Saw this as a kid on original release, on ITV. Loved it. On a re-watch Ive enjoyed it again. Never realised until today that it was based in the mid-fifties. Nice one Same people who wrote "The Good Life", John Esmonde and Bob Larbey
My old man was an RAF pilot in WW2. He thought Tony Selby's portrayal of Marsh was perfect and very near to the sort of NCOs my father came across in training.
I went with Mum and Dad and was so excited when I saw they were doing summer season as I never used to miss an episode. Great cast and certainly on a par with It Ain't Half Hot Mum which I think inspired it.
I was an RAF cadet when GSI was showing and loved it! All the main characters were amazing!I later met Brian Leckie in Glasgow and was amazed to hear him with an English accent!!
As an American for which I was station at RAF LAKENHEATH I did watch this show & to be honest with you " I LOVE IT!" Thank you to whomever posted this. This is "AWESOME!" Again whoever posted this "THANK YOU!"
My ex brother in law was stationed at Lakenheath 85-88. He was SP with the F-111s. Those were better days around East Anglia, the skies were filled with so many different aircraft...I felt a lot safer back then. Thank you also for calling it RAF Lakenheath...I remember some signs had been spray painted to say USAF Lakenheath....
Just heard that Tony Selby died recently of Covid, he was a fabulous actor and this series he was top dog. I remember him in an episode of Bergerac and to me that was one of the better story lines, he was just effortless when he acted, a true gifted actor. Many thanks Tony for the years of great acting. Rip
I have just been reminded how funny this was … I remember watching it as a kid. My dad did National Service in the RAF … he loved this .. he said the Cpls were realistic!! lol Thank you for sharing.
I never saw any of this before (left the UK in 1972) and I just binge watched the lot. The first four series are worth watching, I only watched the fifth in the hope of seeing the corporal get demoted. great plot lines, excellent actors, interesting historically, reminder of how things 'was'. Some well known faces in there too, (Yes Minister etc).
Joined in 85. Really surprised when got to first unit and everyone had duvets. First weekend off went to Argos and got my first duvet. Glad to never see another bed pack. Later on got fitted sheets (made at local market) and my own pillows.
RAF for ya! I joined the infantry in 1982, and we still had bedblocks. when mine was deemed acceptable I never undid it. I slept under my counterpane! not that we got much sleep, thank god it was summertime. happy days haha. my dad was RAF, I have no problem with them. were Tri-Service military. watching this brings back memories of watching it as a kid in the '70s ( I was a sea cadet then haha )
I'm not old enough to have done National Service but I remember watching this as a kid and seeing it now brings back some memories of my own basic training in the 70s. Not much had changed by then and the DIs were just the same. Tony Selby does a great job. I wonder if he served?
Bed Packs, I remember them well, and not fondly, but they were a necessary component of getting us to integrate into how the service works, and Instil teamwork, those of us could make them well did it for those who couldn’t, those were the days.
Bloody bedpacks...! Bain of my life! Only once had mine tossed out the window! 😁 We went through three Cpls and two Sgts in 6 weeks.! Practically put OURSELVES through training! 😋
Bed boxes, then bumping the floor for a nice shine after sweeping with some rather useless brooms and dustpan and brush. Then on to the ablutions. It seemed never-ending! Job creation at its finest!
A young Robert Lindsay! I didn't recognize him until the credits. We never saw this series in South Africa, but then we didn't have a tv service until the 1970's.
I remember turning up at lippstadt in West Germany, the Provo sergeant had the 5 of us new boys doubling around the camp with are suitcases, this was introducing of the British army 🤣,no servicemen will ever forget "STAND BY YOUR BEDS" 🤣🤣
@@Free_Ranger_CT110 You're not wrong FR. I done 23 years so it's a little easier for me, but in my Legion there are a few 'old timers' and they all know there 'service number'. Take care my brother.
@woody Vallallellalunga Selby was the established actor in the regular cast. You can really see why so many of the young talent went on to stardom - Robert Lindsay has since gone on to Citizen Smith, My Family and Hornblower, David Janson was the postman in Keeping Up Appearances and Brian Pettifer has had a fantastic career as a character actor.
I bet Tony Selby's Corporal Marsh and Windsor Davies's BSM Williams together caused a noticeable drop in applications to join the armed forces back in the mid '70s.
Snowflakes is a term used by those who can't stand the heat and see the benefits of a professional armed service. Even places that have armed neutrality with compulsory service, armed or civil, produce a much more professional and effective resource than British NS ever did. NS post war was always seen as a joke, hence Get Some In.
Thanks for the chance to Finally wach the full series after decades of planted memories of shouting from corporal and having done hgv training at ritchies training centre in Glasgow the only things different are the bilets , and berets , everything else is the same, instructor's could be on a par with corporal Marsh it reminds me to renew this years cpc hours , realising its TIME TO GET SOME IN . Ohhhh noooooo
Ahh, yes, army humour. Raw recruits vs no nonsense drill sergeant = hilarity ensues. We desperately need this sort of comedy today, the louder the better,
50 years on how funny can it be? Just as good as it was then. And way better than the trash being put out today. "Not you, Nance" When nobody was offended. Good times.
I was at Swinderby Sept 6th 1978, loved it our Cpl was Cpl Hagen, ex QCS, great times at the Newcomers club, but hated the Breakfast in the mess, outside cooks, breakfast was swimming in grease. remember the Benches we had to run across on the wall bars.
I went through RAF Swinderby in September 1970. On the day we arrived the DI in charge of us asked if there were any rejoiners or anyone had previous service in the other branches of the Armed Forces. I had previously been in boys service in the Royal Navy joining in 1964 at HMS Ganges. When I told the DI this he replied welcome to RAF Swinderby you have served your life in hell. I really enjoyed my time at Swinderby and compared with Ganges it was a holiday camp to me as a room leader in my flight. I served in the RAF for 13 happy years ending my service at RAF Cosford. I moved to Telford and still go to Cosford often being a civilian instructor in the RAF Cadets on a Squadron in Telford.
@@julianderrick8232 ok soz just seen SEPT 1978 ! surprised RONNIE HAGEN still there then ?! he broke his pace stick in a rage at a lad on parade ...ALL of us chipped in fr new one ! LATER heard he had a good rep Inthe REGT GREAT MAN
Has anyone else noticed how the welsh corporal (Cpl White) is nicknamed Chalky, I wonder if it's a reference to Private Cheeseman who he played in dad's army? Chalk and Cheese.
During my time in the RAF there was a number of nicknames that could be found at many different stations, Chalky. was one of these. Others that were often found were Dinger (Bell) and Bomber (Harris).
Well yes and no. It all turns out to be about him. And he is a complete twat. No saving graces. Who ever heard of him since? Where as Wolfie, sorry Jakey AKA Admiral Pellew. Has carved his name.
Just showing my Grandson and explaining how nothing much had changed by 1973 when I joined! (Apart from S.L.R.'s/ Shi..... Hawks' and Belt on No.1's/ Woolley Pulleys for Working Blues,and the appalling 'Flasher Macs' instead of Greatcoats)Just about everything still stood! This was very popular on T.V. especially with the Old 'Erks !, I even remember Tony Selby doing a P.R. visit to RAF Honington and He was in Uniform! Mind 'Basil Brush' up staged him the same year at 12 Sqdn!
@@MichaelSaunders-y2m I just missed the battledress but had it for 4 years in the spacers, once you'd either ironed or just worn it smooth nothing since has matched it as working dress.
When i joined The Lifeguards in 1971, we had a trained soldier with us who had his own room in the block. You had to ask his permission to enter or leave the room and call him trained soldier.
There was a petition when it was cancelled after series 4 so they brought it back. Unfortunately, Robert Lindsay wasn’t in the last series because he was starring in Citizen Smith. Viewing figures plummeted and the show was cancelled again. Nobody complained this time. 😄
@@Horsley-Green Ohh, I see. I think after watching the series from start to finish, you'd have to agree that the show wasn't quite the same after "the Edwardian thug" left.
@@patrioticarchive You're quite right Pat. Carl Howman was a good actor, but we'd already got used to Robert Lindsey in the role and to be honest, he played the part much better. I've ALWAYS thought I was 'Born Too Late' (The Pony Tails, please look it up ;-) ) I really would have LOVED to have done National Service. I volunteered in '78. Not quite the same.
I've seen Tony Selby in other shows and he was nothing like Corporal Marsh. I saw him in two's company with Donald Sinden and Elaine Stritch. He played a bungling electrician who was a cringeing yes man.
The registration on the Morris Minor ( Morris 1000 ) @05:39 is wrong for 1955 !! Before 1962 It should on have six figures ! The first three figures being letters and the last three being numbers . After 1962 it was 7 figures on the plate . Not sure they even made that model in 55 anyway !
As a young leading hand in the Fleet Air Arm I was posted to 360 sqdn RAF at RAF Watton. It was a combined RAF/RN unit with T17 Canberras that were used as electronic jammers (ECM) and trained the flying crews from both services. I assume the reason was to also use them against ships hence the RN involvement. Anyway I arrived at Watton and I got my own room which was strange to me as we just usually shared a mess with everyone else. We never got treated separately until the lofty heights of Petty Officer. We did have "Killicks "of the mess but we just shared the accomodation. I was being treated as a corporal of the mess, as I was a Leading Hand, so I was entitled to a room and I always think of this sit com as being very realistic although not sure about the sadistic corporal It certainly wasn't me lol
@@SpeccyMan I never said I had risen to lofty heights??? At 77 I think missing out an M can be put down to age and big thumbs without the spelling police on my case.
@@Odysseuss. Not sure what you mean?? I was on 360 at RAF Watton in 1968, we then moved to Cottesmore when Watton closed down. I was there until 1970 and some time later when Cottesmore closed they moved to Wyton.
Pity the erk who told the Cpl his belt was upside down for the first half of the episode... Tony's line "I shall kill you, bring you back to life & kill you all over again" turned out to be a bit ironic. This week his death has been mistakenly reported on social media, so at 83 he gets to come back from the dead...
Do they still do bed packs? Used to make one up and hide it for morning inspection, thought I was really smart until found out.... all about getting the lines straight down the middle of those horse hair blankets and squaring off the sides.
I don't remember this programme at all. My father did National Service, but it was in the Army (RAMC) and between 1951-1953. He spent most of that time in Hong Kong!
Interesting to see that the actor destined to become Tooting's Che Guevara - Wolfie Smith - is also called Smiff in this. :) And if Sunak gets his way, all of this will be topical again..... What goes around, comes around.
my dad wanted to join the paras but had flat feet, so they put him in the pioneer cor all the time while in he hated it but me and my brother heard for years and years how he loved it , i now miss those storys r i p dad STRANGE HOW THIS IS ON UTUBE NOW AFTER RISSHI SAID JHE WOULD BRING BACK NAT SERVICE MMM MANY A TIME THE M P ,S WOULD COME TO MY NANS HOME TO TAKE HIM BACK AWOL MUM CRYING , THEY TOOK HIM TO HACKNEY NICK ONCE TOOK AWAY HIS BELT BOOT LACES AND MADE HIM SHAVE IN COLD WATER GREAT DAYS HE SAID YEARS LATER MISS YOU DAD
@@SpeccyMan NO SECONDARY MODERN SCHOOL DIDNT TEACH ME THAT HE TAUGHT ME A WORD THAT SUMS YOUR COMMENT UP BOLLOCKS THERE DID I SPELL IT RIGHT SEE YOU NEXT TEUSDAY
Get Some In was supposed to have finished at the end of series four, but its popularity meant that by the time series five was comissioned Robert Lindsay had got the starring role in Citizen Smith. Karl Howman replaced him at short notice.
@@swarthyjake4433 By that reckoning for a 48 hour week that would be £8 11 0d per week which seems to me a lot, but it depends on the age, experience and trade or profession you wish to account for. In 1958 in London ( West End ) I was earning £9 p/w, two years on £12 then to three years on ie 1961 £15 ( City).
@@dennisroyhall121 luxury , my first job was hauling granite blocks up a hill for tupence a week , aand i was grateful for that , while my dear old mum had to wash coal sacks in a river for 1 penny a month !
All these comments about how good Shelby was. He played a sadistic thug who needed to spend time in the guardroom. We had a corporal just like him when we arrived at basic. Luckily we had a human sergeant who soon sorted him out.
There's an episode in one of the later series where a chief or FS twigs him and very bluntly explains what happens to bullys in the "real" RAF...damn good and bloody accurate too.
Grew up watching this and STILL joined the RAF!
6 years as a Fireman. Never knew I had it so good.
thank you for being there.
5 years,like the curate's egg,good in parts!
Why did you quit?
@rafflesxyz4800 to get A life!
@@MichaelSaunders-y2m / Didn't work out though?
"Now get this and get this straight, my name is Marsh - B.A.S.T.A.R.D - Marsh".
😂🤣🤣😂
Saw this as a kid on original release, on ITV. Loved it. On a re-watch Ive enjoyed it again. Never realised until today that it was based in the mid-fifties. Nice one
Same people who wrote "The Good Life", John Esmonde and Bob Larbey
I used to love this when I was kid, great memories!
My old man was an RAF pilot in WW2. He thought Tony Selby's portrayal of Marsh was perfect and very near to the sort of NCOs my father came across in training.
Rip Tony Selby such a sad loss a great show full of childhood memories for me and many others x
I went to see the live stage version of this in 1977 in Torquay. I laughed so much my sides have only just stopped aching in 2024.
I did too John. Robert Lindsey still in the cast before going off to star in Citzen Smith the same year.
@@billjones9627 the best bits were when they went off script, me and the missus still reminisce and laugh all over again nearly 50 years on 😂
I went with Mum and Dad and was so excited when I saw they were doing summer season as I never used to miss an episode. Great cast and certainly on a par with It Ain't Half Hot Mum which I think inspired it.
I was an RAF cadet when GSI was showing and loved it! All the main characters were amazing!I later met Brian Leckie in Glasgow and was amazed to hear him with an English accent!!
Brian was born in South Africa, might have had some influence on his brogue!
When I was a lad my parents took us to see this show live at the princess Theater while on summer holiday . It was fantastic. Still have the program:)
that’s pretty cool. its nice to have those type of memories and this is a nice place to share them.
programme
I grew up watching this, didnt realise at the time I'd have 2 tours as a Cpl DI on RAF Basic Training at Halton!
Halton? Must be a lot younger than me! Swinderby was the place in my youth!
@@JohnSmith-ei2pzHemswell for me!😊
As an American for which I was station at RAF LAKENHEATH I did watch this show & to be honest with you " I LOVE IT!" Thank you to whomever posted this. This is "AWESOME!" Again whoever posted this "THANK YOU!"
My ex brother in law was stationed at Lakenheath 85-88. He was SP with the F-111s. Those were better days around East Anglia, the skies were filled with so many different aircraft...I felt a lot safer back then.
Thank you also for calling it RAF Lakenheath...I remember some signs had been spray painted to say USAF Lakenheath....
Just heard that Tony Selby died recently of Covid, he was a fabulous actor and this series he was top dog. I remember him in an episode of Bergerac and to me that was one of the better story lines, he was just effortless when he acted, a true gifted actor. Many thanks Tony for the years of great acting. Rip
Of Covid ? Your having a laugh. covid was a scam
I have just been reminded how funny this was … I remember watching it as a kid. My dad did National Service in the RAF … he loved this .. he said the Cpls were realistic!! lol
Thank you for sharing.
Thank-you for the up-load, I've not seen this since I was a kid. GET SOME IN!
I never saw any of this before (left the UK in 1972) and I just binge watched the lot. The first four series are worth watching, I only watched the fifth in the hope of seeing the corporal get demoted. great plot lines, excellent actors, interesting historically, reminder of how things 'was'. Some well known faces in there too, (Yes Minister etc).
Wolfie Smith , comes to mind ...
Joined the Royal Navy in '83 and yes, we did hear "Stand by your beds" in basic training.
Same in 1966!
A year after you, still going
@@199Paramedic Blimey mate - fair play.
@@199Paramedic Memories!
@@199Paramedic You waiting to get your 'hook' before wrapping your hand in?
5:19 -- I have been waiting decades to hear this once again... I so much cracked up when I first hear it on television in the seventies.
My name is Marsh, BASTARD, Marsh.
Forty odd years later and still one of the most memorable lines in a British sitcom.
Absolutely. It's a brilliant line.
Also used by Frazer in a Dads Army episode.
Wolfie Smith....POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
He left the series to do Citizen Smith. I believe Carl Howman replaced him.Remember him from Brush strokes.
Loved it. Laughed alot. Thank you for sharing.
Joined in 85. Really surprised when got to first unit and everyone had duvets. First weekend off went to Argos and got my first duvet. Glad to never see another bed pack. Later on got fitted sheets (made at local market) and my own pillows.
Cushy!Bit different in 1966.
RAF for ya! I joined the infantry in 1982, and we still had bedblocks. when mine was deemed acceptable I never undid it. I slept under my counterpane! not that we got much sleep, thank god it was summertime. happy days haha. my dad was RAF, I have no problem with them. were Tri-Service military. watching this brings back memories of watching it as a kid in the '70s ( I was a sea cadet then haha )
@@nathanhayward-ub1ld That brings back memories!
I'm not old enough to have done National Service but I remember watching this as a kid and seeing it now brings back some memories of my own basic training in the 70s. Not much had changed by then and the DIs were just the same. Tony Selby does a great job. I wonder if he served?
Swinderby in '74.
No. He was never in any service.
Same here. It was on in the early 70's. I was zbout 6 or 7. 😂
I loved this as a wee boy, Tony Selby was brilliant in it!
Someone should put Cpl Marsh on a charge, his belt was upside down for the first half of the barracks scene.
Love how calls him three f smith for the rest of the programme
Cheers for this.....very nostalgic!
Bed Packs, I remember them well, and not fondly, but they were a necessary component of getting us to integrate into how the service works, and Instil teamwork, those of us could make them well did it for those who couldn’t, those were the days.
Bloody bedpacks...! Bain of my life! Only once had mine tossed out the window! 😁
We went through three Cpls and two Sgts in 6 weeks.! Practically put OURSELVES through training! 😋
And bumpering the floor!
Bed boxes, then bumping the floor for a nice shine after sweeping with some rather useless brooms and dustpan and brush. Then on to the ablutions. It seemed never-ending! Job creation at its finest!
I was an Air Cadet back when this first aired!… We had a flight sergeant just like Marsh!… LOOOOOL
Same with me, finally got up to Senior Cadet, we also had a FS who was very much the same 🙂
A young Robert Lindsay! I didn't recognize him until the credits.
We never saw this series in South Africa, but then we didn't have a tv service until the 1970's.
Is that one 'f' or two? Classic. :)
I remember turning up at lippstadt in West Germany, the Provo sergeant had the 5 of us new boys doubling around the camp with are suitcases, this was introducing of the British army 🤣,no servicemen will ever forget "STAND BY YOUR BEDS" 🤣🤣
And will never forget their service number...
@@Free_Ranger_CT110 You're not wrong FR. I done 23 years so it's a little easier for me, but in my Legion there are a few 'old timers' and they all know there 'service number'. Take care my brother.
@@Corky341 thanks mate & the same to you
Funny they even let you in with such poor command of English. It is OUR suitcases!
@@Corky341 No! You DID 23 years ... ... THEIR service number ... (All that time and never mastered the language, eh?)
Is that Ben Harper?!? Woooowww..... 🤯
My Family was also a really good sitcom.
Tony Selby was marvellous , he was the star of the show and no one else could have played the part better . salute the corporal !
yeah , but the show was centred around Tony .
@woody Vallallellalunga Selby was the established actor in the regular cast. You can really see why so many of the young talent went on to stardom - Robert Lindsay has since gone on to Citizen Smith, My Family and Hornblower, David Janson was the postman in Keeping Up Appearances and Brian Pettifer has had a fantastic career as a character actor.
The way Tony Selby played a sadistic corporal in the camp and a seriously hen pecked husband who was scared stiff of his wife was amazing.
I bet Tony Selby's Corporal Marsh and Windsor Davies's BSM Williams together caused a noticeable drop in applications to join the armed forces back in the mid '70s.
Smiff - 'One F or two? - free!'
Millennials will just love a bit of national service
Would 💩thenselfs.😂😂
Probably spend some time in the guardroom!
God help us all. Snowflakes in uniform?
Snowflakes is a term used by those who can't stand the heat and see the benefits of a professional armed service. Even places that have armed neutrality with compulsory service, armed or civil, produce a much more professional and effective resource than British NS ever did. NS post war was always seen as a joke, hence Get Some In.
@@MichaelSaunders-y2m Regional Detention Centre?
R.I.P Tony selby cracking actor
Glad this is still up, remember watching it on my blackberry in year 8 lol
We got a poofta!, haha gold, try getting away with that now.
😂😂😂😂
Thanks for the chance to Finally wach the full series after decades of planted memories of shouting from corporal and having done hgv training at ritchies training centre in Glasgow the only things different are the bilets , and berets , everything else is the same, instructor's could be on a par with corporal Marsh it reminds me to renew this years cpc hours , realising its TIME TO GET SOME IN . Ohhhh noooooo
Can't wait till Monday..... I'm gonna watch one of these every lunchtime 😂😂
RIP Tony Selby
Ahh, yes, army humour. Raw recruits vs no nonsense drill sergeant = hilarity ensues.
We desperately need this sort of comedy today, the louder the better,
RAF humour and drill Corporal I think you mean.
50 years on how funny can it be? Just as good as it was then.
And way better than the trash being put out today.
"Not you, Nance" When nobody was offended. Good times.
I never realize how old it is when I watch it again.
It's just a great show and never gets old for me 😄
Glad I missed national service by 18 months 😅
Not much left of Swinderby nowadays, happiest 6 weeks of my life and the Newcomers club lol
I was at Swinderby Sept 6th 1978, loved it our Cpl was Cpl Hagen, ex QCS, great times at the Newcomers club, but hated the Breakfast in the mess, outside cooks, breakfast was swimming in grease. remember the Benches we had to run across on the wall bars.
I went through RAF Swinderby in September 1970. On the day we arrived the DI in charge of us asked if there were any rejoiners or anyone had previous service in the other branches of the Armed Forces. I had previously been in boys service in the Royal Navy joining in 1964 at HMS Ganges. When I told the DI this he replied welcome to RAF Swinderby you have served your life in hell.
I really enjoyed my time at Swinderby and compared with Ganges it was a holiday camp to me as a room leader in my flight. I served in the RAF for 13 happy years ending my service at RAF Cosford. I moved to Telford and still go to Cosford often being a civilian instructor in the RAF Cadets on a Squadron in Telford.
Ditto. RAF St.Athan. 46 entry. Boy Entrants 1962.
@@julianderrick8232 you were at swinderby in 1978 ? MAYBE we were on same intake CRSE ?? RUSS MAY from BELFAST ENLISTED APR 78 ...12 YRS RAF REGT!
@@julianderrick8232 ok soz just seen SEPT 1978 ! surprised RONNIE HAGEN still there then ?! he broke his pace stick in a rage at a lad on parade ...ALL of us chipped in fr new one ! LATER heard he had a good rep Inthe REGT GREAT MAN
Bril! Wonder how some would go if National Service was brought back?. 🤣🤣
Would love spending time in the guardroom.
Perfect time to rewatch this with the return of national service.
Has anyone else noticed how the welsh corporal (Cpl White) is nicknamed Chalky, I wonder if it's a reference to Private Cheeseman who he played in dad's army? Chalk and Cheese.
Every White in the forces is called Chalky. Chalk being white.
During my time in the RAF there was a number of nicknames that could be found at many different stations, Chalky. was one of these. Others that were often found were Dinger (Bell) and Bomber (Harris).
@@johnallen4315Same in the Fire Service. Everyone called Miller is nicknamed ‘Dusty’
They missed your point :-)
And Smudger Smith and Nobby Clarke!
Tony Selby was brilliant.
Well yes and no. It all turns out to be about him. And he is a complete twat. No saving graces. Who ever heard of him since? Where as Wolfie, sorry Jakey AKA Admiral Pellew. Has carved his name.
@@joeturner1597 He's supposed to be an asshole here.
@@joeturner1597 He's supposed to be an ass here.
This and It ain't half hot mum...😂😂😂happy and funny memories 😂😂😂
Just showing my Grandson and explaining how nothing much had changed by 1973 when I joined!
(Apart from S.L.R.'s/ Shi..... Hawks' and Belt on No.1's/ Woolley Pulleys for Working Blues,and the appalling 'Flasher Macs' instead of Greatcoats)Just about everything still stood!
This was very popular on T.V. especially with the Old 'Erks !,
I even remember Tony Selby doing a P.R. visit to RAF Honington and He was in Uniform!
Mind 'Basil Brush' up staged him the same year at 12 Sqdn!
You had wooly pulleys!
@@MichaelSaunders-y2m I just missed the battledress but had it for 4 years in the spacers, once you'd either ironed or just worn it smooth nothing since has matched it as working dress.
Joined in 75 , hairy Mary’s, putting soap down the crease lines and ironing them to get a sharp line 🤣🤣🤣
I too was at honington …208 sqn 😊😊😊
When i joined The Lifeguards in 1971, we had a trained soldier with us who had his own room in the block. You had to ask his permission to enter or leave the room and call him trained soldier.
We had to call them staff.
RIP Tony Selby 6th Sept 2021.
That was a false alarm....Died to day: 6 Sept 2021.
In a past life, I was that Corporal. Hours of fun !
In a past life, you might have got jumped up dark alleyways by a few recruits
Thank you for the series. Much appreciated 😀
Free F Smifff. Love it... 😷😂
Great show! Was it popular when it was first aired? I've never heard off it before.
There was a petition when it was cancelled after series 4 so they brought it back. Unfortunately, Robert Lindsay wasn’t in the last series because he was starring in Citizen Smith. Viewing figures plummeted and the show was cancelled again. Nobody complained this time. 😄
@@Horsley-Green Ohh, I see. I think after watching the series from start to finish, you'd have to agree that the show wasn't quite the same after "the Edwardian thug" left.
@@patrioticarchive You're quite right Pat. Carl Howman was a good actor, but we'd already got used to Robert Lindsey in the role and to be honest, he played the part much better. I've ALWAYS thought I was 'Born Too Late' (The Pony Tails, please look it up ;-) ) I really would have LOVED to have done National Service. I volunteered in '78. Not quite the same.
This was great! Funnily enough I never fancied it at the time so I've never seen it before.
Was get some in filmed at a real RAF Station which station was it would like to know please
It was filmed at Hobbs Barracks in Surrey, which was an Army base, never RAF, www.felbridge.org.uk/index.php/publications/hobbs-barracks/
12:35 when the Ted gets his hair cut!
I did my training at RAF Swinderby in the 70's; then had the bad luck of being posted back there as staff after trade training!
I've seen Tony Selby in other shows and he was nothing like Corporal Marsh. I saw him in two's company with Donald Sinden and Elaine Stritch. He played a bungling electrician who was a cringeing yes man.
He did a couple of Minder episodes as a bumbling hardcase. He was in an episode of ITV's Thriller anthology series too. He played the good guy!
I loved this as a kid
When comedy was good.
Yes, I had a DI at Swinderby who spelt his name exactly the same way, and it fiited him to a tee
If I’m not mistaken Cpl Marsh has his belt on upside down, the buckles on the rear face upwards and nit downwards.
1937 pattern belt was worn with rear buckles at top to accept shoulder straps.
If Corporal Marsh was still I service he'd be right down that commentor's throat for saluting him.....you don't salute a bloody NCO...lol
No the NCO's work for a living so we were told 😂
Bring national service back
Smiff ran off and became a revolutionary (in Tooting).
The registration on the Morris Minor ( Morris 1000 ) @05:39 is wrong for 1955 !! Before 1962 It should on have six figures ! The first three figures being letters and the last three being numbers . After 1962 it was 7 figures on the plate . Not sure they even made that model in 55 anyway !
Theres a Swinderby FB page thats got lots of good stories and memories
What about a Hemswell one?
As a young leading hand in the Fleet Air Arm I was posted to 360 sqdn RAF at RAF Watton. It was a combined RAF/RN unit with T17 Canberras that were used as electronic jammers (ECM) and trained the flying crews from both services.
I assume the reason was to also use them against ships hence the RN involvement.
Anyway I arrived at Watton and I got my own room which was strange to me as we just usually shared a mess with everyone else. We never got treated separately until the lofty heights of Petty Officer. We did have "Killicks "of the mess but we just shared the accomodation.
I was being treated as a corporal of the mess, as I was a Leading Hand, so I was entitled to a room and I always think of this sit com as being very realistic although not sure about the sadistic corporal It certainly wasn't me lol
was on the Tatty ton. Great place, some good lads on 360.
Rose to lofty heights, yet never learned to spell accommodation?
@@SpeccyMan I never said I had risen to lofty heights??? At 77 I think missing out an M can be put down to age and big thumbs without the spelling police on my case.
Wyton.
@@Odysseuss. Not sure what you mean?? I was on 360 at RAF Watton in 1968, we then moved to Cottesmore when Watton closed down. I was there until 1970 and some time later when Cottesmore closed they moved to Wyton.
Ah Swinditz.
Pity the erk who told the Cpl his belt was upside down for the first half of the episode... Tony's line "I shall kill you, bring you back to life & kill you all over again" turned out to be a bit ironic. This week his death has been mistakenly reported on social media, so at 83 he gets to come back from the dead...
.........And now....6-9-21-. He is actually. RIP Tony.
Do they still do bed packs? Used to make one up and hide it for morning inspection, thought I was really smart until found out.... all about getting the lines straight down the middle of those horse hair blankets and squaring off the sides.
I fell in love with Robert Lindsey watching this and still love him now ❤❤😊
His wife on My Family is just as evil as Marsh
POOF HOUSE RICHARDSON IS MRS BUCKETS POSTMAN CHALKY WAS MR CHEESEMAN IN DADS ARMY
I don't remember this programme at all. My father did National Service, but it was in the Army (RAMC) and between 1951-1953. He spent most of that time in Hong Kong!
I think my corporal at Swinderby, Corporal Drake used the same introduction… funny how Drake and Marsh are both spelt B.A.S.T.A.R.D. 😀
Yes Edward the seventh, your in 🤣👍
... you're in.
Interesting to see that the actor destined to become Tooting's Che Guevara - Wolfie Smith - is also called Smiff in this. :)
And if Sunak gets his way, all of this will be topical again..... What goes around, comes around.
my dad wanted to join the paras but had flat feet, so they put him in the pioneer cor all the time while in he hated it
but me and my brother heard for years and years how he loved it , i now miss those storys r i p dad
STRANGE HOW THIS IS ON UTUBE NOW AFTER RISSHI SAID JHE WOULD BRING BACK NAT SERVICE MMM
MANY A TIME THE M P ,S WOULD COME TO MY NANS HOME TO TAKE HIM BACK AWOL MUM CRYING , THEY TOOK HIM TO HACKNEY NICK ONCE TOOK AWAY HIS BELT BOOT LACES AND MADE HIM SHAVE IN COLD WATER GREAT DAYS HE SAID YEARS LATER MISS YOU DAD
And your father never got around to teaching you the correct use of the English language. Spelling, grammar or punctuation!
@@SpeccyMan NO SECONDARY MODERN SCHOOL DIDNT TEACH ME THAT HE TAUGHT ME A WORD THAT SUMS YOUR COMMENT UP BOLLOCKS THERE DID I SPELL IT RIGHT SEE YOU NEXT TEUSDAY
Remember him in the sweeny
Any one know why the actor who played Smifff was changed for the final series?🇦🇺
Get Some In was supposed to have finished at the end of series four, but its popularity meant that by the time series five was comissioned Robert Lindsay had got the starring role in Citizen Smith. Karl Howman replaced him at short notice.
RIP Cpl Marsh
ok, what are the words to the intro tune. I can only make out about half of the lines😅
R.I.P TONY SELBY (CORPORAL MARSH)
never seen it before but a pisser. reminds me of recruit school in the r.a.n.
2:10 "... i had a reason alight.. it was to not have Jerry drinking in my local.. "
* "Now its Muslim " *
Marsh should have said 0530 hours as The Military The Police The NHS The Civil Service and BBC World Service all use the 24 hour clock
Nope.
Anybody remember swinderby?
oh yes !!!
Yes hated the place at the time 1986 feel quite nostalgic about it now. Sgt Fosbury must have used Cpl Marsh as a role model.
August '74
RIP Cpl Marsh died of covid age 83....
NOBOBY under 82 years of age actually died of 'covid'. (FFS :-( ).
Died 'with'........... at a push
or maybe not depends which post you believe
Was Get Some In! Supposed to be ITV's answer to Dad's Army?
More like 'The Army Game' in that it's about 1950s National Service.
Dare I say that this was better and funnier even though I still adore Ds A.
@@charlesachurch7265 i double dare you !
Potts handed over £20 for the posting. What was the average weeks salary in 1955?
1972 my girlfriend was working in a factory in Birmingham as a telephone operator for 6 pounds a week.
And Marsh handed over £15. So that corporal made £35 in total. Quite a good amount back then!
the average wage was about 3 and sixpence hapence 3 farthings an hour , if I remember correctly .
@@swarthyjake4433 By that reckoning for a 48 hour week that would be £8 11 0d per week which seems to me a lot, but
it depends on the age, experience and trade or profession you wish to account for. In 1958 in London ( West End ) I was earning
£9 p/w, two years on £12 then to three years on ie 1961 £15 ( City).
@@dennisroyhall121 luxury , my first job was hauling granite blocks up a hill for tupence a week , aand i was grateful for that , while my dear old mum had to wash coal sacks in a river for 1 penny a month !
gGreat actor as were all the cast, unfortunatly on atehnical coment , his belt is upside down,.
When I was a young pc at Tooting police station,Tony Selby lived nearby,he was often(arrested) because his programme was so bad lol
All these comments about how good Shelby was.
He played a sadistic thug who needed to spend time in the guardroom.
We had a corporal just like him when we arrived at basic.
Luckily we had a human sergeant who soon sorted him out.
There's an episode in one of the later series where a chief or FS twigs him and very bluntly explains what happens to bullys in the "real" RAF...damn good and bloody accurate too.
Jakey Smiffy? Which is it 2B? Wrong Please Sir. Can I have my Celestial Ball. Some Mother's Do Have Em!
Al-zein Kusmantoro Oh crikey what would Marsh say if he found out 24:09
... alice has the right idea ...these ones putting it over them with "the correct channels" need a bullet ...
And the Tories have nailed this.
does anyone know how to adjust the aspect ratio on youtube?