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Josh Widdicombe's Archive of Pop Culture

It's A Royal Knockout (Part 2)

Josh Widdicombe's Archive of Pop Culture

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Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.8955 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Episode 2:

Coming up in this episode - we meet the celebrities taking part in the show, and discover the reasons why her majesty The Queen and Charles and Diana quite wisely give the event a wide berth!

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0:00.0

Welcome back to Part 2 of It's Are All Knockout.

0:10.6

Coming up in this episode, we meet the celebrities taking part in the show

0:14.1

and discover the reasons why Her Majesty, the Queen and Charles and Diana quite wisely gave the event a wide birth.

0:25.9

Thank you. And Charles and Diana quite wisely gave the event a wide berth. So we're at a point where the royal families are real high.

0:29.2

They couldn't be more popular.

0:31.0

It's a Knockout is one of the biggest shows on British television.

0:34.4

It's a match made in heaven.

0:35.6

It's a match made in heaven.

0:37.1

Which is a different show. It's a match made of course. It's a match made in heaven. Which is a different show.

0:38.5

It's a match made of course.

0:39.9

A different line from the Peter Gabriel song.

0:43.2

So I didn't know this that the queen was shot at in 1981.

0:47.8

I didn't know that either.

0:49.1

Yeah.

0:49.4

So in 1981, during Trooping the Color, you think this would be a bigger thing?

0:55.2

To the point where I'm now questioning what I'm saying. It happened just before 11 as the Queen moved towards

1:00.1

horse guards parade for the start of trooping the colour. Six shots were fired. The Queen's horse Bermmese, was startled, but the Queen controlled him.

1:13.6

A guardsman grappled with a man, helped by onlookers,

1:16.6

as police rushed in from all directions to make an arrest.

1:19.6

Six shots were fired at the Queen.

1:21.6

Blanks, a 17-year-old, had planned an assassination but couldn't get a real gun. But still went through with it? He was charged under the treason act, got five years. Why don't we know this? Why is that not a big story? She was unhurt, obviously, because he'd fired blanks. Yeah. And she was praised for a calm demeanor and superb control of a horse, Britain. But you know what?

1:44.8

But if you look at the Trump assassination attempt,

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