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Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett star in a special Christmas programme of sketches, jokes and songs with special guest Cilla Black featuring The Young Generation, Lulu, Mike Yarwood, Adrienne Posta, The Liver Birds, The Goodies and Dad's Army.
Dinner at the house of Messr.s Barker and Corbett, but, oh no! someone's stolen the Christmas Turkey! It'll take a brilliant mind and loyal companions to aid the capture of this thief.
Too bad all they've got is Piggy Malone.
Featuring several News items of interest, some wonderfully choreographed dancing, and a brilliant compilation of the new works by a duo called Sullivan and Gilbert performed by our oh so generous hosts.
The film followed the extended family of "The General", played by Barker, as they went on an eventful picnic in the Devon countryside. The film is notable for being completely free of speech, with the score by Ronnie Hazlehurst and various sound effects in their place. The humour is instead entirely visual, and relies on comic stereotypes (the old randy general, the busty girl, etc.) It had a sequel, By the Sea, featuring some of the same characters made in 1982.
The film followed the extended family of "The General", played by Barker, as they went on an eventful seaside holiday. It was set on the Dorset coast in "Tiddly Cove", actually the coast between Bournemouth and Swanage. Ronnie Barker was a keen collector of saucy seaside postcards, and published several books of them. The humour of By the Sea was very much based on the colourful style of these. The film is notable for being completely free of speech, with the score by Ronnie Hazlehurst and various sound effects in their place. The humour is instead entirely visual, and relies on comic stereotypes (the old randy general, the busty girl, the cheeky schoolboy, etc.). It was the follow-up to another Two Ronnies film, The Picnic, featuring the same characters.
Christmas entertainment from Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett. Sketches include 'Chas and Dave', 'Sid and George and the Pet Buffalo', 'The Bad Mannered Eater', 'The Lordship Ringers', 'The Tree', and 'Dr Spalding the Memory Doctor'. Special guest David Essex sings 'A Winters Tale'.
Christmas entertainment from Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett. Sketches include 'Charles and Aubrey', 'Do You Think Marriage is a Lottery?', 'The Milkman's Christmas Message', 'A Couple of Stereo Santas', 'Quizshow Court', 'Lightweight Louie Danvers', and 'The Ballad of Snivelling and Grudge'. Guest Elaine Paige sings 'Windmills of Your Mind'.
Christmas entertainment from Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett. Sketches include: 'The Pub Chat', 'The Wedding Party', 'Christmas Day at the Klondyke Saloon', 'Lefty and Sixty', and 'Pinocchio II: Killer Doll'. Musical guest Elton John sings 'Candle in the Wind'.
The BBC's tribute to The Two Ronnies, with new interviews with the two Rons, plus writers and actors involved in the series. And, of course, clips from their most famous shows.
A celebration of the career of the Two Ronnies, featuring classic clips from their comedy shows and celebrity requests for comic highlights.
How could there not be a Best of the Two Ronnies? After all, there isn't any worst. The only conceivable gripe anyone could have with this collection is the usual how-could-they-have-left-out-so-and-so problem that is bound to beset a comedy programme of such high quality. However, pretty much every one of the 25 items on this generously filled release is an unmitigated joy. The duo's talent for quickfire wordplay is well to the fore in such sketches as "Nuts Milord", the phonetic "Swedish Lesson" set in a restaurant ("F-U-N-E-X?" "S, V-F-X.") and in the classic "Ice Cream Parlour", in which Corbett's request for cheese and onion ice cream is met with Barker's endless list of alternatives delivered at auctioneer-like speed. They also excel at manipulating the whole concept of how dialogue works, as in "Crossed Lines" (two halves of two different telephone conversations heard at once) and "Mastermind", in which Corbett's special subject is "answering the question before last". All told this is an unmissable collection; so in the words of the St Botolph's Country Dance Group (featured in the wonderful song-and-dance finale), "Sod off, sod off, so doff your hat I pray".
From 1971 to 1987, and over the course of 12 series and eight specials, The Two Ronnies became one of the great British television comedy shows. Millions of viewers lapped up the sketches of doctors' surgeries, middle-class parties, government ministry broadcasts as well as the regular news headlines, Ronnie Corbett monologues, Ronnie Barker word-play sketches and fabulous comic songs. This selection features some of the best of these including: "The Short-Sighted Optician", "The Ministry for Sex Equality", "The Plumstead Ladies Male Voice Choir" and "News at Ton".
Jonathan Ross presents a special tribute to Ronnie Barker with contributions from Sir David Jason, Ronnie Corbett, Michael Parkinson, Sir David Frost and many of the stars that worked with him over his long and outstanding career.
The tribute contains excerpts from many classic performances including "Four Candles", The Two Ronnies, Porridge, Open All Hours and many more.
Back again for one very last extra special Christmas outing, the Two Ronnies bring you their favourite treats from their many classic Christmas shows. Look out for The Milkman's Christmas Message, Christmas Day in the Yukon and a lavish interpretation of Alice Through the Looking Glass - Ronnies style. Music comes courtesy of
Katie Melua singing Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.
Messrs Barker and Corbett reunite to delve into the
backstage stories behind some of their classic moments
as they reveal their own personal memories of The Two
Ronnies.
They make each other laugh with their observations while
delighting the studio audience with their trademark news
lines, brand new musical performances, and the best
sketches from almost 100 episodes of their hit sketch
show, originally broadcast between 1971 and 1987.
A selection of sketches from The Two Ronnies Christmas Specials
For the first time ever, the unedited takes of some famous and not so famous sketches from the classic comedy show, The Two Ronnies.
Documentary charting Ronnie Corbett's long career in comedy, featuring the man himself and the many comedians who admire him.
Comedian Ronnie Corbett takes centre stage in this all- star show to mark his 80th birthday. Guests David Walliams, Matt Lucas, Miranda Hart, Rob Brydon,
Catherine Tate, Lionel Blair, James Corden, Harry Enfield, Richard Wilson, Robert Lindsay, Jocelyn Jee Esien and
Jon Culshaw join in the fun with a series of sketches and routines, while the man himself will be performing one of his signature armchair monologues – written specially by Ben Elton. With music by Charlotte Church.
A celebration of the lives and careers of much-loved comedy duo Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett, featuring performances, chat show appearances and rare and long-forgotten archive material. The programme also includes contributions from family, friends and colleagues as the stories behind these two legends of British entertainment are told in their own words and by those who knew them best.
This traces their relationship from their initial meeting, on to their first appearance together on The Frost Report and right through to the Two Ronnies Sketchbook.
Their list of collaborators over the years reads like a who's who of 60s and 70s comedy, from Stanley Baxter, Jimmy Edwards and June Whitfield on stage, radio and screen to writing talent like Barry Cryer, David Renwick, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle and John Cleese.
Rare clips from the Two Ronnies' six-part Australian series.
The unedited takes and studio rushes from some famous and not-so-famous sketches from the classic comedy show, The Two Ronnies.
An affectionate look back at the life and work of Ronnie Corbett
