Hilarious footage has emerged from London of a YouTuber pretending to try and sell Marmite to shoppers, after British supermarkets reportedly ran out of the spread.

The video, filmed yesterday, shows James Ware dressed up like a comical drug dealer attempting to become the "Pablo Escobar of the Marmite world."

At one point, he nearly has a brush with store security, but gets away unscathed.

He later wrote online: "Brexit finally hit home with the shock news that Tesco's had pulled Marmite from its shelves, sending Great Britain into a Marmite meltdown.

"Having managed to get my hands on some illicit South American Marmite, I finally gave into the money and became a drug dealer outside my local Tesco.

"Would I be a successful Marco?"

Brexit finally hit home with the shock news that Tesco's had pulled Marmite from its shelves, sending Great Britain into a Marmite meltdown. Having managed to get my hands on some illicit South American Marmite, I finally gave into the money and became a drug dealer outside my local Tesco. Would I be a successful Marco?