According to dvla check the Marcos is still on the road albeit being red...

That's amazing!

just posted a comment on that car - sorry - hadn't noticed your own.

I wondered what that car was. Thanks! Never heard of or seen one of these before.

Get down shep

Don't forget Fulton Mackay!

The whole lot of them were outstanding

Richard Beckinsale seemed lovely. He was from Nottingham. I love how grounded the actors are, not at all like actors today.

It is so sad he died so young, a truly great comedy actor with so much still to give,

Clearly you weren’t watching Tiswas then with its gunge and graphics

@@thejfg7741 You're correct, I wasn't

That's more than likely to be just down to John Noakes - he didn't need all that pulava, because that came around in the 1980s, when television began getting dumbed down. He always struck me as a simple tell-you-the-truth guy. "Here's a job John - we want you to bobsled with the British team, which might involve some bruising, shovel coal on the steam locomotive A2 Blue Peter, or climb a floodlight gantry at Loftus Road football stadium, to replace a lightbulb or even go up Nelson's Column on a ladder to scrape pigeon crap from Lord Horatio's hat, oh and with little or no safety gear!!" This is what made Noakesie the legend he was to us 50-somethings! What makes me sad is that nobody's left from the people who you see in this film. Ronnie, Richey, Fulton and even John himself are all sadly gone now! I'm assuming Sidney Lotterby will be deceased too. Ron Lacey who played Orrible Arris in those scenes has been gone a few years too.

people kept voting tory basically

Extras Keith Chegwin said it best. I won't repeat it here but its at the part where they are rehearsing for When the Whistle Blows for the first time.

Never knew Noakesey owned one. Always liked him, now he's gone much further up in my estimation.

***** oh well then im not so sad now. Thanks.

Chris Coppola LOL ...cured :-)

Edward Deaney All still alive.

The episode of Blue Peter this was shown on was broadcast on 17th February 1977, and the episode of Porridge being filmed was first broadcast the next day, the 18th February 1977. According to the Blue Peter archive the behind the scenes film was shot on 4th and 5th January 1977 and was directed by Sarah Hellings.

Classic episode. One of my favourites 😂👌

He would have had a long and productive career.It was certainly cruel for his children, family and friends.

The follow up "Going Straight" would have been another brilliant series if he hadn't died.

@@geoffboxell9301 it was great anyway!

For a big guy with distinctive features he was an absolute chameleon. Like he disappeared into the characters.

Clarissa McPigeon, you need to get out more mcbirdbrain, although true not really for public interest, it's a programme

@@kevt7151 You can go more often too.

Clarissa McPigeon Thanks for that extra info! I'm glad to hear more detail. Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge! Obviously 99.99% of people taking the time to watch this have more than just a passing interest and to the 0.001% who stumbled across this and have taken the time to complain about too much information, well they can just stfu and move on!

Spot On

@@SUPER_WOLFMOON I agree, too many petty morons out there wanting to put ppl down for their own sadistic pleasure, they can GAFTS.

I totally agree. I've no idea what's supposed to be funny anymore?

Shouldn't forget Fulton McKay or Ronald Lacey here, (Orrible Arris) who had been Terry Collier's brother in law in Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads, Todt in Raiders & The Bishop of Bath & Wells in Blackadder II. Poor fellow always played fools, sneaks or nasties.

I was exactly thinking the same thing, I'd give my right arm to go back to them days. What a sorry state of affairs things are today.

I'm so with you there, i have a million channels and all i ever watch is uk gold. I think i was born in the wrong era

I’m with you guys .this is a treasure

It was an era when dumbness and being a scumbag weren't tolerated.

They have been dumbing down for years. Back then, comedies were smart.

Never realised it was the same actor 👍

Ronald Lacey, sadly died of cancer in 1991.

@@iwanwilliams8762 His daughter is actress Rebecca Lacey, she's the image of her dad.

I thought I heard that too!

+ArnoldTohtFan what did he actually say?

+Richard Holland He said do you get a reaction...

Lmao thanks. Very different meaning

+Richard Holland Lol, just a bit 😂

@Fred Sausage I notice you don't try to name them for fear of looking stupid.

No. I love him

No georgr carlin came close n om Scottish so billy connolly

Simple really because ALL those great script writers, producers,directors AND Actors have now gone... 😢😢😢

Get down! 😂

He absolutely did, though only here in the UK. And yes, Ronnie Barker was a fantastic character actor.

And Fulton Mackay and Ronald Lacey (Harris).

@@bramleydragon And Shep

He said reaction.

And how different he is on 2 Ronnie's without hair dye , and as Arkwright with a tashe and speech impediment. All brilliant

You'll be telling us next that you've got a blue peter badge. (I reckon they're mythical, myself)

The Ridgeway school choir, of which I was a member performed on Blue Peter at Christmas and I own a Nissan GTR.Why am I fake ?

@@simpleminded1ukI got one. Long since gone 😢

@@HuplesCat how did you get one?

I was 9 or 10 and I wrote a 12 page essay on our future in space and then added multiple space craft with a ton of detail. I was an odd kid. Sent it to B. Baxter. Got a nice note back and a badge. @@simpleminded1uk

Richard died at i think 32 years but gave us three good sitcoms.the lovers, rising damp and porridge, am sure would have go on to greater things

@@graemekornicki6810 Also Going Straight, the sequel to Porridge.

Rennies from heaven.

Colin Pole i think they turned out to be dog laxatives

@@Colin_Pole Bennies* (Benzadrine)