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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.

Series of six self-contained sitcoms starring Ronnie Barker

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

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."

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Ronnie Barker in a series of one-off comedies.

Miserly shopkeeper and his hapless nephew run a small business.

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

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

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...

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

"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.

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