1978: Simon Groom's DEATH SLIDE | Blue Peter | BBC Archive

Its a whole buncha JAMES BONDs...The dude with the Umbrella is mental

TOSH MACDONALD !!! That guy is cool !

I thought he was going to fall. Thank goodness he didn't

The thing with the umbrella is absurd. Even if youre a soldier, an umbrella handle isnt designed to hold a humans weight.

London is unrecognizable now. Very sad to see the English culture disappearing year over year. When will people stand up?

He doesn't die.

Edited out: the end credits of the reporter changing his wetted pants.

If you encounter marines on a mission and see that moustache, fear greatly.

Thanks for no one died in the video, the title was a little misleading and had nothing to do with why I watched the video

When London was London

HE IS NOT DEAD! Stupid title.....

Simon Groom really is Tom Scott’s dad, right down to the red fleece 😂

That wasn't no exercise.. they just wanted to have some fun 😅

Prince Phillip with a Tom Selleck

At first i was like, dang they have strong arms and hands..

Tosh MacDonald has won best mustache in The Royal Marines 10 years running!🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Those boys have balls of solid rock!

It's just like our first time jumping off of something high as a kid. We where scared to death. But as soon as we do it we can't stop. 😅

bloody hell, im queasy just watching this

Ha-- is Simon still with us?

The fact that they did this is nuts.

Omg he absolutely aced it and even went again, what a fkn boss😄

How did they film the close-up of his face while he was on the slide? Can't see a camera at all in the wides. Did they do even more than 2 takes?

Digby Tatham-Warter would have been right proud of the blode taking the umbrella down the slide.

Don't trust anyone who puts that much effort into making his mustache look good.

Tosh...Moss Tosh.
And it probably outranks McDonald too :D

how the hell did that one guy go down holding an umbrella with one hand??

Wow...there was only one man on the ground being dragged forward while trying to slow down whoever was sliding down the rope at full speed.

Today his mustache is a roadside attraction. You can pullover and have lunch, I mean if you don't mind combing thru it for leftover crumbs. 😮

Before all the brown ppl moved in and took it over

Cool video.

They did this with minimal security... seeing the captain stepping out without any security-rope... wow...

But simon did it double protected!

A typical foggy afternoon in 1979 with a fella wearing a formidable Tosh

The water on the rag doesn’t reduce friction, it absorbs the heat to keep it from burning. The water steams off as the heat increases keeping the rope from burning.

That upside down slide with his head aimed at a brick wall with only two guys to stop him, that redefines "trust exercise". Outside of a few guys I served with, I've never trusted someone that much.

When there was fog in London and jokes were made about teacups.

Let's be honest; judging by the title many thought he was dead.(un)fortunately he survived.

So this is what Captain Price was into in the seventies. How instersting.

When England was England...I miss those days

Pass

😂😂😂😂 He was the only one with a safety harness.😢

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Right into a brick wall is wild

Too cool

He survived so the title is clickbait.