Can't believe the BBC broadcast this. This should be classed as a historic record. Many thanks for the upload.
@davidreece412
7 жыл бұрын
one of the best programmes of the 70's wish they would show this on telly again .👍
@DrTWG
23 күн бұрын
What a touch - getting so many to read from their personal letters - even the captain . Very clever the way they made Wilf fit for broadcast without spoiling the atmosphere of the show - those Officers loved it ! Fantastically well made documentary . The BBC used to be good (apart from the sexual predators) .
@johnjones-ch5sh
7 жыл бұрын
The documentary reflects extremely well on the crew. All are very comfortable with being the subject of what was and still is a superb historical record.
@dougieb2159
3 жыл бұрын
agreed
@dougieb2159
3 жыл бұрын
one of the best documentaries EVER made in my opinion, a superb piece of film making
@derekeagles1608
4 ай бұрын
Great docu saw me old mate from Yeovilton (Soapy Watson).
@ayokopeke2182
7 жыл бұрын
every one has an important role, from the bottom of the ship to the captain of the ship.they were also fighting homesickness, but at least, they were in group gossiping
@TheRealNoodle2012
10 жыл бұрын
I start basic training at HMS Raleigh in February. Watching how the navy was back then is mad. Please upload more if you can these are class
@jonathanlegg4308
Жыл бұрын
How did you get on in the Navy?
@edmund184
7 жыл бұрын
24:20 certainly ahead of its time. This is the sort of thing we get on Channel Four every evening.
@nrjelley
Жыл бұрын
That version of Blackbird Bye Bye killed me laughing. Would never get away with that these days lol
@Trek001
2 ай бұрын
That version was repeated on a documentary about the sea trials of _Queen Elizabeth_ when still in the builder's hands... A very ancient CPO had been on _Ark Royal_ and recounted it and they played a few moments
@servicekid7453
Жыл бұрын
22:12 very open-minded of the captain to let his wife attend swinging parties while he’s away! 🤣🤣
@quentinreece6812
2 жыл бұрын
I was on the Ark when we had a run ashore to the Cocky Sailor for Underpant night, man my hole was stretched to the max for hours
@curtdog0616
7 жыл бұрын
Yes! Swinging Party at the Thomas's. Knew it.
@dfolt
6 жыл бұрын
We did RAS with HMS Lyness in June 1980 during a Passex of our training ship Deutschland A 59 in the Bay of Biscay.
@servicekid7453
Жыл бұрын
16:14 they used a Buccaneer as a mail van 😭😭
@SteamboatWilley
3 жыл бұрын
>solid stores >beer hold up!
@curtdog0616
7 жыл бұрын
"Jim Reeves" is pretty good actually.
@paulhughes7282
6 жыл бұрын
Curtdog 47
@sundelight8230
2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic
@ockeghem35
9 жыл бұрын
Conjugal visits!
@DebrinaDiary1
10 жыл бұрын
Fab!
@ljtoymaker
7 жыл бұрын
Debrina PE
@FelixIsMyName
7 жыл бұрын
Would the modern Navy allow a moral booster like Wilf?
@Trek001
4 жыл бұрын
Yes... Wilf is embarked on HMS Queen Elizebeth - the ship's twitter page confirmed it when he was spotted on a documentary
@downlink5877
Жыл бұрын
@@Trek001 think it's just another puppet from that range. The original Little Wilf is in a pub.
@curtdog0616
7 жыл бұрын
20.47; Sports pages!
@robertkelly220
11 жыл бұрын
why did we ever get rid of our aircraft carriers thanks Maggie
@neildahlgaard-sigsworth3819
6 жыл бұрын
rob kelly no, that was a decision made in the 1967 Defence Statement. That was the Wilson government.
@stevenbevis9290
Жыл бұрын
Decision was announced in the commons 22/2/66 along with scrapping of space program !
@stevenbevis9290
Жыл бұрын
Correct was Harold Wilson government .
@mrnatascorpus
9 жыл бұрын
I've wasted my life
@henryvagincourt
8 жыл бұрын
+Natas Corpus If you didn't join the navy yes.
@james03pearce
4 жыл бұрын
I’m joining as a marine engineer
@jonathanlegg4308
8 ай бұрын
@@james03pearceDid you join buddy? How's it going?
@Joe-bm4wx
4 жыл бұрын
Bringing your wives aboard the supply ship?? That's unthinkable today
@terranceparsons5185
3 жыл бұрын
I have to say that the wilf show is garbage. But I guess those poor sods of sailors literally had nothing else.
@richierich1971
10 жыл бұрын
The upper class laughing heartily at a song about rape.
@henryvagincourt
8 жыл бұрын
+Richard Goodall What?
@UncleBoratagain
4 жыл бұрын
Extremely unfair for just two of the military pilots to be able to have sex on a five and a half month trip when only biffing is available for everyone else: Blackadder 1 level of sliminess. Really embarrassing negative in the whole documentary.
@lachyt5247
4 жыл бұрын
Ohh piss off. There were cabins available and the pilots were the first to put in the request.
@Cous1nJack
3 жыл бұрын
It’s Jack. They have the means of getting to and fro being pilots. I expect the rfa boys kept them warm other times.
@UncleBoratagain
3 жыл бұрын
@@lachyt5247 Lachy are you military? Why do you think a matelot deserted to try and see his newborn child? It is imperative that officers are NOT seen to enjoy greater family privileges...
@chrisg3517
5 ай бұрын
@@UncleBoratagainthe Royal Navy has a few hundred years of history of preferential treatment of officers over seamen…
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