Pleasure Beach Blackpool, TV Documentary Series, Episode 1/6 

“Released with a caution”. Well at least the justice system hasn’t changed since then 😂

My uncle worked here shortly after this was filmed. He worked in the cash office counting notes but quit after 6 months because he said Amanda was utterly unbearable to work under 🤣

"If anyone wants a cuppa, we'll sort that out alright?" proper British spirit there 😁

I'd be interested to see a documentary like this in 2020. I know the park and trade has changed a lot but I still think it'd be good to see how the park works nowadays. Anyone agree?

Ah! British business! Swearing staff, smoking indoors and screaming that sounds like Rollercoaster Tycoon! Gotta love it!

I NEVER get tired of watching this. It is so compelling. I am drawn to it like a magnet.

That opening theme tune.. A pure hit of nostalgia. Loved this program. I wonder whatever became of 'J.R

Lol. Rollercoaster Tycoon sound effects randomly shoved in from time to time :P

I remember watching this when it was originally broadcast on BBC1 in early 1998 & Me, my parents & my young cousin went to Blackpool for a couple of nights later that year.

thanks for uploading these. I was obsessed with this program as a kid, being a massive theme park geek. For anyone wondering, JR has since retired and Amanda now runs the Pleasure Beach.

"You assaulted one of my Beavers!" haha!

This is like a Peter Kay show 😂

That intro music has to be the best of any late 90s BBC docusoap. A real shame this didn't get a second series

I worked there in 1999. Bloody loved it 🤣

remember this series,great to see the faces behind these wonderfull costume!

Love all the rollercoaster tycoon screams put in the soundtrack classic 😂

6:30 - "JOHN - THAT IS A NEW MACHINE!"

Oh and thanks for posting this BPB series - I loved it when it was on TV and think they should do another

I hate they way they treat their staff back then

i think this episode was really good

I was working there when this documentary was made. Every time a camera came near me I'd swear a lot. Eventually they stopped trying. Plan worked 😹😹 JR'S bark was worse than his bite.

I love the Pleasure Beach and actually prefer paying for an unlimited ride wristband and I don't mind paying for passes as they've helped to keep troublemakers out. I actually go to BPB a lot more now than I used to - although it is sad that they've started destroying iconic old Blackpool rides for commercial ones (ie Goldmine vs Wallace & Gromit) - the trick to making the wristbands work in your favour is to make sure you get on as much as possible or look for the deals online

There is some Episodes missing from this but i still can not remember what they were, but i still love this show always and i am glad that you have upload them on here. :)

I was on the Alice In Wonderland ride back in 2013, and I can't believe it hasn't changed since 1997 to 2013 and now! It hasn't changed one single bit!

The drunken micks assaulting the beaver is EXACTLY why they introduced the entry fee system. I don’t like it but I understand it/agree with it. You pay 30 notes to get in, you’re not going to misbehave. Well done, Amanda. 👍

Those were the days. Nowadays the accident would be all over social media within minutes.

JOHN THAT IS A NEW MACHINE YOUVE SPILT WATER EVERYWHERE ITS NOT A WHATEVER THAT TRACKS CALLED SILVERSTONE

6;25 xD I love this thx for the upload!

They didn't do wristbands back then dude, you paid per ride, or bought a book of tickets. But if you had queued and it broke, they had to give you another ride ticket for free, hence them losing money.

Love the Intro/Outro Music of this Programme

Thanks v.much for posting this. Not seen it for ageeeees! :)

Geoffrey Thompson died at Blackpool Pleasure Beach on 12 June 2004, while attending his daughters wedding.

"Can you try not to get mad,please" LOOOOOOL

Watched these so many times 😂 makes me want to go on holiday

No one took prisoners in the 90s LOL

JRs now back working on the fair circuit with rowlands

What a professional woman. Smoking inside, likes to shout, cocky. I'd hate it if she was my boss.

all i see is a peter kay mockumenty

Nicklodeon Land has ruined the Pleasure Beach.

Seems like that Amanda is in need of a good ride herself.

You've just assaulted one of my beavers

I love the place, but i agree that i do miss many of the old rides that I'd enjoyed since childhood- Noahs Ark, the monorail, the chairlifts, the log flume etc, BUT, i have to disagree with some of the comments re wristbands. I've just got back and worked out that the amount of rides that i managed to go on, it worked out at £1.29 per ride!!! In 2018 i class that as a bargain!!!

I notice JR likes to bark out the orders without getting too involved himself!

JR and Amanda would be sacked in like 5 secs if i was their boss.

Should definitely do a new series either back at blackpool or alton towers. Was a great watch!

They should do series 2

I've been on the Big One loads of times when it's broken down.. a few years ago it seemed to break down a few times a day..

I love it hereeeee

6:33 Otherwise known as a “ Karen “ 😂

A brew solves everything at Pleasure Beach

i was 9 when this was on tv....damn im old haha

Amanda is absolutely vile.

I went this week and was gutted to find the wild mouse has been demolished. Amanda is killing the soul of bpb :(

yes i was half way through watching them and they got removed do u know why ? the uploader was called aranzona or something ! thanks for uploading these candy man !

Wikipedia says in 1997 a six-part documentary was made about the pleasure beach. I believe these are all six in the series. I think people are getting confused with another documentary.

Totally agree with the £6 entrance fee. Keeps out the riff raff. It is not a travelling fair!!! See the beginning of Lost Boys! lol! Amanda is slowly ruining the pleasure beach though I have to agree. If she hasn't got the money to put better/newer rides in then she should either find investors or sell.Not been a new thrill ride there for a number of years now. Most people who go to the pleasure beach could not care less about some arty farty ice show!! Shame really because the Pleasure Beach in the right hands would be the number one amusment park in the UK. As I have pointed out in another vids I don't think the pleasure beach would suffer like Alton Towers does for eg with height restrictions and surely that gives scope for bigger higher rollercoasters.

This Amanda chick is terrifying

I’m so tempted to see what rides are in their places now

I haven't even watched the whole video, but that would not surprise me =)

Adorable moment @ 13:32 with Bradley Beaver hugging a little boy.

JR seems like the type that does not give a flying _ _ _ _ about the safety or disappointing the children, all that matters is get it going now because we are losing money.

all i can think is that peter kay thing

CLEAN THOSE CURTAINS!

i love Blackpool however i'm really terrified of those crazy rides!

That idiot is now in charge of the whole place! lol :)

This is great, but how come I've never seen JR in action when I've been to the Pleasure Beach?

9:35 the stock Roller Coaster Tycoon scream.

Yes, although as we saw from this prog that charging per ride did mean that JR probably took unnecessary risks just to get the rides open and earning money (the sandbags on the big one with a 49mph head wind), I agree that this wasn't the answer. This kind of system works elsewhere like in Alton Towers, but Alton Towers is self-contained and there is nowhere else you'd want to go outside the gates, whereas as Blackpool has many attractions. You can't just go for 2 rides any more... so I won't.

9:42 thumbs up if you noticed the ride shake

i enjoy Blackpool however i'm genuinely terrified of those crazy rides!

JR is now retired. (Hooray, thank f**k I hear you say ) :D

The owners need less ego and more respect for people.

Ha, you reflect many of the views found on here. Some guy even did his own documentary on it's demise since her father's death.

Loved the way the security guards overstepped their mark in locking "suspects" up to await the witness. Imagine if the witness doesnt come? The security guards are looking at charges of assault and false imprisonment. Also, simply throwing the "suspect" into tha locked room isnt taking his welfare into account... And THATS why they are security guards and not police officers.

youve asaulted one of my beavers hahahaha

@StephanieGee20 Which bits are missing, can you remember?

No wonder the lads ribs were injured being in front of his dad. Jesus Christ.

That Amanda person seems a right self entitled diva.

Oh I know, I just find the statement hilarious :P

9.36 Roller Coaster Tycoon sfx

yeah I seen that video. hes has got a point though in a way.

Wow that Amanda Thompson is horrible. I bet the staff turn around there is huge

Perhaps a diet for JR?

Also despite it's reputation and the fact in parts it is run down , although they are belatedly sprucing it up, Blackpool is still by far the most popular seaside town in the UK. So money to be made I think

Poor Bradley Beaver! 😳😱😳😱😳

It's not scary, it takes 25 secs to get to the top and no longer is the highest

1997 was a loooooong time ago wasn't it?

the bloke who made his own video bout it now is called gymnos2012 its called the fallen giant (rise and fall of blackpool pleasure beach)

Amanda was so funny

Assaulting a beaver, how low can you get?

@001Danc I believe he has.

15:25 her beaver was assaulted. i saw everything.

haha Keith was my old manager at southport pleasureland last year, just after he left pleasurebeach, he looks older now thought hahah

PMBO "This is the world's tallest and scariest rollercoaster." *snorts laughter*

holy sh*t, am i the only one that saw the trach shake at 9:41 ?

HAHAH dont go mad, yeah of course

It's meant to shake to take the force/weight of the train. If it didn't it'd snap.

i think ime on this

A bet Amanda’s got a face like a wizzend road map now with all that chain smoking if she’s not died of a heart attack !

no fair i didnt get bring to the medical centre, I bashed my nose on the infusion and had a nose bleed on there,at least they gave me tissues to stop it leaking everywhere