He sounds strange without the Birmingham accent he used as Godber.

Yes it is, such a shame, he would have been so proud of his daughters

@@wobber999 Indeed. Samantha and Kate. Both successful actors. They followed in their parent's footsteps. His widow Judy Loe is also an actor.

Apparently he started as a Brummie but he gradually started to use his own Nottingham accent in the later episodes.@@Nooziterp1

He was a brilliant actor in porridge he died very tragically of a heart attack.

How is someone a legend because of the car they drive?

Noaks is a legend because of the work he did on the telly. He also drove a proper legendary car.

@@RGChandler fair enough

It could have done with a good wash!

Top man With a top car.

Definitely

Wow! I never knew that.. that's so cool!

No way! Good knowledge!

Was also a baddie in the episode of The Sweeney where two robbers robbed a bank and took customers hostage

He also played Audrey's husband in The Likely Lads film.

I watched Zulu Dawn the other day, which Lacey filmed a year or so after this. A very good performance, as always. He was a quality actor, pity he drank himself to death.

This was shot during the heyday of the paedophiles at the BBC think On that

Funny thing is Porridge was not aimed at the same audience as Blue Peter.

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Don't forget Clarence one series but was. So good

@@andrewhammond4819 "going straight"

Don't forget The Worm That Turned.

I think some very intense therapy might be warranted, mate. A few screws seem to have come loose.

Was it a Marcos?

@@PhilUKNet Yes, a President Marcos......

@@Lookup2Wakeup Imported from the Philippines.

@@PhilUKNet .....😄👍

yes

Who remembers him playing an RAF officer in Some Mothers Do Ave Em?

I'm so glad I found this channel it's full of these nostalgic gems 😭 lol

I was on holiday years ago and got talking to a guy who worked for Jim Henson and worked on Fraggle rock and he said Fulton Mackay was a lovely guy but was also the most vain celebrity he had ever worked with..... funny the things you remember

if its just air clip from blue Peter show, there must be a unedited versions, but the where very fond of just binning stuff back then, it's surprise we have this clip

@@dh2032 Not so much 'bining' as taping over. Film was expensive. But yes, it's pretty amazing that these clips exist.

@casa did you get a reaction from prison warden's. Sounds like erection though.

i thought that as well

I know what it sounds like but I can't work out what he actually said! Any idea? 😀

@@ozzieparky “do you get any reaction from prison wardens” (I think…I hope!!)🤣

lol I totally thought that's what he said

Reaction is the word he used, his accent made it sound ruder

I'm PMSL at that clip. 🤣

In this clip, the production team are filming the inserts for the TV series. Once edited, the inserts would be played into the studio recording where the smaller sets (cell interior, governer's office etc) were. For example, when Fletch walked out of his set (in the TV studio), they would run the insert film of eg Fletch walking across the whole prison set. The studio output was recorded onto videotape (2") and later edited to produce the final show for broadcast. If you watch any episodes of the TV series, the change in the nature of the image when cutting from the TV studio to the filmed inserts is very marked.

@@jonbignold4711 I was always fascinated by that choice of using film for exterior work and video tape for the studio work. They look so different on screen when combined together. I guess video tape was mostly confined to the studios as it was costly to use on location back then?

@@johnking5174 Yes, I'd say that's true - electronic capture outside a studio was mainly confined to outside broadcast units which were used for sporting events and major public events. Although there were mobile recorders, these events were usually recorded "down the line" at television centre or at a regional centre. 2" VT recording apperatus was big, expensive and cumersome by today's standards - requiring e.g. compressed air and skilled maintenance. The other very significant factor is that electronic editing was in its infancy. Whilst it was very effective for editing together the parts of an "as live" studio recording, the demands of traditional film editing (reworking a piece over a longer period of time, reordering, adding music and effects etc) were harder to do electronically - and there was already an established workflow from the film world. You may be interested to know that one innovation used in Porridge was the still frame which formed a visual punch line before the credits ran. Creating a still frame was no easy feat. It was achieved using the slow motion replay equipment normally used for sport. There was just one such (video disc) recorder inTelevision Centre, I forget the exact figure but I think it could record about 30 seconds of pictures.

@@jonbignold4711 Fascinating. I had the pleasure of visiting BBC Television Centre a couple of times (before it was torn to pieces into the modern version we have now). Loved the place. Got lost in it a few times, trying to find my way from TC8 to TC1 I remember was one occasion.

John Noakes was worth every penny in contrast to the jobsworths of today

@@stephenchappell7512 and to be fair, it was his own personal car. still on the road as well, 68,254 miles at last MOT and only advisory is a minor oil leak.

I’m not sure what they paid John Noakes but by all accounts it was fairly paltry compared with today never mind the ridiculous risks he used to take.

@@nareshchada5117 and it would have been much more than the camera man taking the same risks. Everyone forgets it wasn't just John taking a risk.