Unfinished London - Episode 2

In the 70s, an ambitious road-building project called 'Ringways' was cancelled and London narrowly escaped a fate much worse than traffic jams.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Unfinished London
• Comedy Documentary
• Jay Foreman
• Paul Kendler
• ComComedy Ringways
• M25
• Motorway
• North Circular
• South Circular
• Town Planning

[Leblondn]

great vid, but did you use a marker on your monitor? lol

[jayforeman51]

@Leblondn If you look very carefully at the corners, you can see we blu-tacked a sheet of clear plastic to the monitor.

[TheAerieShow]

i really enjoy your videos and the choice of music is pleasant but if anyone knows the names of the songs used in this video please let me know...thanks

[jayforeman51]

@TheAerieShow 00:34 - Original titles music by Jay Foreman and Beardyman

00:42 - Scott Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag

01:31 - Glenn Miller - In The Mood

02:28 - The Beatles - Taxman

02:59 - Unknown (titles music from a Disney cartoon called "Freewayphobia")

03:56 - Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere

05:53 - Louis Prima - Sing Sing Sing

[jayforeman51]

@TheAerieShow

06:11 - Terry Scott Taylor - Everybody Way-Oh (from the game "The Neverhood")

07:25 - Blur - London Loves

07:38 - Gustav Holst - Mars (played backwards)

08:10 - Bob Marley - Burnin' & Lootin'

08:59 - Jean-Jacques Perrey - An Elephant Never Forgets

10:46 - Spike Jones - Holiday For Strings

11:09 - The Beatles - A Day in the Life

[eyalwii]

nice, do more

[ImaginaryAudience]

I just want to commend you on both of the Unfinished London videos. Excellent stuff and wonderfully fascinating for anglophiles like me. Your pacing is spot on the humor balances perfectly with the straight-up information. If you manage to get your own show, it'd be well deserved. In the meantime, please keep these coming!

[SJDvalientes]

This is a phenomenal and interesting video. However, I do take issue with your comparison of London to Los Angeles: 1) Mountain ranges cause bottlenecks and make ringways nonviable, 2) Los Angeles has other regional centers, like Long Beach, complicating the system, 3) Low population density, which makes it hard to move around without highways everywhere, 4) Lack of a subway system.

Nevertheless, I absolutely think there should be more videos like this and I do hope you make a third episode.

[notpointed]

the city should instead become more bike-friendly and accesible by public transport

it would be better for the general health, too

[lukaszett]

just FYI: Cologne is completely organized in ringroads.

[KingofNewAnglia]

My reaction to Colin Lynne saying that Ringway 1 would have cost 18 Billion pounds in todays money I went WOOWWWW and OUCH that actually painful...

[VulcanTrekkie45]

Ooh, idea! Would it be possible to build at least some of the ringways underground, like they've done in Boston?

[dukorider1]

pissed me pants nearly twice, please do more!

[LittleBro98G]

Love it! Can't wait for part 3!