This is a beautiful example of why the rest of the world was so envious of British film-making. So well composed with equal amounts of bitter-sweetness and comedy. Beautifully filmed, great acting and lovely music to go with it.
I have a friend who lives in San Francisco, he was visiting a while back and whilst watching our TV programmes he described it them as total class, the difference he said was stark whilst the variety of our programming was delightful and quality to it's core, we can at least get something right here but really having been subjected to Netflix over lockdown I crave the calm surrounding of series from the 70's and 80's.
@@kevinbaird7277 British film and TV is def better than American - as an American who grew up watching programs from other countries I find British film so much better that I haven’t seen American TV in about 15 years. I often recommend a film/series to someone who hasn’t seen any or much British TV and they are always impressed!!
I just discovered this and love it! It is a wonderful alternative to the hate, violence and cruelty that the new is full of. Just right for the end of the holiday season.
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@Justin Royce i really appreciate your reply. I found the site thru google and I'm in the hacking process now. Takes a while so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
This is a peaceful and happy film. Thank you. I search for Canadian sci Fi and British tv if almost any kind. Intelligent, thought provoking and wise. Also great humour.
We've watched this various times through the years--gets better and better. Presently in the Coronavirus "lockdown." Great acting, great music. Thanks for posting!
I used to be on the post 📪 1988. Absolutely loved it. LONDON ec1 to ec4. KEB st Paul's. 2nd post out and delivered by 11am. In the boozer for 12. Remember that 2 deliveries a day by 11am. Used to be a respected profession. 6 months training learning every street and postcode in London. Times have changed!
Lee Clarke - thank you so much for including the write up of what this movie is about....I sure do appreciate it...Lately I have tried to watch movies that people listed but they are not the movies they say they are. At least when there is a write up or a detailed description of what the movie is about you know that you have the right movie....Thumbs up for that....Thanks for sharing this video....Good movie.
Around 7 minutes in when Alison Steadman appears, that's my road...my house is next to the one with the white van. Strangely surreal experience to leave for work each morning and have this being filmed literally on the doorstep.
Brilliant. The story is brilliant because it is true. Mail is delivered by bike in most countries I've visited. The US is an exception, and postmen there regularly die from MI's due to sedentary jobs. And the post there is insolvent for paying for gas powered vehicles. It's true also because you meet interesting people on a bike, not in a shiny new car. The paparazzi, the Colombo cop, and all the rest are also brilliant story parts. How did I miss this? Thanks for posting!
The Missing Postman (TV Movie 1997) - imdb 7.6 Clive Peacock is a postman in a small seaside town in Dorset. He's happy in his job and doesn't want it to change. But new technology is being introduced in his sorting office. Since he can't drive, and since deliveries by bicycle are deemed to be "old fashioned", he is offered early retirement. But he doesn't want to retire. On his last day, he collects the post from the pillar box... and decides to deliver it by hand himself as a protest. And so he starts out on a long journey by bike all around Britain, delivering each letter personally. He is hotly pursued by the police (who want to arrest him for "stealing Her Majesty's mail") and by the media (who see a great human interest story and turn him into a celebrity). But he manages to stay one step ahead of them, making many friends along the way.
And look at the state of The Royal Mail now, bloody privatised and posting a load of compulsary advertising through yer letterbox for us to pay to recycle ourselves. Great little film. Thank you.
I’ve ‘bin watching this film for an hour and I’ve paused to write this and will watch the rest in bits. I took redundancy at 58 and now I’m 80 in a couple of months. I’ve done nothing since except sit in the garden on my own and learned to play the sax (I’ve got 6). When I’ve finished watching I will try to do something else with the rest of my life. I’ve often been told I’m a survivor so I should be able do that at least. I don’t find this film funny I find it very very sad,
good movie, changed quality to 240 on settings for better view. he should have chosen anthony hopkins when the guy asked him what actor would he pick to play his life.
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?" ua-cam.com/video/POO4lrTclNY/v-deo.html
Thanks for showing this little gem. Great watching shame the BBC cannot come up with programs as good as this nowadays. If you like this you would probably like The Beiderbecke collection too. Also stars James Bowlam as a school teacher.
I found this 2 years ago . It’s a beautiful story and we laugh and cry. When I can’t settle down I watch this movie since I know every scene without looking at the screen of my I pad or phone. Thank you for letting us see this, one of many shows that come out if BBC…
The same with me…. I also know every frame of this wonderful film . Eases me to sleep often. Nice to know it’s charm is shared by more than just me. One of the best I have ever seen.
Very eloquent an humorously written. With a fantastic cast, with lots of humour mixedin with a beautiful haunting an melodic score , loving filmed an produced by a great crew!
Congrats! Any acting role is something to be proud of! I was in many films as an "extra" special extra so had good visibility n I know it takes a special patience to hurry up n wait for lighting angles, etc. Then I gave up trying.
I love British films, especially this type. It was so funny though when my husband and I didn't think at first the detective said "jacket off" when he was pondering about what the postman was doing (38:37). We laughed until we cried. I was wondering if we're the only ones who thought the same thing and had to rewind it just to make sure.
James Bolam is a favorite actor of mine since I seen him in a Agatha Christie film with Margaret Rutherford. Love him in New Tricks. Thank you very much!
without a doubt in my mind, this is extremely enjoyable to watch, off to put my chickens away 4 the night, then returning for part 2. perfect for a Sunday evening, thank-you so much for a magnificent upload xx
lf you do keep chicken for real (and not just making a funny avatar related joke) l sincerely hope your animals won't be victimized by the dreaded bird-flu, like they are here on the mainland. l cannot tell you how my heart cries when l hear about the clearing of thousends of little chicks (l certainly won't watch any of the videobites on the news) with the use of bloody woodchippers! Guess now it's waiting for the next "madcow" epidemic, ugh, mainly for the disgusting way the bio-industry is abusing animals for fast profit. Sorry for the rant, l was only going to wish you and your chickens good health but then l couldn't help myself.. :)
i do keep chickens for real, and not a lie, i may only have 25, but they are my girls, i never eat my birds, they live life to the full, and always will
liam whitcombe some i eat, some i let the hens hatch out, depending of the time of year. if its late in the year, the survival of the chick will drop, due to the temp, spring is on its way now, so, less eggs for me, more for my hens to hatch...
😂 52, ha, 35 yrs AS a postman 😮😢. That would make him, 12 yrs when he started, mucked up THERE 😱🧐💯😎.... I'm depressed, this is making me worse😴🥱. THINK I'm out, there's no story to it . .... Just boring horrible music 😱😱😱....... Where's the real story, 😢...... HOW on earth is there a part Two 😏🙄😲🍋
20:57 This movie is wonderful using a quiet respected person being replaced without due consideration Actor Will Smith, of America, has a comment in a movie he did about robots replacing humans It's profane and poignant.
I remember the OCR in Mount Pleasant. What a work of art. Able to do away with 000000s of sorters but at the time could only sort printed mail. The Japanese Postal authorities were working on a machine that COULD read handwriting. This was in the 1980s.
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This is a beautiful example of why the rest of the world was so envious of British film-making. So well composed with equal amounts of bitter-sweetness and comedy. Beautifully filmed, great acting and lovely music to go with it.
I have a friend who lives in San Francisco, he was visiting a while back and whilst watching our TV programmes he described it them as total class, the difference he said was stark whilst the variety of our programming was delightful and quality to it's core, we can at least get something right here but really having been subjected to Netflix over lockdown I crave the calm surrounding of series from the 70's and 80's.
@@kevinbaird7277 British film and TV is def better than American - as an American who grew up watching programs from other countries I find British film so much better that I haven’t seen American TV in about 15 years. I often recommend a film/series to someone who hasn’t seen any or much British TV and they are always impressed!!
5 years since I last watched this, And I think its time for a rerun,
It's just such a delightful story to follow
James Bolam is a superb actor who hasn’t had the official recognition he deserves.
I trust you've seen "New Tricks"?
I just discovered this and love it! It is a wonderful alternative to the hate, violence and cruelty that the new is full of. Just right for the end of the holiday season.
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I was stupid forgot the login password. I appreciate any help you can offer me.
@Jairo Braden instablaster :)
@Justin Royce i really appreciate your reply. I found the site thru google and I'm in the hacking process now.
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This is a peaceful and happy film. Thank you. I search for Canadian sci Fi and British tv if almost any kind. Intelligent, thought provoking and wise. Also great humour.
I remember watching this years ago. This is so charming, all the character actors & then the writing! Lol.
Me too, always remembered it very fondly, always been a big James Bolam fan ... so glad the algo randomly pops it up for me to revisit.
We've watched this various times through the years--gets better and better. Presently in the Coronavirus "lockdown." Great acting, great music. Thanks for posting!
Me to 🤗
James Bolam is a brilliant actor .... so good in this mini series.... i admire his work in Andy Capp and New Tricks as well ....
Thank you for this great movie. A real keeper!!!
Omg I needed this. It’s soooo funny!!! What a welcome rest from the negativity! Feel better already.
I used to be on the post 📪 1988. Absolutely loved it. LONDON ec1 to ec4. KEB st Paul's. 2nd post out and delivered by 11am. In the boozer for 12. Remember that 2 deliveries a day by 11am. Used to be a respected profession. 6 months training learning every street and postcode in London. Times have changed!
Love love love this gem! Thank you for posting. Perfect!
I remember watching this when I was a kid It was brilliant
Lee Clarke - thank you so much for including the write up of what this movie is about....I sure do appreciate it...Lately I have tried to watch movies that people listed but they are not the movies they say they are. At least when there is a write up or a detailed description of what the movie is about you know that you have the right movie....Thumbs up for that....Thanks for sharing this video....Good movie.
copyright
And hes finished before 9 AM,Ah the good old days.
I feel so old ......!
I joined Royal Mail in 1979 and got early retirement after 35 years.Very,very happy to be out of it.
+Angel Mcfadden
I suppose it was better than walking the streets?
@@jacksainthill8974 Probably the oldest joke in history
i have done 33 and have just under 5 to try and survive and like you..i will be so so glad to be free of it all..
Great film. Love it! Thanks for making it available.
the most beautiful film ive seen for yrs .wonderful/
What a bloody good show 👍🏻
Hey, I love seeing the butler from Downton Abbey in his younger days...you see him, the policeman in the dark suit.
There is a spoof western movie and the same guy is a baddy who gets shot dead in the saloon.
What a sweet movie. Absolutely love it.
Around 7 minutes in when Alison Steadman appears, that's my road...my house is next to the one with the white van. Strangely surreal experience to leave for work each morning and have this being filmed literally on the doorstep.
Brilliant. The story is brilliant because it is true. Mail is delivered by bike in most countries I've visited. The US is an exception, and postmen there regularly die from MI's due to sedentary jobs. And the post there is insolvent for paying for gas powered vehicles. It's true also because you meet interesting people on a bike, not in a shiny new car.
The paparazzi, the Colombo cop, and all the rest are also brilliant story parts. How did I miss this?
Thanks for posting!
Wow! So well written! Hard to find something of this quality anymore.
Excellent Movie..Thanks for the post..
Love it!
Wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing this
Thanks from Finland!
Lovely tour of Britain on a low budget, ;-)
The Missing Postman (TV Movie 1997) - imdb 7.6
Clive Peacock is a postman in a small seaside town in Dorset. He's happy in his job and doesn't want it to change. But new technology is being introduced in his sorting office. Since he can't drive, and since deliveries by bicycle are deemed to be "old fashioned", he is offered early retirement. But he doesn't want to retire. On his last day, he collects the post from the pillar box... and decides to deliver it by hand himself as a protest. And so he starts out on a long journey by bike all around Britain, delivering each letter personally. He is hotly pursued by the police (who want to arrest him for "stealing Her Majesty's mail") and by the media (who see a great human interest story and turn him into a celebrity). But he manages to stay one step ahead of them, making many friends along the way.
Really, really good.
What a nice surprise. Not sure how it's going to end, but look forward to part 2. Thanks for sharing and in such great quality also!!! L :)
And look at the state of The Royal Mail now, bloody privatised and posting a load of compulsary advertising through yer letterbox for us to pay to recycle ourselves. Great little film. Thank you.
Yes and the postie's always get the blame for it
I’ve ‘bin watching this film for an hour and I’ve paused to write this and will watch the rest in bits. I took redundancy at 58 and now I’m 80 in a couple of months. I’ve done nothing since except sit in the garden on my own and learned to play the sax (I’ve got 6). When I’ve finished watching I will try to do something else with the rest of my life. I’ve often been told I’m a survivor so I should be able do that at least. I don’t find this film funny I find it very very sad,
Ty for uploading.
Royal Mail uniforms are quite smart.Aussie Post was similar.Nice film.Thanks.
Movies always finding a way to tip the hat to the old tobbler.
good movie, changed quality to 240 on settings for better view. he should have chosen anthony hopkins when the guy asked him what actor would he pick to play his life.
I had a moment of panic when I saw him leave his bike outside the garden to post that letter.
A great post man
Fabulous movie, watch it please you will love it.😊❤
brilliant cast
Should say it was filmed in the mid 1990's NOT a hint of mobile phone's, just a more sensible - easier going, way of life.
as a printer ,i recall ? when bar code printing was introduced MAGNETIC INK used took awhile to latch on as bar codes spaced close together.
Geez are those pylons in the garden at the neighbour hood watch house. ????
i was made redundant from leyland daf as a van sales delivery driver so much for the future!
It's mr Carson.
Yes!!!!!❤
Clive should get the Cold Squad to lean on that annoying copper, they'd stitch him up a treat.
Where's the second part? Can't find it. Regards
Is this in just two parts ?
Yes.
How old is Bolam now?
Thin plot: postie goes missing with bike and mail
Delivers mail across the country
Mother put a fish in the mail and the mailman was angry 😬😬😠😠🐋🐟🐠🐳🐳🐬🐬
Where is part 2.
Sort of akin to carbon trade climate change and tax
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !"
Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam."
Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!"
Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..."
Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!"
Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky."
Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction."
Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?"
ua-cam.com/video/POO4lrTclNY/v-deo.html
Oh you got speed bumps in the U.K. Too. They suck
Duh? What happened to the proper end of this story??? Anyone? ! ? ! ?
Malka Ringel there is a part2
Clive's wife is hot .
And in Wilt with Alas Smith & Jones she's apparently much into clitoral stimulation, according to Henry Wilt.
Where are all the Africans and Muslims that built our country.
Ok as a detective and Geordie scruff, but a useless postie
That stupid opening scene almost made me give up.
Delightful ! There's a complete lack of this type of story these days.....thank you to the cast and movie makers for sharing this little gem ! 😁🙏
Thanks for showing this little gem. Great watching shame the BBC cannot come up with programs as good as this nowadays.
If you like this you would probably like The Beiderbecke collection too. Also stars James Bowlam as a school teacher.
I found this 2 years ago . It’s a beautiful story and we laugh and cry. When I can’t settle down I watch this movie since I know every scene without looking at the screen of my I pad or phone. Thank you for letting us see this, one of many shows that come out if BBC…
The same with me…. I also know every frame of this wonderful film
. Eases me to sleep often. Nice to know it’s charm is shared by more than just me. One of the best I have ever seen.
First class! I thoroughly enjoyed this. Excellent casting. Good old bbc. Thank you.x
British comedies like this one is always good. Cheers 4 posting this.
James Bolams finest moment
Very eloquent an humorously written. With a fantastic cast, with lots of humour mixedin with a beautiful haunting an melodic score , loving filmed an produced by a great crew!
Yes, the music is beautiful!!
If I were Clive, I'd be mailing letters to Peterborough with paperclips in them. That oughta keep the red lights on the machinery going.....
+6or1
I own a copy of Mad number 1.
What ! Me worry ?
Right! Why is it that 'sophisticated machine' really means something that breaks down if it's given a cross look?
Or put the postage stamp upside down so they have to call in a specialist from Sweden. lol
Kathy Brown Swindon
Hahaha, that moment he makes the decision to turn his bike around and take the letter, I'm cheerin' him on! XD
Rodney would have loved her in that uniform
Release Date On Monday 18th August 1997 UK VHS
The late Roger Lloyd-Pack, what a pleasant surprise ánd addition to a lovely cast!
Also the policewoman was Cassandra out of Only Fools and Horses as well.
Always nice to see him on screen a very funny man "no Dustin Hoffman's all wrong" hahaha! Brilliant
The first film made from a Mark Wallington book, the other was Happy Birthday Mr Shakespeare, which I had a small speaking part in.
Steve Edmonds Flavor Flav did a lot of the script rewrite and also Flavor Flav Uncle Sigmund Flav was a post office guy
Since when is this film?
Congrats! Any acting role is something to be proud of! I was in many films as an "extra" special extra so had good visibility n I know it takes a special patience to hurry up n wait for lighting angles, etc. Then I gave up trying.
Loved it. Good old fashioned enjoyment.
Steve Edmonds p
You've just got to love James Bolam. I would like to see 'When the boat comes in' again.
Great drama ,that was aired when i was at school ,and all the kids used try and copy the Geordie accents.
That was on UA-cam about 2 years ago all the series but that got taken down for copyright.
How about the Likely Lads?
Just watched the Christmas special which brought me here
Beautiful 👍. Especially the wife with her house work...😊. Thank you 🙏
Hilarious!!
great post well worth the time to watch -- 1 for the workers
This show has so many similarities with the book, "The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry," it's uncanny!
I loved that book!
Watched this movie several years ago and loved it then as much as I have done today. Now on to part 2.....again.....
Considering he's supposed to have been doing it for 30 years, he's really bad at riding his bicycle.
Excellent! Thanks for posting it :)
Lovely story but depressing as we are losing jobs to technology
After watching the 3 fantastic funny Booze Cruise films...saw this...and from the remarks,sounds just fab too...and boy oh boy I need a cheer up!
I love British films, especially this type. It was so funny though when my husband and I didn't think at first the detective said "jacket off" when he was pondering about what the postman was doing (38:37). We laughed until we cried. I was wondering if we're the only ones who thought the same thing and had to rewind it just to make sure.
Release Date On Monday 18th August 1997 UK VHS.
James Bolam is a favorite actor of mine since I seen him in a Agatha Christie film with Margaret Rutherford. Love him in New Tricks. Thank you very much!
Also he was good as Jack Ford in When The Boat Comes in and as Figgis in Only When I Laugh.
What a great show with superb acting
Oh what a joy to watch, absolutely brilliant acting scenery can’t wait to watch part 2 , it certainly needs to be on tv again 👍🏻👍🏻
This is a surprisingly great way to spend your night getting high.
He's on a bicycle and you're in a Vauxhall Astra, made me smile
I just LOVE Robert Daws! Comedic genius :)
Yessss I’m a Leo tooooooooo
Thank you :-D Been looking for this ever since it was on T.V
Thanks for this............ So British it made me homesick......... And crave 'Ginger Nuts'!!!!!
Making a remark about a woman's dressing gown could result in serious disciplinary consequences today.
No kidding.
Wow what a lineup of great actors 🤗❤💯✔
without a doubt in my mind, this is extremely enjoyable to watch,
off to put my chickens away 4 the night, then returning for part 2.
perfect for a Sunday evening, thank-you so much for a
magnificent upload xx
lf you do keep chicken for real (and not just making a funny avatar related joke) l sincerely hope your animals won't be victimized by the dreaded bird-flu, like they are here on the mainland. l cannot tell you how my heart cries when l hear about the clearing of thousends of little chicks (l certainly won't watch any of the videobites on the news) with the use of bloody woodchippers! Guess now it's waiting for the next "madcow" epidemic, ugh, mainly for the disgusting way the bio-industry is abusing animals for fast profit. Sorry for the rant, l was only going to wish you and your chickens good health but then l couldn't help myself.. :)
i do keep chickens for real, and not a lie, i may only have 25, but they are my girls, i never eat my birds, they live life to the full, and always will
greenfingers gardener what about eggs. Do you eat those my friend? Or is that kidnapping in your book
liam whitcombe some i eat, some i let the hens hatch out, depending of the time of year. if its late in the year, the survival of the chick will drop, due to the temp, spring is on its way now, so, less eggs for me, more for my hens to hatch...
liam whitcombe smh *sigh..
😂 52, ha, 35 yrs AS a postman 😮😢.
That would make him, 12 yrs when he started, mucked up THERE 😱🧐💯😎....
I'm depressed, this is making me worse😴🥱.
THINK I'm out, there's no story to it . ....
Just boring horrible music 😱😱😱.......
Where's the real story, 😢......
HOW on earth is there a part Two 😏🙄😲🍋
'Restless Natives'is better and along the same lines. 2 unemployed youths become modern day Robin Hoods... Love that film!
20:57 This movie is wonderful using a quiet respected person being replaced without due consideration
Actor Will Smith, of America, has a comment in a movie he did about robots replacing humans
It's profane and poignant.
Try not to worry ,he's probably had an accident or something 😁, Cassandra and trigger also in it
I remember the OCR in Mount Pleasant. What a work of art. Able to do away with 000000s of sorters but at the time could only sort printed mail. The Japanese Postal authorities were working on a machine that COULD read handwriting. This was in the 1980s.