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"Ronnie Barker will be numbered amongst a select band of comedy greats who shaped British comedy in the 20th century."

Ronnie Corbett achieved such fame as one of the Two Ronnies that his solo career was often eclipsed. But his status as a national treasure and a much-loved household name was as much down to his own talent as that of his comedy partner. Brian Slade looks back on a remarkable career.

Ronnie Barker's first starring series was the launching-pad for a career that soon reached into the stratosphere of TV comedy

A prolific composer who left an indelible mark on British television, enriching our viewing experience with his musical prowess, Ronnie Hazlehurst wrote some of the most iconic theme tunes that are still warmly remembered today

Ronnie Barker starred in this sitcom as Lord Rustless, an ageing but perennial scatterbrain.

Series of six self-contained sitcoms starring Ronnie Barker

The incomparable Messrs Corbett and Barker in two all-but-forgotten silent slapstick movies from the seventies and eighties - The Picnic and By the Sea

British comedy sketch and light entertainment series.

"He was a pioneer", wrote Nicholas Parsons, "the first person to do 'topical satire' on television, but as the phrase had not yet been coined, and as the sketches were part of conventional variety shows, he never received the credit he deserved for originality."

Political satire and current affairs in a sketch comedy format.

Remembering some of Britain's favourite sitcoms over the last 70 years

The story of how one of Britain's all-time favourite sitcoms came to our screens

Festive laughter inside the walls of Slade Prison, in the company of Norman Stanley Fletcher and Lenny Godber.

His sheepish good looks and natural charm made him a hit with female audiences, while the male viewers could identify with his cheeky chappie approach to life

Jimmy Edwards series of one-off sitcoms that introduced a minor supporting character actor who would go on to become 'the guv'nor' of British comedy...Ronnie Barker.

It's the mid-1930s and MP Winston Churchill (Albert Finney), once the most dynamic Member of Parliament, finds both his public and private life in turmoil in this award winning co-produced UK & US drama.

Former Goon Michael Bentine in a surreal sketch show; combining satire, zany slapstick and animated models.

Plantagenet Evans - 'Genius, Photographer and Man of Letters.'

Life behind bars for an habitual thief is made easier by winning 'little victories' over the system.

Ronnie Barker in a series of one-off comedies.

A failed sitcom - three times over. Despite the sublime talents of Ronnie Barker, Richard O'Sullivan, Peter Jones, Peter Butterworth, Brian Murphy and Roy Kinnear, no one could raise a laugh from this dreary comedy concept

Porridge was always going to be a tough act to follow. And Going Straight suffered because of it.

Miserly shopkeeper and his hapless nephew run a small business.

Ronnie Barker plays a short sighted delivery man who falls in love with a maid and moves to the country with her.

In this full-length feature, Fletcher is ordered to arrange a prisoner vs celebrity football game. But by the time he and Godber learn that it's a ruse to cover a break-out, they are unwittingly forced to go on the run

First starring vehicle for Ronnie Corbett who plays a little man (of course) with big ambitions.

Short-lived sitcom starring Digby Wolf before he became a regular writer on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. Early out, too, for Ronnie Corbett.

"It's Friday, it's five o'clock, yes it's Crackerjack!" From 1955 and for almost 40 years the BBC bought us children's entertainment in front of a live theatre audience. For many, Crackerjack is remembered with great nostalgia and even greater affection and is very firmly placed in the annals of television history.

In the post Victorian era a group of working-class women are discovering a feisty new spirit as their thoughts turn to the suffrage movement

Ronnie Corbett as a bachelor who fails to break the ties with his domineering and emotionally manipulative mother, even after he marries

Timothy Lumsden leads a dull life - he works in a public library and lives at home with his domineering mother and self-effacing father. Timothy Lumsden is sorry...

In 1964, ITV took a chance on a young Liverpudlian comedian with a quick wit and a cheeky grin by handing him his first series. It could have all gone hopelessly wrong.

Where Gerry Anderson's marionette marvels like Supercar and Fireball XL5 tend to dominate the discussion, it is both baffling and unfortunate that Space Patrol, a sharply written, genuinely imaginative puppet series from the same era, has remained so often overlooked

A 12-year old boy overhears two sinister men plotting to assassinate their country's ruler.

Comedy sketch show in which the host poked fun at a number of British institutions

Quiet, thoughtful and a skilled observer of people, Detective Superintendent Wycliffe leads a team investigating the most serious and challenging of cases