Ronnie Barker OBE was an English comedian, actor and writer. Training in repertory theatre, he first gained national recognition in long-running radio sitcom The Navy Lark. Successfully moving to television in the 1960s, he worked on numerous sketch and satire series alongside Ronnie Corbett, with whom he would later form acclaimed double act The Two Ronnies. Barker was also a prolific and lauded writer, often penning scripts under pseudonyms so that they would be judged on their own merit rather than his stardom. He is best known for The Two Ronnies sketch show and sitcoms including Open All Hours and Porridge.
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2024 | This Cultural Life: Michael Palin | Self (Archive Material) |
2024 | Ian Hislop's Oldest Jokes
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Self (Archive Material) |
2023 | Comedy Classics: Open All Hours (as Ronnie Barker OBE) | Self (Archive Material) |
2021 | The Two Ronnies: Ronnie Corbett's Lost Tapes | Self (Archive Material) |
2020 | Sir David Jason At 80: A Lovely Jubbly Celebration | Self (Archive Material) |
2019 | The Two Ronnies Unseen | Self (Archive Material) |
2018 | Comedy Legends - Series 1
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Self (Archive Material) |
2018 | The Two Ronnies: In Their Own Words | Self (Archive Material) |
2017 | The Ronnie Barker Comedy Lecture | In Memorial of |
2015 | The Interviews - Series 1 (as The Two Ronnies)
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Self (Archive Material) |
2015 | Talking Comedy
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Self (Archive Material) |
2014 | Porridge: Inside Out
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Self (Archive Material) |
2013 | Open All Hours: A Celebration | Self (Archive Material) |
2013 | The Two Ronnies Spectacle
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Self (Archive Material) |
2013 | My Hero: Hugh Dennis On Ronnie Barker | Self (Archive Material) |
2013 | Radio 2's History Of British Comedy
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Self (Archive Material) |
2011 | Legends Of British Comedy
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Self (Archive Material) |
2011 | My Favourite Joke
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Self (Archive Material) |
2010 | The Two Ronnies: The Studio Recordings | Self (Archive Material) |
2007 | Make 'Em Laugh, Make 'Em Laugh
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Self (Archive Material) |
2005 | And It's Goodnight From Him: A Tribute To Ronnie Barker | Self (Archive Material) |
2005 | The Two Ronnies Sketchbook | Host / Presenter |
2004 | Ronnie Barker: A BAFTA Tribute | Self |
2004 | Comedy Heroes - Series 1
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Writer |
2004 | Comedy Heroes - Series 1
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Host / Presenter |
2004 | Britain's Best Sitcom
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Guest |
2003 | Life Beyond The Box
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Norman Fletcher |
2003 | Comedy Connections - Series 1
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Self |
2002 | Heroes Of Comedy - Series 6 | Self |
2002 | Double Trouble - Series 1
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Self (Archive Material) |
2001 | The Sketch Show Story
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Self |
2000 | The Unforgettable... - Series 1
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Self |
2000 | The Nearly Complete And Utter History Of Everything
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Ensemble Actor |
1997 | Whatever Happened To... Clement & La Frenais? | Self |
1997 | Ronnie Barker - A Life In Comedy | Self |
1988 | Twenty-Two Years Of The Two Ronnies | Self (Archive Material) |
1988 | Clarence (as Bob Ferris)
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Writer |
1988 | Clarence
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Clarence Sale |
1987 | The Two Ronnies - Christmas Special (as Gerald Wiley) | Writer |
1987 | The Two Ronnies - Christmas Special | Host / Presenter |
1985 | The Two Ronnies - Series 12 (as Gerald Wiley)
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Writer |
1985 | The Two Ronnies - Series 12
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Host / Presenter |
1985 | Open All Hours - Series 4
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Albert Arkwright |
1985 | The Two Ronnies - Series 11 (as Gerald Wiley)
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Writer |
1985 | The Two Ronnies - Series 11
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Host / Presenter |
1984 | The Two Ronnies - Christmas Special (as Gerald Wiley) | Writer |
1984 | The Two Ronnies - Christmas Special | Host / Presenter |
1984 | The Magnificent Evans
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Plantagenet Evans |
1983 | The Two Ronnies - Series 10 (as Gerald Wiley)
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Writer |
1983 | The Two Ronnies - Series 10
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Host / Presenter |
1982 | By The Sea | The General |
1982 | Open All Hours - Series 3
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Albert Arkwright |
1981 | The Two Ronnies - Series 9 (as Gerald Wiley)
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Writer |
1981 | The Two Ronnies - Series 9
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Host / Presenter |
1981 | Open All Hours - Series 2
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Albert Arkwright |
1980 | The Two Ronnies - Series 8 (as Gerald Wiley)
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Writer |
1980 | The Two Ronnies - Series 8
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Host / Presenter |
1979 | Porridge | Norman Stanley Fletcher |
1978 | The Two Ronnies - Series 7 (as Gerald Wiley)
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Writer |
1978 | The Two Ronnies - Series 7
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Host / Presenter |
1978 | Going Straight
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Norman Stanley Fletcher |
1977 | The Two Ronnies - Series 6 (as Gerald Wiley)
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Writer |
1977 | The Two Ronnies - Series 6 (as G. Wiley)
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Writer |
1977 | The Two Ronnies - Series 6
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Host / Presenter |
1977 | The Navy Lark - The Jubilee Navy Lark | Able Seaman (Fatso) Johnson |
1977 | Porridge - Series 3
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Fletcher |
1976 | Porridge - The Desperate Hours | Fletcher |
1976 | The Two Ronnies - Series 5 (as Gerald Wiley)
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Writer |
1976 | The Two Ronnies - Series 5
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Host / Presenter |
1976 | Open All Hours - Series 1
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Albert Arkwright |
1976 | The Two Ronnies In The Picnic (as Dave Huggett & Larry Keith) | Writer |
1976 | The Two Ronnies In The Picnic | The General |
1975 | The Navy Lark - Series 15 | Able Seaman (Fatso) Johnson |
1975 | Porridge - Series 2
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Fletcher |
1975 | The Two Ronnies - Series 4 (as Gerald Wiley)
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Writer |
1975 | The Two Ronnies - Series 4
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Host / Presenter |
1974 | Porridge - Series 1
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Fletcher |
1974 | Franklyn And Johnnie | Johnnie Wetherby |
1973 | The Two Ronnies - Series 3 (as Gerald Wiley)
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Writer |
1973 | The Two Ronnies - Series 3
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Host / Presenter |
1973 | The Navy Lark - Series 14 | Able Seaman (Fatso) Johnson |
1973 | I'll Fly You For A Quid | Evan Owen |
1973 | I'll Fly You For A Quid | Grandpa Owen |
1973 | One Man's Meat (as Jack Goetz) | Writer |
1973 | One Man's Meat | Alan Joyce |
1973 | Another Fine Mess | Harry Norvel |
1973 | Spanner's Eleven | Albert Spanner |
1973 | My Old Man - Pilot | Sam Cobbett |
1973 | Porridge - Prisoner And Escort | Fletcher |
1973 | Open All Hours - Pilot | Albert Arkwright |
1972 | The Two Ronnies - Series 2 (as Gerald Wiley)
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Writer |
1972 | The Two Ronnies - Series 2
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Host / Presenter |
1972 | Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead - Series 2 (as Gerald Wiley)
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Writer |
1972 | Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead - Series 2
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Ensemble Actor |
1972 | His Lordship Entertains (as Jonathan Cobbald)
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Writer |
1972 | His Lordship Entertains
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Lord Rustless |
1972 | The Navy Lark - Series 13 | Able Seaman (Fatso) Johnson |
1972 | Idle At Work | George Idle |
1971 | The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins | Guest |
1971 | The Two Ronnies - Series 1 (as Gerald Wiley)
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Writer |
1971 | The Navy Lark - Series 12 | Able Seaman (Fatso) Johnson |
1971 | The Two Ronnies - Series 1
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Host / Presenter |
1971 | Ronnie Corbett In Bed | Guest |
1971 | The Ronnie Barker Yearbook (as Gerald Wiley) | Writer |
1971 | The Ronnie Barker Yearbook | Ensemble Actor |
1971 | Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead - Series 1 (as Gerald Wiley)
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Writer |
1971 | Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead - Series 1
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Ensemble Actor |
1971 | 6 Dates With Barker (as Gerald Wiley) | Story |
1971 | 6 Dates With Barker (as Gerald Wiley)
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Writer |
1971 | 6 Dates With Barker | Prince Boffo |
1971 | 6 Dates With Barker | Dr. Swanton |
1971 | 6 Dates With Barker
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Fritz Braun / 'Lola' |
1971 | 6 Dates With Barker
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Arthur |
1971 | 6 Dates With Barker | Various |
1971 | 6 Dates With Barker | Various |
1971 | 6 Dates With Barker | Fred |
1970 | 'Wilton's' - The Handsomest Hall In Town | Ensemble Actor |
1970 | Hark At Barker - Series 2
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First-Aider |
1970 | Hark At Barker - Series 2
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Patient |
1970 | Hark At Barker - Series 2 | Billy Weymouth |
1970 | Hark At Barker - Series 2
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Husband |
1970 | Hark At Barker - Series 2
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Sergeant |
1970 | Hark At Barker - Series 2 (as Gerald Wiley)
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Writer |
1970 | Hark At Barker - Series 2
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Lord Rustless |
1970 | Hark At Barker - Series 2
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Abdul the Filthy |
1970 | Hark At Barker - Series 2
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Bachelor |
1970 | Hark At Barker - Series 2
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Announcer |
1970 | Tommy Cooper
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Guest |
1969 | The Navy Lark - Series 11 | Able Seaman (Fatso) Johnson |
1969 | Hark At Barker - Series 1
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Young Lord Rustless |
1969 | Hark At Barker - Series 1
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Igor Stechlom |
1969 | Hark At Barker - Series 1
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Clarence |
1969 | Hark At Barker - Series 1
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Drunk |
1969 | Hark At Barker - Series 1
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Announcer |
1969 | Hark At Barker - Series 1
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Fred Fearnley |
1969 | Hark At Barker - Series 1
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Man Under Desk |
1969 | Hark At Barker - Series 1
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Yokel |
1969 | Hark At Barker - Series 1
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Drunk Man |
1969 | Hark At Barker - Series 1
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Montefiore Culpepper |
1969 | Hark At Barker - Series 1
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Ken Culpepper |
1969 | Hark At Barker - Series 1
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Mr. Culpepper |
1969 | Hark At Barker - Series 1
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Ronnie |
1969 | Hark At Barker - Series 1
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Edward |
1969 | Hark At Barker - Series 1 (as Gerald Wiley)
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Writer |
1969 | Hark At Barker - Series 1
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Mr. Titheradge |
1969 | Hark At Barker - Series 1
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Doctor |
1969 | Hark At Barker | Lord Rustless |
1969 | Futtocks End | Writer |
1969 | Futtocks End | General Sir Giles Futtock |
1969 | Hark At Barker - Series 1
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Lord Rustless |
1968 | The Navy Lark - Series 10 | Able Seaman (Fatso) Johnson |
1968 | The Ronnie Barker Playhouse
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Alexander MacGregor |
1968 | The Ronnie Barker Playhouse
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The Monk |
1968 | The Ronnie Barker Playhouse
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Cyril Tanner |
1968 | The Ronnie Barker Playhouse
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Ronald Winterbourne |
1968 | The Ronnie Barker Playhouse | Various |
1968 | The Ronnie Barker Playhouse
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Tennyson Elias Williams |
1968 | The Ronnie Barker Playhouse
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Lord Rustless |
1968 | A Ghost Of A Chance | Mr Prendergast |
1967 | The Navy Lark - Series 9 | Able Seaman (Fatso) Johnson |
1966 | Foreign Affairs | Grischa Petrovitch |
1966 | The Navy Lark - Series 8 | Able Seaman (Fatso) Johnson |
1966 | Crowther's Crowd - Series 2 | Various |
1966 | The Frost Report - Series 1
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Writer (Additional Material) |
1966 | The Frost Report - Series 1
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Ensemble Actor |
1965 | Barney Is My Darling | Actor |
1965 | The Navy Lark - Series 7 | Able Seaman (Fatso) Johnson |
1965 | The Walrus And The Carpenter - Series 1 | Actor |
1964 | A Home Of Your Own | Dick The Cement Mixer |
1964 | Sykes And A... - Series 7
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Tramp |
1964 | How To Be An Alien | Various |
1964 | Father Came Too! | Josh Wicks |
1964 | The Bargee | Ronnie |
1963 | Doctor In Distress | Man at Station Ticket Counter |
1963 | The Navy Lark - Series 6 | Able Seaman (Fatso) Johnson |
1963 | Crowther's Crowd - Series 1 | Various |
1963 | The Cracksman | Yossle |
1963 | Faces Of Jim - More Faces Of Jim | Various |
1963 | It's A Square World - 1963 Golden Rose of Montreux Entry
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Ensemble Actor |
1963 | The Navy Lark - Series 5 | Able Seaman (Fatso) Johnson |
1962 | Faces Of Jim - Six More Faces Of Jim | Various |
1962 | It's A Stereophonic World | Ensemble Actor |
1962 | Citizen James - Series 3
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Actor |
1962 | The Rag Trade - Series 2
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Mr. Goodwin |
1961 | Faces Of Jim - The Seven Faces Of Jim | Various |
1961 | Citizen James - Series 2
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Actor |
1961 | The Navy Lark - Series 4 | Able Seaman (Fatso) Johnson |
1960 | The Navy Lark - Series 3 | Able Seaman (Fatso) Johnson |
1959 | The Navy Lark - Series 2 | Able Seaman (Fatso) Johnson |
1959 | The Navy Lark - Series 1
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Ensemble Actor |
1959 | The Navy Lark - Series 1
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Able Seaman (Fatso) Johnson |
Non-comedy TV and film credits may be found here:
Ronnie Barker on IMDb
- Born
- Wednesday 25th September 1929
- Died
- Monday 3rd October 2005 (aged 76)
- AKA
- Gerald Wiley
Jonathan Cobbald
Dave Huggett
Larry Keith
Dave Huggett & Larry Keith
Bob Ferris
G. Wiley - Full name
- Ronald William George Barker
- Title
- Ronnie Barker OBE
- Nationality
- English
- Daughter
- Charlotte Barker
- BAFTA Television Awards 2003
- Special Award (Winner)
- British Comedy Awards 1999
- Lifetime Achievement Award (Winner)
- British Comedy Awards 1990
- Lifetime Achievement Award (Winner)
- BAFTA Television Awards 1986
- Best Light Entertainment Performance (Nominee)
Best Light Entertainment Performance (Nominee) - BAFTA Television Awards 1984
- Best Light Entertainment Performance (Nominee)
- BAFTA Television Awards 1980
- Best Light Entertainment Performance (Nominee)
- BAFTA Television Awards 1979
- Best Light Entertainment Performance (Winner)
- BAFTA Television Awards 1978
- Best Light Entertainment Performance (Winner)
- BAFTA Television Awards 1977
- Best Light Entertainment Performance (Nominee)
- BAFTA Television Awards 1976
- Best Light Entertainment Performance (Winner)
Best Light Entertainment Performance (Nominee) - BAFTA Television Awards 1975
- Best Light Entertainment Performance (Nominee)
- BAFTA Television Awards 1974
- Best Light Entertainment Performance (Nominee)
- BAFTA Television Awards 1972
- Best Light Entertainment Performance (Winner)
- BAFTA Television Awards 1970
- Best Light Entertainment Performance (Nominee)
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