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.

"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 ..."

Don’t forget the British walk-and-talk. You can’t see the best of Britain unless you walk while you talk.

@finixmoon127

29 күн бұрын

Tom Scott is sweating in the corner rn

@jkkay477

21 күн бұрын

It's not just "the best of Britain". It's "the best... (2 second pause)... of Britain".

@Chris-fn4df

15 сағат бұрын

Freedom to Roam, baby. Wish we had thought of that over here...

"Sometimes being abroad is the only way you can see the best of Britain."

@sawyernorthrop4078

5 ай бұрын

British food made british men the best sailors on earth

@seymouragora7698

5 ай бұрын

@@sawyernorthrop4078 really? I thought it was the Dutch or the Italians, I don't know...

@_jpg

4 ай бұрын

@@seymouragora7698 The Italians?!

@henghistbluetooth7882

4 ай бұрын

I’ve often thought the best way to see Britain is from the Maldives.

@Ghoosteny

4 ай бұрын

Sometimes being Britain is the only way you can see the best of abroad

"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

"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

"Rich tapestry." Classic.

@nicholasvladd

6 ай бұрын

That one made me wince

@TheThingoftheSky

2 ай бұрын

Gotta use the word tapestry here and there.

@FarnazShaheen

Ай бұрын

Hi Joseph

This gives me immense 2008 era comfort. Watching British television on a cold wet grey winters day.

@PantaloonTV

4 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

3 ай бұрын

You hit the nail on the head

@re57k

3 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

3 ай бұрын

I'm with you.

@LennyBennny

2 ай бұрын

@@PantaloonTVone of us,one of us

"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!

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

I particularly liked the host clinking glasses and saying cheers with owner and head chef of the local eatery and numerous off screen locals that he has befriended moments ago.

I actually love these little documentaries about idk... how cheese is made in a small rural town

@ShanghaiRooster

4 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.

@summonerkuro

4 күн бұрын

same! i love watching that kind of stuff

@michaelbread5906

2 күн бұрын

I won't watch a nature documentary if it has people in it. Sir David Attenborough's disembodied voice or bust!

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.

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!!!

I love british documentary type shows so much

*upbeat, adventurous glockenspiel music intensifies*

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.

Жыл бұрын

It isn’t but it’s the best way not to notice the worst of Britain which is everywhere - Brexiteers

@chloiecruz7475

Жыл бұрын

best comment here so far

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

10 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.

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

Ай бұрын

Like the Matrix

I want to play this on my tv to see how long it takes my parents to notice

“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]

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

I love how this is basically every Rick Stein food show😂

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.

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

Жыл 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

Жыл бұрын

I hope so. I'd tune in 😂

@roadbone1941

Жыл бұрын

My parents are English, is this theme of 'sentimentality wonder' really common?

@leopold7562

Жыл бұрын

@@roadbone1941 It must be, they keep making TV shows about it

@Anna-hd5wm

Жыл бұрын

Only slightly inaccurate thing is: it’s also women like Fern Britton, Joana Lumley or Sue Perkins lol

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].

Althought I should first admit that I love these types of programmes, this is still ruddy hilarious.

The fact I'd unironically sit down to watch this and have 0 complaints

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

Ай бұрын

The part where the awkward presenter tries to blend in with the human beings.

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?

From what I’ve seen on PBS, this does encapsulate much of the British television I have been exposed to.

@nelsondaily

2 күн бұрын

Painful bladder syndrome?

@KatherineFtw

3 сағат бұрын

@@nelsondailyPublic Broadcasting Service. It’s a public television set of stations here in the U.S.

Good to see what Will Mackenzie has been up to

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

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!

@meerkat5818

11 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

11 ай бұрын

@@meerkat5818the 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

11 ай бұрын

'looking at lots of things which are nice' didn't clue you in??

@traceya9615

11 ай бұрын

​@@burneraccounthandle😂

@Nephrak

10 ай бұрын

lol, the jokes start immediately

The model for all of Anthony Bourdain and Michael Palin’s shows

This is so hilarious😂…I just love the self-deprecating humor.

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' .

@ModelsExInferis

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

@@ModelsExInferis 'Get Inspired !'

@7yep4336dfgvvh

Жыл бұрын

Bbc? You rascal

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.

Genius!!! Near the phone cabinet saying "this is incredible"!!! 😂 Keep up the great work!!!

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

5 ай бұрын

Just seen tiny tempa the rapper looking at properties for a new programme..and of course the "travelling with my dad" extravaganza 😂

“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

7 ай бұрын

I'm speechless you pretty much nailed it

@boiledelephant

7 ай бұрын

James May is on his way to your location as I write this.

@londonalicante

7 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

7 ай бұрын

You're behind all these TV shows there is no other way you could nail it so well

@Oueax

6 ай бұрын

This perfectly sums up not only British but I think most of European traveling TV shows.

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!'?

@ModelsExInferis

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!).

Well, the first few seconds were enough to win me over to this channel. Utterly funny.

Ah, top Sunday early evening viewing. Mug of tea, plate of choccy hob-nobs, cat on lap, feet up on the dog. Perfect. 😂

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

Жыл бұрын

I swear, I've heard a female voice doing that as well

@MaritimeFox

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget 'holistic' 😂

@markmolloy1497

11 ай бұрын

has there ever been a tapestry that wasn't rich? Can we not experiment with poor tapestries?

@ma_86

3 ай бұрын

@@markmolloy1497😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Brilliant. Just saw this after your Christopher Nola video and now I must watch the entire back catalog

Well done sir ….. I tip my hat… that was brilliant

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

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

9 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

6 ай бұрын

@@roddo1955 spicy

@HuckleberryHim

6 ай бұрын

@@roddo1955 K. Raut, lol, brilliant

@marks9351

6 ай бұрын

"I literally cannot get my head around it"

@user-ee8ux5hg8e

6 ай бұрын

Can we stop filming for a second please but emotional

Why does this docuseries formula still slap though 😂😂

everytime I see this in my feed, I watch it again. it's so good.

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.

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.

For some reason, I just knew the title's font would be in white! And will be all those professional/elegance oriented type-face!

This is STUNNING!!

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

11 ай бұрын

me too hahahahh

@izmadi22

11 ай бұрын

that's the best bit! #tree

@collodion1884

11 ай бұрын

The subtle head nod is perfect

@sasha7966

10 ай бұрын

I would've liked your comment but i'm not a brit

@davidripley2916

9 ай бұрын

. . . I saw a tree once. It was nice. 🎄

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

Brilliant concept! Love a good mockumentary!

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

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.

You made a mockery of British Television that is so accurate, it's basically the intro to a Travel Man episode. Well done

@gleedameister

Жыл бұрын

Wdym Travel Man is the antithesis of this show

@stephenoxf

Жыл 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

Жыл 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

Жыл бұрын

Why they put so much emphasis on White? Native british is white anyways.

@xoire9754

Жыл 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.

Thank you for this. I have now been able to put my TV in the bin.

I was waiting for “so join me” 😂

00:31 the walking up and putting a hand on tree perspective to only say a sentence or two is PERFECT😂

@221b-Maker-Street

10 ай бұрын

Yes, I loved that bit - it's _so_ familiar! 😂

😂 it's just missing the " despite living in poverty the locals are so welcoming and generous "

Every british show feels so ironic even when its not, probably why i love richard ayodas travel man sm

Love the little detail of the shark whipping his tail as he says don't on cue

As someone who's worked on shows like this, I can say this is 100% true

@Talisman09

10 ай бұрын

What

@_ayoung

7 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

6 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

6 ай бұрын

@@_ayoungname names - which programmes? Would love to know!

@caravanlifenz

6 ай бұрын

@@jpip1382 Anything made by BBC.

"So join me on a journey" is the most accurate part of this

It's the music! And that close-up, lean-in. Brilliant!

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

3 ай бұрын

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

@MrPaolo4007

3 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.

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

Жыл бұрын

“I’m going to try the spicy thing! Ooh, Ooh, it’s hot’l

@user-ko4em1vv6p

11 ай бұрын

Literally every travel show

@dionysianapollomarx

11 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

11 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

11 ай бұрын

@@dionysianapollomarxit's funny when he learns all that stuff and the locals still prefer their own local cook than Ramsay lmfao

"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.

even Escape to the Chateau had this energy 😂

I've never watched a travelling show from the UK yet I rewatch this every couple of months and marvel at the pinpoint accuracy of it

Let's be honest, we all love programmes like this.

@smaller_cathedrals

Жыл бұрын

I really, really don't.

@caiden3396

Жыл бұрын

I hate them.

@jakechat2716

Жыл 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

Жыл бұрын

Nope

@YourCRTube

Жыл бұрын

Lol, no, this a commercial at best and a propaganda at worst.

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

Жыл бұрын

@@adayinthelifeofanorthkorea "It's the alright wall of China" might be one of the best things ever broadcast on TV

@adayinthelifeofanorthkorea

Жыл бұрын

@@SaintPhoenixx "It goes on for miles. But so does the M6."

It's the weekend so half the shows are doing exactly this 😂

I love these shows. Keep 'em coming.

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

Жыл 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...

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

Жыл бұрын

What about your new parents?

@aimee9478

Жыл бұрын

I'm neither old, nor an American, nor a parent, but I feel so seen. xD

@unlokia

11 ай бұрын

God bless them. That made me feel really warm towards them. ❤

@scarletcrusade77

11 ай бұрын

@@Bubble170 They'd do the same but ask for Spanish subtitles

@edmerc92

6 ай бұрын

I'm impressed that your old parents knew how to set up the DVR

Such a throwback. Back before KZread, as a kid, my favourite TV content to watch were these copy and paste travel documentaries about very little.

Just come across this - doubled up laughing. So true, so absolutely true.😂😂😂

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

10 ай бұрын

I remember all the Canadian wildlife living hard lives (according to the narrator) and thinking damn this is depressing.

@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co

10 ай бұрын

@@Roddy556Well, all of them except the crack spider.

@Roddy556

10 ай бұрын

@@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co apex predator/gangster

@hannahk1306

9 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.

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.

Basically every travel documentary:

This is literally every British travel TV show I ever watched growing up in the 2000s.

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!

@LouisWinthorpe622

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!

0:53 got the obligatory wistful stare into the distance spot on.

Absolutely spot on. Palin eat your heart out. 😂

@mrosskne

2 ай бұрын

well that's a bit violent

Michael Portillo is rolling on the floor shitting himself laughing

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

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

ok but these formulaic british documentaries are so calming and pleasant

haha.. I actually kinda miss these Brit style docs, now that I've moved back to US after living in the UK for years.. I find American docs are trying SO hard to be SO fast paced and action packed that it feels like even when they're aiming at adults they're treating their audience like 4 year olds with ADHD. UK docs may be lower budget and more slow but at least they talk to you like they expect you to be an adult who doesn't need a jump cut every 5 seconds to stay interested learning stuff.

@DirectorHMAN

Жыл бұрын

Oh yh American TV is horrible to watch, feels like a nightmare with the over editing

@johnmartinez7440

Жыл бұрын

And likely a show like this would be on the BBC, so no advert breaks every 7 minutes

@zaikoji

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I feel we should be thankful for what we have..

@alicerowe4097

Жыл бұрын

And weird 00s Hip Hop music they always have

@mattegan3439

Жыл бұрын

And the constant need for explosions! If it's a show about America's Toughest Cattle Ranchers, it really doesn't need 800lb of TNT going off for no real reason.

I would pay to watch this tv programme. Also don't forget at some point "This changed the world FOR EVER!"

My brain automatically started zoning out because this is too realistic :P

As an aussie, theres nothing better than british tv

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

10 ай бұрын

Yeah they really are and we are hopelessly in love with them for reasons I cant explain.

@neanda

10 ай бұрын

@@backpackbattles4176 because they're the perfect type of bland when one is hungover

@hereyougofirst

10 ай бұрын

me too

@scooterdooter

7 ай бұрын

@@backpackbattles4176 Well, they ARE all about YOU, so ... narcissism?

@backpackbattles4176

7 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.

the actual awful thing is, this is one of the best intros ever and would have me instantly hooked

@falcon989

9 ай бұрын

Yes, waiting expectantly for the "Tree" episode.

@rachelcookie321

7 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

7 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

5 ай бұрын

Me too ❤ I love these shows. They would play on PBS in North Carolina when I was a kid