Markets of Britain, a short film by Lee Titt (via Serafinowicz and Popper)

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  • @PRAEst76
    @PRAEst76 10 років тому +207

    The traditional British market is dying, this great film captures the golden era.
    Brought a tear to my eye. Or it may have been conjunctivitis, I'm not sure.

  • @louisjagger2177
    @louisjagger2177 2 роки тому +41

    I say "I could do with a bit of butter" every time I could do with a bit of butter, which is quite often

  • @direweeb
    @direweeb 8 років тому +195

    I hate when I'm trying to buy some giant pencils but the crucifixions are holding up the line.

    • @Fennnnn
      @Fennnnn 4 роки тому +2

      Don't you just hate it when that happens

    • @ZeranZeran
      @ZeranZeran 2 роки тому +3

      "GET ON WITH IT!"

  • @MixedMartialHelp
    @MixedMartialHelp 10 років тому +487

    As a genuine British person, I can tell you this is 100% accurate.

    • @olivercuenca4109
      @olivercuenca4109 10 років тому +27

      As a 100% accurate person, I can tell you this is genuinely British.

    • @olivercuenca4109
      @olivercuenca4109 10 років тому +4

      Doesn't make it any less funny. I have no idea where you got all that pent up rage from, but I can tell you it doesn't make you look like a sane person.

    • @MixedMartialHelp
      @MixedMartialHelp 8 років тому +3

      ***** My good sir, you are correct.

    • @neithere
      @neithere 6 років тому +5

      @Imani Hekima I think he is, unless he is not.

    • @psammiad
      @psammiad 4 роки тому +8

      I'm British, but I'm not genuine.

  • @BradPiano
    @BradPiano 4 роки тому +61

    I'd love to see another Serafinowicz and Popper collaboration. The footage, the voiceover and choice of music - perfection.

    • @ZeranZeran
      @ZeranZeran 2 роки тому +6

      I wish there was a TV channel that just played stuff like this non stop. This, and Look Around You are a special kind of programming. They don't make them like they used to.

    • @thesunreport
      @thesunreport 2 роки тому +7

      @@ZeranZeran The guy in the film is called Jack Hargreaves, the footage used is probably from one of his shows, either 'Old Country' or 'Out of Town', they are a pretty good watch themselves, and you could also do the funny voice-overs in your head if you wanted -
      ua-cam.com/video/1g1MCjhq_SE/v-deo.html

    • @ZeranZeran
      @ZeranZeran 2 роки тому +4

      @@thesunreport I don't think I would've ever found this out without you replying, thank you! I find his stuff very calming.

    • @thesunreport
      @thesunreport 2 роки тому +2

      @@ZeranZeran Yeah it's great, I like it too. :)

    • @morpethrees9194
      @morpethrees9194 2 роки тому +3

      @@thesunreport Find the music from "Old Country" on loop a great sleep aid.

  • @thecustardprophet8434
    @thecustardprophet8434 6 років тому +301

    For me, this is the best thing on UA-cam...I'd estimate I've watched this about 20000 times

    • @ShelleyDuncan
      @ShelleyDuncan 5 років тому +5

      Wow, MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMCMXCVIIIII times?!

    • @timmorodgers4271
      @timmorodgers4271 4 роки тому

      Me too!

    • @FumblsTheSniper
      @FumblsTheSniper 3 роки тому +1

      Ive come back for a chuckle or to show people for at least 12 years now lol

    • @thecustardprophet8434
      @thecustardprophet8434 3 роки тому +1

      @@FumblsTheSniper Your comment brought me back for another watch - so thanks!

    • @TEKASHI-de1qt
      @TEKASHI-de1qt 3 роки тому +6

      There's the old replay button, I've had some good use out of that

  • @rossmethven2
    @rossmethven2 7 років тому +46

    Once again Lee Titt has done a fabulous job of capturing Britain the way it was before Europe.

  • @goodlife6145
    @goodlife6145 3 роки тому +7

    The music on this wonderful documentary is A Tune For Lucy by The Inigo Kilborn Group. Markets of Britain is one of the best things on UA-cam.

  • @Blues101100
    @Blues101100 3 роки тому +114

    Showed this to a girl I had been dating for about 2 months. She laughed her butt off with me. We’ve been married for 5 years now. “Erotic!”

    • @ZeranZeran
      @ZeranZeran 2 роки тому +4

      That is awesome. I love when people can find each other through shared sense of humor, its a rare and beautiful thing

    • @DaveDexterMusic
      @DaveDexterMusic 2 роки тому

      I genuinely hope it is still erotic.

    • @granitsky63
      @granitsky63 2 роки тому +1

      I've had the opposite experience where a lady friend I was dating didn't get Brian Butterfield. Ugg she gone

    • @peartreeproductions77
      @peartreeproductions77 2 роки тому +3

      @@granitsky63 hope you met someone worthy of your bon bon bon bons

    • @granitsky63
      @granitsky63 2 роки тому

      @@peartreeproductions77 My current SO is increbidle

  • @beaulieuboy
    @beaulieuboy 10 років тому +63

    That was Ringwood market in the mid 70s. Jack Hargreaves shopping for his programme " Out of Town"

    • @paulmurgatroyd6372
      @paulmurgatroyd6372 4 роки тому +2

      I had a feeling it was JH, all that tackle was right up his street.

    • @DaveDexterMusic
      @DaveDexterMusic 2 роки тому

      no it's Lee Titt having an erotic day of theft

  • @laserweapon58
    @laserweapon58 9 років тому +109

    "They're about to be crucified."
    "Get on with it!"

    • @dndboy13
      @dndboy13 7 років тому +2

      "Dont you guys want Barabbas"
      "Man my pencil's gonna spoil just 'em nail up"

  • @schwarzemilch
    @schwarzemilch 14 років тому +8

    Lee Titt was obviously a very gifted documentary filmmaker. I learned so much about british markets today! Hope there´s coming more from him soon!

  • @BradPiano
    @BradPiano 5 років тому +23

    There's not enough superlatives to say how wonderful this is. I hope they do more together soon.

  • @JenRouse-c4d
    @JenRouse-c4d Рік тому +14

    Filmed in my hometown! My grandad used to buy me an eccles cake and take me to the livestock market to look at the blue whales.

  • @MarioAbdullah-Levi
    @MarioAbdullah-Levi Рік тому +4

    Whenever I am asked "What comes to mind when I think of my favourite films" I always day "Titt's"

  • @tweedy151
    @tweedy151 10 років тому +27

    no wonder the rest of the world looks on with envious eyes. God bless Britain i say, and her markets.

  • @TheChaseChronicles
    @TheChaseChronicles 11 років тому +10

    Gosh, such genuine humor. It's been a while finding something like this.

    • @olixbob
      @olixbob 3 місяці тому

      *Humour

  • @gabbercharles4513
    @gabbercharles4513 8 років тому +137

    post-brexit britain has improved a lot!

    • @f1f1s
      @f1f1s 4 роки тому +4

      Wait... this comment is 3 years old!..

  • @IamScoHo
    @IamScoHo 6 років тому +8

    This is the movie we'd watch in the 70s when the teacher had a hangover. And now I've saved it to watch for when I have a hangover. Thanks, teacher.

  • @RhesusMonkeyUK
    @RhesusMonkeyUK 14 років тому +3

    Just noticed the Copyright date at 0:10... lovely. My favorite bit was between the start and the end.

  • @thenoiseupmerchant
    @thenoiseupmerchant 11 років тому +53

    This is the best thing on the internet

    • @thunderfieldcastle
      @thunderfieldcastle 6 років тому

      The Noise-up Merchant 4 years later and this comment is still true.

    • @jimmykit-kat3424
      @jimmykit-kat3424 5 років тому +1

      Close but this is closer:
      ua-cam.com/video/kbwLC3Yr8vA/v-deo.html

    • @dontbefatuousjeffrey2494
      @dontbefatuousjeffrey2494 4 роки тому +1

      @@jimmykit-kat3424 That's a bit of fun, but it's also a basic viral marketing stunt, though - this is cleverer, which makes it better IMO

  • @yosselcontreras8772
    @yosselcontreras8772 Рік тому +4

    Can't wait for the sequel

  • @franklinrwful
    @franklinrwful 13 років тому +2

    The man in it is the late Jack Hargreaves and I think the film was taken from Out of Town which used to be on South Today and was based in Hampshire and Dorset here in England.

  • @S-I-T
    @S-I-T 3 роки тому +10

    Love this. Can't watch "Old Country" with Jack Hargreaves without thinking about this now. 😆

  • @intheemaking
    @intheemaking 14 років тому +6

    "Pencils... giant pencils..."
    "Some dogs, some cats, mini emus, a couple of blue whales..."

  • @CrunchBogus
    @CrunchBogus 13 років тому +6

    I've seen this a few times, shown by friends, but only now have I looked at the details. I can totally believe that this was made by the guys who brought us LOOK AROUND YOU.

    • @ZeranZeran
      @ZeranZeran 2 роки тому +2

      Back when they used real Calcium film.

  • @alsgeetar
    @alsgeetar 11 років тому +23

    Wish the guy who lives next door would lay off using the barking machine.Might have to get my murderers bell out.

    • @LootFragg
      @LootFragg 4 роки тому +2

      Come back, person from 6 years ago! I need to tell you how much I enjoy these comments here. Laughing my head off.

    • @dontbefatuousjeffrey2494
      @dontbefatuousjeffrey2494 4 роки тому +2

      @@LootFragg you shouldn't be laughing your head off!
      You should outsource that to a proper murderer! One with qualifications!
      Word to the wise, though: make your booking through a third party. Apparently they might not call it murder if you don't. Allow room in your budget for a one-way ticket to a non-extradition country.

  • @YangombiUmpakati
    @YangombiUmpakati 14 років тому +1

    watching again and again..

  • @Clembo
    @Clembo 9 років тому +18

    I lost it at "mini emus"

  • @Natco79
    @Natco79 14 років тому +8

    I can't stop watching it! never fails to make me laugh. Please make more!

    • @zarajviola
      @zarajviola 3 роки тому +3

      Bet you don't remember this comment

  • @Vargolis
    @Vargolis 10 років тому +39

    I could do with a bit of butter

  • @smithcjb
    @smithcjb 12 років тому +6

    Very educational. This has taught me a great deal about modern British life.

  • @Spillage66
    @Spillage66 4 роки тому +3

    EXCELLENT addition to Look Around You. Thanks Lee. "Thlee!"

    • @aw-h3875
      @aw-h3875 27 днів тому +1

      Technically it would be 'Thee'.

  • @danashcroft961
    @danashcroft961 3 роки тому +2

    An excerpt from Jack Hargreaves 70's TV programme out of town, JH was the inspiration for coughing bloke bob fleming and his show country matters on the Fast show...Jack is the bloke in the Hat and glasses with the pipe...Used to watch it in the 70's when I was twagging off school...

  • @vinto34
    @vinto34 Рік тому +2

    There he is...ringing his murderer's bell.

  • @scrutley
    @scrutley 14 років тому +4

    My God. I have not genuinely cried laughing from a video in a very long time

  • @wisteela
    @wisteela 8 місяців тому +1

    Absolutely brilliant

  • @TheJesusr1
    @TheJesusr1 11 років тому +22

    Pure British humor.. Excellent.. i am from Venezuela and I get it !!!.,. well done.

    • @avroken
      @avroken 7 років тому

      jesusr medina what a great feel when you know venezuela did not starved yet

  • @andrewjefferies8391
    @andrewjefferies8391 2 роки тому

    now that made me chuckle.. Rare footage of Ringwood marked with a very interesting & amusing voiceover..

  • @FOUNDERZERO
    @FOUNDERZERO 4 роки тому +1

    One of the best videos on the internet, IMO.

  • @Sealoctopus
    @Sealoctopus Рік тому +2

    I want MORE Titt-Vision productions 😩

  • @specialtramplover
    @specialtramplover 12 років тому +1

    I can't believe I have never seen this before. This is the best thing to ever come from the Popper/ Serafinowicz camp in my opinion. They should do more stuff like this.

  • @StrikerF2
    @StrikerF2 14 років тому +9

    I started to chuckle about half way through, found myself properly laughing by the end of it :)

  • @djouroboros
    @djouroboros 13 років тому +1

    'I reckon there's about 20,000 in that bundle'. Robert Popper and Peter Serafinowicz, you guys are geniuses. Genii? Genusieis? Geneodes.

  • @waterblom
    @waterblom 14 років тому +2

    " I'll have these, keep walking, keep walking..." lol, that gets me!!

  • @meestashy0006
    @meestashy0006 3 роки тому +1

    one of my favorite videos on youtube

  • @fantaildoveman9757
    @fantaildoveman9757 4 роки тому +4

    I think this is one of the best things I've seen on tinternet.

  • @vvelvettearss
    @vvelvettearss 4 місяці тому +3

    Hey anyone watching this in 2024,??? Laughed my butt off from start to finish this morning at this 😂

  • @josephthejh8305
    @josephthejh8305 2 роки тому +8

    I watched this when I was like 12, I didn't know much English so it was a bit weird (why does he call the rabbit a snake? what?) after a while I found out it was a parody and I absolutely loved it and how absurd it was, I watch this video from time to time, I love this video maybe this "molded" my humor to absurd after watching this, I love absurd humor movies especially from monty python and leslie nielsen

    • @davidjames579
      @davidjames579 Рік тому +1

      "What's that? A snake? I don't know".

  • @azumanguy
    @azumanguy Рік тому +1

    10/10 short film

  • @sporg
    @sporg 6 років тому +2

    Wonderful. If you haven't already seen 'Birds of Britain', check it out as well.

  • @benjaminde-campos5136
    @benjaminde-campos5136 9 років тому +23

    0:24 Still looks like this today: 50.847112, -1.794831

  • @archietaylor7729
    @archietaylor7729 Рік тому +1

    Comedy peaked with this film.

  • @FumblsTheSniper
    @FumblsTheSniper 3 роки тому +2

    Still, after all this time, under 1m views? This some real OG shit right here boys

  • @AgujaAzulMD
    @AgujaAzulMD 14 років тому +2

    Are they ever going to release any other films by Lee Titt? Or perhaps some more Look Around You episodes? Please. Please.

  • @DogsthorpeInfants
    @DogsthorpeInfants 10 місяців тому +3

    Would have loved to have seen a series of these Jack Hargreaves send-ups. For his tastes he’ll give them another rub…. Hee hee hee

  • @JonnySegment
    @JonnySegment 12 років тому +3

    Can someone explain again why the BBC cancelled the Peter Serafinowicz show? Seems like insanity to me. This is so good!

  • @youthculture523
    @youthculture523 10 років тому +7

    "Ah could do with a bet of butteh"

  • @bensharkey
    @bensharkey 12 років тому +7

    I loved every single second of this! I laughed soo hard! I am going to obsessively look for more now. :,D

  • @R2RO20
    @R2RO20 8 років тому +8

    Damn, gotta visit Great Britain sometime...

    • @n0tAnother
      @n0tAnother 7 років тому +6

      what is your purpose of visit to Great Britain? To buy, to sell, or to steal?

    • @neithere
      @neithere 6 років тому

      @@n0tAnother I bet he's gonna steal some British apples.

    • @ryminsta
      @ryminsta 6 років тому

      We sell lots of mini emu's

  • @henrymcnally1775
    @henrymcnally1775 4 роки тому

    Blooming marvellous!!.....just wondering if anyone knows who is doing the background music??

  • @Tappettava
    @Tappettava 6 років тому +4

    This made me laugh out loud so many times!

  • @Shelkybean
    @Shelkybean 13 років тому

    I didn't really know what was going on at the start, thought my brother was having a laugh sending me this...but WOW!! what a jem, that had me in stitches!!! Awesome!!!

  • @rabvek
    @rabvek 8 років тому +52

    Some dogs... a cat... mini emus... a couple of blue whales... What's this a snake? I dunno.

    • @ryminsta
      @ryminsta 6 років тому +2

      Best bit 🤣

  • @vanillaorchid
    @vanillaorchid 14 років тому +1

    Out of Town!

  • @seanperkins6642
    @seanperkins6642 10 років тому +4

    Informative.

  • @abbath1586
    @abbath1586 14 років тому +1

    These two lads are in trouble. Been caught stealing apples, about to be crusified. Get on with it.

  • @jafwilding
    @jafwilding 14 років тому

    Very good. Has anyone noticed how many more shots the "murderer" appears in? I think about four.

  • @kristifristi9908
    @kristifristi9908 4 роки тому +1

    Google maps _really_ caught me off guard

  • @toothsayer
    @toothsayer 13 років тому

    does anyone else notice how much the opening graphic looks like the carpet inside the Stanley Hotel from The Shining?

  • @NxDoyle
    @NxDoyle 6 років тому

    0:25 It may be a coincidence, but I'm pretty sure this fella is the actor Peter used for that series of helpful guides on The Peter Serafinowicz Show.

  • @masokitten77
    @masokitten77 13 років тому

    I love the background music so much like the educational documentaries I used to watch as a child.

    • @bernardranreb
      @bernardranreb 5 років тому

      I recognised the 5/4 jazzy tune as one from between BBC 70s school broadcasts while a countdown clock was shown.

  • @Purple_Lego_stud
    @Purple_Lego_stud 2 роки тому

    I love this accurate representation of the British market and that robot is lookin fiiiiiine

  • @Sinclair_Research
    @Sinclair_Research 14 років тому +2

    "Mans not looking..... I'll have these..... keep walking.... keep walking...." :D

  • @junkietomato
    @junkietomato 12 років тому

    That's why you use adblock. I haven't seen an ad on the internet in years.

  • @whette_fahrtz
    @whette_fahrtz 8 років тому +12

    Anyone lost any butter?

    • @teknohed
      @teknohed 8 років тому +10

      I could do with a bit of butter.

    • @KazimJafar
      @KazimJafar 8 років тому +9

      Idiots

  • @returnoftheredeye
    @returnoftheredeye 3 роки тому +3

    As a lad I was crucified a few times for stealing apples. Never did me any harm.

    • @S-I-T
      @S-I-T 3 роки тому

      Erotic.

  • @Jack-kz4nb
    @Jack-kz4nb 3 роки тому +1

    Ayo this is the funniest shit I’ve seen in a long time. I’ve watched this about like 5 times now.

  • @morpethrees9194
    @morpethrees9194 2 роки тому

    That great auteur of the seventies UK documentary, Lee Tiitt.

  • @winkosmosis
    @winkosmosis 14 років тому

    sdaonline, there is a full series like this. It's called Look Around You and it's on Adult Swim

  • @joeschmoe1150
    @joeschmoe1150 5 років тому

    Please. Make. MORE!!!

  • @familyofkirk
    @familyofkirk 14 років тому

    This the best UA-cam video I've ever seen.

  • @smitentertainment
    @smitentertainment 13 років тому

    One of the best documentaries I know.

  • @dkopf
    @dkopf 12 років тому +1

    "There he is, ringing his murderer's bell."

  • @MovingPixTV
    @MovingPixTV 14 років тому

    Peter you absolute legend... more! I WANT MORE!!!!

  • @JoeScaramanga
    @JoeScaramanga 12 років тому

    You absolute star... cheers for the info!

  • @MeaghanEdwards
    @MeaghanEdwards 4 роки тому

    ". . . We've all make mistakes, I know I have."
    I feel personally attacked.

  • @snipz
    @snipz 14 років тому +2

    @sdaonline...it's Jack Hargreaves (OBE), Southern TV legend. My dad knew him well and as a kid I was starstruck whenever I met him. If still alive today he'd crack up at this, he had a great sense of humour...

  • @beckscribbler
    @beckscribbler 10 років тому

    It looks like this man has been to Thirsk. Yes, Thirsk, just off the A19. Can't miss it.

  • @welshskies
    @welshskies 3 роки тому +2

    That's old Jack Hargreaves, he used to smoke cowpat in his pipe.

  • @PETEOTOOLE
    @PETEOTOOLE 14 років тому

    absolute brilliance

  • @legacythegame
    @legacythegame 7 років тому +3

    *Image of a cow* "Here you can see a dog"

  • @D1g1dood
    @D1g1dood 11 років тому +2

    The Inigo Kilborn Group - A Tune For Lucy (Winchester Hospital Radio)
    Its on a DJ mix Peter Serafinowicz done for Solid Steel Radio. There is some fantastic music on there as well as some of his own. You can listen to and download the mix from Soundcloud.

    • @BalearicBeatnik
      @BalearicBeatnik Рік тому +1

      Thanks for the tune ID. Revisiting this clip today, I’d seen it years ago and tried to find out what the music was using Spotify on a piece of paper. It didn’t work because it hadn’t been invented yet.

  • @thedangernation
    @thedangernation 14 років тому +1

    I shall visit the murders market this weekend, pick up a couple of axes...I have work to do ;)

  • @Stammer6
    @Stammer6 13 років тому +2

    I keep losing it when he gets to "Pencils..."

  • @sizzle224
    @sizzle224 12 років тому +1

    "I estimate there's probably about 20,000 in that bundle."

  • @lochvonsavoy2936
    @lochvonsavoy2936 6 років тому +1

    All these eggs are from one woman...and those big blue ones are from his mother in law, bahahahaha i am in stitches

  • @Natco79
    @Natco79 14 років тому +3

    ...we've all made mistakes. I know i have hahahhaaaa love it!!!

  • @fiftyteeth50
    @fiftyteeth50 13 років тому

    I'm pretty sure this is the greatest thing i've ever seen in my entire life.

  • @tommysgoldfish8112
    @tommysgoldfish8112 2 роки тому

    This is very well done.