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The Two Ronnies

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  • 1971-1987
  • 12 Seasons
  • Comedy
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This long-running BBC comedy show consisted of sketches and humourous musical routines involving the large Ronnie Barker and the small Ronnie Corbett. Most sketches involved both men, but occasionally only one. Barker was excellent at fast-talking and complicated dialogue. Each week Corbett would tell a short joke and digress and tell a dozen or more unrelated jokes en route to the main punchline. Each series contained a comedy miniseries and characters who returned weekly. Also on the bill would be a musical piece from a well-known singer or group.

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Ronnie Barker
Self
Ronnie Corbett
Self
The Fred Tomlinson Singers
Themselves

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Episode 1

Episode #12.1

50 mins

Sketches include a visit to the doctor by a short-sighted man with a tortoise, two tramps discuss their lives, a party with some party-goers wearing wigs and hair is big topic of conversation, we go to The Pink Rupee for a bit of rap, we see the documentary Little Big Shot set in America during prohibition and which is about the gangster Rockie Stallone, Ronnie tells his joke with a packing case on stage with him, there's hearing problems in the trenches in WWI, and the final musical is based on Alice in Wonderland. The musical performer is Phil Collins.

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Awards

  • 1972 - BAFTA TV Award - Best Light Entertainment Production - nominated
  • 1972 - BAFTA TV Award - Best Light Entertainment Performance - winner
  • 1973 - BAFTA TV Award - Best Light Entertainment Programme - nominated
  • 1974 - BAFTA TV Award - Best Light Entertainment Programme - nominated

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