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  • Published: 1 March 2012
  • ISBN: 9781445861692
  • Imprint: BBC DL
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 1 hr 59 min
  • Narrator: Ronnie Barker
  • RRP: $9.99
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Ronnie Barker's More Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead




Ronnie Barker stars in four episodes of the comedy sketch show, as heard on BBC Radio 4.

Here's a further cornucopia of clever comedy, featuring sketches, monologues, poems and songs in this 'sequential entertainment for radio'. The sketches on this recording include: a bizarre slice of Shakespeare, a poem for a man with a plan, and a forgetful actor. There are also people who use lots of words - but say very little. As well as a musing pianist, we also hear a two-headed 'Great Eccentric', a spoof Paul Temple, and wires get crossed on the telephone. Co-written by Gerald Wiley (the pseudonym used by Ronnie Barker) and many others, this sophisticated cabaret-cum-sketch-show contains plenty of witty wordplay. Starring Ronnie Barker, with Terence Brady, Pauline Yates, Josephine Gordon and Dick Abell.

  • Published: 1 March 2012
  • ISBN: 9781445861692
  • Imprint: BBC DL
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 1 hr 59 min
  • Narrator: Ronnie Barker
  • RRP: $9.99
Categories:

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Ronnie Barker

One of the greatest entertainers of his generation, Ronnie Barker was loved by millions for his roles in classic shows Open All Hours, Porridge, and The Frost Report. Born in Bedford in 1929, Ronnie Barker began writing and performing in radio shows such as The Navy Lark. Barker met his comedy partner Ronnie Corbett while working on The Frost Report. Legend has it that they were signed up by the BBC after they impressed producers by filling in when a technical hitch occurred during the BAFTA awards. A gifted character actor as well as comedy writer, Barker went to star in classic sitcoms Open All Hours and Porridge.

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