Now! Then! First broadcast of the Four Yorkshiremen sketch, on the At Last the 1948 Show

31 October 1967: First broadcast of the Four Yorkshiremen sketch, on the At Last the 1948 Show

Tim Brooke-Taylor and others. 1967. Four Yorkshiremen. At Last the 1948 Show. Palo Alto, California: Issuu, Inc. Issuu publishes pirated content, so this may disappear. Get it:

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Hezekiah (Marty): Aye and you try and tell the young people of today that and they won’t believe you.

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The Four Yorkshiremen sketch was meant to be taking the mickey, not aspirational, and yet

— Ghost Coast (@ThedaBarracuda) January 9, 2023

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Hezekiah (Marty): Aye and you try and tell the young people of today that and they won’t believe you.

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