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@benjaminclasper9355 Жыл бұрын
I love it when Ken has the arguments with the women and when he shouts too. William Roache is a great actor.
@Eire_Go_Deo3 жыл бұрын
Great chemistry between Ken and Joanna Lumley! That woman radiates class and sensuality.
@annoldham30183 жыл бұрын
Janet wasn't a nice character but her suicide was very sad. It made me decide to become a mental health nurse.
@jaywest37348 жыл бұрын
Its pretty insane to think this man has spent his whole life on this soap. Absolute legend.
@laminage8 жыл бұрын
It's not as uncommon as you think. Take the Case of US Soap Actor Don Hastings. He started out on a Radio Show called Captain Video, then was on The Edge Of Night from 1956-1960 but it was his Role as Dr. Bob Hughes on As The World Turns that gave him his longest tenure. He played the Role Non Stop from 1960 to 2010. Also, in the week before it's cancellation Julianne Moore who played Two Characters Frannie Hughes & Sabrina Fullerton came back as Frannie. Did you know that US Comedian Kevin Hart visited The Cobbles and Poured A Pint.
@jaywest37348 жыл бұрын
No.
@laminage8 жыл бұрын
Yes quite a few Americans watch the show and they love it. They find a Realism that they don't always see on US Soaps. One of my all time favorite scenes was from the 1960's where Ena Sharples and Elsie Tanner got into it and Ena smashed The Window. Ena was so Gangsta.
@honeylambb98644 жыл бұрын
@@Ben6164 - The Young and the Restless was a great American soap.
@DeepScreenAnalysis4 жыл бұрын
@@Ben6164 American soaps are not as depressing as British ones, which all take place in boring little backstreets where people have no aspirations.
@jenbo24904 жыл бұрын
Good gracious, my mother was a devoted fan of this programme especially Elsie Tanner and Eric Barlow. Ena Sharples and Hilda Ogden. We only had two channels of tv at the time and in black and white of course. I am 65 years old and not in my dotage but watching these scènes I can remember the stage names of many of the actors. Oh that's Annie Walker and that's Betty, there's Albert Tatlock etc...I've lived in France and Belgium for many years now and haven't followed it for years. But since lockdown in France I have been catching up on my past and hoping for a future.
@polo-kf6yh4 жыл бұрын
Loved that scene of ken and joanna lumley. She looked fantastic.
@denisegore18844 жыл бұрын
She's really stunning as a brunette
@Sawrattan3 жыл бұрын
What gets me is how self-conscious Ken has always felt about his background. Characters with such shaky self-esteem are quite rare nowadays in Corrie. Sure it's used for comedy like Sally trying to be posh, but it's not the same thing.
@vashna37995 жыл бұрын
In reality someone like Ken Barlow with his education and idealism would have upped sticks and left Coronation Street as early as 1962 to live in the city never to return.
@yessumyessum66245 жыл бұрын
Good point, Storm Hawk. Did Ken Barlow ever say why he remained on The Street?
@woohooboy4 жыл бұрын
Very true. It seems unlikely that someone like Ken would have remained in Weatherfield. He would have moved into the middle class long ago.......
@RonnieBR4 жыл бұрын
Isn’t that the whole point of the character, that he is a dreamer and not a doer, a theorist not a realist?
@bluenorm4 жыл бұрын
you could get ken barlow out of coronation st. but, could you get coronation st. out of ken.,
@Sawrattan3 жыл бұрын
@@yessumyessum6624 I don't know if he said it explicitly, but when arguing with Deirdre about her affair with Dev, he compared himself to Mike who was (in contrast) a go-getter.
@scottyunitedboy29253 жыл бұрын
Every time I think of Ken, I can't help paraphrasing what they say in Wayne's World about Keith Richards: "Ken can't be killed by conventional weapons"
@alvaroanacona71383 жыл бұрын
Ken ya old dog! Trying it on with every bird!
@laminage6 жыл бұрын
I wish that Don Hastings (Ex-Dr. Bob Hughes) from As The World Turns could do a one on one talk with Bill Roache. Don played his Character from 1960-2010 when the show got cancelled. Julianne Moore played his Daughters Frannie Hughes/Sabrina Fullerton from 1983-1986 and came back during the last week of the show's Broadcast.
@lindahodgson43076 жыл бұрын
Thoughally enjoyed watching all these early eps of corrie. Was real good storylines and acting
@bsaunders52713 жыл бұрын
1960 Ken looks a bit like Norman Bates.
@MissMarceline-wp6oq7 ай бұрын
LOL
@maggieb3693 жыл бұрын
Rita and Ken??? I never knew about that involvement.
@MegaBoilermaker4 жыл бұрын
Ken Barlow/William Roach was a serving soldier (Trucial Oman Scouts) before becoming an actor and was injured in a mortar explosion near the Liwa Oasis in the present day UAE.
@ElinorMahoney4 жыл бұрын
Wow Ken was proper fit back in the day!
@Desmondbrowne6663 жыл бұрын
He used to love a pinkie up his tailpipe duck
@superfirmino57856 жыл бұрын
Ken Barlow is the best attacker in Manchester.
@laminage9 жыл бұрын
It's too Bad that Proctor & Gamble couldn't take a Page and do a Deal with Time-Life and do DVD's on US Soap Operas that are no longer on The Air such as Guiding Light, Another World, and As The World Turns.
@katywild47772 жыл бұрын
Ty for posting this!!! Love it!
@MondySpartan6 жыл бұрын
William Roache as Ken Barlow is the only remaining original cast and character in Corrie from 1960.
@alex-xz2dm5 жыл бұрын
80 soon
@woohooboy4 жыл бұрын
In part because practically everyone else from the original cast have passed away in the intervening years........
@andrewbellringer61474 жыл бұрын
woohooboy except philip lowery
@madisonmurphy30995 ай бұрын
in my opinion ken best wife was deadrie i know he only had 3 wifes but out of every girl he met deadrie was always the one for ken ❤
@ysgol35 жыл бұрын
There's a lot to be said for letting your hair dry naturally.
@collettewoodbourne66710 жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading this.....
@freddurst32126 жыл бұрын
L
@Messier45_Pleiades4 жыл бұрын
Smoking was so normal back then. Something have changed for the better.
@ysgol34 жыл бұрын
Valerie was much cleverer than Ken, who was just a mediocre swot. Val was so bright, imaginative and gorgeous, and, deep down, the ghastly Ken envied her. He probably fiddled with that plug, the git.
@evemeganmcguire45827 жыл бұрын
tbh ken looks a lot like Daniel
@missmandy704 жыл бұрын
I've always said that go back to the beginning and hes literally like his son its mad
@kaysmith8992 Жыл бұрын
At Valerie's funeral even the hairstyle is similar to when Daniel first joined the street.
@adambirchenall8 жыл бұрын
Great stuff, really enjoyed this, Great to watch. No one will match or overtake Ken's life on the street, only one left from where it began in 1960, Other 2 longest characters left are Emily & Rita. Would be nice to see life of Gail
@Paulious787 жыл бұрын
Sorry for the late reply Hobby I do the episode they did on Gail - I think i had to take it down because several years after I put it up someone complained about copyright or something silly like that. If you contact me i will reupload and send you a private link
@mikehudson88847 жыл бұрын
I don't understand why they take down certain compilations and not others. I love your channel and it is not breaking any copyright
@Sarah776377 жыл бұрын
Paul Brouwer I would love to see the Gail episode.
@alslevie1986 Жыл бұрын
@@Sarah77637 Who on earth would like to see the life and love of old Hamster Face. She looks like E.T.
@corinnewoolley98226 жыл бұрын
Don’t know how Ken lasted so long in Corrie, he was a very unlikeable character, selfish, arrogant, who thought he was better than everyone, rather like Prince Andrew.
@Rachelroberts165 жыл бұрын
Wendy flamin' Crozier
@pinkydash85437 жыл бұрын
Ken's a randy old goat
@leonardssenkindu58025 жыл бұрын
Pinky Dash 😈
@Sarah776377 жыл бұрын
How quickly did Ken fall in and out of love?
@Sarah776377 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see a video like this on the life of Mike Baldwin.
@Paulious787 жыл бұрын
Another one of the series featured the ongoing feud between Ken Barlow & Mike Baldwin, again, this had to be taken down due to copyright, will try and upload again
@Sarah776377 жыл бұрын
Paul Brouwer thank you.
@MarkGenner-xz4zu Жыл бұрын
1:37:04 The Classic Kenneth Barlow
@artemiszeus97355 жыл бұрын
Rob Mallard (Daniel). Has he watched this footage? It is as if he has. 30:30 era Ken was nice. 💜
@jaredporikos21972 жыл бұрын
LOL Denise loves to make Ken mad XD
@suesmith37446 күн бұрын
Oh this brings back memories , my mum died in 1971 and I remember watching Val’s death in bed with mum , I was nearly 10 years old and we both loved Corrie . Such bitter sweet memories, RIP mum 🕊️. Loved all these old characters , and God Bless Bill Roach he’s a national institution…. By the way, I remember hating Janet , this hasn’t changed my mind 😂
@Sarah776378 ай бұрын
My God that Denise was a right witch
@jaredporikos21974 ай бұрын
loved Denise
@bsaunders52713 жыл бұрын
Funny how his Northern accent has totally disappeared over the years.
@WARTV-dn5fk4 жыл бұрын
'Half a bitter shandy, please...'
@mikeelmira5 жыл бұрын
About the 10th before I recognized , don’t remember Joanna Lamond being on the show
@christinehaigh98074 жыл бұрын
She didn't want to be tied down to Ken's children.
@maggieb3694 жыл бұрын
Is there one of these specials about Mike Baldwin?
@christopheroshea83063 жыл бұрын
Kens a legendary bore
@upncmnh114 жыл бұрын
Why in 1983 was the Ken V Mike and Dierdre shot by camera from that angle?
@2490debrick4 жыл бұрын
I can't believe his first wife was played by Anne Reid lol... I never knew!
@robertdoherty20013 жыл бұрын
The Elaine Perkins thing is amazing; could never have worked because she was more than a match for him in every way - including acting - they kind of cancelled each other out.
@stevenhighams4190 Жыл бұрын
I think Anne Reid and Judith Barker were better actresses than Joanna Lumley.
@stuartclarke12568 жыл бұрын
So when Ken finally does leave for good, will he be missed
@nwlman5 жыл бұрын
Wish Joanna Lumley would come back
@taraqueen583 жыл бұрын
Scenes of
@t2mplecat6 жыл бұрын
please don't tell me ken and rita were an item.
@robertdoherty20012 жыл бұрын
Alas, yes. But then so was Bet and Mike Baldwin.
@janettewebster2151 Жыл бұрын
@@robertdoherty2001 & Bet & Len..
@danielr026 жыл бұрын
Hi, is it possible you could please upload The Life and Loves of Elsie Tanner?
@Paulious786 жыл бұрын
danielroxheaps I only have what I was able to download from here. Life and loves of Elsie Tanner was not part of the timelife series.
@danielr026 жыл бұрын
Ah my apologies I should have realised this was all from one company!
@Paulious786 жыл бұрын
danielroxheaps The life and loves of Elsie Tanner was the first time a clip show had been made about just one character - it was done when actress Pat Phoenix died, however, this was forgotten about when Dennis Tanner returned to the street. I think that's where the idea came from, but rather than get actors to do scenes to link everything together, they decided to hire the one person as a narrator.
@danielr026 жыл бұрын
Thanks for that information! I was hoping someone would have it because there's a few good clips in there. Someone will have it (hopefully)
@Paulious786 жыл бұрын
Send me a direct message - I will see what i can do
@WinChun784 жыл бұрын
He doesn't drink in The Woolpack....
@jayaychare73183 жыл бұрын
life imitating art
@kaysmith8992 Жыл бұрын
24:43 I forget how old Peter actually is. Always found Chris Gasgoyne quite young looking in the 2000s, yet here he's already a boy in the black-and-white age.
@pinkydash85437 жыл бұрын
52:40 omg! did he just pay 80p for a bottle of wine?
@danielr026 жыл бұрын
She said "That would be 80"
@jameshyman4185 жыл бұрын
Mateus Rose wine. A medium sweet Portuguese wine which was 80p a pint cost 20-30p
@clarewild34305 жыл бұрын
Very swarve
@christinehaigh98074 жыл бұрын
He's not all that helpless....hmm!
@denisesiddon72414 жыл бұрын
Can tell Daniel's his son
@benjaminclasper9355 Жыл бұрын
And he was telling her straight.
@leonardssenkindu58025 жыл бұрын
Pasty Stone, (Joanna Lumley )changed back to a woman, lol
@benjaminclasper9355 Жыл бұрын
I like it at 1:05:34 when Ken shouts “you’re no longer my bloody problem” it certainly I hope put Janet in her place and to stop pleading with him to take her back when it was Janet who left him.
@stevenhighams4190 Жыл бұрын
Well, you'll be pleased to know she killed herself...
@suzobot53504 жыл бұрын
He wasn't a very nice person in the earliest days and now he's just boring. No idea how he got so many women
@xjasmineliax4 жыл бұрын
Elaine Perkins - Joanna Lumley!!
@lewstone19347 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised Ken is still alive. He must have Cat genes!
@danielr026 жыл бұрын
The actor is 85.
@lucindawinehouse20026 жыл бұрын
danielroxheaps My grandad is a year younger than ken Barlow he is 84 and still alive
@danielr026 жыл бұрын
Is he still working?
@lucindawinehouse20026 жыл бұрын
danielroxheaps No he’s retired but I’m surprised that Ken Barlow is still working at 85 years old
@jimmann42846 жыл бұрын
my dad wood have been the same age as ken 85 he past way in 20011 god bless him
@Sarah776377 жыл бұрын
Could you please upload the video on Bet Gilroys life (if there is one)?
@Paulious787 жыл бұрын
There is one available Sarah, I did have it but I had to take it down because someone had claimed copyright on it. I will try and re-upload it keep a look out on my channel
@Paulious785 жыл бұрын
Send me a message Sarah - I'm having trouble uploading these again - due to copyright, Send me a message i might be cable to sort out a copy for you
@paulhughes26064 жыл бұрын
@@Paulious78 Would love to see the Bet film too
@ginge1560 Жыл бұрын
@Paulious78 Hello, I would love to see the Bet collection also if you could upload it or send me a copy it would be much appreciated.
@kierandodd4599 Жыл бұрын
1:05:34 You’re no longer my bloody PROBLEM!!!🤣🤣🤣
@joearkle13274 жыл бұрын
William roach is the last remaing cast member left from 1960 all the rest are dead and most who came in in the 70s gave popped there clogs or left
@bryanwatt39434 жыл бұрын
He don't drink in the woolpack coz that emmerdale he don't in the queen Vic coz that eastenders he don't drink in the s u bar coz that hollyoaks he drinks in the rovers coz that in corrie KEN BARLOW KEN BARLOW KEN BARLOW KEN BARLOW 😂😂
@jonathanmiddleton430710 жыл бұрын
What's Joanna Lumley doing appearing in Corrie
@laminage10 жыл бұрын
I don't know how it is with UK Actresses but for US Actors and Actresses, a lot of them get their Foot in The Door by Doing Soap Operas. At the time she was one of Ken's Girlfriends. Three Desperate Housewives, Olivia Pope's Father from Scandal and even Fergie's Husband Josh Duhamel was on A Soap.
@Paulious787 жыл бұрын
Joanna Lumley had already done several films by the time Coronation Street came around for her, including On Her Majesty's Secret Service
@alexthepensmith61016 жыл бұрын
Jonathan Middleton This was pre her doing 'The New Avengers' as Purdey and after she did Bond. She was a model before she was an actress!
@youtubeCreatorGemjorney6 жыл бұрын
Well something i didnt know joanna Lumley in corri back then .
@stevenhighams4190 Жыл бұрын
@@youtubeCreatorGemjorney She did an episode of Steptoe & Son the year before, playing Harold's posh "bird".
@GraceEH5 жыл бұрын
Hi Paul could you upload the Emily and Mavis lifetime program if u get time. It's one of the lesser known ones
@Paulious785 жыл бұрын
Hi Grace Unfortunately, I have had to take Mavis & Emily down due to copyright reasons. I have recently moved and I will need to find the original file - as soon as I find it, I will try and upload it again - hopefully you can watch it before it comes down again.
I have tried uploading again, (link is above) however a copyright claim has already been filed - So i'm not sure if you will be able to view it. Send me a message and I should be able to send out a dvd copy if you are interested
@GraceEH5 жыл бұрын
Thanks I'll have a think about it can I just ask have you got the episode where Andy and Steve find out Liz has lost the baby ? also the Mcdonalds family album would be great too.
@lindseymitchell18512 жыл бұрын
Makes me laugh that years into the future from this, Ken bragged to Peter that he would never have left him in the house to go get cigs when Peter did that to Simon, short memory that one, Ken was as bad a father as Peter was
@ysgol34 жыл бұрын
In their last conversation, on the phone, Ken, unheard, tells Val how massive his erection is.
@kevinhickey35152 ай бұрын
Been watching the 80s coronation st and I must say Ken Barlow was the least natural actor on set. Even his entrance into a room was totally contrived. Other actors put him completely in the shade.........