Why monks love silence so much | This Time with Alan Partridge

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Watch the BBC first on iPlayer 👉 bbc.in/iPlayer-Home Alan Partridge takes a moment out of his noisy and very successful life to try to understand, “why monks love silence so much?
Alan Partridge co-hosts This Time, a weekday magazine show."
This Time with Alan Partridge | Series 2 Episode 1 | BBC
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@TheWho53 Жыл бұрын

THERE'S THAT CATTINESS AGAIN! You're clearly a character! You definitely are.

@Philosoph-ali 3 жыл бұрын

You’re clearly a character, ya definitely are.

@martinfoulkes7337 3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@nigelcarren 2 жыл бұрын

Splendid and tremendous!

@aspergianheteroclite3014 Жыл бұрын

"Can't you see that I needed help? What're we all doing here??! You can get plants at Homebase" XD

@kevinforever6898 2 жыл бұрын

New Alan Partridge content always brings me peace and joy.

@sarahspaceslippers 3 жыл бұрын

It's so painful to watch but I just keep watching it freaking love alan partridge 😂😂

@Kloppsserialbottlers 2 жыл бұрын

he's the best, he's the best, he's the best. I've been watching the same bunch of episodes of I'm Alan Partridge for 20 years, never gets old

@davepowell7168 2 жыл бұрын

@@Kloppsserialbottlers Yes Billy.

@ShahPhilLeotardo 3 жыл бұрын

“But smiling constantly starts to make your face ache, I wonder if it felt the same for Holly Willoughby.”

@Seventeen_Seconds 2 жыл бұрын

That plant pot scene is amazing 😂

@danielkbarton 3 жыл бұрын

"... angry wives in big brown dresses" 🤣

@luminyam6145 3 жыл бұрын

Omg I am pissing myself, that was so good!

@WillowJordan1979 3 жыл бұрын

The bit with the cross! Blasphemous and hilarious.

@jordanlacey4505 3 жыл бұрын

I cried at that 😂😂😂 it's genius!

@QuadMochaMatti 3 жыл бұрын

How is it blasphemy to emulate a myth?

@Drive_Far_Away 3 жыл бұрын

@@QuadMochaMatti how do you know it's a myth..dont be so small minded..just because we can't prove God to each other doesn't mean he doesn't exist..of course you can say the opposite is true..but in the end we all make a choice when we die..you either believe there is nothing or something after death..after all an atheist has more faith than most to actually believe there is nothing takes great faith..

@bimfred 2 жыл бұрын

@@Drive_Far_Away i think the issue is with Christianity’s, and all other religions’, arrogance in claiming they know how ‘it all works’. The questions of what happens after death or how did the universe appear need not be conflated with religion. Especially not one with such a ‘complicated’ histor (and present for that matter).

@StallionFernando 2 жыл бұрын

@@bimfred the truth is ever complicated, if there is God then what you perceive as arrogance is considered truth and you a fool.

@alvsnu 3 жыл бұрын

Like God, the KZfaq algorithm works in mysterious ways !

@iamyouu 3 жыл бұрын

Its alright Its alright she moves in mysterious ways.. ahh

@PaulieD1984 3 жыл бұрын

@@iamyouu bono has the biggest collection of hatchbacks in Britain

@fhurley8447 2 жыл бұрын

I’m not joining your baptist church Alvin

@legobrickabrac 3 жыл бұрын

The glass smashing got that classic Partridge feeling back. Great work Stephen.

@lfcwilli 3 жыл бұрын

This episode had the greatest JUMP in tv history

@StuSaville 3 жыл бұрын

I was expecting the monastery to explode behind him...

@brianinglis3805 3 жыл бұрын

You're forgetting when Fonzie jumped the shark in Happy Days. Figuratively & literally.

@reggiej6542 3 жыл бұрын

amen to that lol

@johnnydeath2 3 жыл бұрын

Jesus would be proud. ;)

@iMurk 3 жыл бұрын

"Yer clearly a character, yer definitely arrre" flol.

@tkx86 2 жыл бұрын

How does this only have 79,421 views! LOL I am in tears. I love it haha!

@richardh4297 2 жыл бұрын

The monk that takes the plant from the door 🤣🤣

@niallmaca5670 3 жыл бұрын

Genius at work.

@samuelwoods164 3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha..... you're clearly a character, you definitely are.

@mooseandspade6251 3 жыл бұрын

I love that Warwick University jumper

@deviation1000 3 жыл бұрын

It's a nice touch. I always find it funny when I see types like Partridge flexing in public their redbrick and plate glass credentials

@christinajohnson6543 3 жыл бұрын

I just love his dry wit!

@MrTrueseventh 3 жыл бұрын

brilliant writing

@henrythoreau645 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if he did stay there and enjoy the silence and allow himself time for contemplation. It's not everyone who feels the need for it, but for those who do, it's wonderful.

@eclecticsandman 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent

@dhwanilvermaa 3 жыл бұрын

The last 25 seconds 👍😂

@b.visconti1765 3 жыл бұрын

We Need More Monks in the World..

@MrRorySteel 3 жыл бұрын

Sweaty Raphael Monks.

@sarahspaceslippers 3 жыл бұрын

@KZfaqrs fan And dj too why can't we have both?

@MrRorySteel 3 жыл бұрын

@KZfaqrs fan And dj too Unfortunately environmentalists, are usually mentalists

@QuadMochaMatti 3 жыл бұрын

Wasn't one Tony Shalhoub enough?

@MrJimboCross 2 жыл бұрын

Comparing himself to Jesus at the end 😂

@lukegibson6120 Жыл бұрын

Best scene in This Time with Alan Partridge. Hands down!

@gerrydooley951 10 ай бұрын

not really

@lukegibson6120 10 ай бұрын

@@gerrydooley951 I stand corrected

@gerrydooley951 10 ай бұрын

@@lukegibson6120 you can sit, but be silent

@thenandnow111 3 жыл бұрын

Lost in the confusion..🤣🤣🤣

@bassbobrobert4946 2 жыл бұрын

I have that very same wing back chair in green velour, very comfortable indeed.

@KRPTV 3 жыл бұрын

The guy he's interviewing, is that 'sweaty' Raphael?! "😁😁😁

@MrRorySteel 3 жыл бұрын

Good spot lad.

@Mankind081 3 жыл бұрын

No, it isn't.

@MrRorySteel 3 жыл бұрын

@@Mankind081 are you sure?

@Mankind081 3 жыл бұрын

@@MrRorySteel I'm positive. Two different actors.

@KRPTV 3 жыл бұрын

Well if it isn't he looks very much like him!😁

@comanchio1976 2 жыл бұрын

"They keep a lid on it because they think God likes it. Who am I to tell them any different?"...I was so hoping he'd reprise his famous "I'm Alan Partridge" line, after that... Fair play to Steve Coogan for keeping his material fresh, though 👍

@HollowRick 2 жыл бұрын

As I know somone who recently became a monk.. this was hilarious 🤣

@luminyam6145 3 жыл бұрын

I feel so badly for that guy, you have no idea how badly he was treated on Tropic Thunder. His boss constantly shouted at him, had him punched and then he just ended up losing his head in Vietnam. A sad ending for a film director just trying to do his best.

@brainache56 3 жыл бұрын

Silence Is Golden

@Spooky_32 3 жыл бұрын

Pray silence please, for the electric light orchestra

@s.velarde1811 3 жыл бұрын

You don’t like ELO?!

@highdownmartin 3 жыл бұрын

ELO are second only to ABBA in my book. Which is out now, and Lyn has some signed copies LYN! LYN !

@dom4034 3 жыл бұрын

The answer is 'The Chinese Way' and Level 42.

@ProjectFlashlight612 2 жыл бұрын

Come back, ELO, and carry on playing.

@fyodorseriencha6538 2 жыл бұрын

3:14 is kinda profound: ''it amused me that I was in an institute full of angry wives in big brown dresses'', the rest's a bit silly in the modern way (okay except the bin man vow of silence joke)

@HealthyKlingons 3 жыл бұрын

He has rediscovered the original Partridge.

@legobrickabrac 3 жыл бұрын

The glass smashing got that classic Partridge feeling back. He obviously paid attention to some of the negitive reviews from the last season. I thought it was good.

@andyd2033 3 жыл бұрын

I was actually thinking the opposite. Think he’s gone downhill. That last series he did was utter cringe, very surprised they are doing a second series after the awful viewing ratings.

@garymac5571 3 жыл бұрын

@@andyd2033 I agree. I feel the stuff he has done with Sky is far superior to the new BBC show.

@cyberspace667 3 жыл бұрын

Haha old guys doing parkour is cool

@potatomatop9326 3 жыл бұрын

Why monks love silence so much. Oh man i'm a monk!

@gerrydooley951 10 ай бұрын

another season please

@rdawg7982 3 жыл бұрын

lost it at 2:28 HAHAHA

@kablechrist4613 3 жыл бұрын

10/10 on that dismount 4:13

@Ben-nr2rm 2 жыл бұрын

Nice action

@HotTakeHQ Ай бұрын

Silence can be used as a weapon 😂😂😂😂

@MrRizaozal 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing😁

@QueenMeowTigeress 2 жыл бұрын

hahaha the pots part is funny..remind me of ether the three stooges style funny or something u find on cartoons 🤣

@Mikalwatchingyt 2 жыл бұрын

I wasn’t expecting to laugh when I clicked 😂 the end scenes are a shit post and they’re hilarious😂 especially the last joke of would god approve of this?😂👍🏽 good video guys😂

@brucedickinson12 Жыл бұрын

plants at homebase 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@horaceb2614 2 жыл бұрын

The beatific face in the hoodie is horrible and hilarious

@deborahmeyers7839 3 жыл бұрын

Nice

@0wls2k 3 жыл бұрын

2:45 Jesus H Christ 😆

@craigroaring 3 жыл бұрын

I see Coogan is doing his own stunts. Nice.

@kellyo8324 3 жыл бұрын

😅 very funny!

@swjang3584 3 жыл бұрын

I believe that your identity and dignity cannot be enough to understand what they are exactly doing!

@petrofsko 3 жыл бұрын

Yes to Coogan and his partridge bring it on

@schmule460 3 жыл бұрын

"Uh Ca-TTY"

@ENigma-um8zw 3 жыл бұрын

Hell yes! ‘’Classic Intercourse’’

@cartmanofsp 3 жыл бұрын

“Right, Burger King.”

@M1K3YC 2 жыл бұрын

cut off at the best bit getting back in his car

@galapagoensis 2 жыл бұрын

Monks learned silence when they had to deal with their wives .. lol

@deepmusic3321 3 жыл бұрын

Good morning 💖.

@lawrencefinch-hatton6231 3 жыл бұрын

2:58 I thought the monks were about to get Scum circa 1979 on Alan... They weren't, so that was awkward/a relief tbh.

@teedinfinfin414 3 жыл бұрын

😂

@jovannyrosario3360 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha...

@matthewheaton9700 Жыл бұрын

"...and in the confusion, you end up believing in God." Lol

@tonybates7870 2 жыл бұрын

Monks love silence because God loves silence. In fact, it seems to be His defining feature. Edgy or what?

@alexgarnett5373 2 жыл бұрын

I miss the old Alan

@senarainusantara4504 3 жыл бұрын

tony wilson

@davidh7126 3 жыл бұрын

I like that he continuously attacks their masculinity and they in return attack him with passive aggression. He might have a point🤣

@bwilson774 Ай бұрын

Ive been wanting to try a year long vow of silence but as the monk says, silence is becoming increasingly hard to find in the modern world. Especially having to work. Maybe I should learn asl and pretend to be deaf. Not even joking.

@HighlandMike325 2 жыл бұрын

"Young Monk" as if he were a chav on a street corner

@cautionTosser 3 жыл бұрын

2:24 who checked their phone?

@arunjyotidutta4455 3 жыл бұрын

Please maintain silence.

@gregf.4814 2 жыл бұрын

As an ex-Catholic, of course I find this hilarious. So Alan, when are you test the nuns?!

@manlikeJoe1010 2 жыл бұрын

As an ex Catholic? But only monks take vows of silence, not all Catholics in general right?

@iMadrid11 2 жыл бұрын

@@manlikeJoe1010 You don’t get to choose the religion indoctrinated to you since birth. You only take vows based on the Religous Order you joined. After you graduate and study to be a Priest, Nun, Brother or Monk.

@manlikeJoe1010 2 жыл бұрын

@@iMadrid11 That didn't answer my question. I'm asking if practicing Catholics in general take vows of silence, not just those who join an order. There is a big difference between being a general Catholic in society and joining a specific order to become a monk where you take vows like vows of silence.

@chrish215 3 жыл бұрын

500k or we take it to sky!

@Nopperabou 2 жыл бұрын

So Alan's teacher became a monk.

@ashishgurung1417 3 жыл бұрын

For some reason i presumed this to be a vintage footage of the bbc from 70s until he popped up his iphone 😂🤦🏻

@Joecoleman84 3 жыл бұрын

Tambourine. Just keep saying tambourine Alan. Tambourine.

@Abhishek303mono 3 жыл бұрын

😁

@Rintin07 2 жыл бұрын

Some might say that in breaking my vow of silence, I'd lost a competition with God

@mrneutral8423 2 жыл бұрын

CATTY!

@grantmalone 3 жыл бұрын

The ritual... of the bullying ritual.

@rjw593 2 жыл бұрын

Trenter percenter

@grantmalone 2 жыл бұрын

DREISSIG PROZENT?!

@dilibau 3 жыл бұрын

Silence of the lambs of God...

@dewexdewex 3 жыл бұрын

Senator Dale Agsby's really let himself go.

@broadkast477 2 жыл бұрын

Why does he look younger now then he did in the 90's

@threethrushes 3 жыл бұрын

Needless to say, I had the last laugh.

@andyc6542 3 жыл бұрын

Oh look - a Partridge clip and someone is throwing out old lines. How completely original and genius of you. How did you come up with that one?

@threshingfloor8591 2 жыл бұрын

Prestadetchwick

@JSTNtheWZRD 3 жыл бұрын

Bin men 😂

@artomarto679 3 жыл бұрын

Picture and no sound I get on drive home

@MrRamazanLale2 2 жыл бұрын

So they can hear the boys better

@thegrimyeaper 2 жыл бұрын

The next video pop-ups at the end ruins every Alan clip on this channel.

@bartonseagrave9605 3 жыл бұрын

Holly Willoughby with her false laughing and that odd little man with the grey hair.

@goldslinger 3 жыл бұрын

I didn’t think You could shut up the host for a minute.

@Argonaut121 2 жыл бұрын

"They keep a lid on it because they think God likes it"!

@beaterbikechannel2538 2 жыл бұрын

When the guy being interviewed is funnier than the interviewer.

@CleomarRibeiroXX 3 жыл бұрын

....heheeheh... complex dinamic system question ( hard solution) , easy solution ( easy to ride), hard solution!...hehehehe... just share it to the population!... the population always ready to dance with the solutions ( speech of monks)!... in accord to hte real???.. who am I to hear it without a dance, a sacred dance?... hehehehe...

@sutats 2 жыл бұрын

Neighbour's crying baby? How did you know.

@DamianBrown 3 жыл бұрын

Would a monk wear a symbol of the murder weapon of his son if he were killed?

@lukew7343 3 жыл бұрын

They’re idolaters!

@seekpeaceread6798 3 жыл бұрын

It is stupid because u can be silent and still help hold the door for the man with things in his hands . Prayers and obeying God’s laws is the only way to get closer to God.

@elizabetholiviaclark 3 жыл бұрын

I think maybe they were all involved in the humor of it. They wouldn't really ignore someone, especially when that person needs an extra hand to hold the door.