British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide
The Magnificent Evans. Image shows from L to R: Plantagenet Evans (Ronnie Barker), Rachel (Sharon Morgan). Copyright: BBC
The Magnificent Evans

The Magnificent Evans

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1984
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

Ronnie Barker stars as a larger-than-life Welsh photographer. Also features Sharon Morgan, Dickie Arnold, Myfanwy Talog, William Thomas and Dyfed Thomas

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Open All Hours. Image shows from L to R: Nurse Gladys Emmanuel (Lynda Baron), Granville (David Jason), Albert Arkwright (Ronnie Barker). Copyright: BBC TV

Open All Hours

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Last Of The Summer Wine. Image shows from L to R: Walter C. 'Foggy' Dewhurst (Brian Wilde), William 'Compo' Simmonite (Bill Owen), Norman Clegg (Peter Sallis). Copyright: BBC TV

Last Of The Summer Wine

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Clarence. Clarence Sale (Ronnie Barker). Copyright: BBC TV

Clarence

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Porridge. Image shows from L to R: Mr. Mackay (Fulton Mackay), Fletcher (Ronnie Barker), Godber (Richard Beckinsale). Copyright: BBC TV

Porridge

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BBC One. Copyright: BBC TV

Pygmalion Smith

A Comedy Playhouse pilot, written by Roy Clarke and starring Leonard Rossiter.

Stella. Stella (Ruth Jones). Copyright: Tidy Productions TV

Stella

Comedy drama written by and starring Ruth Jones as Stella, a single mother struggling in the Welsh valleys.

I'll Fly You For A Quid. Image shows from L to R: Evan Owen (Ronnie Barker), April Owen (Beth Morris), Mr. Simmonds (Emrys James). Copyright: BBC TV

I'll Fly You For A Quid

Comedy pilot starring Ronnie Barker. A Welsh family mad on gambling try to find a winning betting slip.

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Perils Of Pendragon

Satire of rural village life, set in the small Welsh community of Pendragon.

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