name in the public's mind. It did not catch on, obviously because of the relatively small significance of the work compared to that of Dictionary Johnson.
@alexismarquez3674
2 жыл бұрын
SAMUEL JOHNSON SIMPLY IMPLIES "FOCUSED THINKING".
@parranoya100
6 жыл бұрын
Johnson was a dictionary writing badass!!
@Tsnore
9 жыл бұрын
Johnson with 1700 original definitions in the current Oxford English Dictionary? Fascinating. He lives on in most of us who use the language today.
@pavelmg8109
7 жыл бұрын
using google for best English dictionary brought me here...awesome.
@cozylime_2006
4 жыл бұрын
Here for science
@R.Kinney1492
3 жыл бұрын
40:20; "I will not be bullied!" 🇬🇧
@ENIGMAXII2112
5 жыл бұрын
Ixy.... Many great thank you's be onto you for sharing this with us.....
@Freldiable
10 жыл бұрын
Excellent. Thank you for the upload.
@marieelena
9 жыл бұрын
thanks for the upload...always wanted a copy of his original dictionary.
@muhammedtawseef6332
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@BrandonKratz-ey5qd
3 ай бұрын
I really dig this guy
@elisacas46
10 жыл бұрын
oh my gosh! this chubby guy at the end just cracks me up!!
@HattieMcDanielonaMoon
Жыл бұрын
17:23 Speculation is the enemy of calm.
@mgraimondi-davis8948
11 жыл бұрын
Excellent programme. Thanks for uploading.
@norwegianwood8410
11 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing! Great video.
@PabluchoViision
9 жыл бұрын
Wish we could have had Leo McKern as Johnson.
@johnk.lindgren5940
9 жыл бұрын
kiitos
@ks.tuor369
8 ай бұрын
Why BBC don't make documentaries like that again?
@tallthinwavy3
11 жыл бұрын
Excellent documentary
@thegoodlydragon7452
7 жыл бұрын
I think the word "get" is an example of one of those extremely versatile verbs in English. Usually it means the same as acquire, obtain, or receive. But then what is "getting by?" Are you trying to possess something called by? Obviously not. "Get" can also mean "to become," as in "getting drunk" or "getting fit."
@vierspartan117
4 жыл бұрын
34:44 I knew that I have seen him somewhere before! Sorry, first time searching about him
@HomerSlated
8 жыл бұрын
Where are the references to this allegedly "unbroken 17th century code"? I can think of a few cryptographers who would be very interested.
@michaelynedwards1043
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I wondered how, especially after WW2 , there could really be an unbreakable code designed by teenagers at Oxford.
@rharvey2124
Жыл бұрын
Probably few know of it and/or have an interest in it sadly.
@teepee431
3 жыл бұрын
"plethora": ugh.
@richardgadberry8398
Жыл бұрын
What about his hit sequel, "Dictionary II: The Return Of The Killer Dictionary"?
@monkpato
Жыл бұрын
Such a great episode!
@liubei7276
6 жыл бұрын
Die Vulgäre Analyse
@metalji_20s
5 жыл бұрын
Shlomo fucking Finkelstein aka die vulgäre verfickte Analyse!
@kathleenphillips6445
Ай бұрын
Photographic memory?
@dendicholid3207
6 жыл бұрын
Assalamu'alaikum Wr. Wb. Saya Dendi Cholid Google Dan KZitem Mengucapkan! Selamat Hari Ulang Tahun Alm. Samuel Johnson Ke 308
@dendicholid3207
6 жыл бұрын
Assalamu'alaikum Wr. Wb. Saya Dendi Cholid Google Dan KZitem Mengucapkan! Selamat Hari Ulang Tahun Alm. Samuel Johnson Ke 308
@Albukhshi
5 жыл бұрын
@ 28:20 A true English dictionary, for true Englishmen!
@anonUK
2 жыл бұрын
"A local book for local people!"
@gordonchadwell2412
7 жыл бұрын
What is the name of the song that is played at the beginning of this . I think it is Chopin , but I can not remember. My mother often played the tune on the piano.
@zahria
7 жыл бұрын
Looking at his portrait , it reminded me of 4he former mare of London. Are they relatwd?
@jamesrogers5277
3 ай бұрын
Wasn’t ‘Molly’ an 18thC version of ‘Gay’? (Re graffiti in the student register)
@brianreid5458
8 жыл бұрын
Far - very far - from being unknown when he compiled the dictionary. Inaccurate.
@annafranklin4981
8 жыл бұрын
Oh my! This sounds like Benedict Cumberbatch narrating! Oh gush! Just saw the credits and it is him. Lovely. :-)
@osirismessiah7281
2 жыл бұрын
Hi you seem like a scholar and a very intelligent gentleman I have some questions I would like for you to answer them the first question our so-called black people in so-called people of color or so-called Africans are they Moors the second question our so-called white people hybrid Albion Europeans the third question are Moors the Aboriginal Europeans the fourth question are Moors the Aboriginal Americans
@johnk.lindgren5940
9 жыл бұрын
42,000 words
@pfaffman100
8 жыл бұрын
Why is she not wearing gloves@12:00?
@midwestkatie8068
8 жыл бұрын
oh, yes. I have trouble with every documentary where gloves aren't used. I don't understand how professionals could overlook such a simple procedure!
@bournemouthlass
7 жыл бұрын
+midwestkatie because they actually do more damage than well washed and well dried hands.
@fusionbrowski7197
6 жыл бұрын
pfaffman100
@fusionbrowski7197
6 жыл бұрын
pfaffman100
@bartsteinhauser8452
6 жыл бұрын
Strange how people find it so odd that his wife Tetty was 45 and Johnson was in his 20s,,,no one would even comment if it was the other way round.
@shimry2304
6 жыл бұрын
Strange that you find it strange that people react in accordance with what's around them rather a contrived symmetry
@mikenowacki9729
3 жыл бұрын
yh the lucky dog
@HattieMcDanielonaMoon
Жыл бұрын
There is no issue with Johnson's wife being older than he.
@vanessabaez6692
8 жыл бұрын
Vanessa johnson
@rusnakm
5 жыл бұрын
Read about Johnson's friend and stabbing Italian Baretti!
@r3zaful
6 жыл бұрын
What the fuck im reading
@fusionbrowski7197
6 жыл бұрын
reza wahyu
@cosimocub
4 жыл бұрын
terrif. will make sure to av a luk @ dat dictionary init
@umersal6398
6 жыл бұрын
Why every people are wearing wig ... means going bald was the problem in 17th century as well :D
@zorgzarg9849
11 жыл бұрын
The actor's voice is not nearly as creaky and curmudgeonly as it should be.
@esta1ful
5 жыл бұрын
Ooommgggh i took a course in college entitled “life of johnson”(samuel). Most boring course of my life. 😠😖
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