"Sometimes taking a vacation in Spain is the only way to see the best of Britain"
@thedrycleaners3086
Жыл бұрын
Best comment
@badger6882
Жыл бұрын
you're not far off. it is very british
@matiasrisso5917
Жыл бұрын
I'd say you see the worst of Britain, crowds of drunk tourists.
@WojciechP915
Жыл бұрын
Sometimes *COLONIZING AFRICA* is the only way to see the best of Britain.
@munjee2
Жыл бұрын
Algrave more like
@catmando7262
Жыл бұрын
"I'm on a quest to find out the answer to a question the experts knew the answer to years ago..."
@pawsonalpetcare
Жыл бұрын
"...and one that nobody is asking or cares about."
@johnmartinez7440
Жыл бұрын
"Fortunately, we don't trust experts in this country anymore, so I've got a licence to talk shite"
@oskar5724
Жыл бұрын
😂
@thephoenixsystem6765
Жыл бұрын
Centuries, usually
@danielhartley13
Жыл бұрын
"... answers you could probably google in 30 seconds ..."
@SneedFeedAndSeed
3 ай бұрын
"Sometimes being abroad is the only way you can see the best of Britain."
@sawyernorthrop4078
3 ай бұрын
British food made british men the best sailors on earth
@seymouragora7698
3 ай бұрын
@@sawyernorthrop4078 really? I thought it was the Dutch or the Italians, I don't know...
@_jpg
3 ай бұрын
@@seymouragora7698 The Italians?!
@henghistbluetooth7882
2 ай бұрын
I’ve often thought the best way to see Britain is from the Maldives.
@Ghoosteny
2 ай бұрын
Sometimes being Britain is the only way you can see the best of abroad
@c2fish1
6 ай бұрын
“As I travel, one extraordinary place at a time” “Seeking stories in every corner of the British Isles” “I discover how traditions are kept alive in the bustling, modern landscape” “Finding the unsung heroes and hidden treasures” “Each place has its own story to tell” Following which: • The presenter will knock on someone’s door and be greeted like an old friend, with the camera crew already be inside the house. • The presenter will reflect on their life choices by staring into a lake • They’ll get “lost” in a local market or trail, only to bump into someone who helps them out • Said local will be conveniently an expert in every topic being discussed, but the presenter will ask lots of questions that imply they already knew the answer • The presenter will ‘stumble across’ a local cultural event, which they will then be invited to play the central role in • They will meet a local artisan who invites them to have a go at crafting something, which will be surprisingly good • They will go on about how things have been “unchanged for centuries” • the presenter will come across an injured animal that needs saving • The presenter will finish by talking about the unbreakable bonds they’ve formed with those they met • They will also leave holding a priceless souvenir
@nicholasvladd
6 ай бұрын
I'm speechless you pretty much nailed it
@boiledelephant
5 ай бұрын
James May is on his way to your location as I write this.
@londonalicante
5 ай бұрын
@@boiledelephant James May? Script leads to him randomly bumping into this guy called Jeremy. I just can't imagine clarkson fitting the role of the charming, authentic rustic. "Jeremy is a rather opinionated old soul, who knows a lot about transport machinery. Jeremy invited me to watch him punch a runner for failing to sort out a decent meal, as is tradition. He lost his job for this, and immediately got a better paid one on another channel, as is tradition in these parts."
@DaDocDuck
5 ай бұрын
You're behind all these TV shows there is no other way you could nail it so well
@Oueax
5 ай бұрын
This perfectly sums up not only British but I think most of European traveling TV shows.
@mattparkin7224
Жыл бұрын
"That might be the best thing I've ever eaten, I'm not even joking" was the most on-point line... I'm not even joking
@Alex-hp2rs
Жыл бұрын
Especially the way he was leaning forward
@jacksonwatkinson7912
Жыл бұрын
999 likes, I’m not even joking
@mattparkin7224
Жыл бұрын
@@jacksonwatkinson7912 mental
@bernardlicot2680
Жыл бұрын
Also with the background utensil sounds
@mostafaa_dz
Жыл бұрын
And that subtle but intense munch
@theroaringdino7263
Жыл бұрын
"I've been up and down the country" is the default opening line for BBC scriptwriters.
@capitalb5889
Жыл бұрын
It does sound better than “left and right”
@wordlespoems
Жыл бұрын
Well Ig it depends which area it is, there’s a difference between Chile and Europe
@aclark903
Жыл бұрын
Finding the 1% of rural folk who think like us liberals in London...
@obergruppenfuhrer-
Жыл бұрын
Ah yeah, the propaganda channel that works for British government
@Radi0he4d1
Жыл бұрын
someone explain the concept of north and south to them!
@ericturner4857
2 ай бұрын
"This is stunning" - (walking through an industrial estate in Milton Keynes)
@edithbannerman4
Ай бұрын
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
@MagentaOtterTravels
Ай бұрын
Right?! SO FUNNY!
@johnnybravo9096
Ай бұрын
Our industrial estates are the best. I've seen many a discarded faded skips packet get caught in an updraft in my lifetime, a source of national pride.
@troywright359
13 күн бұрын
Tbh it's still a nice place.
@nathansharma87
3 ай бұрын
This gives me immense 2008 era comfort. Watching British television on a cold wet grey winters day.
@PantaloonTV
2 ай бұрын
as someone whose never been to the UK, I also used to watch british television on a cold wet grey winters day.
@jackm5564
Ай бұрын
You hit the nail on the head
@re57k27
Ай бұрын
This video is oddly nostalgic to me because as a child, I've always had a weird obsession with television programmes from abroad.
@topsuperseven7910
Ай бұрын
I'm with you.
@LennyBennny
Ай бұрын
@@PantaloonTVone of us,one of us
@TiresiasAfricanus
Жыл бұрын
My brain instinctively started to relax as it prepared itself for a slightly informative & quirky documentary.
@brianthesnail3815
Жыл бұрын
Definitely agree with you there. Its uncanny. I knew it was a parody, but I could still feel myself relaxing. It's like morphine. After 20 minutes nobody remembers what the programme is really about. Nobody cares. It's all the chopped editing cutting it into small bite size drizzles of loveliness. Not enough to really get your teeth into and concentrate on and not so superficial you switch over the channels.
@latteknowsbest6365
Жыл бұрын
Same 💀
@ChineduOpara
Жыл бұрын
This thread is full of FACTSSS 😅
@barbiedoll44
Жыл бұрын
@@brianthesnail3815 right! i found myself in the middle wishing it was a real documentary
@Mussi93
Жыл бұрын
This personifies so well how people see Americans and Brits differently. American shows are loud, over the top, have severe ADHD and are cringy. British shows are gentle, well spoken, soothing and are also cringy.
@highdownmartin
Жыл бұрын
And as philomena says “ I’ll be starting a sentence in one place” “And finishing it in another “ AND SHOUTING AT HELICOPTERS
@deadvodka
Жыл бұрын
I need to see this
@user1111AB
Жыл бұрын
the bbc must have pissed their pants from excitement when they figured out this trick in the 70s.
@H0n3yMonstah
Жыл бұрын
David Attenborough was the first to do it, so I've been told.
@JessWilsonvideos
Жыл бұрын
@@user1111ABand only mere years before the release of unrelated Belgium techno anthem, "Pump Up the Jam".
@pemo2676
Жыл бұрын
@@JessWilsonvideos the only useful timescale
@JosephByrne
5 ай бұрын
"Rich tapestry." Classic.
@nicholasvladd
5 ай бұрын
That one made me wince
@TheThingoftheSky
27 күн бұрын
Gotta use the word tapestry here and there.
@FarnazShaheen
6 күн бұрын
Hi Joseph
@elektra81516
3 ай бұрын
I actually love these little documentaries about idk... how cheese is made in a small rural town
@ShanghaiRooster
2 ай бұрын
The funny thing is sixty or seventy years ago these are the kind of short films which would have been made by the COI for showing (mostly) abroad, presenting a rosy view of Blighty. The difference between then and now is that then the older film would have had a disembodied voice-over, whereas now you have to put up with a celeb and often the show is as much about the presenter as it is the subject; sometimes more so.
@collectivecommentary123
Жыл бұрын
The other half of British TV is like "Sarah is a 23 year old nurse, living with a condition where half her face is slowly peeling off her body."
@greenghoul157
Жыл бұрын
This, middle aged British people moving into houses way nicer than yours and channel 4 having a lot of naked people
@alexixwb
Жыл бұрын
😂
@cisium1184
Жыл бұрын
That's my favorite show after _The Crazy Old Lady Detective Whose Appearance at Any Village or Great House Inevitably Means Someone Is About to Be Murdered, Yet No One Ever Avoids Her or Asks Her to Leave._
@cliffontheroad
Жыл бұрын
@@cisium1184 You inspire me Cisium. But I am not sure if inspire is the correct word. LOL or smiley face? I thought your titled spelled something, but it is just good. Your show title is Too Long to fit in the TV Guide
@BAxeWarrior
Жыл бұрын
Any show about a rare disease that only 10 people on the planet have there always seems to be someone from the UK that has it.
@mrsundaymovies
Жыл бұрын
Love this show, glad they renewed it
@TheCromptonParkinson
Жыл бұрын
This is the greatest crossover ever.
@jomo999
Жыл бұрын
Green trivia time?
@TheDisorderuk
Жыл бұрын
Rodney?
@Funkeyman
Жыл бұрын
The show is called the blue Isle which is a reference to blue harvest the working title for the original star wars
@HomeworkRadio
Жыл бұрын
@@TheDisorderuk RODNEY!!!
@RC79100
7 ай бұрын
As a TV composer of several hours of factual entertainment, I can confirm the accuracy. I’m incredibly impressed you did this without notes from the execs, commissioner, finance department and two dogs that were shitting outside the offices during the viewing though
@LittleShepherdBoy
7 ай бұрын
It's PAINFUL how accurate this is.
@corinbryant4517
Жыл бұрын
There's also usually an emotional moment where they try really hard to cry and say "Sorry can we stop filming for a moment?"
@entropybentwhistle
Жыл бұрын
To maintain the drama the film crew is sworn to secrecy that it was purely a potty emergency…”Montezuma’s Revenge!!!”
@mostafaa_dz
Жыл бұрын
They’re too flabbergasted by the food 😭
@tghooker5123
Жыл бұрын
Those are usually saved for the transformation shows.
@charleswhite758
Жыл бұрын
These comments are too funny🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@Roddy556
8 ай бұрын
@@tghooker5123they'll slip one in whenever a poor person does something nice for them or they listen to someone's tale of personal hardship.
@leopold7562
Жыл бұрын
As a Brit, I'd be offended by this generalisation. But I can't be, because it's so bloody accurate. Scarily accurate. In fact, I'm half expecting it to be a genuine series by September...
@jack-a-lopium
11 ай бұрын
The Baby Boomer generation, you mean? Yes, they *are* affectionately known as 'the worst generation'. They'll all be gone soon enough, then humankind can be free!
@5050TM
11 ай бұрын
I hope so. I'd tune in 😂
@roadbone1941
11 ай бұрын
My parents are English, is this theme of 'sentimentality wonder' really common?
@leopold7562
11 ай бұрын
@@roadbone1941 It must be, they keep making TV shows about it
@Anna-hd5wm
10 ай бұрын
Only slightly inaccurate thing is: it’s also women like Fern Britton, Joana Lumley or Sue Perkins lol
@pendafen7405
6 ай бұрын
1:03 "this is...stunning" as he ambles across what looks like a scabby Sunday league footie pitch-cum-local-park (a bit of crap field, really) somewhere in the North-East
@timotheatae
25 күн бұрын
PITCH WHAT LOCAL PARK
@RevStickleback
6 ай бұрын
The celebrity travelogue thing really was kicked off by Michael Palin going round the world in 80 days, and it's amazing how different that was. It was actually about him travelling, as in the actual travel part, and who he happened to meet, and the things that happened while he was doing it. Now they go to other countries, driven from one pre-arranged set-piece to another, no doubt staying in top hotels, with virtually everything scripted.
@Fernweh1965
5 ай бұрын
That's because these are more people that will do them harm than there used to be
@RevStickleback
5 ай бұрын
@@Fernweh1965 It's not. Many places in the world are not more dangerous, and often less dangerous, than they were back then. Nobody going to film in Japan or Korea, for example, needs to be protected. It's because the people who make these shows want guaranteed 'segments' of things they think the viewers will find interesting, which typically involve reinforcing stereotypes or doing something bizarre. They have no interest in showing the country as it is. They just want to show them what they think the viewers expect to see.
@Fernweh1965
5 ай бұрын
@@RevStickleback I can see you've given this some thought but travel with a known person with extremely expensive equipment makes you a target. Certainly the middle east, Africa, South America and the USA are not places you can go without substantial risk. It's a lot different to going there solo or as a couple.
@RevStickleback
5 ай бұрын
@@Fernweh1965 That is true, but the same, completely contrived set-up, clearly just being bussed in from hotel to location and back, applies anywhere in the world, regardless of the danger in each country. Zero spontaneity, and zero insight, as they just reduce each country to a picturesque cliché.
@barkershill
4 ай бұрын
Very true ,and what’s more the finished program is usually all about THEM , and the amazing places and people they have travelled so far to film are just kept in the background
@davidpanton3192
Жыл бұрын
Did you not have the budget for standing on top of a hill being filmed from a helicopter?
@Espen.Johannesen
Жыл бұрын
And an unlimited budget for employees to make your intro/outtro grphics ?
@clarewillison9379
Жыл бұрын
Helicopters are so last millennium. Drones are the only way for middle-aged white men to be seen from on high in the 21st century. 😉
@auxmobile
Жыл бұрын
we've got drones for that now, so all the budget goes to new shirts, always tucked in of course...
@Blitterbug
Жыл бұрын
Like Brian Cox, eh?
@milesmcquillen1885
Жыл бұрын
@@Blitterbug Does Brian Cox always tuck his shirt in?
@AbsoluteMotivation
Жыл бұрын
Watching videos like this is really the only way to see the best of Britain
@maxsuki75
Жыл бұрын
facts
@finnkdy
Жыл бұрын
Yip, Dion Dublin can stay at home.
@grovert4life
Жыл бұрын
have you tried walking?
@Ron.S.
11 ай бұрын
It isn’t but it’s the best way not to notice the worst of Britain which is everywhere - Brexiteers
@chloiecruz7475
11 ай бұрын
best comment here so far
@AliSidTex
2 ай бұрын
We watch it because it's comforting. Like a hot pie and chips, it doesn't matter if we've had it a million times, it always makes you feel like the world is good.
@maaziy_ghaziyIYI
9 күн бұрын
Like the Matrix
@alancawfield6549
6 ай бұрын
I love these types of shows, genuinely.They're just nice relaxing easy to enjoy TV.That's why they keep getting recommissioned.
@edithbannerman4
Ай бұрын
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
@roadwayrona
Ай бұрын
But they could still a bit less cliché and less pompous maybe?
@mrosskne
13 күн бұрын
@@roadwayronathen they wouldn't be authentically British
@therealdatenshi
Жыл бұрын
Only thing this is missing is an occasional laugh to show that the presenter is a very nice and caring person who gets along with people
@samaraisnt
Жыл бұрын
Yes they missed the necessary salt-of-the-earth type interaction where he converses with a cab driver or farmer, that’s where they usually get the human laugh in so that we know he’s not like other posh/middle class tophs…bonus if they do some kind of building and they show him doing exactly 30 seconds of it. He turns to the camera and goes “This is harder than it looks!” Dripping in sweat down his period piece tunic.
@howardchambers9679
Жыл бұрын
I liked this comment to be the 75th person to like it. I don't like odds and even numbers, they make my brain itch. I implore anyone else to not add a like to make it 76. I couldn't bear it. Please be kind 😢
@TedEhioghae
Жыл бұрын
0:41
@dicksonwells4836
Жыл бұрын
@@TedEhioghae omg that’s it haha
@JudyCZ
Жыл бұрын
@@TedEhioghae Yeah, exactly. Thats obviously the scene where the presenter is having dinner with the wonderful local people he's instantly best friends with and who showed me the real [insert place].
@alchemispark7751
Жыл бұрын
The worst Thing is is that 90% of the time I would still actually watch it because no matter how formulaic it is it works
@MagicCardboardBox
Жыл бұрын
Hey, chocolate cake has a formula everyone follows, it still tastes great
@WhirlwindHeatAndFlash
Жыл бұрын
@@MagicCardboardBox Exactly, everyone makes the same chocolate cake every day and it still tastes delicious.
@christosyal5883
Жыл бұрын
I’m guilty of this 🤦🏻♂️
@waynedexter
Жыл бұрын
How often are you eating chocolate cake though?
@carstarsarstenstesenn
Жыл бұрын
watch anthony bordain instead. rip to the legend
@ianrod1969
4 ай бұрын
The best thing about this, and there are many great things, is that it parodies TV shows that haven't even been made yet.
@danuk2136
4 ай бұрын
Just seen tiny tempa the rapper looking at properties for a new programme..and of course the "travelling with my dad" extravaganza 😂
@gars129
7 ай бұрын
As a puertorican who went to Britain one sunny afternoon, it was really exciting to see the gritty dickensian suburbs by train and perfectly manicured country clubs ive seen a million times in media. Also, London is just undeniably gorgeous.
@PBurns-ng3gw
2 ай бұрын
Dude, Britain doesn't have sunny afternoons. I think you were in Portugal.
@RiDankulous
Ай бұрын
I spent three days in Britain and every one of them were sunny. Apparently I bet the odds!
@Animefan8050
9 ай бұрын
Until the jokes in the second half, you genuinely can't tell it's a parody, this is probably the most accurate parody I've ever seen! Top job!
@awrightmate5818
9 ай бұрын
Should've left the jokes out and made it more discrete, like the old Onion News parodies, would've been much funnier imo
@NobuxD
9 ай бұрын
@@awrightmate5818the joke tends to die if you let it linger for long, the jokes actually made me chuckle. I was expecting to see a DrWho commercial coming up next.
@burneraccounthandle
9 ай бұрын
'looking at lots of things which are nice' didn't clue you in??
@traceya9615
9 ай бұрын
@@burneraccounthandle😂
@Nephrak
9 ай бұрын
lol, the jokes start immediately
@Jaymetal95
Жыл бұрын
Within the first few seconds I was thrust back into my mother’s living room, having dinner after school waiting for this show to end so I could watch Top Gear this is so damn accurate
@esthergift8373
Жыл бұрын
So true!
@richardbound8335
Жыл бұрын
To be fair Top Gear is also a show about white men with tucked in shirts so fair play
@salvatore2004
Жыл бұрын
The good old days
@lankyGigantic
Жыл бұрын
Wasn't Top Gear on a Sunday?
@bobbyboyderecords
Жыл бұрын
Same and your mother was bringing me a nice cup of tea
@baldrbraa
Ай бұрын
Don’t forget the British walk-and-talk. You can’t see the best of Britain unless you walk while you talk.
@nironeko2242
14 күн бұрын
Exactly😅..which mean you don't even paying attention to your surrounding..
@ddkW123
2 ай бұрын
Good to see what Will Mackenzie has been up to
@CorridorJ
Жыл бұрын
The ‘cheers’ shot is so accurate haha
@tghooker5123
Жыл бұрын
It was done so well I actually thought people were they with him.
@Nigel4
Жыл бұрын
That was the best bit 😂
@SagaciousFrank
Жыл бұрын
The fact that the "Cheers!" and laughter comes right after him saying, "And I've also been abroad doing all sorts of expensive things you could never afford to do" is brilliant, like he's really rubbing it in everyone's face.
@charleswhite758
Жыл бұрын
Always "Cheers!" said to camera after sipping any alcohlic drink, and some childish reference to not getting drunk. When discussing a whiskey business, they always say tongue-in-cheek "I drew the short straw to investigate this terrible story which necessitated me tasting whiskey". The joke has worn thin.
@chrisstucker1813
3 күн бұрын
The part where the awkward presenter tries to blend in with the human beings.
@laurabarss3543
Жыл бұрын
“As I embark on a journey”, “in my quest to” and the scene of them dining or drinking with a group of the locals are musts
@zonesquestiloveunderworld
Жыл бұрын
And of course smiling and laughing with the locals, whose smiles and apparent camaraderie immediately dissipate once the camera stops filming xD
@JesseP.Watson
Жыл бұрын
That's my daily routine.
@WinstonSmithGPT
Жыл бұрын
Thank God for the locals whose job it is to live locally. They’re always so different from the rest of us who are non local.
@charleswhite758
Жыл бұрын
And remember to show the tedious sequence of the meeting with the local expert - the approach walk and handshake. "Who Do You Think You Are" classic for this waste of time. Most of the show is footage of hand-shaking with local experts.
@AI-di7ll
Жыл бұрын
So as we say in [insert rural English area famous for one thing here]! Have a good day and [insert regional colloquialism here]
@PeGaSus230
2 ай бұрын
This is so hilarious😂…I just love the self-deprecating humor.
@venetianlion
4 ай бұрын
Genius!!! Near the phone cabinet saying "this is incredible"!!! 😂 Keep up the great work!!!
@ClothesCat
Жыл бұрын
As a foreigner that has watched a lot of BBC: This is accurate.
@lws7394
Жыл бұрын
Not quite . No programme without a reference to one of the many wars of the glurious empire ...When Brittain was 'Great' .
@ExInferis.
Жыл бұрын
@@lws7394 Sovrinty, innit!
@SpywareEverywhere
Жыл бұрын
He still hasn't "escaped" the BBC yet as is evidenced by his ethnic self-derision at the end. Organizations such as the BBC smile with satisfaction at a job well done when they see that.
@lws7394
Жыл бұрын
@@ExInferis. 'Get Inspired !'
@7yep4336dfgvvh
Жыл бұрын
Bbc? You rascal
@captainross4706
8 ай бұрын
Always that emotional moment 2/3 of the way in, “so my great grandfather helped lay a part of this track?! Omg I’m going to need a moment to take this all in”
@roddo1955
8 ай бұрын
"Yes... and if we look here on this page....Can you make out the writing? It's very faint. We see that he actually fulfilled his dream of becoming a machinist. It's in german but I will translate: " Johan K. Raut drove trains from west-to-eastern Europe between 1941 and 1945....oh...."
@SGProductions87
5 ай бұрын
@@roddo1955 spicy
@HuckleberryHim
5 ай бұрын
@@roddo1955 K. Raut, lol, brilliant
@marks9351
4 ай бұрын
"I literally cannot get my head around it"
@user-ee8ux5hg8e
4 ай бұрын
Can we stop filming for a second please but emotional
@iainjmclaren
2 ай бұрын
This reminds me of Charlie Brooker's 'How to report the news' sketch. Like this one, the parody absolutely nails the standard format.
@CliveOmelet
6 ай бұрын
You're absolutely brilliant, Michael. Wonderful.
@hg82met
Жыл бұрын
You should ask the BBC to commission a series in which you dig up a bit of broken pottery from your garden and over eight one-hour episodes, you build an entire backstory for civilisation from it based purely on conjecture and hearsay.
@RichWoods23
Жыл бұрын
"Ritual purposes!"
@Espen.Johannesen
Жыл бұрын
Theese potteries is not from England, but from central Europe, and must have been transported here. But how?
@EricaNernie
Жыл бұрын
Oh briiliant! Can't wait for the Geophys machine thingy to do its bit.
@RichWoods23
Жыл бұрын
@@EricaNernie Is that the machine which goes 'Ping!'?
@ExInferis.
Жыл бұрын
I used to watch a lot of those, I really like them! And because I've watched a lot of them, I am now an expert in... Pretty much anything that ends in "ology" (there's an old BT joke there for anyone as old as me!).
@dorkbrandon4422
Жыл бұрын
This tells me that we've practically been watching the same show over and over again since early 2000's
@imamoronand9199
Жыл бұрын
information is useful and people like it being presented in the a familiar predictable way. for Americans this is an overly excited man with a deep voice who repeatedly teases what’s to come in the episode, for Brits this is this. I wouldn’t say it’s the same show, just the same package for new information
@dorkbrandon4422
Жыл бұрын
Yeah I know I know I was taking the piss , it's actually Nostalgic in an annoying way
@gorangbo
Жыл бұрын
Yes
@colonelsanders4006
Жыл бұрын
If you want to watch quality, non-pretentious British docs check out any series with Fred Dibnah from the BBC. Mainly focused on industrial heritage/steam age but great mid 00s nostalgia and well worth a watch.
@MNizamee
Жыл бұрын
You are noticing Stuck Culture.
@isaaclai1636
2 ай бұрын
The fact I'd unironically sit down to watch this and have 0 complaints
@MarkJT1000
2 ай бұрын
This is so true. You get a 2 minute intro telling you what the series is going to cover followed by another 2 minutes telling you what this episode is going to cover. And then about 5 minutes in the show starts. All too often you're not actually seeing Britain or whatever but the presenter doing various acts or stunts like milking a cow, making pottery or flying a zip wire. Its not about the scenery, its all about how great the presenter is.
@hg82met
Жыл бұрын
You "travel around again" so us poor plebs won't have to. We thank you for your service.
@Sorrely1
Жыл бұрын
What with ticket prices , petrol prices, rail strikes and a lousy bus service, it’s only tv companies who can afford to bypass all the chaos.
@ahartify
Жыл бұрын
And saving us having to fill in all the Brexit travel forms.
@Brs-od8mx
Жыл бұрын
@@ahartify I've travelled alot since Brexit. Aint filled in one single form...
@pulchralutetia
Жыл бұрын
Us poor plebs cannot afford to travel anywhere.
@manmoth4
Жыл бұрын
Yeah but one time a rich pleb sent a poor pleb and we got An Idiot Abroad
@finnlawrence-knight221
Жыл бұрын
Michael Portillo has been really quiet ever since this came out.
@Mr3keestylee
Жыл бұрын
which is not unwelcome
@Tao_Tology
Жыл бұрын
He's not quiet, he's just very far away, doing expensive things.
@hg82met
Жыл бұрын
He's wintering in Spain. Rich, middle-aged, white men do do that.
@peterrenn6341
Жыл бұрын
It's his trousers which are loud
@Tao_Tology
Жыл бұрын
@@hg82met 'middle aged' ? Maybe 15 years ago.
@mantabond
3 ай бұрын
Well, the first few seconds were enough to win me over to this channel. Utterly funny.
@G-fo9uv
7 күн бұрын
The 'that might be the best thing I've ever eaten' moment is perhaps the most accurate representation of British TV I've ever seen.
@AI-di7ll
Жыл бұрын
If I had a quid for every time the word "tapestry" has been used in intros for these lone man exploring type programmes 😭🤣🤣
@charleswhite758
Жыл бұрын
You missed out the adjective "Rich", lol. It's a cliche rich environment.
@Abominatrix650
11 ай бұрын
I swear, I've heard a female voice doing that as well
@MaritimeFox
11 ай бұрын
Don't forget 'holistic' 😂
@markmolloy1497
9 ай бұрын
has there ever been a tapestry that wasn't rich? Can we not experiment with poor tapestries?
@ma_86
Ай бұрын
@@markmolloy1497😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@thebristolbruiser
2 ай бұрын
A white person? In Britain? WHAT THE FUCK I’M GOING INSANE!!!!!
@mariog4707
3 ай бұрын
Just come across this - doubled up laughing. So true, so absolutely true.😂😂😂
@BrooklynBigAl
Жыл бұрын
As an American with admittedly limited exposure to British Television, I can confirm that every Brit docuseries that makes its way over here follows this blueprint for an opening. From the music to the voiceover to the driving to the food-tasting and finally to the tucked-in shirts. Nailed it!
@micmac99
Жыл бұрын
Let me guess, you saw it on a PBS station during pledge drive, and they offered a tote bag with the show's logo on it, or an artistically rendered drawing of the host
@christosyal5883
Жыл бұрын
@@micmac99 As a Canadian, that’s just one option available to us. We also have CBC, TVO, and Knowledge Network
@samhilton4173
Жыл бұрын
Why wouldn't you tuck in your shirt?
@frailvoid5844
Жыл бұрын
@@samhilton4173 nice to air out the torso every now and then
@dickJohnsonpeter
Жыл бұрын
I am confused about the tucked-in shirt bit. I always wear shirt stays attached to my shirt and socks when tucking in a shirt and they're brilliant. Oh well.. have to look your best.
@ayeitburns1
Жыл бұрын
I have to keep telling myself this is a skit and not a real show, it's too real
@rosiefay7283
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, some of those early shots were scarily similar to Coast.
@mollyfilms
Ай бұрын
I stopped watching tv 10 years ago. But this is spot on even back then.
@jamesl9371
2 ай бұрын
The model for all of Anthony Bourdain and Michael Palin’s shows
@CelestialScripts
10 ай бұрын
I absolutely broke at "Tree." The expression, the single word delivery, my gosh, as a Brit I can confirm that you've nailed this. 😂
@mittyxxx8791
9 ай бұрын
me too hahahahh
@izmadi22
9 ай бұрын
that's the best bit! #tree
@collodion1884
9 ай бұрын
The subtle head nod is perfect
@sasha7966
8 ай бұрын
I would've liked your comment but i'm not a brit
@davidripley2916
7 ай бұрын
. . . I saw a tree once. It was nice. 🎄
@PurpleNurpleSPN
9 ай бұрын
As someone who's worked on shows like this, I can say this is 100% true
@Talisman09
8 ай бұрын
What
@_ayoung
6 ай бұрын
Same. I think I've ground my teeth down behind the camera from all the forced cringe I've had to film because the executive insists on limiting the rest of us to their paltry imagination.
@CrampavanAdventures
5 ай бұрын
You know what would be great. If producers/executive etc listened to the ones behind the cameras. You know the ones that went to college/uni etc to learn the art.. instead of some office dweller. Haha. It's the same in any media company. It's always the higher ups that ruin the art. @@_ayoung
@jpip1382
4 ай бұрын
@@_ayoungname names - which programmes? Would love to know!
@caravanlifenz
4 ай бұрын
@@jpip1382 Anything made by BBC.
@robintaylor7374
2 ай бұрын
This is so accurate for the current trend in UK TV. I always have to fast forward the trailer, within a programme that youvr already decided to watch!
@edithbannerman4
Ай бұрын
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
@MrPaolo4007
Ай бұрын
This was the same format for any given intro or prelude on cable television in the US for at least the 2010 decade, including especially most any documentary associated with travel or some news assignment on CNN.
@bartman999
4 ай бұрын
I just saw the intro to Robson Green's Weekend Escapes, and it is literally that!
@trevorholland5032
Жыл бұрын
You made a mockery of British Television that is so accurate, it's basically the intro to a Travel Man episode. Well done
@gleedameister
11 ай бұрын
Wdym Travel Man is the antithesis of this show
@stephenoxf
11 ай бұрын
Travel Man is literally a parody of these kinds of shows, it's supposed to be everything that these shows aren't. Why bring that up rather than anything else?
@emmajean8631
11 ай бұрын
@@stephenoxf I think that was the point - this satire of a travel show (the video) sounds like another satire of a travel show (Travel Man).
@TheKitMurkit
11 ай бұрын
Why they put so much emphasis on White? Native british is white anyways.
@xoire9754
11 ай бұрын
@@TheKitMurkit What? What's nativeness got to do with it? The emphasis on it being a white middle-aged man is because it's only white middle-aged men that can make a show about nothing just because they want to make a show. It's not really any deeper than that. It's not even about being white, since a show made by a 21 year old white woman is never about travelling Britain under some vague conceit. In short, it's because it emphasises that these shows are cookie-cutter and all the same. And also, they put as much emphasis on being white as they did being middle aged or a man. I don't know why you honed in on race.
@TS-jd9qs
Жыл бұрын
00:31 the walking up and putting a hand on tree perspective to only say a sentence or two is PERFECT😂
@221b-Maker-Street
8 ай бұрын
Yes, I loved that bit - it's _so_ familiar! 😂
@peterclarke7006
3 ай бұрын
Ah, top Sunday early evening viewing. Mug of tea, plate of choccy hob-nobs, cat on lap, feet up on the dog. Perfect. 😂
@robwhitmore3040
5 ай бұрын
Brilliant. Just saw this after your Christopher Nola video and now I must watch the entire back catalog
@ParisianWeetabix
Жыл бұрын
I got a lot of respect for this man because there's no way i could say the line "this might be the best thing I've ever eaten, I'm not joking!" without immediately wanting to punch myself in the face
@GoggledAgog
Жыл бұрын
Is the Weetabix good in Paris?
@ParisianWeetabix
Жыл бұрын
weetabix is good everywhere
@smashbrew2039
Жыл бұрын
Why would he punch you in the face all you did was eat weetabix in Paris and with the fellas
@zonesquestiloveunderworld
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like you just can't handle the Best™ of™ Britain™
@Frank-wr2nf
Жыл бұрын
Weebatix
@joedredd1168
11 ай бұрын
Let's be honest, we all love programmes like this.
@smaller_cathedrals
11 ай бұрын
I really, really don't.
@caiden3396
10 ай бұрын
I hate them.
@jakechat2716
10 ай бұрын
Agreed. For me it's because they're just easy to watch lol and i don't have to put effort into paying attention. They make good background noise.
@harisshakil2040
10 ай бұрын
Nope
@YourCRTube
10 ай бұрын
Lol, no, this a commercial at best and a propaganda at worst.
@RailFireProductions
2 ай бұрын
This is just lampooning Rick Steves. I love it.
@noonecares514
Ай бұрын
This is literally every British travel TV show I ever watched growing up in the 2000s.
@RFPEJ999
Жыл бұрын
😂 it's just missing the " despite living in poverty the locals are so welcoming and generous "
@ProjectFlashlight612
Жыл бұрын
"I've been driving around a lot and not looking at the road." Every second of this is totally accurate, and hilarious.
@petegarnett7731
Жыл бұрын
Not looking at the road--I'm still waiting for the accident.
@BadgerWay
5 ай бұрын
Brilliant concept! Love a good mockumentary!
@QthePhysicist
4 ай бұрын
It's the music! And that close-up, lean-in. Brilliant!
@co9221
Жыл бұрын
"So join me on a journey" is the most accurate part of this
@metallicakixtotalass
Жыл бұрын
As an American who is a little too fond of British things, this is perfect, and also I would probably still watch it. Which is also why Philomena Cunk is so brilliant, because she parodies this exact format so perfectly, "It's hard to believe I'm walking through the oldest city in the world. Because I'm not - that's in Iraq, which is fucking dangerous."
@charleswhite758
Жыл бұрын
Brasseye is another good parody of the cliched BBC newsreader style. I think they banned it in the end.
@adayinthelifeofanorthkorea
Жыл бұрын
Are you familiar with An Idiot Abroad with Karl Pilkington? If not: you are in for a treat
@johnr797
Жыл бұрын
@@adayinthelifeofanorthkorea head like a fuckin' 🍊
@SaintPhoenixx
11 ай бұрын
@@adayinthelifeofanorthkorea "It's the alright wall of China" might be one of the best things ever broadcast on TV
@adayinthelifeofanorthkorea
11 ай бұрын
@@SaintPhoenixx "It goes on for miles. But so does the M6."
@user-rd8fc4qt5t
Ай бұрын
Thank you for doing this. The words are what we say every time we see one of these (we avoid them these days)
@Luigiman-rc9fi
20 күн бұрын
The cheers bit always gets me. So good.
@therisashow
10 ай бұрын
As a Canadian kid, this was pretty much how every wildlife show started. It kinda gave me goosebumps. My brain hasn’t heard this before, but it’s HEARD it before 😮
@Roddy556
8 ай бұрын
I remember all the Canadian wildlife living hard lives (according to the narrator) and thinking damn this is depressing.
@mehere8299
8 ай бұрын
@@Roddy556Well, all of them except the crack spider.
@Roddy556
8 ай бұрын
@@mehere8299 apex predator/gangster
@hannahk1306
8 ай бұрын
Except we don't just do this for wildlife documentaries in the UK, it covers so many different genres for no discernible reason! Some of them I wouldn't even call documentaries, they're just minor celebs doing "stuff". It even covers renovation or home improvement programmes or even people looking for a house or people buying / selling other things. So many different programmes I can't even put into a category.
@elaineclift2227
Жыл бұрын
Don't forget to start each programme showing us where you are going, go in to the break showing us where you went and what is to follow, come out of the break reminding us what we have seen, and finish the programme showing it all again....(repeated on Wednesday....).
@anhaicapitomaking8102
Жыл бұрын
The aristocracy knows we plebs are a bit thick...
@dobythedog
Жыл бұрын
That drives me mad. Before the ads, they tell us what's going to happen after the ads, then when we're back from the ads, they spend 10 minutes showing us what they did before the ads. Do they think we have goldfish memories?
@Pur9leRain
Жыл бұрын
That’s so Channel 5, am I right!
@lukejay
Жыл бұрын
The Mitchell and webb show did a sketch just like this
@danielhartley13
Жыл бұрын
I'm looking for a gift for my aunt
@Neil_TheShiningMile
7 ай бұрын
This programme will always be found on BBC 2 on a Sunday evening at around 19:00.
@CitizenSmith-xu4sv
2 ай бұрын
Brilliant......some light relief from madness decending on this country
@sparky4878
Жыл бұрын
0:53 got the obligatory wistful stare into the distance spot on.
@Mukyoukai
9 ай бұрын
As an American, I always thought this was just our own stereotype of the British shows that managed to become famous over here. I didn't know many of them really were like this!
@backpackbattles4176
9 ай бұрын
Yeah they really are and we are hopelessly in love with them for reasons I cant explain.
@neanda
8 ай бұрын
@@backpackbattles4176 because they're the perfect type of bland when one is hungover
@hereyougofirst
8 ай бұрын
me too
@scooterdooter
6 ай бұрын
@@backpackbattles4176 Well, they ARE all about YOU, so ... narcissism?
@backpackbattles4176
6 ай бұрын
@@scooterdooter haha yeah probably. Though also love a good foreign adventure too. Used to watch a lot of BBC’s Simon Reeve who does this exact style but around the world.
@buyelanim
Ай бұрын
Why does this docuseries formula still slap though 😂😂
@austincromwell
2 ай бұрын
Absolutely spot on. Palin eat your heart out. 😂
@mrosskne
13 күн бұрын
well that's a bit violent
@TayWoode
Жыл бұрын
Every BBC documentary ever, always feel like you’ve never actually learned anything when it’s over
@samaraisnt
Жыл бұрын
This.
@zonesquestiloveunderworld
Жыл бұрын
Most of the time all you do is watch a middle-aged man or woman potter around while narrating their superficial understanding ponderously. They're mostly only worth watching for the pretty locales and stunning natural landscapes.
@louiseogden1296
Жыл бұрын
I started to feel that the foreign locals were actually milking the producers for every penny and wilfully lying to get it. I don't blame them -- these shows are very 'white saviour' and it's comforting to think about what's actually going through their heads.
@tghooker5123
Жыл бұрын
The journey is the point.
@randomgoats
Жыл бұрын
Unless it's David Attenborough, but then again he's not middle aged
@jhboob
Жыл бұрын
Not only British TV but almost every other travelogue show there is. Don't forget the food crawl segment where the host chats with the "local expert" or where the host goes to the local market and taught how to haggle in their native tongue by the locals.
@domakkeiss2271
11 ай бұрын
“I’m going to try the spicy thing! Ooh, Ooh, it’s hot’l
@user-ko4em1vv6p
10 ай бұрын
Literally every travel show
@dionysianapollomarx
9 ай бұрын
Only Bourdain or Ramsay’s shows ever manage to make those in ways not cringey. Not over the top, feels real, and you’re in the middle of the journey to learn as they do, without the benefit of the Google alternative. Every other show up on Food Network in the 2010s felt off, sometimes the host felt as if they hated the job.
@realrich338
9 ай бұрын
"i'm at the rich. diverse and vibrant market in where rich, diverse and vibrant locals have been doing market stuff for generations. Ooh look, there's a camel"
@NobuxD
9 ай бұрын
@@dionysianapollomarxit's funny when he learns all that stuff and the locals still prefer their own local cook than Ramsay lmfao
@totodos
10 күн бұрын
it's so accurate. It's always random celebraties just doing things😭 If it starts like this, my parents guaranteed will watch it, whereas i won't care less hahaaha
@jag6138
7 ай бұрын
'Driving round a lot and not looking at the road.' Nailed it 😂
@channeltotalplane
Жыл бұрын
Nothing beats the classic: TONIGHT I wear a hat Richard wears a hat and James, wears a hat
@en2p187
Жыл бұрын
Heck, let's get that tree in on our hat wearing
@CamiloSperberg
Жыл бұрын
And on that bombshell it is time to end
@TheEvilCheesecake
Жыл бұрын
gets a tiny bit hungry and punches a producer
@Mr_Fancypants
Жыл бұрын
*try's to light a rocket* " It must be damp 🧍♂️ "
@caribstu
Жыл бұрын
And James wears a stripy jumper.
@JustA.J
9 ай бұрын
the actual awful thing is, this is one of the best intros ever and would have me instantly hooked
@falcon989
7 ай бұрын
Yes, waiting expectantly for the "Tree" episode.
@rachelcookie321
6 ай бұрын
I feel like I could imagine Jeremy Clarkson or something genuinely doing an intro to a tv show just like this with the parody intact.
@victorleoncio1079
5 ай бұрын
@@rachelcookie321 I think all those series starring Philomena Cunk in various settings are quite the parody of shows like these, only with a twist: instead of someone knowledgeable, they put an utter moron as host
@ChristinaFromYoutube
3 ай бұрын
Me too ❤ I love these shows. They would play on PBS in North Carolina when I was a kid
@littlemissevel3607
3 ай бұрын
My brain automatically started zoning out because this is too realistic :P
@archive6094
5 күн бұрын
I want to play this on my tv to see how long it takes my parents to notice
@plixplop
11 ай бұрын
As an American, I can confirm that my old parents would definitely stumble across this show at random while channel surfing, be instantly enamored and set up the DVR for the rest of the season.
@Bubble170
10 ай бұрын
What about your new parents?
@aimee9478
10 ай бұрын
I'm neither old, nor an American, nor a parent, but I feel so seen. xD
@unlokia
9 ай бұрын
God bless them. That made me feel really warm towards them. ❤
@scarletcrusade77
9 ай бұрын
@@Bubble170 They'd do the same but ask for Spanish subtitles
@edmerc92
4 ай бұрын
I'm impressed that your old parents knew how to set up the DVR
@6lancmange
Жыл бұрын
Dear god. My dad watches a lot of these travel/cuisine/architecture/whatever documentaries from BBC. This video really catches the essence. I was squirming while watching this.
@louiseogden1296
Жыл бұрын
Yours too, eh??? Lemme guess, he has a sixty inch telly which makes the BBC2 logo induce seizures in the entire village? Because you just know this is BBC2 in a nutshell.
@fromthefountofyouth
Жыл бұрын
Say what you want but Grand Designs is brilliant though!
@jack-a-lopium
11 ай бұрын
They'll be gone soon enough... the BBC that is. I used to say that we'd be worse off without them, now it's become painfully obvious that we'd all be better off when they're gone... surprised BoJo got rid of them, they are mostly his press-office, seems like a bit of an own goal...
@TheActionTourist
Ай бұрын
Love the little detail of the shark whipping his tail as he says don't on cue
@kotyjarreau8400
7 ай бұрын
A few seconds in and i was already drawn to the rest of the season of this lmao
@Pepespizzeria1
Жыл бұрын
Terrifyingly accurate, up there with we going to tediously watch someone buy a house and live in it
@boiledelephant
Жыл бұрын
"So, as we covered previously, David, who you don't know, has bought a house and is now living in it, which I think we can all agree is basically a good thing."
@youcanlearnalotfromlydia
Жыл бұрын
@@boiledelephant Will David put up the shelves of his dreams? Find out next time on Coverage of people buying a house and then living in it!
@DonTagliatelleRaviolli
Жыл бұрын
That and it's evil twins: 'looking around 3 houses and deciding not to buy any of them' and 'getting 2 designers to do a virtual reality mock up of how they would like to decorate your living room and then taking a few cues from both their ideas and adding a few of your own'.
@FringePrincess
Жыл бұрын
@@boiledelephant I love finding m&w fans in the wild
@FilmSetView
Жыл бұрын
Oh yes, the reality shows. Yuk!
@videomaster8580
Жыл бұрын
I would pay to watch this tv programme. Also don't forget at some point "This changed the world FOR EVER!"
@suyasuman
7 ай бұрын
this is so great, so spot on
@karlstriepe8050
Ай бұрын
I love these shows. Keep 'em coming.
@anitaa6404
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant ! Not just white men -think of Susan Calman and Joanna Lumley. Also they always visit a really tedious local museum , go painting with a local artist and marvel at some painting they've produced then join a troop of Morris dancers and chuckle at what fun it is in the local pub afterwards!
@oight
Жыл бұрын
hahahaha
@celestialgurl12
Жыл бұрын
Finally someone mentioned Susan calman- in all seriousness I really like her travel programs This video is also accurate lol
@alistairthompson8311
Жыл бұрын
I think we can blame Michael Palin for starting this trend. One of the better ones is Paul Merton.
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