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The Ronnie Barker Playhouse

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Starring
  
Ronnie Barker

No. of episodes
  
6

Original network
  
Rediffusion

Final episode date
  
8 May 1968

Number of episodes
  
6

Cast
  
Ronnie Barker

4.7/10
TV

Country of origin
  
United Kingdom

Running time
  
25 minutes

First episode date
  
3 April 1968

Network
  
ITV

Genre
  
Comedy

Original release
  
3 April (1968-04-03) – 8 May 1968 (1968-05-08)

Similar
  
Hark at Barker, Six Dates with Barker, Faces of Jim, Seven of One, His Lordship Entertains

The Ronnie Barker Playhouse was a series of six comedy half hours showcasing the talents of Ronnie Barker. All were broadcast by Associated-Rediffusion in 1968.

Contents

The series was written by Brian Cooke, Hugh Leonard, Johnnie Mortimer and Alun Owen. The producers were Stella Richman and actress Stella Tanner. The executive producer was David Frost.

Episode list

  • Show 1 - Tennyson
  • Transmitted 3 April 1968
  • Also starring Dudley Jones, Richard O'Callaghan, Talfryn Thomas, Gwendolyn Watts.
  • Show 2 - Ah, There You Are
  • Transmitted 10 April 1968
  • Also starring George A. Cooper, Sandra Michaels, Bill Shine, Victor Winding and Michael Gues
  • Show 3 - The Fastest Gun in Finchley
  • Transmitted 17 April 1968
  • Also starring Walter Horsbrugh, Colin Jeavons, Sheila Keith, Glenn Melvyn, Charlotte Mitchell
  • Show 4 - The Incredible Mister Tanner
  • Transmitted 24 April 1968
  • Also starring Alec Clunes, Frank Gatliff, Doris Hare, Richard O'Sullivan and Billy Cornelius.
  • Show 5 - Talk of Angels
  • Transmitted 1 May 1968
  • Also starring Liz Crowther, Gillian Fairchild, Donald Hewlett, David Kelly, Maureen Toal
  • Show 6 - Alexander
  • Transmitted 8 May 1968
  • Also starring Pamela Ann Davy, Molly Urquhart, Pauline Yates and Anthony Trent.

    • Director

  • All the episodes were directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, who the following year would direct The Beatles in Let It Be.

    • Archive status

    Of the six shows only Tennyson and The Fastest Guy In Finchley are missing from the archives, after the rediscovery of the other episodes at the BFI in 2012.

    References

    The Ronnie Barker Playhouse Wikipedia
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