Did Brian Blessed really punch a polar bear? | Guardian Live highlights

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At a Guardian Live event in Glasgow, actor Brian Blessed recalls a trip to the magnetic north pole where his hair stood on end and he had an unlikely encounter with a polar bear. This clip contains strong language.
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@seanthompson9105 7 лет назад

Brian Blessed is the protagonist of the planet earth

@dyingsun23 5 лет назад

Somewhere there's a Russian admiral with his grandkid on his knee, telling him about the time he went to the North Pole in a submarine and met Brian Blessed. Who later punched a polar bear.

@trickshot646 3 года назад

"Come child, I will tell you of most badass man to ever live."

@zvonimirvidovic1714 Год назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@brianwilson3952 3 года назад

He's Tom Bombadil. A force of Nature.

@yoshim616 2 года назад

That makes way too much sense.

@WhiteCamry Год назад

Peter Jackson should've cast him as Tom Bombadil.

@countOfHenneberg Год назад

Aye, Brian Blessed or James Earl Jones.

@poopenstein Год назад

Oh my. This casting has to happen!!

@andrew_owens7680 3 года назад

The thing with Brian Blessed is, he's so damned entertaining that it doesn't matter if it's true or not. If he said he'd visited another solar system with Venusians, I'd believe it.

@deanwarsore Год назад

My sentiments exactly.

@umachan9286 Год назад

He's literally on a very short list of people who if they said they punched a polar bear in the nose you'd say, "makes sense".

@jaywunder13242 7 лет назад

One of the rare cases where an actor lives up to the sorts of characters he plays.

@bugvswindshield 3 года назад

do a quick research of the late Christopher Lee. Your jaw will D R O P.

@ragzaugustus 5 лет назад

I do like the strong language warning, you really should just write "Warning, Contains Brian Blessed, consider yourself lucky."

@Ophiuchus123456789 4 года назад

It should've had "strong macusline voice warning"

@OmegaSoypreme 2 года назад

Sounds like that should have been written on his tent for the polar bear.

@hoilst 4 года назад

"This video contains strong language." "Is there swearing?" "No, it's just that all Brian Blessed's language is strong."

@weldonwin 4 года назад

The man is the living personification of the Capslock

@zvonimirvidovic1714 Год назад

@@weldonwin 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@fuzzyscarfandmittens4772 4 года назад

I swear, Brian Blessed is the only man that when he says he punched a polar bear in the nose you believe it.

@VideoDeadGaming 3 года назад

The polar bear just wanted to hear "Gordon's alive?!"

@salvatoredebella4502 4 года назад

I think Brian Blessed is the closest we will ever come to an actual superhero

@bugvswindshield 3 года назад

Mike Tyson said it best, "everybody has a game plan until they get punched in the face"

@joker6470 8 лет назад

"Hit the the fucker on the nose" 2:39

@butmay1893 2 месяца назад

language, there are kids on this site

@xbbjdf8 7 лет назад

National treasure right there!

@Enrico_Palazzo_opera_singer 5 лет назад

Chuck Norris sleeps in Brian Blessed Pyjamas!

@templarknight5557 7 лет назад

What a Gentleman he is...Mad as a march hare , but wise as an owl. From voice overs in Star Wars to brilliant performances at the national theatre , he has given us decades of culture in all shapes and sizes . Long May He Reign !

@FutureAbe 7 лет назад

Templar Knight Owls are wise?

@templarknight5557 7 лет назад

Abe Grimm Who said so ? Has one ever written a book or won a literary prize.

@billtriple6 6 лет назад

One and done templar

@fressfisch 6 лет назад

is there even one person in the world who could tell me the story of him punching a polar bear in the face and have me actually believe it? there is. one

@Fsrjtyttzma 2 года назад

Brian B is a Shakespearean Ustinov, he has the same presence and wonderful story telling.

@Edward24081 4 года назад

The bit at the beginning should just say "Warning: this video contains Brian Blessed"

@w8m4n 6 лет назад

What a fucking legend!! His books are amazing, read them if you get the chance!!

@jimjiminyjaroo300 3 года назад

Thank you. I will. Anything in particular you recommend?

@w8m4n 3 года назад

@@jimjiminyjaroo300 'Absolute Pandemonium' is a brilliant read. It's hard believe it's about one man!

@SteveChiverton 3 года назад

@@w8m4n Get the audiobook version. 13 hours of Brian bellowing his tale in the way only he can. Perfect for lockdown days. So damned funny. As is 'THE PANTHER IN THE KITCHEN'

@w8m4n 3 года назад

@@SteveChiverton that's a perfect idea! What better way to enjoy it than having the giant himself yell it into my ear(serious). 👍

@logandarklighter 7 лет назад

*"CHISWICK!! FRESH HORSES!!"*

@tchansen 3 года назад

You made me laugh out loud. Bravo.

@logandarklighter 3 года назад

@@tchansen Live to serve. :D

@Ophiuchus123456789 4 года назад

I didn't think I could like this guy more.

@marksieving7925 6 лет назад

I never know whether to believe the stories Brian Blessed tells, but I don't really care. If they're not true, they ought to be.

@definetheterms1236 6 лет назад

ACG anyone?

@RobbazCorgiPikaPikaMadaFaka 6 лет назад

Yup had no idea who this Brian Blessed guy was until ACG mentioned him.

@WaraxTheThird 6 лет назад

Bump. Lmao

@kennethfich5225 3 года назад

Only Brian Blessed would smack a polar bear on the nose :-D amazing guy!

@roygfs 4 года назад

"I saved his life"

@TimothyJonSarris 3 года назад

A great humanitarian that packs a whollopp👍

@moritzh6876 7 лет назад

Don't know if I will ever be able to believe all these crazy stories of him :D

@revanruler6404 6 лет назад

Moritz H well there is proof of a lot of his crazy accomplishments so it could be true

@djokealtena2538 3 года назад

Thou darest doubt the Blessed?!

@shellsbignumber2 2 года назад

The greatest story ever told. 😄

@timothylamont845 2 года назад

Brian Blessed is the REAL Most Interesting Man in the World!

@SssagaBenches4U 3 года назад

That polar bear lost the battle for the territory.

@Muppio Год назад

I love the fact that it sounds as if he just can't get the words out fast enough :-)

@metteholm4833 7 лет назад

He´s a great storyteller - but there is a reason, that his nickname is "Brian-larger-than-life".

@perthliner5142 3 года назад

... raisin nuts around here ...

@johnc_ 7 лет назад

Please please please change the license on this to Creative Commons so I can put this video on his Wikipedia article

@ramseypietronasser2 7 лет назад

You can under Fair Use

@adamsich5275 7 лет назад

That's not how fair use works. At all.

@ramseypietronasser2 7 лет назад

Fair Use works how Fair Use works. . .

@adamsich5275 7 лет назад

Yes, and what you suggested is not how fair use works.

@austinhunter1586 7 лет назад

Adam Sich If it's for educational purposes. Plus, just wmbed the fucken video, they'll not lose any ad revenue.

@justandy333 6 лет назад

I must of missed that bit of hunt for red October when it smashed through the ice. K19 perhaps?

@grimh511 7 лет назад

2:24

@TheMightsparrow 3 года назад

Brian Blessed.....The Legend! The Polar bear only came for his Autograph.......😂

@jamescollinge5043 2 года назад

The thing is that there were a ton of people there who would've discredited a celebrity lying like that in a heartbeat.

@conorhughes9980 6 лет назад

Balls of titanium

@Giskard1000 3 года назад

A Russian nuclear powered Typhoon submarine surfaced next to him near the North Pole??!!! That surely, surely cannot be true. But I so hope it is. I love Brian Blessed!

@509Gman 3 года назад

It is possible but unlikely. Unless it was prearranged. Was he doing this polar expedition for a tv program?

@sharonellis8776 Месяц назад

Of course he punched a polar bear. Brian is a legend ! xx

@wolfgangamadeusmozart8772 7 лет назад

2:29 How is that not a meme.

@davebuts1921 2 года назад

You know I totally believe that. I do.

@VeNinjaK 3 года назад

Was the guy asking this question Scott Manley?

@perthliner5142 3 года назад

... the bundaberg rum polar bear man in a suit ...

@FLYkargo 7 лет назад

Is that Big Clive asking the question?

@Jamie_Pritchard 2 месяца назад

Lol, certainly sounds like him

@Research0digo 4 года назад

Sharks, too.

@danieljohnson4530 4 года назад

Acg told me to come here....

@jerseyjunior 4 года назад

Yes! Me too! Hahaha!

@perthliner5142 3 года назад

... milton road 4064 ...

@hectorheath9742 3 года назад

I like Brian but the poor bear..it will have been really hungry.

@Liamalaing Год назад

There's only two people whom I'd believe this story from: David Attenborough and Bryan Blessed

@perthliner5142 3 года назад

... the bundaberg rum polar bear ... clearly did not punch it hard enough ... olinthus the olanzapine peddler ...

@Superfantastictop10 2 года назад

So, he sang musical numbers on a submarine then punched a polar bear?

@biblicalbroadcasting2639 6 лет назад

I wonder if he saw the nasa guards stopping people falling off the edge of the earth? 😂

@spinaway 6 лет назад

Biblical Broadcasting pmsl friggin flat earthers.

@0Ryan01983 Год назад

That's the South pole ain't it?

@finding_aether 7 лет назад

The Magnetic South Pole is not in the ocean

@4thdoctor284 5 лет назад

Shhh!!!! He'll hear you! And then he will manifest and flatten you with a single stentorian bellow! And if you mildly annoy him you'll get the goosing of a lifetime!