That pub landlord who drinks 15 pints a day, 7 days a week - 'I don't drink a lot'. The most British thing I've ever heard. Love it.

"So, Mondays are your day off." "Yes...well, that's when I drink alone."

I love how dear old Wilf has been adopted by the pub and how everyone looks after him. Better than staying at home with only the telly and a slice of tomato on toast.

My hangovers have gotten to the point where I am completely useless and the headaches are terrible. One and a half week no drinking. I dont want to waste another day due to alcohol

My dad was a pub owner and a functioning alcoholic. After watching him die a horrible death of cirrhosis of the liver, I knew I had to get my drinking under control. I wouldn’t wish that experience on my worst enemy!!!

"You were so drunk last night" This is the epitomy of modern British conversation folks, trust me.

6 months sober and I feel amazing. Drinking was killing me. It worked for years though before it turned on me. If you can drink in moderation more power to you. I just cant :(

Best piece of advice I’ve found when it comes to drinking is “Be careful what you get good at.”

The best friends who are widows... I love them! They lost their "Bobs" but they have each other and they are lovely.

I really liked Reg. There's something very sweet about him! He seems like the type that would give the shirt off his back. Literally. I hope he finds a nice lady to settle down with.

I drank too much in my 20s.. early 30s.. 48 now and very rarely drink. I just hate how I feel the following day.. don’t miss it.

When I grew up , the pub was the social networking hub for the village . Pre internet / texting days. A lot of business was done in there. If you needed a tradesman , you would talk to him in the pub about your job and fix a price . We would leave the building site at lunch time for a pie and a pint . Meet the lads on Friday nights there, girlfriends, neighbors , darts, pool, music, pub outings. Those were the days . Brilliant !! When I came to the US , I met a few people who said they couldn’t have a drink as they were alcoholics. That was very strange to me coming from the pub culture, that they couldn’t just come and have a pint and a chat .

I've never heard anyone say that they live for the day after drinking, that the hangover makes it all worth it...... ummmm ok

The two elderly friends are awesome. If you want a drink with a friend, have fun ladies. The youngsters binge drinking is a little worrying, to be honest. Bad habits catch up to you, kids.

Loved this documentary so so much. I am not a pub person myself, but I do have a drink with my dad in his local pub and it warms my heart. When he goes in and knows everyone as they have been going there for 40 + years and it's just so heart warming. Like the cheers series theme tune - 'You wanna go where everybody knows your name' ❤

"I just want to get pissed and vomit my paycheck in the alley outside at 1 am, then pray for a merciful death the next day." said no one ever.

Great documentary! Explains the British culture well. To an outsider the most different thing is that when the pub is closed down people don't meet anymore. In other words - they are not used to visiting each their neighbors..

9 years sober and just sorry I wasted my brains and 20 years on alcohol.

When I heard what Reg said, my heart went out to him. Such a precious fellow. How should he be lonely, with so many women in the world wanting a nice, handsome man?!

RIP Rob, the guy was a local legend used to smoke behind the bar and not charge me for drinks lol

Missing the UK so much while watching this doc. I lived in Bristol for almost 3y and half and I miss it everyday, although I wanted to come back to Spain cos of my family but... Still loved the experience and brits are the best, loved the humor, kind spirit, culture and vibes from Bristol and the people there. To all my managers, colleagues and friends made there working as a waitress, shop assistant and then Personal Shopper, I love you guys :):)

I have left the UK a while ago now and this documentary brought back memories. I went through a teenage binge phase, plus drank quite a lot at University. As the years went on this trailed away. I still liked a pint and a half in my local every Saturday afternoon. For a while now I hardly drink now I have left the UK. The Pub has been a central part of British culture for centuries. This film is really excellent as it does show how important the pub still is in British culture. If you look at the international stats the UK is not especially high compared with other countries. Binge drinking again, seems to have been around for a long time though. A very good programme, thanks for downloading this.

This is a very moving documentary put togehter with love and care. Pubs in the UK really are fundamental in preserving a sense of collective commuity and belonging. The people featured all had their life stories to convey. I was particulallry drawn to the love and companionship shown between the 2 widows and the retired banker. I have lived in North America since 2008 and, after watching this, realize how much I both love and miss the UK.🇺🇸🇬🇧

Fair play to Joan and Irene. I hope they're still enjoying plenty of wine and rum to this day, and many more to come.

"Get the most drunk" means whoever is laid out on the street with puke all over them in the end of the night. I'll pass on that.

What kind of society have you created when half of the population feels a need to drink itself into oblivion to avoid it.

I was a tavern goer and drunk for half my life. From the little I remember I had a splendid time. I quit drinking after three decades. It was the best thing I ever did.

It's strange how my perception and attitude toward drinking has changed over the years. When I was the same age roughly as the girls' netball team and guys' rugby team I'd have been very much like them, didn't see much harm in it and it was all a bit of a laugh really. But since I quit drinking 11 years ago, seeing this just reminds me of how much money, time, energy and my own health I wasted in drinking. My biggest fear that helped get me to stop that was I'd end up being a lonely old drunk having done little or nothing with my life.

The Romans wrote about how the Britons drank to excess so nothing has changed.

Fun fact: The Red Lion is the name of the pub in Orwell's book, Animal Farm.

Why am I watching this? and why can’t I stop watching?! 😂

I’m American and I found the closest thing to a real Irish pub that my wife and I frequent every week. It has music, laughter, and we’ve made a couple of regular friends. We bring our friends and our kids in for a drink or eats. Long live the PUB!

I enjoyed this low-key documentary. I found the people seemed for the most part pleasant.

Poor Reggie, he's like "She started putting hearts on her letters... So I guess you could say it's getting kinda serious!"

If this documentary was about any other drug we would be vilifying these people.

Robert passed away awhile ago due alcoholism. RIP. Lovley bloke

15:30 Monday is my day off. It's nice to sit with my feet up and have a glass of wine by my own. *I thought she was talking about drinking LOL*

Socialising is healthy, the problem here is that so many think being social and drinking are two inseparable things. With the abundance of pubs and drinking culture in the UK I don't blame them for thinking that way, I feel that there are too many pubs over here and that if we had less then people would be more inclined to gravitate to other activities which still let them make friends and have fun but without the liver damage and hangovers.

The British pub is the greatest community centre on earth every type of person from every walk of life . Getting on with life and enjoying each others company . I miss it so much as i now live abroad and does not exist where i am now . France .

I always hear fun and laughter coming out of pubs. I never do with coffee shops. Every time I go into a coffee shop with someone who wants a coffee everyone seems quiet, boring, reserved and miserable. Its like a bloody library. Give me pubs every time.

Lived in Morecambe back in the early 80s... the English country pub had an ambience that we Americans struggle to re-create. One place had a lovely boxer (dog) named William who loved the salt & vinegar crisps. I do miss that.

Iam so glad I’ve stopped wasting my life in a place where no one will change in twenty years time , and I was able to hold on to my relationship with my family, thank god....

I toured the UK four times with this band and everytime we'd meet at Wetherspoons in Victoria Station after hopping off the Gatwick Express. So nice to enjoy the ale and be in London. Great memories Great Britain!

When you’re elderly and retired, you get to drink as much as you want, it’s the young people who are playing with fire. My son died at 50 of cirrhosis. It’s a horrible death! Someone said “if I knew I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.” True wisdom

Okay, this was recommended to me in 2020. Considering the state of the world, I'd love to visit a Red Lion right now.

My first 6yrs were spent in the pub! My dad had the red lion in Burnham, slough. I have wonderful memories of the people who were really part of an extended or sub family. If I could turn back time . . .

What a beautifull story. Lovely characters and cleverly produced.

"Avoiding drinking on the job is obviously not a principle you have embraced", she says to the continuously drunk landlord. Love the English understatement!

I want a shirt that says, "Well, I don't know, do I Reg? " I'm still cackling. I also want those adorable 80 year old ladies to adopt me

I don't even drink, why am I watching this?

I so miss the British pubs! I lived and worked in England for many year's and really loved the pubs and the atmosphere in them. I used to go to the really old pub's because they are so beautiful. I now live in Sweden. There are some beautiful pubs here too made in traditional British style but they just lack the atmosphere. Pubs are a fairly new thing here and I think that's what makes the difference. People here don't have the experience from going to the pub for generations as they have in Britain.

I truly enjoyed watching it. Thank you.

Different strokes, for different folks.. A bit different from my country, Norway. Part from having a drinking culture as well. But here mostly in the weekends.. I think it looks pretty cozy. Instead of sitting home alone. It's like a community house, where you can come and hang out with friends and people you know. Or just be among people. Eat, drink or not drink. I don't understand all the hate comments. They were not all drinking and not all of them were drunk. And if they were, so what? It's totally up to them. People are so fast to judge others.

Those little old ladies are adorable

Watching this vídeo brings me old memorys for the time i lived in the UK. My pub was the Admiral Lord Rodney in Colne Lancashire. Miss my mates....

Thank you for sharing this documentary. Good stuff 🙂👍

The best pleasant documentary!! Wish I had a time like that

In America, we are missing the, Family style pub. A lot of us only have socializing at work.

You guys should do a sequel..see how many of these young ladies are raging alcoholics, have spent a few stints in rehab, or are single mothers. You know, for science.

I'm a pub girl. You meet nice, down to earth people. Nice regulars. That was the worst thing for me during lockdown. No bloody pub!!!! I love grabbing a good seat, (for people watching). A few sherbets, pork scratchings & talking rubbish for a couple of hours. Great therapy!!!

i love the two old ladies. bless them

Awfully expensive to be in the pub every night.

Love how they show a Stella Artois / wife beater ad.

i was a regular in Roberts Red Lion - he was an absolute Peach but an alcoholic and he is now dead i think i heard anyway,... he used to call me Dollly - a Dolly birdy memories of good times RIP Robert x

Thankfully alcohol plays no part in my life...do not drink....my father was an alcoholic..so I saw up close and personally the destruction alcohol can bring!

I had the absolute best time being off my pickle from my mid teens up to my late 20s. I have still carried on drinking after that, but not to the same extent all the time, and not nearly as often. The hangovers definitely become much harder to handle, and gone are the days of 'sleeping' on a friends floor or settee, or staying up all night haha. Would I change any of that? Nah, wouldn't change any if it!

That shows how great those “friendships” were. Once alcohol is out of the picture, they are non-existent.

Watching this during lockdown. Yearning for the pubs to reopen and as they were, without all this redtape. Local pubs are a huge part of British culture. I've met many neighbours I call friends, whom otherwise may have stayed strangers. A vital resource for the community...Just look at Wilf.

Living in London for 3 months took about 3 years off of my life. So. Much. Booze.

Thanks for the reminder as to why I'm SO grateful I haven't had to take a drink in 37 years, one day at a time. I couldn't even get through the first 10 minutes of this video. A sickening trip down Memory Lane. But you guys enjoy your pounding headaches, nausea, puking, waking up with butt ugly people, DUI charges, phoning in sick to work, making an absolute buffoon of yourself, etc. I started my drinking career in Canada. With LOTS of Brits. I thought this kind of drinking was normal. Love you guys to pieces. English/Scottish/Irish is my heritage. Heavy drinker? Alcoholic? We only have to report to ourselves. I for one want nothing to do anymore with boozers. Best of luck to all. Please don't drink and drive. 🙏🏻💚

English people are so friendly and intelligent. :) I love the way they use the words "proper" and "mate". Just adorable.

Ridge seems kind of fun. I love when he talked about the conversations with himself haha. :-) :-) :-) :-)

Nice documentary . I use to live in my local until they introduced the smoking ban, being in a smoke filled pub was part and parcel of pub life. The thing is there was always the Bar or the Lounge to drink in and in a lot of old traditional pubs the bar was actually called The Smoke Bar or Smoking Lounge so if you didn't like smoke you knew not to drink in there

Knowing an alcoholic and two who died OF alcoholism, this is really sad. There's nothing you can do to help someone drinking their life away. They have to stop or slow down themselves. So frustrating.

There is nothing more wonderful than an old English pub.

This was very thought-provoking on so many levels.

Canadian here, went to my grandmothers funeral in England and after the funeral the family went to the pub for the rest of the day...that would never happen in Canada.

I have worked as a barman for many years (I choose not to drink and I don't feel neither better nor worse than the rest for it)One of the problems is that it has become so normal (everyone does it all the time), that people don't even give it a thought, and if you don't do it (or do it very seldom) then it will be a reason for the majority to believe that you had problems with alcohol in the past, or something is 'wrong' with you, or people may look at you with a sense of suspicion. The long term consecuences can be devastating....cancer that manifests without previous warning, and then the affected person only got a couple of weeks left to live and it's already too late to solve it (I've seen this one very often). Kidney, liver or pancreas malfunction which makes life miserable...To me alcohol has become something most people don't consider too much (and in a way that could be dangerous). It is the perfect (and many times only) lubricant for doing something as natural as socialising with others (be it friends or strangers), or the perfect lubricant to flirt with someone. As a Scottish friend of mine told me once, 'the average British lacks confidence deep down, so in order to overcome this, alcohol is the answer'. Is it true? I don't really know....but the statement is clearly worth a thought...specially if we are unable to do perfectly natural things without having a drink.

It's utterly British. We have local cafés here in the Netherlands (although the classic ones are shutting down as well), but that's not like a pub. I feel fortunate to have been to many pubs in England and Ireland as a younger woman.

Reg the hedge has a wonderful energy! A excellent spirit of being upbeat and it's proven by his extreme ease in which he breaks into a big grin. Great smile. I'm straight but I always wish that most men would smile more and stop being so afraid of being a "nice guy."

My neighbour is from Britain that had to get away from her drunk British husband (after 10 years) by moving here to Canada. Her husband is constantly broke and drunk. She told me Her friends' husband (when she was is Britain) drowned in a stream in her town because they come from the pub and fall in when walking home drunk. A common occurrence in their town. It's quite strange to her that Canadians aren't drunk like this all the time.

I love this. I love british culture. I love Brits, they are educated and most of all funny. I was born in a wrong part of the world. Brits,be proud of what you are.

I love the pub.....it's one of the things I miss most of living abroad, the pubs just aren't the same

On one of my tours majority of the tourists were British. One was from Australia. Every night they would drink. And would leave one bar then go to another. This documentary brings back memories of them.

God bless and RIP Robert, perhaps one of the last classic Landlords.

I lost my cousin brother to alcohol - his liver gave up when he was about 58. Wish he was still here.

Thanks for posting

I have mixed reactions to this. I love the idea of a cozy gathering place for the local community. A place to meet old friends and make new ones. What I don't like is the alcohol abuse. Is it possible to have pub life without the alcohol?

Those pub crawl girls have an unusual philosophy regarding having a good time and drinking. Hangovers are a cruel message.

15 pints a day "oh i don't drink a lot..." what a madman hahaha

2 years sober here, I drink more tea and coffee now though lol

Lovely way to wake up watching this this morning. Could almost be fooled into believing life is normal.

Being Eastern European living in the UK for 17 years..I love Britain, British people, British nature, British humour, attitude between colleagues at work, National Trust.. but still can't get used to drinking culture and Sorry British food.😉

This documentary is sort of looking down on drinking and British culture. But it just makes me miss the place. Especially when it shows the outside of the pub. Love the atmos.

Fantastic documentary !! 🙏

This is why 1 out of 3 emergency room visits in the UK are related to alcohol. And why people are dying as young as 30 because of alcohol abuse (I just saw a documentary about this subject). I love the pub culture though. Some people just take it too far.

Reg seems like a genuinely nice bloke, admits he's getting old and lonely. Should be Reg the Ledge.

ahhhh never ever in France someone has offered me a coffee but it's true when i lived in London i liked to go to a pub and chat with people, and we ended up being friends at the end of the day ! miss uk so much!

Absolutely knackered.

It's actually a form of torture watching this when you've run out of beer in the gaff.