No lie, I've heard Rowan Atkinson shout a lot during his shows, but this was the only time I literally felt scared by how upset he was. Like when your fun uncle stops joking around.
I have never seen Rowan raise his voice like that. His acting is beyond excellent here. You can see from Mina and Kevin's faces that the comedy has faded for a moment and their superior looking like an angry father giving them a lesson.
There's a sketch called "Constable Savage" on Not the Nine O'Clock News, where he plays a very similar character who berates a racist officer. Well worth checking out
@Mike Brailsford yeah. I think the first one was what you referred to. Nibble, Plectrum, Orifice, Sediment, Undermanager, Kosygin, Elsworth Beast Major and Minor. The second one had more "gritty" names 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yes, the show tackled pretty heavy topics like racism, sexism, gender equality, police corruption, police brutality, etc., in a serious but light-hearted way, so it never feels like you're being lectured.
My thoughts exactly. The two men would get on famously too! Imagine a crossover (Training in US/UK styles of policing for example?)....Fowler in charge of Peralta and Holt scaring the crap out of Goody!
@@judithfurmston3731 They'd have a bitter row over the train sets though. I suspect Fowler's whimsical nature would cause him to place English country homes right next to the railroad tracks in clear defiance of all civic zoning laws known to mankind. Captain Holt would vomit in his mouth if he ever saw that.
Apparently he's like that in real life. He's one of the funniest people on the planet, but he's dead serious when no performing. He takes his job very seriously, which is probably why he's so good at it.
actually he now doing serious roles the most recent one he play a deadly serious police inspector forgot the name but it was set in france in the 50s just ended 3 years ago if i not wrong
I have absolutely no idea why this is suddenly in my recommended suggestions, having not seen the show for probably 15+ years. But I’m glad it was; now I want to rewatch this criminally underrated show.
Not often you hear Rowan Atkinson raise his voice. Wish that he would be offered more serious parts because he is a good actor. He was brilliant as Chief Inspector Maigret!
Indeed - it'd be interesting to see him play a villain (outside of his one role in the first live-action Scooby-Doo film, and even then, he wasn't really a bad guy).
The Thin Blue Line's so underrated. One great thing about it is how it blends the comedy and some drama together. Of course, keeping in mind that it's not only a sitcom, but it's also a police show and in police shows, you do expect serious situations i.e. in another clip where Habib finds that her sister has smuggled weed and hides it to save her, but gets herself in trouble with her fellow officers. Ben Elton and the actors handled it so well.
It was massively popular and had two peak viewing time series. What part of that suggests to you that it was underrated? You're just an idiot regurgitating other people's inane comments.
Audiences at the time couldn't take it as the way sometimes officers were portrayed and the fact people wanted Rowan Atkinson to act more like he did in Mr Bean plus I think some people were expecting that of him as well but I think he plays his role great and is a good change and him and Inspector Grim are the top two characters for me as Grim is just classical funny 😂
I agree, in a sense this situation is very very serious. If there wasn't laughing, i think the really poignant point was when he replied back to constable habib and warned her not to be facetious. He commanded that situation just like a captain would, without the swearing
It is a rare talent to have, and was surprised to see Atkinson do it. He's like Alan Alda (M.A.S.H.) and David Duchovny (X-Files). They have the talent of going from comical to serious and back without missing a beat. To me, that is marks of a great actor, in my opinion.
Although a comedy, Rowan Atkinson has impressive dramatic acting skills. A tiny fraction of it demonstrated here. Simply put, police officers need to conduct themselves with professionalism whenever on-duty. Part of that includes not responding physically to verbal abuse by someone who is clearly no physical threat to anyone. You can't simply punch someone for being racist. Or, being anything else you morally disagree with. Doesn't matter if their morals are that of the majority of others or not.
You can simply punch someone for being racist. Always punch a nazi. This sin't a simple matter of hitting somone you so happen to disagree with. Their ideologies are not valid "morals" or "opinions", they only seek out to cause suffering and death on wide scale simply for people's colour, sexuality, ethnicity, etc. They need to be shunned and forced from society.
Counterpoint: If being beaten for having swastikas tattooed on you was legally excused, we'd have a lot fewer Nazis. Nazis are bad, and not being punched is why they thrive.
And what if the threshold for punching someone is lowered? What if someone is allowed to be beaten for simply saying they disagree with certain policies of government? Give an inch and the mile will be taken. Expressing a view does not allow for physical violence. This goes for both sides.
@@edskeates5357 Or, how about death camps to exterminate nazis? But, hey, let’s not stop there, let’ formulate a final solution for all groups whose views we find abhorrent.
That was great. I was expecting a clip of people justifying hitting someone for something they said, but instead it's an accurate clip of how a police officer would be treated if they did do that.
"I was expecting a clip of people justifying hitting someone for something they said, but instead it's an accurate clip of how a police officer would be treated if they did do that." As long as it's a white supremacist, and not a black person. I'm from the USA and if the guy's black, cops basically have to spend ten minutes murdering a handcuffed black man in broad daylight while being filmed from multiple angles to get convicted, and even then we're all pretty surprised.
I reckon there any many Inspector Raymond Fowler's out there,not just the UK but many Commonwealth police forces as well.Rowan Atkinson plays this character so well.
I think all the participants are still with us, Rudolph Walker might be getting on, but all the same, it would be great to see them re-unite and do a one-off reunion episode (1 hour) and base the episode around Covid and other issues of today. I reckon the writers could pull it off if they were up for the challenge. Grim as Gasforth Chief Magistrate? or leave him be as Detective Derek Grim? Go!, Go!, Go!
nazis do that sometimes - too many violent racist thoughts in their tiny brain and it gets clogged up, they lose awareness and simply fall to the ground. oh well.
@J H well this isn't a child clearly and he's also someone who's already turned themselves against society by taking on extremely dangerous views.....i know this is a sketch but nazis deserve the bullet and nothing more
It's amazing the number of recent comments on this years-old UA-cam video, which itself is an excerpt from a sit-com filmed in the mid-90s. It's almost as if, with the recent rise in politically-motivated violence, people are coming here to see how police officers are supposed to respond when faced with non-violent bigots. Differences of opinion do not justify the use of force.
I guess I can sort of agree with that, but some things aren't just a difference of opinion. Things like racism, homophobia, misogyny, etc aren't just opinions worth debating, they're evil ideas that deserve to disappear completely. I've personally intervened in situations of racial abuse before, and I'd do so happily again in the future.
@@faustusTVR I would hope, if I was in the situation where my daughter and I were under racial assault that someone would intervene rather than simply shrug and say "well, everyone's entitled to their own opinions."
@@jolan_tru No, that's not quite right. Inspector Fowler was completely correct here. Just because someone is using racist/homophobic/etc. language, that is not a justification to use violence against them. There are absolutely no exceptions to this rule. If someone isn't using (or threatening to use) violence, it is not acceptable to use violence against them. If you "punch a Nazi", unless that Nazi is engaging in violence themselves, you become the bad guy. There's a difference between violent and non-violent intervention. By all means, tell non-violent bigots to get stuffed, but never physically assault them unless they get violent first. Bigoted beliefs (racism, homophobia, sexism, etc.) are just opinions. You might think they're nasty and detestable opinions, but they're still just opinions. You can refuse to debate them, if you like, but they still have the same rights as you whether you like them or not.
very very well done, holy damn, shouldn't have expected anything less from Rowan Atkinson though the man is not only a great actor but also a very good guy and this is how any police officer should reason
Never understood why they stopped this show, it was fantastic. It's hard to be both a comedy and a drama, but like M*A*S*H it always found a way, really ended too soon in my opinion.
Hits home this. Was in law enforcement for 15 years and the biggest no-no a cop can do is hit a cuffed suspect. Suspension if your lucky, seen guys lose there jobs over it.
You see the way the one guys face twitched? For a second he was a little boy being scolded by his dad again, which from what I heard is quite a common feeling when Rowan Atkinson raises his voice
It's not exactly morality, so much as legality. The mother is pressing charges, the facts in the case prove the prisoner was not an immediate threat, both officers are not attempting to cover up the situation, and the prisoner was also a minor. Fowler is firmly in a tough spot and not addressing the situation risks making it worse for everyone because then it goes above his rank and he can not manage it. The full episode of course gives you all the details and just how the whole thing works out. Just for a little context, Goody (the guy that hit the kid) is the bumbling goofball of the team, not someone you'd expect to slug a kid over an insult. However, he has romantic feelings for Habib, the female Indian officer, and so an insult directed at her caused him to react in an uncharacteristically violent manner.
Rowan Atkinson is amazing at what he does, when he needs to be dead serious he can and when he needs to be funny he can do that too, honestly alot of his shows were a major part of my childhood and they along with himself got me through alot of tough very dark times
Haha - Just randomly showed up for me too. Nearest to this i've watched is some Yes, Minister clips (outstanding show). Have never watched this but I will have to do so now on the strength of this brief clip.
Yeah, all that racist abuse online by people from Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and India directed at our players was uncalled for. But let's face it. The players who missed those penalties where put in that position all for a political image. It didn't have to be that way and everything that transpired as a result was unfortunate.
This is one of my favourite episodes, it showed that despite keeping distance between her and Goody Habib cares for her colleague and stands up for him!
The lesson is simple, raising to the bait and attacking someone because they throw verbal abuse at you doesn't make you better, it just proves you are as bad as them. Pity that lesson doesn't seem to exist anymore.
It shows you’re actually worse than them. You lost your cool by them saying mere words that you brought out the primate in yourself to attack someone. That person is not going to jail because you beat the crap out of them, but you surely might, doesn’t matter what reason you did it.
When you wear the badge, you represent order. You represent discipline. You represent the law. If you act like you are outside the law, no matter the context, you tarnish the badge you wear. If you lose your cool, regardless the situation, you could spark a powderkeg without even meaning to.
that is why it is up to us civilians to punch nazis. never make a racist nazi feel comfortable spouting their abusive crap. protect the victims of racism from nazis by showing ...physically showing ... nazis they are not the "superior race" they think they are.
@@samthor1230 Physically assaulting someone who is spouting hatred immediately puts you in the wrong. The moment you meet words with violence you are the aggressor and are morally in the wrong. You can find what someone says detestable and abhorrent. But the moment you hit them to shut them up you become no better. You justify(in their eyes) reaction and solidify their world view. "The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy, instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate. Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." - Martin Luther King Jr.
Rowan Atkinson is one of those actors who just gives the best performances no matter what. This is one of those rare times where he switches from fool to gravitas. He's so disappointed in Goody for putting him a situation where he has no option but to punish him, and he doesn't want to, but you can hear it all in his voice.
Racist or not, Conservative or Labour, black or white, Christian, muslim or jew. Doesnt matter who they are or what they do, we are all entilted to our individual rights. This show demonstrates that it extends to the police whom must follow the law. If only modern governments actually embraced this, we may have had an actually dialogue on actual issues in the world. In stead of us just screaming and shouting about what makes us different or justified in comparison to the other.
Reminds me of Captain Picard giving Wesley his severe dressing down after his squadron's actions got a friend killed. When someone so stoic gets loud you know you've messed up!
That very concerning that people would be ok with police abusing their power to physically assault people they disagree with or didn't like. I think the USA had a lot of protests about that recently, but many people think it should only apply to their sensibilities.
@@swagromancer The problem with the joke is that I know many people in various positions, some in places of significant authority, who also make the same statements. Either in jest or not, it's a line that is getting crossed more often and when people normalize such things it's only a matter of time before such actions are seen as a new acceptable norm.
@@SkitsInfinity I mean... if police really started knocking each other out, who am I to stop them? I could maybe feign a little concern, but my heart wouldn't be in it.
@@swagromancer It's not about police punching each other. It's about police and others in positions of power or even just the average person making it ok to commit assault because of what someone said. A person can say reprehensible things, and I don't condone those words, but there is a big difference between spouting garbage and physically attacking a person. The moment we make assault an acceptable response to words, society will spiral.
@Michael Gia Huy Nguyen it demonstrates that author lost the point entirely. Moral of the story was you don't punch people in handcuffs, even if they are racist. I dare to say you don't punch people that say offensive things at all. Especially if you are policemen.
@Michael Gia Huy Nguyen As satisfying as it may be to punch a racist, AND as likely as it is that they got their views in part from their parents, it is more than right that a police officer who assaults a suspect in custody who posed no physical danger be charged with assault. For the law to be just it must be applied evenly and it's agents must be especially consistent in their application of it. It's not about the scumbag racist, it's about how much the police respect and adhere to the Law. If they don't respect it, how can we trust them to enforce it fairly?
Excellent series, totally underrated. A little later on comes the line, the police do not have the power to choose wether to charge or not. Somewhat ironic in view of incidents at a major international Lancashire airport, and the banning of mps questions about a culprit in a Lacashire seaside resort .
Comedy shows like Thin Blue Line, Only Fools and Horses, Brooklyn 99, have dramatic scenes like these which are so much better than the ones you find in 'serious' shows like Dexter or Blindspot or The Bill. I will forever love any show or movie that is so good it can both make you laugh and make you cry.
@ Obviously not. Let’s not do that childish shtick. I’m not saying it’s a good thing I’m just acknowledging something that we know to be true. If you fail teaching your kids how to be decent adults someone might have to teach them. I realize that’s not the way to behave for a cop. I live in the Deep South and there’s older white guys that have mixed grandkids. You say something racist about them and it’s over. Some of them used to be racist themselves but they adore their grand babies. Again not defending it but what do you expect from old school southern guys?
Not really related. The cop who arrested the suspect failed to properly search them and missed a gun. In this case the 15yo was just a racist little shit and it's not the polices role to punish assholes with no sense.
@@strenifstrecs2551 Fowler's assumption was that he posed no threat because he was handcuffed. The Ratana case shows you can pose a threat while handcuffed. Arresting officers are supposed to eliminate that threat but the rest is detail. The point being it is wrong to assume no threat, even when handcuffed.
@@dcarbs2979 Obviously handcuffed person might pose physical threat even just by kicking or biting something like that. I think though what the police meant was more asking what physical threat the suspect posed in this exact moment the officer decided to punch him, and there simply was none.
Could........but didn't, according to the police themselves. Nice try and better luck next time attempting to justify Battering handcuffed children Mr Boot.....or can I call you Jack?
Loved this scene and how it showed that as much as he agreed that the kid was a PoS and deserved the punch he also would not stand by and allow anyone to be above the law.
I disagree. He's mad because an individual, racist or not, was assaulted by one of his officers whilst in that officers custody. Officer Fowler clearly lays out why this is MORALLY unacceptable (the boy was handcuffed, therefore posed no threat, therefore the punch was a disproportionate reaction). He goes on to instigate the LEGAL ramifications for such behaviour by charging Goody with assault. This demonstrates that the law has an ethical framework as in this instance the law mirrors an ethical standard. This framework has been developed over hundreds of years by minds far greater than mine or yours. So even if a police officer does not measure their actions against a moral standard (as Fowler does, but Goody didn't), the law is in place to ensure that people at least follow the legal standard, or face losing their jobs, getting fined or going to jail. It's cool to rag on police officers these days though, so by all means continue to assume that ACAB if it makes you happy... /s
@@thorin4406 I forget the exact quote, but I think it was in a Terry Pratchett book someone said, "The problem with doing bad things for good reasons, is eventually you'll do it for a bad one".
@@wittyreviewer "Beating people up in little rooms…he knew where that led. And if you did it for a good reason, you’d do it for a bad one. You couldn’t say ‘We’re the good guys’ and do bad-guy things." Terry Pratchett was a true liberal. He understood and articulated the principles that underpin our civilisation.
Rowan Atkinson either plays a bumbling idiot or a dead serious intellectual and there is no in-between and I love it
Blackadder?
@@willsuttie3683 I came here to say this but I knew in my heart it had already been said
Well, it is called "The Thin Blue Line".
Johnny English
Johnny English is a mix of both.
Everybody gangsta until Rowan Atkinson raises his voice.
No lie, I've heard Rowan Atkinson shout a lot during his shows, but this was the only time I literally felt scared by how upset he was. Like when your fun uncle stops joking around.
Never thought of the man to be scary, but was I wrong...
@@VivaLaDnDLogs I'm sweating my hands seeing him like this. Got nervous and all.
Beware when a clown wants to throw down.
#001 "The most gentle of bees always has the most painful stings"
I have never seen Rowan raise his voice like that. His acting is beyond excellent here. You can see from Mina and Kevin's faces that the comedy has faded for a moment and their superior looking like an angry father giving them a lesson.
There's a sketch called "Constable Savage" on Not the Nine O'Clock News, where he plays a very similar character who berates a racist officer. Well worth checking out
Mr Bean raising his voice
@Mike Brailsford I've watched that one. Is it the Schoolmaster skit from his Rowan Atkinson Live videos? 🤣🤣
@Mike Brailsford yeah. I think the first one was what you referred to. Nibble, Plectrum, Orifice, Sediment, Undermanager, Kosygin, Elsworth Beast Major and Minor.
The second one had more "gritty" names 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Watch Blackadder. One of the episodes he loses it. Season 2-4 are the better ones
If you notice, the show did actually tackle serious issues but they did it so hilariously that you kind of had to work to notice it.
Political Correctness kills comedy.
@Sidrah It wasn't cancelled. It ran for 2 series at 7 episodes each. About standard for British comedy.
Yoda...that was only after the show became really popular, I'm sure until this episode they only tackled comedy.
Yes, the show tackled pretty heavy topics like racism, sexism, gender equality, police corruption, police brutality, etc., in a serious but light-hearted way, so it never feels like you're being lectured.
@Sidrah it wasn’t cancelled. Ben Elton felt he done enough
Rowan’s character really was the original Captain Holt
My thoughts exactly. The two men would get on famously too! Imagine a crossover (Training in US/UK styles of policing for example?)....Fowler in charge of Peralta and Holt scaring the crap out of Goody!
OH 100% if this show was parly inspiration for 99 i wouldn't be shocked
@@judithfurmston3731 They'd have a bitter row over the train sets though. I suspect Fowler's whimsical nature would cause him to place English country homes right next to the railroad tracks in clear defiance of all civic zoning laws known to mankind. Captain Holt would vomit in his mouth if he ever saw that.
Dang, so it just wasn't me. Cool
@@judithfurmston3731ashame this isn’t possible anymore. RIP Holt
"The boy has swastikas tattooed on his arm! What did you expect him to do, give you a chorus of _Ebony and Ivory??"_
"If you're in a room with a Nazi and nobody is punching the Nazi, you're in a room with Nazi's."
Rowan Atkinson being pretty much dead serious. Now that's some shit I've not seen before.
Me neither
Apparently he's like that in real life. He's one of the funniest people on the planet, but he's dead serious when no performing. He takes his job very seriously, which is probably why he's so good at it.
actually he now doing serious roles the most recent one he play a deadly serious police inspector forgot the name but it was set in france in the 50s just ended 3 years ago if i not wrong
@@justiceriser8970 Maigret?
@@justiceriser8970 Maigret
I have absolutely no idea why this is suddenly in my recommended suggestions, having not seen the show for probably 15+ years. But I’m glad it was; now I want to rewatch this criminally underrated show.
Me too. 😊
And me. X
You guys need to learn what underrated means. This show was rated highly.
Not often you hear Rowan Atkinson raise his voice. Wish that he would be offered more serious parts because he is a good actor. He was brilliant as Chief Inspector Maigret!
Indeed - it'd be interesting to see him play a villain (outside of his one role in the first live-action Scooby-Doo film, and even then, he wasn't really a bad guy).
He shows his dramatic acting skills quite well in the final minutes of the Black Adder series.
Watch him in the lead role of Maigret
UA-cam's algorithm is buck wild. Don't know why this got recommended to me but I am going to watch it. Looks decent.
It's a really fun show.
It's a classic UK comedy.
If you've never seen this show, check it out. One of the best Britcoms of all time.
@@BrotherAlpha I'm British, love sitcoms and yet have somehow never heard the term 'Britcom'! Thank you for teaching me an excellent new word :D
Definitely check it out, bro. Its hilarious!
This does make me wonder if Rowan Atkinson should have played a few more serious roles here and there...
Hear, hear!
He's great in Maigret
Agreed, Maigret is brilliant
He also played the hotel manager in the original version of the "Witches"
@@lavo-ld4wm that’s not serious
The Thin Blue Line's so underrated.
One great thing about it is how it blends the comedy and some drama together. Of course, keeping in mind that it's not only a sitcom, but it's also a police show and in police shows, you do expect serious situations i.e. in another clip where Habib finds that her sister has smuggled weed and hides it to save her, but gets herself in trouble with her fellow officers.
Ben Elton and the actors handled it so well.
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It was massively popular and had two peak viewing time series. What part of that suggests to you that it was underrated? You're just an idiot regurgitating other people's inane comments.
@@markfox1545 Fawlty Towers was underrated…
@@markfox1545 They might be his comments.
this is an extremely good show and should never have been cancelled early! Inspector Grim always steals the show!
It ended, not cancelled.
Doge is Away ended how???
It's unclear why it ended. Maybe, Ben Elton ran out ideas and felt there was nothing more he could do with it and felt the show had run it's course.
Audiences at the time couldn't take it as the way sometimes officers were portrayed and the fact people wanted Rowan Atkinson to act more like he did in Mr Bean plus I think some people were expecting that of him as well but I think he plays his role great and is a good change and him and Inspector Grim are the top two characters for me as Grim is just classical funny 😂
He's gasforths answer to melchett lol
Not often you hear Rowen raise his voice like that.
He'd have made a good staff sergeant at boot camp.
I used to watch the show as a kid only because "Mr Bean" was in it, but didn't understand it. Good show
Every show he starred in was excellent, it annoys me he's better known for Bean than Blackadder though. Edmund is by far his greatest role
didn't he do a show where he was a leisure centre manager?
You're thinking of The Brittas Empire. That was Rimmer from Red Dwarf, the actors name escapes me though
Chris Barrie or something like that?
Can't believe I'm blanking on him, he was another hero of my childhood
Rowan Atkinson should consider taking on serious roles, he would be brilliant in them if he brings similar commanding performances to the roles.
I saw him on stage as Fagin in Oliver: amazing performance.
people are always suprised when comedic actors are good at drama when comedy is WAY WAY HARDER
I agree, in a sense this situation is very very serious. If there wasn't laughing, i think the really poignant point was when he replied back to constable habib and warned her not to be facetious. He commanded that situation just like a captain would, without the swearing
@@WardNightstone Shit, Robin Williams(RIP you wonderful mad bastard) anyone? The man has a Oscar.
Inspector Fowler can sure lose his shit when he’s angry!!!! Great acting from Rowan Atkinson in this scene!
I mean come on it’s Rowan Atkinson
Aka
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one best thing Great Britain has given to the world besides tea and cricket 😉
One of the best scenes in the series has to be when Constable Goodie comes in and says "we've got the new ER, sir!"
I remember that one. Parts of it, anyway.
That was really impressive - the transition from comedy to drama was well done. '90s British sitcom, you surprise me.
It is a rare talent to have, and was surprised to see Atkinson do it. He's like Alan Alda (M.A.S.H.) and David Duchovny (X-Files). They have the talent of going from comical to serious and back without missing a beat. To me, that is marks of a great actor, in my opinion.
“What did you expect, him to give you a chorus of Ebony and Ivory”?
Good lord, that made me laugh a good long time, that was so funny.
oh fifTEEN.
I thought this was much funnier than it was describing him as a fifty year old boy.
I kept waiting for it to be said again to see if that was a bit, but it stayed serious.
When Inspector Fowler loses his shit and gets angry!!!😱😱😱. Brilliant acting from Rowan Atkinson.
I literally had chills running down my spine when Fowler lost his shit
Although a comedy, Rowan Atkinson has impressive dramatic acting skills. A tiny fraction of it demonstrated here. Simply put, police officers need to conduct themselves with professionalism whenever on-duty. Part of that includes not responding physically to verbal abuse by someone who is clearly no physical threat to anyone. You can't simply punch someone for being racist. Or, being anything else you morally disagree with. Doesn't matter if their morals are that of the majority of others or not.
You can simply punch someone for being racist. Always punch a nazi. This sin't a simple matter of hitting somone you so happen to disagree with. Their ideologies are not valid "morals" or "opinions", they only seek out to cause suffering and death on wide scale simply for people's colour, sexuality, ethnicity, etc. They need to be shunned and forced from society.
Counterpoint: If being beaten for having swastikas tattooed on you was legally excused, we'd have a lot fewer Nazis. Nazis are bad, and not being punched is why they thrive.
And what if the threshold for punching someone is lowered? What if someone is allowed to be beaten for simply saying they disagree with certain policies of government? Give an inch and the mile will be taken. Expressing a view does not allow for physical violence. This goes for both sides.
@@edskeates5357 Or, how about death camps to exterminate nazis? But, hey, let’s not stop there, let’ formulate a final solution for all groups whose views we find abhorrent.
@@edskeates5357 "We had to destroy the village to save it."
This show is truly before its time.
What i like in Mr Atkinson's performance is that the character he plays, even being comical, makes you feel some sort of strong authority.
Really good scene. I've never watched this show but this feels like a genuinely realistic approach.
The Blue Line. It's honestly really good and the whole episode helps with context.
I love how his hand is shaking in anger as he asks the question
The Thin Blue Line walked so Brooklyn Nine Nine could run.
That was great. I was expecting a clip of people justifying hitting someone for something they said, but instead it's an accurate clip of how a police officer would be treated if they did do that.
"I was expecting a clip of people justifying hitting someone for something they said, but instead it's an accurate clip of how a police officer would be treated if they did do that."
As long as it's a white supremacist, and not a black person. I'm from the USA and if the guy's black, cops basically have to spend ten minutes murdering a handcuffed black man in broad daylight while being filmed from multiple angles to get convicted, and even then we're all pretty surprised.
@@TheMisterGuy Lemme guess.
American?
@@sirgentlebread7302 Well deduced. You picked up on the subtle clue of him saying "I'm from the USA".
@@65hilary48 Ah no he edited it
@@65hilary48 Now see, I saw that and took it to mean the dude was from Russia.
I reckon there any many Inspector Raymond Fowler's out there,not just the UK but many Commonwealth police forces as well.Rowan Atkinson plays this character so well.
This scene was one of Rowan's finest moments as an actor.
Not in Northern Ireland, that’s for sure
He’s talking to them like an angry dad to his children in trouble 😂
The world needs more men like Fowler. I fear there will never be enough of them, especially not in the force.
May want to see the whole episode before you form your opinion, for context.
@@josephperez2004 I did.
He backpedaled when he threatened to lock a mother up for domestic abuse.
I think all the participants are still with us, Rudolph Walker might be getting on, but all the same, it would be great to see them re-unite and do a one-off reunion episode (1 hour) and base the episode around Covid and other issues of today. I reckon the writers could pull it off if they were up for the challenge. Grim as Gasforth Chief Magistrate? or leave him be as Detective Derek Grim? Go!, Go!, Go!
Not gonna lie, I would like to watch this scene without a laugh track
this was live
@@dylanleff373 uuh, no, they used laugh tracks
He wasn't punched, he fell.
He fell.
nazis do that sometimes - too many violent racist thoughts in their tiny brain and it gets clogged up, they lose awareness and simply fall to the ground. oh well.
Racists are notoriously clumsy. Look how they can't even cut their own hair and end-up with skin heads.
@J H well this isn't a child clearly and he's also someone who's already turned themselves against society by taking on extremely dangerous views.....i know this is a sketch but nazis deserve the bullet and nothing more
@@GovernmentOfLocany damn bro he's a kid are you sure you're all right
This must be the reason why Rowan Atkinson was chosen for Maigret! Its funny after watching that I keep expecting him to talk like Blackadder lol
It's amazing the number of recent comments on this years-old UA-cam video, which itself is an excerpt from a sit-com filmed in the mid-90s.
It's almost as if, with the recent rise in politically-motivated violence, people are coming here to see how police officers are supposed to respond when faced with non-violent bigots. Differences of opinion do not justify the use of force.
I guess I can sort of agree with that, but some things aren't just a difference of opinion.
Things like racism, homophobia, misogyny, etc aren't just opinions worth debating, they're evil ideas that deserve to disappear completely.
I've personally intervened in situations of racial abuse before, and I'd do so happily again in the future.
@@jolan_tru So you've used violence against someone because they used repellent words or opinions? It doesn't put you in a good light even remotely.
@@faustusTVR
I would hope, if I was in the situation where my daughter and I were under racial assault that someone would intervene rather than simply shrug and say "well, everyone's entitled to their own opinions."
@@jolan_tru You still think violence is preferable to verbally giving as good as you get though?
@@jolan_tru No, that's not quite right. Inspector Fowler was completely correct here. Just because someone is using racist/homophobic/etc. language, that is not a justification to use violence against them.
There are absolutely no exceptions to this rule. If someone isn't using (or threatening to use) violence, it is not acceptable to use violence against them. If you "punch a Nazi", unless that Nazi is engaging in violence themselves, you become the bad guy.
There's a difference between violent and non-violent intervention. By all means, tell non-violent bigots to get stuffed, but never physically assault them unless they get violent first.
Bigoted beliefs (racism, homophobia, sexism, etc.) are just opinions. You might think they're nasty and detestable opinions, but they're still just opinions. You can refuse to debate them, if you like, but they still have the same rights as you whether you like them or not.
“WHAT DID YOU EXPECT HIM TO DO, GIVE HIM A CHORUS OF EBONY AND IVORY!?” 😂😂😂
very very well done, holy damn, shouldn't have expected anything less from Rowan Atkinson though the man is not only a great actor but also a very good guy and this is how any police officer should reason
It's delightful seeing Mr. Bean in a serious role, however temporary it may be.
This makes me think you have not seen Blackadder and that is a crime :P
@@NarnianHogwart You are correct and I plead guilty. I throw myself on the mercy of the court.
Never understood why they stopped this show, it was fantastic. It's hard to be both a comedy and a drama, but like M*A*S*H it always found a way, really ended too soon in my opinion.
UK television makers often like to end shows at their peak so the quality doesn't decline in later episodes.
Or Barney Miller, though it was usually always ALL comical--except for those few episodes were something terrible happened off screen.
@@franzfanz I agree, America should take note
@ 0:31 ok that caught me off guard 😂
"He could have sustained brain damage!"
"How can we tell?"
Real
Hits home this. Was in law enforcement for 15 years and the biggest no-no a cop can do is hit a cuffed suspect. Suspension if your lucky, seen guys lose there jobs over it.
*you're
*their
10/10 for Rowan's acting.
You see the way the one guys face twitched?
For a second he was a little boy being scolded by his dad again, which from what I heard is quite a common feeling when Rowan Atkinson raises his voice
One of my very best shows on TV to this day...Comedy laced with a strong message.. Rowan Atkinson unarguably the best actor of all times
It's amazing how professional Mr Bean can be.
It’s not Mr Bean
@@godbyeo I know.
Rowan Atkinson, not Mr Bean
Wow, what a great scene. It’s a shame that more TV shows movies and plays can’t beat this level of drama.
You could take the laugh track out and this would still work as a tense scene
There is no laugh track, that’s a live audience. But I do understand what you mean.
I wish more Police officers were as moral as this Inspector Fowler. The world would be a better place.
Most ARE like inspector Fowler.
@@davidtucker9498 lmao the fuck they are
It's not exactly morality, so much as legality. The mother is pressing charges, the facts in the case prove the prisoner was not an immediate threat, both officers are not attempting to cover up the situation, and the prisoner was also a minor. Fowler is firmly in a tough spot and not addressing the situation risks making it worse for everyone because then it goes above his rank and he can not manage it.
The full episode of course gives you all the details and just how the whole thing works out. Just for a little context, Goody (the guy that hit the kid) is the bumbling goofball of the team, not someone you'd expect to slug a kid over an insult. However, he has romantic feelings for Habib, the female Indian officer, and so an insult directed at her caused him to react in an uncharacteristically violent manner.
@@davidtucker9498nah, more like “Hey my officer broke the law better do everything in my power to make it go away.”
The chorus of ebony and ivory was gold😂
Rowan Atkinson is amazing at what he does, when he needs to be dead serious he can and when he needs to be funny he can do that too, honestly alot of his shows were a major part of my childhood and they along with himself got me through alot of tough very dark times
Goody looks like a dead cross between Matt Smith and David Tennant. Also I have no idea how this got recommend to me.
Classic Show with Rowan Atkinson, love his shows.
This brings to mind the "Constable Savage" sketch from Not The Nine O'Clock News.
Perfect balance of humour and drama.
hilarious series with a layer of sincerity on the top.
Back in my recommended after the Euro 2021 final
😂😂😂lol
Haha - Just randomly showed up for me too. Nearest to this i've watched is some Yes, Minister clips (outstanding show). Have never watched this but I will have to do so now on the strength of this brief clip.
Yeah, all that racist abuse online by people from Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and India directed at our players was uncalled for. But let's face it. The players who missed those penalties where put in that position all for a political image. It didn't have to be that way and everything that transpired as a result was unfortunate.
@@BradTheThird They aren't 'your' players. They are Africans.
@@vk6832 They are English legends.
At least add the denoument where the boys mother starts smacking him in the station for being rude.
I wish this was in America. Ive watched Rowan for years and didnt know he had another entertaining show.
This is one of my favourite episodes, it showed that despite keeping distance between her and Goody Habib cares for her colleague and stands up for him!
Aaaaaah,Goody and Habib are superb characters. ❤️
Best scene of the whole series, it’s both immaculately written and performed.
"SUPPOSE THE LAD HAS SUSTAINED BRAIN DAMAGE?!"
"How would we tell?"
hAh. *SMACK* ggootteeeeeemm
I want to watch the next bit now, where he talks to the mother
Type Habib rages at Fowler.
A great episode. Just because you're a cop, doesn't mean you're free to hit anyone.
The lesson is simple, raising to the bait and attacking someone because they throw verbal abuse at you doesn't make you better, it just proves you are as bad as them.
Pity that lesson doesn't seem to exist anymore.
It shows you’re actually worse than them. You lost your cool by them saying mere words that you brought out the primate in yourself to attack someone. That person is not going to jail because you beat the crap out of them, but you surely might, doesn’t matter what reason you did it.
Amazing moment.
"How would we tell?"
Brilliant XD
When you wear the badge, you represent order. You represent discipline. You represent the law. If you act like you are outside the law, no matter the context, you tarnish the badge you wear. If you lose your cool, regardless the situation, you could spark a powderkeg without even meaning to.
that is why it is up to us civilians to punch nazis. never make a racist nazi feel comfortable spouting their abusive crap. protect the victims of racism from nazis by showing ...physically showing ... nazis they are not the "superior race" they think they are.
@@samthor1230 Physically assaulting someone who is spouting hatred immediately puts you in the wrong. The moment you meet words with violence you are the aggressor and are morally in the wrong. You can find what someone says detestable and abhorrent. But the moment you hit them to shut them up you become no better. You justify(in their eyes) reaction and solidify their world view.
"The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy, instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate. Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." - Martin Luther King Jr.
@@samthor1230 Words are not on the same level as violence. Racism is a dead ideology, like Communism. Should we go around punching Marxists?
@@john-fi2ni Tell that to Antifa
Rowan doing real drama, awesome.
Rowan's acting is good at 0:13 0:39 1:03 and 1:28.
What is the name of the second actor with Mister Ben????
@@متعلم-س7ت You mean Mr. Bean? The actor playing Constable Goody is James Dreyfus.
@@danielwilliamson6180 thank you.
Rowan Atkinson is one of those actors who just gives the best performances no matter what. This is one of those rare times where he switches from fool to gravitas. He's so disappointed in Goody for putting him a situation where he has no option but to punish him, and he doesn't want to, but you can hear it all in his voice.
Racist or not, Conservative or Labour, black or white, Christian, muslim or jew. Doesnt matter who they are or what they do, we are all entilted to our individual rights. This show demonstrates that it extends to the police whom must follow the law. If only modern governments actually embraced this, we may have had an actually dialogue on actual issues in the world. In stead of us just screaming and shouting about what makes us different or justified in comparison to the other.
Reminds me of Captain Picard giving Wesley his severe dressing down after his squadron's actions got a friend killed. When someone so stoic gets loud you know you've messed up!
The punch was not excusable but the how would we tell if there was brain damage comment was gold.
Wouldn’t fly these days, can’t offend racists!
@@newjerseyyouth4853 The racists that you need to worry about offending aren't the old school ones to stupid to understand your slight.
Never heard of this before but I'm interested in more. Thank you UA-cam
Worth it.
God damn, this is such a serious scene and they add a laugh track lmao I also had no idea Rowan could play this type of role
Imagine if police were actually allowed to punch racists.
[Nelson voice] *Stop hitting yourself!*
That very concerning that people would be ok with police abusing their power to physically assault people they disagree with or didn't like. I think the USA had a lot of protests about that recently, but many people think it should only apply to their sensibilities.
@@bahamut810 Bro, it's a joke, not a dick. Don't take it so hard.
@@swagromancer The problem with the joke is that I know many people in various positions, some in places of significant authority, who also make the same statements. Either in jest or not, it's a line that is getting crossed more often and when people normalize such things it's only a matter of time before such actions are seen as a new acceptable norm.
@@SkitsInfinity I mean... if police really started knocking each other out, who am I to stop them? I could maybe feign a little concern, but my heart wouldn't be in it.
@@swagromancer It's not about police punching each other. It's about police and others in positions of power or even just the average person making it ok to commit assault because of what someone said. A person can say reprehensible things, and I don't condone those words, but there is a big difference between spouting garbage and physically attacking a person. The moment we make assault an acceptable response to words, society will spiral.
I truly hope that when he dies, people remember Rowan Atkinson as the talented actor he is and not just Mr. Bean. This man OOZES talent.
I've never understood the appeal of Mr Bean rather than Blackadder.
The term *"The apple never falls far from the tree"* is so evident here when Rowan says the racist's mother is going to press charges against Goody.
Not the sharpest knife in the cupboard, I see.
If you press charges against the police for assaulting your son, you are a racist apparently.
@Michael Gia Huy Nguyen it demonstrates that author lost the point entirely. Moral of the story was you don't punch people in handcuffs, even if they are racist. I dare to say you don't punch people that say offensive things at all. Especially if you are policemen.
@Michael Gia Huy Nguyen As satisfying as it may be to punch a racist, AND as likely as it is that they got their views in part from their parents, it is more than right that a police officer who assaults a suspect in custody who posed no physical danger be charged with assault. For the law to be just it must be applied evenly and it's agents must be especially consistent in their application of it. It's not about the scumbag racist, it's about how much the police respect and adhere to the Law. If they don't respect it, how can we trust them to enforce it fairly?
Imagine missing the point this hard.
Excellent series, totally underrated.
A little later on comes the line, the police do not have the power to choose wether to charge or not.
Somewhat ironic in view of incidents at a major international Lancashire airport, and the banning of mps questions about a culprit in a Lacashire seaside resort .
And in the American version its a drama and the cops cover up crimes for each other....not even a joke
Comedy shows like Thin Blue Line, Only Fools and Horses, Brooklyn 99, have dramatic scenes like these which are so much better than the ones you find in 'serious' shows like Dexter or Blindspot or The Bill.
I will forever love any show or movie that is so good it can both make you laugh and make you cry.
"Blackadder Goes Forth" had a very powerful and moving final scene.
@@cindydott452 Makes me cry every time.
@@Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human Same here.
The laugh tracks kinda ruin this scene, it’s acted so well and the laughter takes away from it
live audience, not a track
The laughter kind of clashes with just how deadly serious Atkinson's character is here. Even the actual joke doesn't feel like one, not really.
Nowadays "we have investigated ourselves and have found ourselves guilty of no wrong doing."
That's not a matter of time, it's a matter of space. This was filmed in the same era of the Ramparts scandal and the Rodney King riots.
The rest of the episode is brilliant
“The boys mother is pressing charges”. Maybe she should’ve been more concerned with raising him properly.
Sounds like you approve of police brutality.
@ Obviously not. Let’s not do that childish shtick. I’m not saying it’s a good thing I’m just acknowledging something that we know to be true. If you fail teaching your kids how to be decent adults someone might have to teach them.
I realize that’s not the way to behave for a cop.
I live in the Deep South and there’s older white guys that have mixed grandkids. You say something racist about them and it’s over. Some of them used to be racist themselves but they adore their grand babies. Again not defending it but what do you expect from old school southern guys?
This was such a good episode.
Considering the recent Matt Ratana case, the suspect could well have posed a threat.
Not really related. The cop who arrested the suspect failed to properly search them and missed a gun.
In this case the 15yo was just a racist little shit and it's not the polices role to punish assholes with no sense.
@@strenifstrecs2551 Fowler's assumption was that he posed no threat because he was handcuffed. The Ratana case shows you can pose a threat while handcuffed. Arresting officers are supposed to eliminate that threat but the rest is detail. The point being it is wrong to assume no threat, even when handcuffed.
@@dcarbs2979 Obviously handcuffed person might pose physical threat even just by kicking or biting something like that. I think though what the police meant was more asking what physical threat the suspect posed in this exact moment the officer decided to punch him, and there simply was none.
Could........but didn't, according to the police themselves.
Nice try and better luck next time attempting to justify Battering handcuffed children Mr Boot.....or can I call you Jack?
@@captainl-ron4068 Last time I looked, this was fiction. And a joke. Neither of which "justifiy battering handcuffed children"
That's a very serious scene for Rowan Atkinson!
Remember when nazis and racism were frowned upon instead of encouraged and in power?
Doesn't help that the actor who played Officer Goody is walking hand in hand with them
He made the right call.
Unprovoked assault.
Later in the episode I believe the charges where dropped. And he knew they would.
A somewhat, serious scene?
That Ben Elton wrote?
Interesting.
No surprise. Working class white male = racist nazi
Ben Elton's work allrighton
@@yousernameish Quoting: "The boy has swastikas tatooed on his arms!"
Loved this scene and how it showed that as much as he agreed that the kid was a PoS and deserved the punch he also would not stand by and allow anyone to be above the law.
I love that he's not mad because a racist was punched, he was mad because a racist was punched in a way that would cause problems for them and him.
Art imitates life.
I disagree. He's mad because an individual, racist or not, was assaulted by one of his officers whilst in that officers custody. Officer Fowler clearly lays out why this is MORALLY unacceptable (the boy was handcuffed, therefore posed no threat, therefore the punch was a disproportionate reaction). He goes on to instigate the LEGAL ramifications for such behaviour by charging Goody with assault.
This demonstrates that the law has an ethical framework as in this instance the law mirrors an ethical standard. This framework has been developed over hundreds of years by minds far greater than mine or yours. So even if a police officer does not measure their actions against a moral standard (as Fowler does, but Goody didn't), the law is in place to ensure that people at least follow the legal standard, or face losing their jobs, getting fined or going to jail.
It's cool to rag on police officers these days though, so by all means continue to assume that ACAB if it makes you happy... /s
@@thorin4406 I forget the exact quote, but I think it was in a Terry Pratchett book someone said, "The problem with doing bad things for good reasons, is eventually you'll do it for a bad one".
@@wittyreviewer "Beating people up in little rooms…he knew where that led. And if you did it for a good reason, you’d do it for a bad one. You couldn’t say ‘We’re the good guys’ and do bad-guy things."
Terry Pratchett was a true liberal. He understood and articulated the principles that underpin our civilisation.
A racist still has the rights to not be physically abused. Or should we also start murdering everyone accused of racism?