The Good Life: Royal Variety Performance 1978 (Part 1 of 5)

[andysim232]

78 was a good year. I was born hehe.

[bluejeckett]

The Queen at the recording of a sitcom? lol I'd be too scared to make a joke at all for fear of her stony face not laughing. Well done to Pen, Paul, Richard and Felicity for getting through that half hour nightmare

[misternewham]

At the end of the video, there's a picture of a girl right at the end of the 4 second countdown on the monitor.

[bluejeckett]

@misternewham Yeah I caught that too, very eerie, who do u think it is, the resident studio ghost? lol

It was interesting to watch this. If we can thank the Royal Family for anything then it's the fact we got to see the set up for the recirding of a 1970's sitcom which was nice to watch because you don't gt to experience the original recording when it's all cobbled together for television and is perfectly seamed. I liked seeing the joins.

[Timcar3]

Isn't the presenter Brian Johnson the cricket commentator ?

[francis1971]

@Timcar3 Yes it is.

[ornleifs]

Wow thanks for upploading this. I´m a big fan of the Good Life and have the DVD´s but this is not on there and I didn´t even know this existed so this is a real Treat.

[fraserkatie]

Wow never seen this episode before!

[davidhaythornthwaite]

BITCH

[therealcaldini]

I'd quite happily pay double my TV licence fee if the BBC were FREE to keep producing television of the quality of The Good Life. I'd even let the Queen have a bit of my money if she smiled like this all of the time (nowadays, she really should cheer up a bit).

Stop Rupert Murdoch making Britain a shit-hole.

[twilightbeliever]

@therealcaldini "'I'd even let the Queen have a bit of my money if she smiled like this all of the time". Hear hear. :)

[321womble]

@therealcaldini I think it is the responsiblity of the viewers to refuse to watch the shite and then it wouldn't be made, unfortunately today people seem to be content to watch just about anything, so it is our fault for accepting it.

[helent5114]

Thank you SO much for posting this, I adore The Good Life and have never seen this before!

[ORCA4312]

I love the show, and have never seen this before.

Thank you so much for posting it.

[chriswales19]

The Queen looks nice here :)

[osgilioth]

strange to hear the narrating voice being so precious about the queen etc., can't believe it's only been 30 years, the culture really has changed.

[rexapoo]

I didnt mean to do that....

I totaly agree. This nation used to be a prowd nation,but sadly it has been destroyed.

[tigbig90]

OMG HOW YOUNG DOES THE QUEEN LOOK!!!

[dharmaseed]

Ah , the Queen, and the Duke of Edinbungir, Edinburger....

[chubbs280391]

edinburgh :)

[dharmaseed]

Edinburgh castle, was silhouetted against the crimson streeds....

[wellohmeeeeeee]

Fascinating stuuf ...love the camera men in their Man at C&A suits

[capricious71]

Britain used to be so twee! I miss this kind of thing. :)

[ludocrat]

Never seen this before. Am eternally grateful to the uploader!

[IluvMH]

OMG felicity kendals son is so cute and looks like her!

The good lofe is a legend!!

[sugarissweetandsoami]

i think that richard briers is the best actor ever

[jagdpanther1944]

and queen of USA (hang on I forgot they left in 1776)

[mastmedia]

OMG!! The Queen of England.

This show was huge!

I knew it was a hit, but My God!!

[CHFCooper]

It was one of the best programmes in the UK. And just to point out, Queen Elizabeth is not just Queen of England, she is the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Just a tad more than just England. And she also holds many more titles. Perhaps you should look her up!

Best Wishes.

[frozentootsiepop]

I agree that it was one of the best programs produced in the UK but I wonder why there were only 4 seasons??

[grimeldasnodpocket]

I guess back then producers knew when to quit while they were ahead, instead of churning out episode after episode until the concept was no longer fresh, funny or entertaining in any way.

[IluvMH]

She is also the Queen on Australia and Canada!

[ludocrat]

(And Berwick upon Tweed).

[ASEA12]

she is a good queen.