Roger Moore reciting Tommy Atkins by Rudyard Kipling. From The Paul O' Grady Show, Thursday 13 December 2007.
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@brightonmick5 жыл бұрын
Back again to hear the perfect recital of Tommy Atkins. Not forgotten.
@purplepoppyz
3 ай бұрын
I keep coming back too. Who would have thought a celebrity would so genuinely appreciate our soldiers. Brilliant poem recited by a brilliant man ❤
@therealhannoverfisk14 жыл бұрын
This is the story of all professional soldiers, at all times, in all places.
@-Thunder-Warrior-
4 жыл бұрын
It's still true! Hundred or so years on and we're still fucking struggling.
@randys2911
3 жыл бұрын
@Claudius How bout fuck you foo. Till you walk in a soldiers or sailors boots.
@deaconfelix7539
3 жыл бұрын
you probably dont give a shit but if you're bored like me during the covid times you can watch all the new movies and series on instaflixxer. Been watching with my girlfriend lately =)
@jadkylan7774
3 жыл бұрын
@Deacon Felix Definitely, have been using instaflixxer for months myself :)
@pierrejeppsson4674
2 жыл бұрын
If you ever get a chance to read the translated version of Beowulf, i highly recommend it. Same kind of story, except it’s more so about transitioning to a “peaceful” life. And it was written between 700-1000 AD…..
@Ivanhoe216 жыл бұрын
Bravo Sir Roger. Spoken from his heart, he was in the Army too,,although he always plays his past life down. A credit to Britain.
@ant18200615 жыл бұрын
this is such a powerful peom and sir rodger reads it so well and with real passion, he truly believes it and he is dead right, we all claim to be so proud of our military but by god we treat the public can treat them like shite.
@percy12714 жыл бұрын
Kipling's tommy always brings a tear to my eye, just like Enigma by Elgar. For I have heard these at too many returning parades for my brothers, but I do not shed a tear for their passing, I shed a tear for the time I will not have with them, for one day soon I will meet up with them at the great reorg in the sky.
@headcage434816 жыл бұрын
a brilliant reading of a classic that is sharply appropriate to our times.
@naismith66615 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of an engraving I read once at Gibraltar: God and the soldier all men adore, In times of trouble and no more. For when war is over and everything righted, God is neglected and the old soldier slighted.
@rs44252 жыл бұрын
My annual viewing of this powerful piece.. . Thank you, "Simon Templar".
@bruanhardrada924910 жыл бұрын
An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool -- you bet that Tommy sees!
@upthegills275 жыл бұрын
Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem called Tommy. There is a line in it that, I think, goes likes this - 'It's Tommy this and Tommy that and Tommy go away, but it's thank you Mr Atkins when the band begins to play'. He is saying that the British soldier (Tommy Atkins) is cast aside in peacetime, but when there is danger everyone needs and thanks him. We are at peace and look at the way the British soldier is being treated now - being prosecuted for fighting terrorists in Northern Ireland.
@rafhenlow15 жыл бұрын
My father said that he would never ever go to war for this or any other country again, (WW11). Give him a gun & he would stand at his door. But not fight for politicians. As I have grown older I have begun to agree more with his views. In the words of Terry Thomas, (re my views on this govt.) " you're shower, a bloody shower".
@discodroidz4297 жыл бұрын
A Mesmeric Recital. God Bless you Roger. RIP.
@absbabs12316 жыл бұрын
im 15 years old, and ive seen all the bond films, my mums a big fan, and i think he was the best bond!
@freespiritangel4868
5 ай бұрын
Your 30 now lol
@craigmcintosh72418 жыл бұрын
Cheers to Roger Moore!!
@atlanticflier16 жыл бұрын
Thankyou for making this available. Roger Moore puts it over brilliantly. It should be shown in all schools in the UK to show that it's not considered clever to jeer and taunt our servicemen and women as has happened recently.
@rajanlaad16 жыл бұрын
beautifully recited by the great sir roger. reminds us that whatever we may think of the policy makers we must always understand that the soldier is the bravest and the best. fighting selflessly to protect us.
@arcadiaberger9204 Жыл бұрын
An excellent recitation of a poem of eternal value. I'm a Quaker, but I am also a veteran.
@354sd7 жыл бұрын
Im crying like fuck Bless him
@sopankim16 жыл бұрын
So glad this is online for all to see as the main stream media have virtually ignored it. Well said Sir Roger!
@richardlionheart7936 жыл бұрын
Fantastic reading.rip sir Roger.
@pamlico53Ай бұрын
Rodger Moore was , among other things, an outstanding narrator. I believe he was , among those many attributes, a true patriot himself.
@JakeMabe14 жыл бұрын
My all-time favorite. He was a man. And a gentleman.
@potdog10007 жыл бұрын
wow, what can yo say, he hit it spot on
@Ivanhoe216 жыл бұрын
Very meaningful piece recited beautifully by the remarkable Mr Moore.
@chrishaith16 жыл бұрын
Thank you Roger Moore. This poem is still as true now as it was when Kipling wrote it. God Save our Armed Forces -
@tommyatkins6047 жыл бұрын
Well done Mr Moore - we will miss you.
@marijaburgess8 жыл бұрын
With remembrance Sunday coming up I just watched this again. It is so poignant and probably always will be. Lest we forget indeed.
@Ivanhoe215 жыл бұрын
Superbly read by a splendid character!
@macsvens15 жыл бұрын
Outstanding!
@JohnKoroly15 жыл бұрын
My breath is taken away.
@chenrobbins3 жыл бұрын
This poem never fails to raise goose bumps (and maybe make my eyes water a bit).
@rafhenlow15 жыл бұрын
I have replied to this in a bit more depth on his home page. The way our soldiers were/are treated when the come home is a disgrace. Remember that today's soldiers are volunteers, there was draft dodging back when, & most of them did very well whilst others were keeping the world safe for them with their lives. That is the reality my dad & others came back to. No Job, No home.
@skipy93614 жыл бұрын
Spot on Roger, spot on!
@mig25pd14 жыл бұрын
God bless the British soldier - Dettingen, Waterloo, Inkerman, Spion Cop & Colenso, Ypres and the Somme, El Alamein and Imphal, the Imjin, Iraq and Afghanistan. The same blokes, just different uniforms.
@Spraycando14 жыл бұрын
Go on Roger. Well done mate. Well done.
@veradovey60916 жыл бұрын
Lest we forget!!
@TRUMPER00716 жыл бұрын
Bravo Sir Roger - nobody does it better!
@trebleking16412 жыл бұрын
Mesmerising
@sopankim16 жыл бұрын
Roger Moore recites Rudyard Kipling's anti-war poem "Tommy Atkins" on the Paul O'Grady Show, at Christmas time 2007. Thank you so much for making this available. I have been searching for it for weeks, the MSM seem to have virtually ignored it. Please don't remove it!
@saadkhan1128
Жыл бұрын
This is not an anti war poem. Kipling was a very imperialist poet.
@arcadiaberger9204
Жыл бұрын
@@saadkhan1128 Kipling was neither anti-war, nor imperialist. Regarding war, he was a sad realist, though I tend to disagree about how quick he was to resort to war. Regarding empire, he thought it was potentially a good way to eventually create a worldwide community of democratic nations (see his story "As Simple as A.B. C."), which is still the goal of the UN, the EU, NATO and the foreign policy of the United States. As opposed to the foreign policy of Russia, China and other authoritarian regimes, which actually *_IS_* imperialist.
@saadkhan1128
Жыл бұрын
@@arcadiaberger9204 whitemans burden is not imperialist
@arcadiaberger9204
Жыл бұрын
@@saadkhan1128 I wasn't actually referring to "The White Man's Burden", but to all of Kipling's work a a whole, but to suggest that a poem which Kipling *_explicitly,_* in its dedication, addressed to the United States as we took possession of the colony of the Philippines and thus began our life as a colonial empire, was anything *_OTHER_* than an endorsement of imperialism, is absurd. As a veteran of the U.S. Navy and later a failed nursing student (and thus having spent a lot of time in the company of Filipinos), I have a special fondness and admiration for the Filipino people, and regret that the islands did not join the Union as three, seven or thirteen states. They would have greatly enriched our culture and our economy, even more than Hawaii has. BTW, you may not be aware that "whiteman" is not only bad English, it is *_evil_* English, since it is jargon used by white supremacists and only scum like them.
@nobodycares8513 жыл бұрын
WOW, that has some real power, it was a great poem.
@LindseyAVTAK16 жыл бұрын
Roger Moore. An awesome man. More then just James Bond and Simon Templer. A man with heart.
@chrishaith15 жыл бұрын
Cpl Brian Budd PARA, RIP
@rajanlaad15 жыл бұрын
very moving especially for one who lives in mumbai guarded by selfless soldiers who sacrified their lives to protect us.
@atthebridge Жыл бұрын
It's the proof that Kipling was a truly great writer. Maybe with some attitudes we've learned better of. But the whole story is in this poem - soldiers are due better treatment from the rest of us in peacetime, but they've seen some horrible stuff and they don't always make it the easiest. And well read.
@TheBrummiekerr9 жыл бұрын
brilliant
@laddiebuck1215 жыл бұрын
I don't think you'll find much Kipling that *isn't* appropriate to any time! He had a rare quality.
@crazymoo5616 жыл бұрын
Lovely clip. Thanks Roger.
@rsvrsv16806 жыл бұрын
The great actor, the great poem! English is not my native language, but I like to read Kipling's poems in the author's language
@knighterrant037 жыл бұрын
Amen.
@bigbill74scots5 жыл бұрын
A gentleman and greatly missed.
@Mjk109574 жыл бұрын
RIP SIR ROGER MORE YOU WAS ALWAYS MY FAVOURITE BOND
@inkats2 жыл бұрын
My name is Atkins so I was always referred to as Tommy whilst serving my National Service. - Happy days?!?!
@TheDustysix8 жыл бұрын
USMC Cold War 1977-81.
@syahaz70885 жыл бұрын
Beautiful.
@optimusslime14 жыл бұрын
s'wonderful.
@Kings_New_Clothese14 жыл бұрын
First time I have seen that, its made the hair at the back of my neck stand up.
@theGiantworm864 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite Kipling poems, next to gunga din.
@tom9703112 жыл бұрын
Sir Roger Moore, I do believe?!
@Paladin144116 жыл бұрын
A Soldiers Poem if ever there was one!
@sapper823 ай бұрын
As true today as it was in Kipling's time.
@RoberttheFox00013 жыл бұрын
quite amazing
@tyrespinningfreak5 жыл бұрын
The perfect reading for all of our fallen and currently serving personal. I feel rather pathetic not having served.
@maz7726
5 жыл бұрын
Dont feel bad amigo, you can be the man other ways, civil services are just as amazing, find yourself and excel, achievement is always praised.
@richardherbert93203 жыл бұрын
The great Sir Roger Moore!
@chrishaith14 жыл бұрын
Cpl Brian Budd. VC. PARA RIP
@2001KW
4 жыл бұрын
Hope he's ok
@aelfredhauscarl15 жыл бұрын
Terrible how politicians treat our soldiers. Soldiers are heroes . In and out of war time.
@TheDustysix3 жыл бұрын
I like to play this on my phone. In the waiting room at the VA. Semper Fi. A lady friend of mine has a younger brother. Desert Storm USMC. Recently diagnosed with cancer on his brain stem. Fatal. Duty; is a Four Letter Word.
@killjoy32597 жыл бұрын
RIP
@skipy93615 жыл бұрын
Bring our Tommies home NOW!
@jochannon15 жыл бұрын
RIP.
@wullieg72695 жыл бұрын
God bless Jackson.
@maz77266 жыл бұрын
You bet tommy sees 2018
@Nevins133113 жыл бұрын
@CountOrlok1 There is always one.
@rafhenlow15 жыл бұрын
what is the point of that reply?
@freddage9116 жыл бұрын
Legennnnd :)
@rafhenlow15 жыл бұрын
those who don't like/agree with my comments, would you please let me know what you don't agree with!
@mallorcatim13 жыл бұрын
@Nevins1331 Too true, Mate
@melliszzz5 жыл бұрын
go army
@conradmilligan14 жыл бұрын
whats with the single image of the IDF doing in their? tommy's not Israeli last time i heard.
@wullieg72695 жыл бұрын
TOMMY don't vote for brexit.think of Holland.
@therealhannoverfisk14 жыл бұрын
So it shall always be. Snivilians are always defended by men who are better than they.
@LookHereMars
3 жыл бұрын
10 year old comment or no Soldiers are "Snivillians" before they join the Army perhaps you should show a little more respect.
@nobodycares8513 жыл бұрын
@CountOrlok1 Don't be too hard on them, they fight for their country, even if it is only due to orders. Those people will lay it all on the line if they have to. I agree that wars are immoral, and wrong but they happen, and if one happens, who will have your back?
@davidharrison66156 жыл бұрын
Different period same old shit . they wonder why we stick together . not hard to understand .
@yelenamal5 жыл бұрын
pretty average reading only Russians can read poems great check Russian reading of Kipling even if you don t understand language you understand that Russian reading thausand times more powerful
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Back again to hear the perfect recital of Tommy Atkins. Not forgotten.
@purplepoppyz
3 ай бұрын
I keep coming back too. Who would have thought a celebrity would so genuinely appreciate our soldiers. Brilliant poem recited by a brilliant man ❤
This is the story of all professional soldiers, at all times, in all places.
@-Thunder-Warrior-
4 жыл бұрын
It's still true! Hundred or so years on and we're still fucking struggling.
@randys2911
3 жыл бұрын
@Claudius How bout fuck you foo. Till you walk in a soldiers or sailors boots.
@deaconfelix7539
3 жыл бұрын
you probably dont give a shit but if you're bored like me during the covid times you can watch all the new movies and series on instaflixxer. Been watching with my girlfriend lately =)
@jadkylan7774
3 жыл бұрын
@Deacon Felix Definitely, have been using instaflixxer for months myself :)
@pierrejeppsson4674
2 жыл бұрын
If you ever get a chance to read the translated version of Beowulf, i highly recommend it. Same kind of story, except it’s more so about transitioning to a “peaceful” life. And it was written between 700-1000 AD…..
Bravo Sir Roger. Spoken from his heart, he was in the Army too,,although he always plays his past life down. A credit to Britain.
this is such a powerful peom and sir rodger reads it so well and with real passion, he truly believes it and he is dead right, we all claim to be so proud of our military but by god we treat the public can treat them like shite.
Kipling's tommy always brings a tear to my eye, just like Enigma by Elgar. For I have heard these at too many returning parades for my brothers, but I do not shed a tear for their passing, I shed a tear for the time I will not have with them, for one day soon I will meet up with them at the great reorg in the sky.
a brilliant reading of a classic that is sharply appropriate to our times.
Reminds me of an engraving I read once at Gibraltar: God and the soldier all men adore, In times of trouble and no more. For when war is over and everything righted, God is neglected and the old soldier slighted.
My annual viewing of this powerful piece.. . Thank you, "Simon Templar".
An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool -- you bet that Tommy sees!
Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem called Tommy. There is a line in it that, I think, goes likes this - 'It's Tommy this and Tommy that and Tommy go away, but it's thank you Mr Atkins when the band begins to play'. He is saying that the British soldier (Tommy Atkins) is cast aside in peacetime, but when there is danger everyone needs and thanks him. We are at peace and look at the way the British soldier is being treated now - being prosecuted for fighting terrorists in Northern Ireland.
My father said that he would never ever go to war for this or any other country again, (WW11). Give him a gun & he would stand at his door. But not fight for politicians. As I have grown older I have begun to agree more with his views. In the words of Terry Thomas, (re my views on this govt.) " you're shower, a bloody shower".
A Mesmeric Recital. God Bless you Roger. RIP.
im 15 years old, and ive seen all the bond films, my mums a big fan, and i think he was the best bond!
@freespiritangel4868
5 ай бұрын
Your 30 now lol
Cheers to Roger Moore!!
Thankyou for making this available. Roger Moore puts it over brilliantly. It should be shown in all schools in the UK to show that it's not considered clever to jeer and taunt our servicemen and women as has happened recently.
beautifully recited by the great sir roger. reminds us that whatever we may think of the policy makers we must always understand that the soldier is the bravest and the best. fighting selflessly to protect us.
An excellent recitation of a poem of eternal value. I'm a Quaker, but I am also a veteran.
Im crying like fuck Bless him
So glad this is online for all to see as the main stream media have virtually ignored it. Well said Sir Roger!
Fantastic reading.rip sir Roger.
Rodger Moore was , among other things, an outstanding narrator. I believe he was , among those many attributes, a true patriot himself.
My all-time favorite. He was a man. And a gentleman.
wow, what can yo say, he hit it spot on
Very meaningful piece recited beautifully by the remarkable Mr Moore.
Thank you Roger Moore. This poem is still as true now as it was when Kipling wrote it. God Save our Armed Forces -
Well done Mr Moore - we will miss you.
With remembrance Sunday coming up I just watched this again. It is so poignant and probably always will be. Lest we forget indeed.
Superbly read by a splendid character!
Outstanding!
My breath is taken away.
This poem never fails to raise goose bumps (and maybe make my eyes water a bit).
I have replied to this in a bit more depth on his home page. The way our soldiers were/are treated when the come home is a disgrace. Remember that today's soldiers are volunteers, there was draft dodging back when, & most of them did very well whilst others were keeping the world safe for them with their lives. That is the reality my dad & others came back to. No Job, No home.
Spot on Roger, spot on!
God bless the British soldier - Dettingen, Waterloo, Inkerman, Spion Cop & Colenso, Ypres and the Somme, El Alamein and Imphal, the Imjin, Iraq and Afghanistan. The same blokes, just different uniforms.
Go on Roger. Well done mate. Well done.
Lest we forget!!
Bravo Sir Roger - nobody does it better!
Mesmerising
Roger Moore recites Rudyard Kipling's anti-war poem "Tommy Atkins" on the Paul O'Grady Show, at Christmas time 2007. Thank you so much for making this available. I have been searching for it for weeks, the MSM seem to have virtually ignored it. Please don't remove it!
@saadkhan1128
Жыл бұрын
This is not an anti war poem. Kipling was a very imperialist poet.
@arcadiaberger9204
Жыл бұрын
@@saadkhan1128 Kipling was neither anti-war, nor imperialist. Regarding war, he was a sad realist, though I tend to disagree about how quick he was to resort to war. Regarding empire, he thought it was potentially a good way to eventually create a worldwide community of democratic nations (see his story "As Simple as A.B. C."), which is still the goal of the UN, the EU, NATO and the foreign policy of the United States. As opposed to the foreign policy of Russia, China and other authoritarian regimes, which actually *_IS_* imperialist.
@saadkhan1128
Жыл бұрын
@@arcadiaberger9204 whitemans burden is not imperialist
@arcadiaberger9204
Жыл бұрын
@@saadkhan1128 I wasn't actually referring to "The White Man's Burden", but to all of Kipling's work a a whole, but to suggest that a poem which Kipling *_explicitly,_* in its dedication, addressed to the United States as we took possession of the colony of the Philippines and thus began our life as a colonial empire, was anything *_OTHER_* than an endorsement of imperialism, is absurd. As a veteran of the U.S. Navy and later a failed nursing student (and thus having spent a lot of time in the company of Filipinos), I have a special fondness and admiration for the Filipino people, and regret that the islands did not join the Union as three, seven or thirteen states. They would have greatly enriched our culture and our economy, even more than Hawaii has. BTW, you may not be aware that "whiteman" is not only bad English, it is *_evil_* English, since it is jargon used by white supremacists and only scum like them.
WOW, that has some real power, it was a great poem.
Roger Moore. An awesome man. More then just James Bond and Simon Templer. A man with heart.
Cpl Brian Budd PARA, RIP
very moving especially for one who lives in mumbai guarded by selfless soldiers who sacrified their lives to protect us.
It's the proof that Kipling was a truly great writer. Maybe with some attitudes we've learned better of. But the whole story is in this poem - soldiers are due better treatment from the rest of us in peacetime, but they've seen some horrible stuff and they don't always make it the easiest. And well read.
brilliant
I don't think you'll find much Kipling that *isn't* appropriate to any time! He had a rare quality.
Lovely clip. Thanks Roger.
The great actor, the great poem! English is not my native language, but I like to read Kipling's poems in the author's language
Amen.
A gentleman and greatly missed.
RIP SIR ROGER MORE YOU WAS ALWAYS MY FAVOURITE BOND
My name is Atkins so I was always referred to as Tommy whilst serving my National Service. - Happy days?!?!
USMC Cold War 1977-81.
Beautiful.
s'wonderful.
First time I have seen that, its made the hair at the back of my neck stand up.
One of my favorite Kipling poems, next to gunga din.
Sir Roger Moore, I do believe?!
A Soldiers Poem if ever there was one!
As true today as it was in Kipling's time.
quite amazing
The perfect reading for all of our fallen and currently serving personal. I feel rather pathetic not having served.
@maz7726
5 жыл бұрын
Dont feel bad amigo, you can be the man other ways, civil services are just as amazing, find yourself and excel, achievement is always praised.
The great Sir Roger Moore!
Cpl Brian Budd. VC. PARA RIP
@2001KW
4 жыл бұрын
Hope he's ok
Terrible how politicians treat our soldiers. Soldiers are heroes . In and out of war time.
I like to play this on my phone. In the waiting room at the VA. Semper Fi. A lady friend of mine has a younger brother. Desert Storm USMC. Recently diagnosed with cancer on his brain stem. Fatal. Duty; is a Four Letter Word.
RIP
Bring our Tommies home NOW!
RIP.
God bless Jackson.
You bet tommy sees 2018
@CountOrlok1 There is always one.
what is the point of that reply?
Legennnnd :)
those who don't like/agree with my comments, would you please let me know what you don't agree with!
@Nevins1331 Too true, Mate
go army
whats with the single image of the IDF doing in their? tommy's not Israeli last time i heard.
TOMMY don't vote for brexit.think of Holland.
So it shall always be. Snivilians are always defended by men who are better than they.
@LookHereMars
3 жыл бұрын
10 year old comment or no Soldiers are "Snivillians" before they join the Army perhaps you should show a little more respect.
@CountOrlok1 Don't be too hard on them, they fight for their country, even if it is only due to orders. Those people will lay it all on the line if they have to. I agree that wars are immoral, and wrong but they happen, and if one happens, who will have your back?
Different period same old shit . they wonder why we stick together . not hard to understand .
pretty average reading only Russians can read poems great check Russian reading of Kipling even if you don t understand language you understand that Russian reading thausand times more powerful