This was compulsory viewing in the 70's as a kid ... the entire family and 3 generations of us all crammed around the Telly to watch it ... Windsor was LOVED by all!
Totally agreed. My uncle was in North Africa in WW2 in the 8th army and when I stayed with his family back in the '70's he would always say "that is exactly how it was" and that Windsor's character brought back memories of his army days. Some good and some not so!
Any one who served in the British or Commonwealth Forces prior to about 1995 would recognise BSM Williams. Every unit had one and they were some of the finest men to put on a uniform. Windsor got it so right.
"SILENCE WHEN YOU SPEAK TO AN OFFICER!!"..... and the first thing you'd hear in the mornings was the old favourite was "Alright you lot,hands off ya cocks and on with ya socks!!"
We all had Sgt Majors like Sgt Major Williams back in the day in the British Army. Most units had one or two like him. Ruthless, rigid, thoroughly professional, but always had the lads best interests at heart. This was until the mid nineties.
I'm second generation Pakistani. I find this series absolutely hilarious. What people should know they are regularly taking the michael out of the British army officers. Shame its not on tv at all. Just a few facts, gunner la di da Graham was born in Pakistan. Michael bates who played Rangi ram was born in India, served there in the army and was fluent in urdu. Fortunately I can view material on this great series on TH-cam.
Hi Mr Aziz, glad to see you aren't offended by this great programme which - as you so rightly pointed out - pokes fun at 'we British' more than anyone! :-)
Thanks for the words you have written , this has restored my faith in common sense, and not calling it racist straight away, without any predujice its not meant to offend!
@@chippyshoppe7695Windsor Davies,RIP, played a great Sgt major, who disliked the "natives" and despised his squad even more, regularly calling them poofs, my favourite episode is when Lofty is struck down with monsoon madness and challenges the sarge to a duel. Jolly spiffing. Incidentally the chai wallah also appeared in mind your language.
Indeed the lines given to the two wallahs in the show often pre-viewed the change in power after WW2 as the Indian Govt went to the self-control of the nation. I always saw them as equals to the brit solders. Bates was of course the over the top performance that maybe the british expected of indians to be, but I suspect was just as identifiable to any indian audience watching !
The reason you won't see it today is because of the vile neo-liberalism that's been plaguing our United Kingdom since that war criminal, Tony Blair, took office in Number 10 Downing Street, Robert. Thankfully every episode of every series is still available for download on the internet.
I joined the army in mid 1976 and most the senior NCOs in training camps and Depots were just like him. I often wonder if they were copying him. As I rose through the ranks I certainly did!
Ah no!! I was a little bit younger and I hated the show. This and Dad's Army. They were so boring!! Could never understand how my mum and dad found them so funny. But then, a couple of years ago I watched them both again.... LMAO my sides were aching with laughing. Absolutely brilliant, Dad's Army too. I can see why ma n pa loved 'em so much! Funnily enough, I saw a couple of episodes of The Tomorrow People at the same time as those two were on. I would run home from school not to miss the start of that show, I loved it so much. I was chuckling nearly as much at this as I was the other two lol. Brilliantly bad, to the point it was comical. Funny ol' game this growing up eh lol
Windsor Davies totally stole the show...watched this as a boy and loved all the characters..loved the philosophical Indian guy constantly fanning the officers from his cross legged position...he always seemed the one who was most at peace...
As a kid, I had the pleasure of watching their stage show in Scarborough in the early 80's. Then seeing them in the local chippy afterwards. Not realising that they were most probably having their meal between shows, interrupted their dinner by asking for autographs, which they gave with no problem. The whole troupe were a class act, without the airs and graces of today's so called 'stars
Ordo Heritcus "stars'' is kind of a loose term. Cuz these days, all you have to do is go on reality TV, act stupid and have sex and you're made for life
They are just the tip of a huge ice burg of mediocrity. Let's face it just about everyone on reality tv since the late 90s have had celebrity thrust upon them whilst being completely undeserving of it.
@@MetroTitanD78 Probably because it was already thirty years out of date when they made it. That meant anyone who ever saw it watched it in the spirit of nostalgia.
Growing up in Holland in the 70s, all these British comedies were broadcast over here (with subtitles, thank God), The Good Life, On the Buses, Fawlty Towers, Dad's Army, Are You Being Served, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, and how we loved them over here. Pity the PC crowd is so influential that repeats of some of them are considered a no-go.
I've just discovered this through pure error and I cannot wait to start watching it. I'll have my dad round for dinner and put it on as it's his era and I useto hear him giggling watching stuff like this. The Welsh accent is almost always comical without trying to be. Brilliant. As for politically correct - bore off. Comedy is comedy. I find the Welsh accent just as funny and delightful as the Indian accent. Love it.
Serving out in Hong Kong in '83-'86, and the squadron tea bar was run by a Pakistani. He was always proud to be, and announce himself as the char wallah. His father was before him and probably his father's father was too.
The late great Windsor , the extremely funny talented actor of the golden age of true comedy , long may he act in the next life as he did in this one we lost him too . RIP mr magical Davies .
At a funeral today for an ex army WO2. Very sad occasion, but lightened by some reminiscing about Windsor Davies superb BSM Williams. We'd all come across a BSM Williams at some point in army life. Thanks again Windsor, RIP.
He is, for me, the archetypal Sergeant Major/senior NCO: incredibly confident, loud, aggressive, not always the most intelligent and he played the part brilliantly. They have an invaluable job to do training/leading others, often to stop them killing themselves, or each other! Gunnery Sergeant Hartman (Lee Ermey in 'Full Metal Jacket') and Battery Sergeant Major Williams (Windsor Davies) are the iconic performances of this genre.
@@georgebuller1914 Anyone who starts using words like snowflake to apply to someone with whom they disagree has no understanding of the derogatory meaning of the word, or if they do, they have been unduly influenced by the right wing hypocrites of the American right.
@@billythedog-309 1/ I FULLY understand its meaning. 2/ I take very little interest in UK politics and virtually NONE in that of the USA. 3/ I stand by my statement. So many of today's generation are fully deserving of the term 'Snowflake'. Want to see how Snowflakes 'perform?' - www.standard.co.uk/news/london/student-groups-at-goldsmiths-and-kings-college-switch-from-using-women-to-womxn-in-communications-a4000926.html
What a great show, remember as a boy laughing at him shouting, was superb! Reading comments here about people’s kids loving it shows how the modern “lets not say anything remotely offensive material” now is lacking.
It's "racist" don't you know,absolute ballocks, it's comedy at it's best, it's a level of entertainment that today's comedy brigade will never aspire to.
My brother and I are in our twenties, and My dad made us watch this growing up, we still watch the dvds, and clips on youtube.. I still cry with laughter now as much as I did then. So so funny 😂
I absolutely loved IAHHM as a child and spent all week looking forward to the next episode. Then it came to an end and I was sad to think I would never see it again. Decades later DVDs came out and I bought the whole thing on DVD. It's still just as funny and never fails to cheer me up. The secret of its success is that you love the characters, all of them (and that's also why it isn't racist).
reminds me of my late grandfather, he was in the RAF and the "Seargent Major" has the same look as him and the same attitude... a great man. the cast of it aint half hot mum were amazing at there roles
Political correctness doesn't speak for everyone. There's a lot of gay people who wouldn't be offended by this as they grew up through it. Stiffer spines. Not the snowflakes of today who are scared of a breeze.
Being used to getting abused seems a pretty shitty reason for it to be deemed okay, come on now 😂😂😂 the real snowflakes are the ones who have temper tantrums cos people no longer find their jokes funny, go red in the face and yet they call other people sensitive, the irony is hilarious 😂
IN MY NOT SO HUMBLE OPINION---AMONGST ALL THE GREAT STAR CHARACTER'S, IN THE LONG HISTORY OR OUR ONCE UNBEATABLE COMEDY, SGT MAJ WILLIAMS IS THE GREATEST. AND THAT LOVELY BOYS IS ONE HELL OF A STATEMENT !!
One of our many favourite British comedies, we certainly are not offended and find everything about it hilarious. All brilliant characters and funny comparing Michael Bates to his Clockwork Orange character!! The BBC are DISGRACEFUL for not picturing him on the box set. RIP to many fine characters from this show 💜
My late father was often mistaken for Battery Sgt Major Williams when he completed 4 year's in the Parachute Regiment. Joined the Light Infantry as a junior nco, and when he reached the rank of colour sgt the lad's in his company said "they've been watching colour sgt at the guard house, Windsor Davies is a mirror image of him " Same height, same barrel chest and facial expressions and voice. And the way he walked around with his stick was the exact same. Bloody hilarious "lovely boy."
In the mid 80s i used to be Windsors milkman , in Carshalton, Surrey. Lovely guy, perfect gentleman. This was his best ever role.In the days when comedy was Actually FUNNY.
Comedy just isn’t the same anymore. Back then you would be rolling on the floor laughing. What’s on tv now just doesn’t cut it. Fantastic actor and so funny. RIP, Lovely Boy…
Absolutely in 70s BBC used to churn genius comic stuff out, it’s news coverage was objective and credible and now eve Rey thing is does is totally pathetic, how a once great institution rotted from the inside out and lost its soul to political correctness. I can’t wait for the day it is finally close down or privatised.
Dad loved this show. He was a Company Sargeant Major in Burma. He inherited all of the sayings that Sargeant Majors had such as, if a soldier moved his foot on parade, he would ask, loudly" where do you think you are going?" and if a soldier had not done up the top button if his uniform, he would ask in a loud voice" what do you think you are doing ? Sunbathing?". Another one was when he introduced himself to his company. " I am Company Sargeant Major Albert Whyberd. To my friends, I am Dick, (then in a loud voice) but you can call me sir! and you can stand to attention while your doing it!. Dad was a Chindit and, when he was junior NCO, served with the Gurkhas from 1942 onwards. Throughout his long life he spoke admiringly about the Gurkhas and Orde Wingate. There was also some interesting recollections about India. He travelled to every part of the country and loved Assam as it was cool. He also served in Ceylon. Also there was a lot of humerous stories. He never spoke about combat operations.
It does not fit in today's world, but those of us with a few years under our belt look back on this and remember when comedy was not personal, we all knew people like these characters. The brave new world is no place for characters, sad but true.
A wonderous comical show that I grew up with in the 70'-80's Sadly it couldn't be replicated nowadays, for fear of those who's mission in life is to be offended on behalf of those who don't care, or ironically, find this satire funny regardless
Priceless talent.Real acting. No PC.
Excellent stuff.
It was great. Showed Indians as smart guys and Army mentality for the pathetic thing it is.
It was real life in the Army 1944/45 Far East. My father was there and loved the show as it was / is the only programme based on the Forgotten War
This was compulsory viewing in the 70's as a kid ... the entire family and 3 generations of us all crammed around the Telly to watch it ... Windsor was LOVED by all!
Totally agreed. My uncle was in North Africa in WW2 in the 8th army and when I stayed with his family back in the '70's he would always say "that is exactly how it was" and that Windsor's character brought back memories of his army days. Some good and some not so!
I watched this as a kid in the Netherlands (luckily with subtitles, not synchronized) and never missed
an episode.
Great memories and a lot of fun.
Any one who served in the British or Commonwealth Forces prior to about 1995 would recognise BSM Williams. Every unit had one and they were some of the finest men to put on a uniform. Windsor got it so right.
He spent time with a guards unit to research for IAHM.
"SILENCE WHEN YOU SPEAK TO AN OFFICER!!"..... and the first thing you'd hear in the mornings was the old favourite was "Alright you lot,hands off ya cocks and on with ya socks!!"
My grandfather who served in Burma howled at this show as he had a Sgt Major exactly the same apparently.
@@JohnSmith-rw2yn They are all the same and they are fantastic blokes
Agreed. My late Uncle was a "desert rat in WW2 and always said that the series was bang on with it's scripts.
My late dad absolutely loved this show, RIP Pop xx
Mine too!
Windsor Davis as BSM was one of the defining characters of 70s comedy, right up there with Basil Fawlty. He was made for that role. Lovely boy…
We all had Sgt Majors like Sgt Major Williams back in the day in the British Army. Most units had one or two like him. Ruthless, rigid, thoroughly professional, but always had the lads best interests at heart. This was until the mid nineties.
I knew a RSM who left the British Army around that time. He said he was glad to be leaving because the army was turning soft. I believe him!
Never missed this great programme.
I loved all of the cast, but I loved Michael Bates as Ranji, with his snake belt around his turban. Classic.
I'm second generation Pakistani. I find this series absolutely hilarious. What people should know they are regularly taking the michael out of the British army officers. Shame its not on tv at all. Just a few facts, gunner la di da Graham was born in Pakistan. Michael bates who played Rangi ram was born in India, served there in the army and was fluent in urdu. Fortunately I can view material on this great series on TH-cam.
Hi Mr Aziz, glad to see you aren't offended by this great programme which - as you so rightly pointed out - pokes fun at 'we British' more than anyone! :-)
Thanks for the words you have written , this has restored my faith in common sense, and not calling it racist straight away, without any predujice its not meant to offend!
@@chippyshoppe7695Windsor Davies,RIP, played a great Sgt major, who disliked the "natives" and despised his squad even more, regularly calling them poofs, my favourite episode is when Lofty is struck down with monsoon madness and challenges the sarge to a duel.
Jolly spiffing. Incidentally the chai wallah also appeared in mind your language.
Indeed the lines given to the two wallahs in the show often pre-viewed the change in power after WW2 as the Indian Govt went to the self-control of the nation. I always saw them as equals to the brit solders. Bates was of course the over the top performance that maybe the british expected of indians to be, but I suspect was just as identifiable to any indian audience watching !
I believe some episodes were lost forever after the master tapes were recorded over.
The reason you won't see this on live TV ever again, can be summed up by one word. Cowardice!
11/8/23 10:35pm That’s TV
Never….
The Crusader profile pic says it all,it was of its time,much like the Black and White Minstrels,Gammon
The reason you won't see it today is because of the vile neo-liberalism that's been plaguing our United Kingdom since that war criminal, Tony Blair, took office in Number 10 Downing Street, Robert. Thankfully every episode of every series is still available for download on the internet.
@@stevenbreach2561
I loved this show but these gammons get up my nose with their culture war catchphrases
RIP Windsor Davies legend of the golden screen
It's a shame stuff like this isn't on now.
A legend....RIP Windsor Davies. 🙏
I joined the army in mid 1976 and most the senior NCOs in training camps and Depots were just like him. I often wonder if they were copying him. As I rose through the ranks I certainly did!
RIP Windsor Davies, this was comedy gold when I was 12 years old.
Correction, still is.
@@Glenn1967ful you must be my age.. :-)
Ah no!! I was a little bit younger and I hated the show. This and Dad's Army. They were so boring!! Could never understand how my mum and dad found them so funny.
But then, a couple of years ago I watched them both again.... LMAO my sides were aching with laughing. Absolutely brilliant, Dad's Army too. I can see why ma n pa loved 'em so much!
Funnily enough, I saw a couple of episodes of The Tomorrow People at the same time as those two were on. I would run home from school not to miss the start of that show, I loved it so much.
I was chuckling nearly as much at this as I was the other two lol. Brilliantly bad, to the point it was comical. Funny ol' game this growing up eh lol
Worked with Windsor in 1980, courtesy of a famous UK comic, and became friends. A lovely man - it probably helped that I came from Treorchy...
Well done for admitting you're from Treorchy. From a Bridgend boy 😉
@@fazertace6837 Ha ha! Mind you, only until I was 13, then we moved to upmarket Ponty!
Windsor Davies totally stole the show...watched this as a boy and loved all the characters..loved the philosophical Indian guy constantly fanning the officers from his cross legged position...he always seemed the one who was most at peace...
He was the Punkah Wallah if I remember correctly. A brilliant show. Absolutely loved it
I love it still better then any shit made today. Davies was a legend still is
Huh
I’m one of his grandchildren and it’s so nice that he’s fondly remembered. Melvyn Hayes said that the bbc should show it as a tribute to him.
@@eynon82 ive binged your grandads work this week,
you should be very very proud of him,
he is loved by all, and a really talented funny man.
@@MacStoker He was indeed talented and could light a room up on entering.
@@eynon82 my nephew used to watch the series with his mates at Uni, it became a cult hit, he can quote every line from it !!
As a kid, I had the pleasure of watching their stage show in Scarborough in the early 80's.
Then seeing them in the local chippy afterwards. Not realising that they were most probably having their meal between shows, interrupted their dinner by asking for autographs, which they gave with no problem.
The whole troupe were a class act, without the airs and graces of today's so called 'stars
Ordo Heritcus "stars'' is kind of a loose term. Cuz these days, all you have to do is go on reality TV, act stupid and have sex and you're made for life
@@tomdaly4275
Damn right!
Ordo Heritcus yeah! Cuz I mean look at Joey Essex, Gemma Collins, Chris and Kem! They became famous for doing absolutely nothing at all!
They are just the tip of a huge ice burg of mediocrity. Let's face it just about everyone on reality tv since the late 90s have had celebrity thrust upon them whilst being completely undeserving of it.
Lovely story thanks
Fabulous show. Rest in peace Sir.
Great show watched as a kid through the 70s and 80s now have the box set 👍🇬🇧
I bought the box set for my teenage son for Christmas I've never heard him laugh so much.
I got the box set for a Christmas present and I watch episodes every other night. Brilliant entertainment!
I've let my kids watch it and they love Windsor Davis especially when he's shouting.
@Red Pilled Fox Not too many Comedies last the test of time but this seems to be the exception.
@@MetroTitanD78 Probably because it was already thirty years out of date when they made it. That meant anyone who ever saw it watched it in the spirit of nostalgia.
Box set is brilliant don’t matter how many times I watched it I still laugh
Growing up in Holland in the 70s, all these British comedies were broadcast over here (with subtitles, thank God), The Good Life, On the Buses, Fawlty Towers, Dad's Army, Are You Being Served, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, and how we loved them over here. Pity the PC crowd is so influential that repeats of some of them are considered a no-go.
I love Windsor Davis
RIP my friend
I've just discovered this through pure error and I cannot wait to start watching it. I'll have my dad round for dinner and put it on as it's his era and I useto hear him giggling watching stuff like this. The Welsh accent is almost always comical without trying to be. Brilliant. As for politically correct - bore off. Comedy is comedy. I find the Welsh accent just as funny and delightful as the Indian accent. Love it.
The weird thing is that Windsor Davies was actually born in Canning Town in East London.
Serving out in Hong Kong in '83-'86, and the squadron tea bar was run by a Pakistani. He was always proud to be, and announce himself as the char wallah. His father was before him and probably his father's father was too.
The late great Windsor , the extremely funny talented actor of the golden age of true comedy , long may he act in the next life as he did in this one we lost him too . RIP mr magical Davies .
Windsor Davies, you're among the people who made me laugh the loudest! From the Netherlands, RIP! Shut up!!!
Oh dear, how sad, never mind!
@@robertbutler8041 Shut up!!!
I have fond memories of watching this sitcom as a child.
once seen .. never forgot.....what a voice...and actor...
Fabulous I loved it comedy at its best r.i.p Windsor Davies xxx
At a funeral today for an ex army WO2. Very sad occasion, but lightened by some reminiscing about Windsor Davies superb BSM Williams. We'd all come across a BSM Williams at some point in army life. Thanks again Windsor, RIP.
I was 9 years old when this hit the silver screen, I loved it and my Dad was in the RAF. we liked Get some in too.
t was real life in the Army 1944/45 Far East. My father was there and loved the show as it was / is the only programme based on the Forgotten War
Simply : World class !
Are you offended .. Oh Dear, How sad, Never mind
Well said tOP STAR
Noticed anyone being offended? I thought not.
Are you an idiot or what? It is satire!!
you know its not a BAD thing to give a shit that people are upset
you can defend remarks without being a cock about it
food for thought
marco t This program is everything aphobe
I occasionally used some of the sergeant major's lines when training reserve recruits. Some of the older recruits got it.
Never to be repeated on the BBC.
BBC is the worst joke. It is pathetic and they ought to hang their heads in shame for all the shit they have covered up.
RIP, God Bless and THANK YOU.
A brilliant Actor.
Not bad for Welch miner, that Windsor Davies was before becoming an actor.
Classic, my favourite line from old Shut-Up is "Well Mr Lah-Di-Dah Gunner Graham, I is looking to see if your prickly heat bumps is going sceptic".
With his "Hoxford heducation".
They cut before his classic "Never have I seen such a display of blatant poofery!"
NEVER IN ALL MY LIFE!
Oh dear, how sad, never mind
Right up there with Shakespeare.
Another classic British comedy that wouldn't be allowed today. 😔😔😔
It isn't allowed today. Don't expect to see it this Christmas after the Dad's Army re-runs.
You did as you were told. Stand by your beds!!! Move yourselves!!! One of my former senior officers at work reminds me of BSM.
So glad my mum got the box set for my dad when i was young, best fun ive ever had watching a tv series
He is, for me, the archetypal Sergeant Major/senior NCO: incredibly confident, loud, aggressive, not always the most intelligent and he played the part brilliantly. They have an invaluable job to do training/leading others, often to stop them killing themselves, or each other!
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman (Lee Ermey in 'Full Metal Jacket') and Battery Sergeant Major Williams (Windsor Davies) are the iconic performances of this genre.
@freebeerfordworkers 'modern sensitivities' = PC Snowflakes!
@@georgebuller1914 To quote DS Icicle 'You are a tosser'
@@billythedog-309 And the reasoning behind your statement is?.......
@@georgebuller1914 Anyone who starts using words like snowflake to apply to someone with whom they disagree has no understanding of the derogatory meaning of the word, or if they do, they have been unduly influenced by the right wing hypocrites of the American right.
@@billythedog-309 1/ I FULLY understand its meaning. 2/ I take very little interest in UK politics and virtually NONE in that of the USA. 3/ I stand by my statement. So many of today's generation are fully deserving of the term 'Snowflake'. Want to see how Snowflakes 'perform?' - www.standard.co.uk/news/london/student-groups-at-goldsmiths-and-kings-college-switch-from-using-women-to-womxn-in-communications-a4000926.html
NCO's like him run the British armed forces and by god I wish they ran the country now.
You wanna hear what my wife, ex SSGT has to say about the state of the nation.
The entire House of Commons (and the Scottish "Parliament") should be posted up the jungle!
What a great show, remember as a boy laughing at him shouting, was superb! Reading comments here about people’s kids loving it shows how the modern “lets not say anything remotely offensive material” now is lacking.
Comedy at its best never to been seen by the woke BBC again .
It's "racist" don't you know,absolute ballocks, it's comedy at it's best, it's a level of entertainment that today's comedy brigade will never aspire to.
My brother and I are in our twenties, and My dad made us watch this growing up, we still watch the dvds, and clips on youtube.. I still cry with laughter now as much as I did then. So so funny 😂
As good as a History lesson. Some guys I worked with when I was younger told me this was exactly how it was, and they were there.
Modern day TV cant even wipe the concert party's army boots.
Melvyn Hayes a totally comic actor. From Summer Holiday to the Double Deckers. A great actor
A good voice actor as well. Superted, The Dreamstone.
Did my nine and 3 back in 70's Windsor Davies was a gem and had it spot on. RIP
I still to this day plagiarise WD’s famous line when appropriate….”Oh dear…How Sad…Nevermind” 😂
I absolutely loved IAHHM as a child and spent all week looking forward to the next episode. Then it came to an end and I was sad to think I would never see it again. Decades later DVDs came out and I bought the whole thing on DVD. It's still just as funny and never fails to cheer me up. The secret of its success is that you love the characters, all of them (and that's also why it isn't racist).
Top class comedy
reminds me of my late grandfather, he was in the RAF and the "Seargent Major" has the same look as him and the same attitude... a great man. the cast of it aint half hot mum were amazing at there roles
When I was a recruit, being called a puff was the mildest of insults 😂😂😂
Political correctness doesn't speak for everyone. There's a lot of gay people who wouldn't be offended by this as they grew up through it. Stiffer spines. Not the snowflakes of today who are scared of a breeze.
Being used to getting abused seems a pretty shitty reason for it to be deemed okay, come on now 😂😂😂 the real snowflakes are the ones who have temper tantrums cos people no longer find their jokes funny, go red in the face and yet they call other people sensitive, the irony is hilarious 😂
@@lardyboyk4478 You seem to know very little about what people find funny. Be assured you do not speak for me - ever!
@@lardyboyk4478 what a load of crap. Grow some.
@@GudieveNing With a name like Lady Boy I dare say they have already grown 🤣
IN MY NOT SO HUMBLE OPINION---AMONGST ALL THE GREAT STAR CHARACTER'S, IN THE LONG HISTORY OR OUR ONCE UNBEATABLE COMEDY, SGT MAJ WILLIAMS IS THE GREATEST. AND THAT LOVELY BOYS IS ONE HELL OF A STATEMENT !!
Absolutely the star of the show !
One of our many favourite British comedies, we certainly are not offended and find everything about it hilarious. All brilliant characters and funny comparing Michael Bates to his Clockwork Orange character!! The BBC are DISGRACEFUL for not picturing him on the box set. RIP to many fine characters from this show 💜
Bring this back! Best comedy series ever
Absolutely classic and soooooo funny 🤣
Don’t knock it, it’s perfect.
My late father was often mistaken for Battery Sgt Major Williams when he completed 4 year's in the Parachute Regiment.
Joined the Light Infantry as a junior nco, and when he reached the rank of colour sgt the lad's in his company said "they've been watching colour sgt at the guard house, Windsor Davies is a mirror image of him "
Same height, same barrel chest and facial expressions and voice.
And the way he walked around with his stick was the exact same.
Bloody hilarious "lovely boy."
Snowflakes hate this. The rest of us 😂😂😂😂 Brilliant show. Loved it. Got the boxset. Worth every penny
@James Henderson OH DEAR, HOW SAD, NEVER MIND 🤣🤣
I’m getting the box set too
In the mid 80s i used to be Windsors milkman , in Carshalton, Surrey. Lovely guy, perfect gentleman. This was his best ever role.In the days when comedy was Actually FUNNY.
Brilliant show! No PC crap here! Sgt Major Shut Up sahib one of a kind!
A great series .
don't forget he played the role of sergeant major Bloomer in Carry on England but first got a part in carry on Behind ad Fred Ramsden.
I loved this show 🙂
Comedy just isn’t the same anymore. Back then you would be rolling on the floor laughing. What’s on tv now just doesn’t cut it.
Fantastic actor and so funny. RIP, Lovely Boy…
This was before the BBC went CP. Since then, comedy has taken a nosedive into the gutter.
It went CP?
@@gibraltarbritish6871 Not THAT cp, you dirty old man. Political (fekkin) Correctness.
It's on the verge of collapse thank god.
Absolutely in 70s BBC used to churn genius comic stuff out, it’s news coverage was objective and credible and now eve Rey thing is does is totally pathetic, how a once great institution rotted from the inside out and lost its soul to political correctness. I can’t wait for the day it is finally close down or privatised.
@@johnholt9399 Agree mate
@@gibraltarbritish6871 Must have gotten taken over by the Canadian Pacific railway!
Dad loved this show. He was a Company Sargeant Major in Burma. He inherited all of the sayings that Sargeant Majors had such as, if a soldier moved his foot on parade, he would ask, loudly" where do you think you are going?" and if a soldier had not done up the top button if his uniform, he would ask in a loud voice" what do you think you are doing ? Sunbathing?". Another one was when he introduced himself to his company. " I am Company Sargeant Major Albert Whyberd. To my friends, I am Dick, (then in a loud voice) but you can call me sir! and you can stand to attention while your doing it!. Dad was a Chindit and, when he was junior NCO, served with the Gurkhas from 1942 onwards. Throughout his long life he spoke admiringly about the Gurkhas and Orde Wingate. There was also some interesting recollections about India. He travelled to every part of the country and loved Assam as it was cool. He also served in Ceylon. Also there was a lot of humerous stories. He never spoke about combat operations.
The English made many very good comics, and this one is one of the best ever! Amazing characters and Windsor is fabulous!!
Windsor was a legend. But that snakebelt on the turban still cracks me up to this day.
I had an RSM just like that lad....legend
Life as a GNR, I miss it so much, you is a load of puffs 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Brilliant show, wish we could get a remake
Always quality
It does not fit in today's world, but those of us with a few years under our belt look back on this and remember when comedy was not personal, we all knew people like these characters. The brave new world is no place for characters, sad but true.
It would fit in today’s world if people didn’t turn into fucking blankets the second they get “offended”
Well it fits in my world so f**k the lot of 'em.
You boring, miserable fucking twat
Pure f-ck.ng class the best.
If it moves ...salute it ,if it doesn't move ..move it , if you cant move it ..paint it .
brilliant comedy
Being called a POOF was the least insult my PIPE MAJOR would express. His range of insults was admirable,
My role model.
RIP Windsor Davies
Best of British comedy
This was a great comedy its a pity its not on tv anymore as its seen as not being politically correct
A wonderous comical show that I grew up with in the 70'-80's
Sadly it couldn't be replicated nowadays, for fear of those who's mission in life is to be offended on behalf of those who don't care, or ironically, find this satire funny regardless
Can the full programme be posted?
I tried putting it up on YT but it was blocked straight away. You can download it here bit.ly/comconn53
@@mediapark101 thank you thank you!!!
Croft and Perry were brilliant script writers,and they served too!
They Are All like that….and very witty they are too
SM Williams relationship with Parky very similar to Wilson & Pike in Dads Army.
The same writers (Croft and Perry).
The hidden message was that Wilson was actually Pikey's dad.
top show
Do you have the full documentary of this?
Memorable lines? Forgetting, “SHHHHUUUUTTTT UUUUPPPPPP!!!!!!!”
Genius
Windsor Davis was the best one in this show.
Is there more to this show please?
I tried uploading the whole thing but it was instantly blocked. You can download it from this link:
bit.ly/comconn53