I love the train conductor just constantly laughing at him as he suffers. The dude's an angel.

@christiangeiselmann

5 жыл бұрын

I found it profane and stupid. Not meanng the guy, rather the editor basing the entire scene on this and hardly anything else.

@nukeacitrus883

4 жыл бұрын

@christian Yeah, it would’ve been nice if they stuck a lamp in there and filmed the inside of the engine. That’d be interesting, I think

@NM-qj6qr

4 жыл бұрын

yaa

@bcaye

4 жыл бұрын

I think the man has probably done it himself enough to have that privilege.

@rOBvAN878

4 жыл бұрын

Divorce? Hahahahaha

i like how he shines the spot light like directly in that guys face lol 14:46

@pigman4084

5 жыл бұрын

Chuck Aule right?!

@gmoo84

4 жыл бұрын

I just saw that and had to look for this comment😂 straight in their faces!!!

Tony Robinson may be the best sport in human history. I have the highest admiration for him and all those involved in this show.

@abba6497

3 жыл бұрын

I thought you said tommy Robinson for a second

@Ryan-vg4wn

2 жыл бұрын

just watched him eat some sort of worm soup in another video - have to agree with you.

@Davidofthelost

2 жыл бұрын

Love it when he’s blinding his staff and officials with the big light at 14:35

@nathanschumacher3772

2 жыл бұрын

Mike Rowe too.

Tony Robinson and Mike Rowe need to team up and do a historical vs modern day worst jobs ever show. I saw Mike Rowe go down with some modern day sewer workers. They basically had to clean the machinery that keeps a city sewer system functioning. It was absolutely horrible work! Some things have not evolved much at all. That would be a great show with their two zany personalities.

That little boy looked so uncomfortable but immediately he brightened up when Tony teased him, so cute, Tony's awesome

@WillowTDog

3 жыл бұрын

"What are you doing up there?" "I'm cleanin'!"

I might have missed my calling as a herring caller

@mikesully110

3 жыл бұрын

I work in IT in a school, any Herring Caller jobs going? I'd sign up

@juliesheard2082

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, perfect for meditation!

@adriennebolles711

3 жыл бұрын

You get fresh air and Cannabis was widely avail medicinally since 1700, so write a couple Sea Shanties and float away.

Many men in my family worked on the railroads during this era up until WW1. I glad this shines a spotlight on some of the work they did. Same with the farmers. I also have farmers in my family.

@OOO_BARRACUDAAA

10 ай бұрын

What did you end up doing for work?

"A jolly good bang though you've got to admit" Saucy minx.

@liztukenmez

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking....I'm going to remember that one!!

@frankwilliams4445

3 жыл бұрын

Oi m8!! Care fo' a spot o' tea good chap?

@frankwilliams4445

3 жыл бұрын

Oi govna I'm Bri'ish

@paulsteele8614

3 жыл бұрын

She enjoyed that bang it seems

@frankwilliams4445

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulsteele8614 Ello govna!

that engineer laugh is so awsome and hearty .

Geez, all that lethal, backbreaking work, I'd take being a herring caller any day!

@lonewolf209

5 жыл бұрын

Seriously, sign me up.

@918Venice

4 жыл бұрын

Emily Roberts Is that an episode that I’ve missed??

@918Venice

4 жыл бұрын

Ah hah!

@molliebell1221

2 жыл бұрын

amen sister

@Davidofthelost

8 ай бұрын

Just bring a book to read and look up now and then.

I love how Tony is always enthusiastically happy after he's done whatever is being demonstrated.

I'm so glad this is uploaded to youtube

Omg that train conductor, he's lovin' it 😹😹😹

As someone with pet rats when he pulled the rat out of the hay stack and the rat was just like •-• it made my day because they really are just squishy and confused lmao

@tyrous1743

2 жыл бұрын

Was most definitely a pet rat. A wild rat would try to get out of your hand as soon as possible.

@QueerCripple

2 жыл бұрын

I've had rats in the past and that made me so happy too! I miss my ratties, but I am broke and have no space to keep them

@Cheepchipsable

2 жыл бұрын

That rat was pretty passive. A feral one would have bitten him to the bone.

@Livikyu

2 жыл бұрын

My rat used to curl up on my neck under my hair and doze off. She lived to be nearly four!

@dragonfell5078

2 жыл бұрын

@@QueerCripple wdym just let them loose in your house they'll be fine

Tony is a national treasure, don't even try to tell me he's not.

@cygnusfloyd

5 жыл бұрын

He's so great even us yanks love him.

@melissamartel9172

4 жыл бұрын

As a Canadian I vote to make him a treasure of the Dominion.

@alynicholls3230

4 жыл бұрын

@Jeremy Brookes well tony has the right kind of knighthood, he has the one seen as a stepping stone to lordship, not the lower one given to stars etc.

@willatwood

4 жыл бұрын

Paul Adams to politically correct the first comment, we Americans don't call ourselves yanks anymore and we like this guy only because 95% of us believe this guy is Mr. Bean.

@wayneking6772

4 жыл бұрын

He's brilliant

Honestly is my first show host or whatever he is, he is the best! I love how he actually try’s all these things, and he’s just got a great personality.

@matteocaira3731

3 жыл бұрын

to

@gabrielapollard9684

3 жыл бұрын

You’d probably like the show “dirty jobs”. It was really cool to see the host trying all of these modern jobs that you still get your hands dirty in.

@robertcronin6603

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely

@robertcronin6603

2 жыл бұрын

@@gabrielapollard9684 yep ..Mike Rowe is very charismatic and fun to watch...he can sing remarkably well, also.

@dkupke

2 жыл бұрын

He is best known for playing Baldrick in the Blackadder miniseries. The character is a lot like what you see here; a downtrodden commoner forced to do the most demeaning tasks by his masters. Probably why he got chosen to host this show.

I think they should have included Tony Robinson in the "farm vids" team of Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn, Alex Langlands. Or borrowed him for the Railway series.

I actually had to pick rocks as a kid for my grandparents' farm. It does suck, but I did find some cool quartz rocks doing it!

"I don't think ... we can imagine it Tony " *mournful reflection * " "explosion time"

Well, I guess we now know why Victorians were big on flowers! The every day stench of the city must have been incredible!

@Cheepchipsable

2 жыл бұрын

Perfumes in general were used to douse the stench, and lime. Wasn't till the houses of Parliament stunk so bad they decided to clean up the Thames.

3:24 - With the way the furnace is designed, it looks like it has two eyes, a nose and the opening makes the mouth. Not seeing Tony but hearing his voice come out of the furnace makes it look like the furnace is talking. I nearly choked on my food with laughter 😂😂😂

Suddenly, breaking down boxes in a supermarkets warehouse doesn't seem that bad... XD

As they described the Thames in Victorian times, with sewage, trash and dead animals, I suddenly thought of the Mighty River Ankh from Discworld, and began to wonder if the water back then was polluted enough to be flammable...

@brij5778

3 жыл бұрын

Some definitely were flammable. The Cuyahoga River in Ohio caught fire at least a dozen times from the 1860s to the 1969.

@thegreattortoiseom

2 жыл бұрын

Ankh-Morpork is definitely heavily inspired by London (as well as a bit of New York hence the nickname the great Wahoonie, a play on the big apple and the great wen (London)), so I'm pretty sure that the Ankh is the Thames. I'm currently read Raising Steam again and this is such a fitting episode to watch.

Washing my dishes doesn't seem so bad anymore, thanks for the motivation.

5:18 “jolly good bang” My American ears have never been happier to hear something so horrendously British

How can you not just love Tony Robinson, he's such a good sport.....I wouldn't want to try any of these old jobs.

The way he held that rat... poor rat, all he wanted was the nibble and be loved

That train conducter is a savage 😂

That why rock brakeing was given to prisoners to do. 🤔 it seems the more I watch of these the more I hear sayings and curses we use now. Like "I've got a bone to pick with you."

@davidclarke6117

4 жыл бұрын

I am just a mom doing the best I can yeah that’s very true

@thomasvandevelde8157

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, obviously, popular culture goes a lot deeper than people think. There´s the history of the rich, but the language contains the real, deeper history of the people as a whole. As Napoleon said, ´history is just a set of lies agreed upon´ and he was pretty right... Nothing ever got written down about the commoners. In our language (Flemish, which is officially Dutch but it´s totally not because of it´s historical content being different) we got the same ´feudal´ background mixed. That´s why I try to keep a record of what is a slowly dying language: proletarian dialects, so to speak.

@nullvid

2 жыл бұрын

Are you really doing your best?

I thought he was going to say "One for the rock, one for the crow, one to rot and one to grow" was an old saying Victorians had about their kids, not about their crops

48:16 -- so true, so true. Nice tribute, Tony

XD shines everyone directly in the face except for the park inspector

I like Tony Robinson as the presenter.

@swearenginlawanda

3 жыл бұрын

SIR Tony. He got knighted . Well deserved. First intro to him was on first series Time Team. Funny. Got to watch him age.....gracefully

Twas Christmas Day in the Workhouse. The Master called down the halls "Do you like your Christmas Dinner?" The inmates answered "BALLS!"

I’m getting claustrophobic just watching him getting into the engine . No amount of $ could make me do that

@AlpenTree

2 жыл бұрын

My thoughts too

My grandfather worked as a tanner by the river. It's shutdown now, but you could smell it in parts of town depending on the wind

I've never been happier that smellovision hasn't been invented yet.

Wonder what people 100 years from now will think the worst jobs of 2018 were?

@RidingJapan

6 жыл бұрын

joemackey1950 probably lower middle class xD

@invisibleman4827

6 жыл бұрын

I can think of a couple: 1) Call centre worker 2) Slaughterhouse worker 3) Bin man 4) Dishwasher 5) Anything on a zero hours contract

@antcommander1367

6 жыл бұрын

jobless?

@theutopianoutopioan464

6 жыл бұрын

joemackey1950, About 100 years from now, robots might be doing all the work, especially if and when a technological singularity happens

@Muis83

5 жыл бұрын

Police officier is my first guess

Lmao I love how the first guy just repeatedly laughs at Tony, non stop. "Oh you liked that did you".

15:19 British people are hilarious without even trying

never knew i'd be so happy to hear Baldrick narrating and presenting a documentary.

@Cheepchipsable

2 жыл бұрын

He's done millions of them. Hosted Time Team for over a decade.

That little boy just looked happy going up the chimney

@sirmounted8499

3 жыл бұрын

yeah because it's for fun

Please expand this series to other time periods (ancient, bronze age etc) and cultures (jobs, technology and the way things were done differed a lot)

@MrAngry3232

2 жыл бұрын

They have

@DreamBelief

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrAngry3232 I've seen every episode they've made. I'm requesting they expand beyond that. There are still plenty of eras (my examples of bronze age and ancient haven't been done) and cultures (they haven't done any others at all) they could use.

@toastercatx

2 жыл бұрын

@@DreamBelief the problem with going that far back in time is that we simply don't have enough information about everyday life to make programmes like this. Much as I would love to see it myself, they're would be too much guessing going on to make it particularly informative. P.s the reason they didn't cover other cultures was because this series is about British history. P.p.s these were filmed more than a decade ago, I don't think they're still taking requests.

I must do say , you get right into everything ! Impressive !

Herring calling would've been my thing, there are lots of pleasant things to do while watching the sea, like practising an instrument, archery, exercising, carving wood, or simply fishing yourself

"they got stuck and couldn't get out, it was a tragic life" won't be very long tho if they can't get out

I’m surprised that Robinson (and the other chap) were allowed to clean out that “ashpan,” on Health and Safety grounds. Getting that dust into your lungs would not be conducive for your longevity.

So Herring Callers we’re essentially the Walmart Greeters of Victorian England 🤷🏻‍♂️ Coo, coo.

Doing what you did in the hay. Sticking your hand in there blindly then locating and picking up a rat. Man to man, that took crazy balls!

I love Tony! What a trooper!

All of the Tony Robinson videos are among the best on the web. But the sound mixing is just inexcusable.

I know that tannery smell. I lost my home after high school, and had to live near one for a couple weeks. X( It's the worst smell I've ever smelled, even above the Washington District of Columbia city morgue, and we had two corpses in the back seat of the hearse. Still, I'm seriously blessed compared to the peeps in the Victorian period. I at least finished high school, and was fed! :D

@DreamBelief

2 жыл бұрын

We are definitely better off. I would've likely died in a workhouse. No youth refuges and disability pension back then. Even when I lived on the street for a bit I could still get food, water and other necessities without having to do such awful jobs

The last time I heard from Tony, he had a brilliant plan.

@GiGiGoesShopping

3 жыл бұрын

I think you mean cunning plan 🙃

"A jolly good bang though, youve got to admit."

a jolly good bang

This is simply amazing. Love it and Tony Robinson is a national treasure.

She was right. You couldn't imagine what the explosion would be like. The "special effects" proved that statement out quite well.

@Cheepchipsable

2 жыл бұрын

Not so much the explosion, but the concussion combined with the fear of being buried in pitch black. Doesn't take much, especially in a confined space. Even having a tyre burst at 30 PSI is quite shocking and disorienting.

Tony: visibile suffering Train conductor: *happy laughter*

Ahh, an oldie but a goodie.

@united0019

6 жыл бұрын

HistoryMarche quite literally

That herring call made my day XD Thanks for these incredibly interesting videos!

As someone who did irrigation for a couple years I must agree, digging gets old pretty quick!! That train conductor!😂🤣

@Cheepchipsable

2 жыл бұрын

Reminded me of Rory from Who Dares Wins.

i love the evil cackle of the train driver. gold

What a Star Tony Robinson is! 👍👏👏👏

Baldrick! (inside train's fire box) What are you blathering on about?!

Breathing soot is really bad and so claustrophobic in a chimney. Eyes went bad too.

@eleanademera6371

4 жыл бұрын

I am just a mom doing the best I can My step dad was a coal miner all his life staring at 12 using a horse and cart to help pull carts of coal out of the mine. He was born in 1912. He's been through mine explosions several times seeing his family members and close friends die in the mines. He'd tell stories and I couldn't believe what kids had to do then even tho it was outlawed it still went on. He developed black lung from all the coal dust. I imagine those children sweeping out the chimney's did as well. Makes me really appreciate the time I live in. No matter how bad I think I have it it definitely could be much worse.

26,000 rats at 3d. apiece works out to 309 guineas and 11 shillings. That's a big rat bill.

Fire your sound engineer

@dighyfveirfuveifbuv4420

5 жыл бұрын

It's total garbage . They put Tony's voice-over on top of other conversations . I can't understand a word , it gives me a headache . Every episode is like this.

@nejiniisan1265

5 жыл бұрын

Using headphones improves the bad mixing, at least I was able to hear Tom.

@m4rs12

5 жыл бұрын

I think instead of clip-on mic, they were using sound boom to record the audio

@Aquatarkus96

5 жыл бұрын

The mixing is so bad, music louder than voice, people talking over each other. like wtf?

@candicehoneycutt4318

4 жыл бұрын

Aquatarkus It's probably to avoid the copyright

dude when he disappeared into train boiler reminded be of Alice an wonderland of Alice going thru door an straight disappears an all u hear is talking lmaoooooo

Oh my lord this man is hilarious! So glad I stumbled on these documentaries!

Sir TR is such a good sport for trying these jobs at least 😁👍🏼

If I had a boss like the train conductor I'd happily clean that ash pan and firebox lol he seems like a jolly fellow

wood ash can also be used to make lye for cleaning

@eleanademera6371

4 жыл бұрын

Lenore Van Alstine yes

That was no wild rat! I worked in steel mills where there were plenty of rats.

@Cheepchipsable

2 жыл бұрын

Let's say, a mildly peeved rat.

@DreamBelief

2 жыл бұрын

Of course not. They're not gonna make him stuck his hand in there and grab a wild rat that will likely bite and could make him sick

Thanks!

I have done mud larking at the Thames and it was quite fun, I was looking for fossils, jewellery, sailor clay pipes, etc. and found all sorts of things but I have to admit after a while doing it your skin feels dry and itchy because of all the chemicals going in the water, you can find tons of videos here in youtube of people doing it.

Great show😃

Lol, the way he blatantly shines his Hi-Beam into the crews faces.

Thank you very much.

Very good song by the band Genesis about a group of Navies building the railway called driving the last spike.

I've been enjoying your videos. They have a lot of great information on how things were done back in the day, some of the jobs actually look like fun. However, you need to boost the audio bigtime. It's really quite weak and a detriment to enjoying these otherwise fine videos.

@Cheepchipsable

2 жыл бұрын

They are fun if you do them for 5 minutes, but not when you do them for 12 hours in a confined space, ill fitting shoes, (assuming you had them), and your hands would be red raw and end up like leather mittens with cracking skin etc. then add someone screaming at you to go faster...

@DreamBelief

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cheepchipsable everyone's different. What some find intolerable others can quite enjoy. Yes, things like bad shoes make it harder, but you can still legitimately find some fun even working every day for your entire life

That rat was adorable

@funkeediscotek

5 жыл бұрын

Also watching them shave the cow hide was relaxing

I just finished watching 24 hours in the past.

@TheAmy_

3 жыл бұрын

Can u send me links plz been looking for ages

The soundtrack overwhelms the narration at times. Terrible sound!

i have no doubt the moment i was old enough to work out how to kill myself id of been off

ITS BALDRICK FROM THE BLACK ADDER !!!!!! I’m LOOSING IT I AM A FAN. FAN GIRLING RIGHT HEEEERREEEEE !!!!!!!!

@icecoldlemon2462

6 жыл бұрын

I’m 23 years old but watching him in the black adder opened a whole new world for me really. I am so happy. Literally off of my rackets

@internetpolification

6 жыл бұрын

Check out a Time Team then. It’s Baldrick, by the way

@stevenwebb3634

4 жыл бұрын

I have a cunning plan

@nullvid

3 жыл бұрын

@@icecoldlemon2462 who tf cares

The engine cleaner jobs makes me feel claustrophobic

lol the train guy is cracking me up he's awesome

3:50 That laughter is my top 1 laughter ever. "Enjoyed that, did ya? ha ha ha Ha HA!"

The dehairing of leather is the most satisfying thing to watch...

This series is addicting. Greetings, from South Dakota to our brothers across the pond. Been a lot of talk about white privilege in politics lately. Watching this series you realize that was far and few between. The last bit about the tanner was tough to watch.

Fun program. Pity some parts have been cut out.

Oh god... i tried to watch this while eating. Had to pause the tannery bit at some point 😆

i went to the bluebell railway with my dad and we enjoyed our visit when i watched the first part of this i can imagine tony robinson character baldwick from blackadder doing some of those jobs in this episode.

@Cheepchipsable

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Mr Ploppy and his wife.

So happy I didn't have to live through that crappy era.

Boy am I glad we don’t have to smell the smells poor Tony did while filming this episode! Excellent show!

seeing tony in distress with some of these jobs is satisfying 😅 guy gets stuck in absolute legend

My oldest ancestor with a known profession other than yeoman farmer, was a... tanner in a small French town in 1784.

I’ve had to do the dibbing thingy on a farm but with a little shovel ad it truly is the worst

Herring caller doesn't seem to shabby. If I was one back then I'd just bring an easel and take up painting if I could. Or if I was literate write poetry or stories (maybe see if I couldn't get my hands on a typewriter or something) while looking out over the landscape. Would be pretty serene especially if I could put up some sort of shelter for bad weather.

I layed asphalt for two seasons. They have all the big equipment for the people doing whole roads, but I was on a patch crew. A busy day for us was 24-32 tons shoveled and raked by hand.