Video lectures are finding their way into education - there are numerous advantages and they can be used in different contexts within formal, non-formal and informal education. Control systems is a subject in formal education that can be viewed from a practitioner's angle. This paper describes a video lecture on control systems that is sponsored by ABB and available on YouTube. The lecture was developed by control practitioners for an audience that (1) does not have a strong engineering background and (2) have an engineering background but has not been shown the linkage to the real world. The difference between formal control systems lectures and this course are discussed. (C) 2015, IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) Hosting by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.