These are from a Dutch YouTube channel called "Kinderboekenweek 2020 - Handboek voor historiehoppers: de Middeleeuwen", which translates as "Children's Book Week 2020 - Handbook for History Hoppers: the Middle Ages".

Still in time travelling mode, in "Quantum Leap" (a US TV drama) they also travel back to 17th century Salem. You'd think they would have learned to avoid 17th century Salem by now. It never ends well.

In the US version of "The Mole", Wendi is obliged to wander around a Spanish town all day while locked in a yoke and shackles.

In this week's episode of Office Monkey, Tracy was found to have scoffed all the choccy biscuits. Management have taken decisive action to prevent a recurrence of this atrocity.

These are from the Italian version of Big Brother, called "Grande Fratello". This particular scene seems to involve pillories....and a carpet beater. That's all I know about this show, although it does look fun.

Desafio The Box 2022 is a Colombian reality competition television series, in which contestants are isolated on an island and compete for cash and other prizes. Teams can be punished for failure. In the following pictures a team have been locked in yokes, where they must remain for a day and a night. They start off in good spirits, helping each other to eat and drink. But the discomfort of the yokes gradually builds and, after a very uncomfortable night, they are very relieved to be released in the morning.

In Tales of the Unexpected, Joan Collins plays an obnoxious wife who, while posing for a photo, gets her head stuck in a modern art structure. Increasingly drastic methods are employed to extricate her from this predicament.

These pictures are from Hollyoaks, a British soap opera. No, its not set in the 18th century. This scene is from a film shoot, featuring characters from the cast.

“I've been sitting here since Monday....and I'm bored!”

“Oi! Fat arse! I'm hungry....how about letting me have some of those vegetables?”

“That's the trouble with people around here. They take everything so literally.”

“Right, I've got enough for a salad now. Although I could do with some tomatoes. Oi! Big nose!”

An episode of Zorro called "Newcomers". Visitors to the town are treated to a welcoming ceremony.

Caroline Munro getting her just desserts for dancing on a Sunday, from the film “Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter”. Alas, Kronos disapproves of that excellent law and releases Caroline with one stroke of his trusty sword.

“Damn hair! Wish I’d had a nice trim like blondie up there”

“Hello, big boy. Watch what you’re doing with that sword!”

“Free at last! Fancy a dance on the village green?”

“I suppose a neck rub is out of the question?” Some explanation might be needed for those unfamiliar with the British TV show called "Shooting Stars". Here we see a celebrity contestant paying a forfeit. Once she is secured and helpless, she is informed that she is to be molested by a small hippo. That's right, a hippo. The hippo is paraded before her and then (out of her sight) led off stage. One of the hosts then crawls under the stocks and (pretending to be the hippo) proceeds to molest the victim. To the delight of the audience who (unlike the victim) is aware of the substitution. Fun for all the family. Another outbreak of hippo molestation. Its based on an old English game, except they no longer use the traditional starving rats. Somehow its not as much fun without the rats. The French can be just as mad as the English. "Intervilles" is a TV quiz show with an unusual format. The contestants are dressed as medieval peasants, locked in a yoke, then are asked questions....while goats lick their feet. Naturellement. The "Greedy Goat Game". More caprine fun, this time on a South American television programme. At one point, the TV host decides to join the goats in licking the victim's feet. More puritan justice. Lillian Gish cooling her heels in an early version of "The Scarlet Letter". This depicts a brush with the law in her youth (regrettably omitted from subsequent versions), not the more famous scene when she later stood on (but alas not in) the pillory. A 1950 version of the "The Scarlet Letter", shown on American TV in 1950. Due to the age and medium of this rare recording, the quality of the vidcaps is poor. Some few miscellaneous pictures. A bit of a stretch for Mala Powers in "Flight of the Lost Balloon" A thoughtful moment for Annette Funicello in that unforgettable classic "Doctor Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine". Yes, its the same pillory again. From a British TV programme called "The Wild House". She's just about to get tomatoed, hence the worried look. From an American TV programme called "Colonial House", where volunteers get to experience the realities of puritan life. This is a publicity photo; no pillories are used in the programme. From a film called "Lock up your daughters". The locals take this advice rather literally. "An-Magritt", a Norwegian film. The manacles seem less effective than hand holes; I can see why they never caught on. "Babes in Toyland", a sickeningly twee Laurel and Hardy film. "Calling All Tars", a British Pathé newsreel film featuring a hiker who tries out the village stocks. A shockingly bad film called "Golden Temple Amazons". There seems to be an inverse ratio between the quality of a film and the chances of stocks or pillories being featured. I take grave offence at this. A family's wish to celebrate an old fashioned Thanksgiving is hijacked by puritan extremists. Click here for the next page of vidcaps. Return to Index Page Last modified 29 March 2024.