The Many Faces Of...
- TV documentary
- BBC Two
- 2009 - 2016
- 14 episodes (3 series)
Comedy actors look back at their career, with archive footage and testimony from friends and colleagues.
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The Many Faces Of Ronnie Corbett
Further details
Ronnie Corbett is an icon of television entertainment. His starring role in The Two Ronnies has earned him a chapter in the book of all-time comedy greats.
But who knew of his first screen role in You're Only Young Twice, or that six episodes of The Two Ronnies were made in Australia?
Like many of his generation, Ronnie had a strong career on stage and was 36 before his first big television break. That was on the groundbreaking Frost Report - a live tinder box of comedy talent that also introduced John Cleese and Ronnie Barker.
Ronnie's comedy is still vibrant. Show business has refused to let him stop working. The list of his modern day collaborators is both lengthy and impressive. Expect to see favourite moments and many surprises in The Many Faces Of Ronnie Corbett.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 1st January 2016
- Time
- 8:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
| Michael Grade | Self |
| Barry Cryer | Self |
| Matthew Sweet | Self |
| David Baddiel | Self |
| Jimmy Tarbuck | Self |
| Ben Elton | Self |
| Rob Brydon | Self |
| Kathy Lette | Self |
| Susan Penhaligon | Self |
| Aaron Brown | Self |
| Ronnie Corbett | Self (Archive Material) |
| Danny La Rue | Self (Archive Material) |
| Anne Hart (as Anne Corbett) | Self (Archive Material) |
| Sally Phillips | Narrator |
| Charles Stuart (as Charlie Stuart) | Director |
| Stephen Stewart | Executive Producer |
| Charles Stuart (as Charlie Stuart) | Producer |
| Alan Tyler | Executive Producer |
| Cassie Durham | Editor |
Video
Rob Brydon talks about working with Ronnie Corbett
Rob Brydon talks about working with Ronnie Corbett on The One Ronnie.
Featuring: Ben Elton & Rob Brydon.
Press
Radio Times review
No comic actor ever wrinkled their nose or pushed up their spectacles with better timing. Ronnie Corbett's gifts are lauded by a biography strand that's previously given warm tributes to Robbie Coltrane, Les Dawson, Judi Dench and indeed Ronnie Barker. Interviews and clips aim to bring out the secrets behind the success of The Two Ronnies, and Corbett's rather bleak solo sitcom, Sorry!
There's plenty to explore from the years before his TV career: when Corbett appeared on The Frost Report as a fresh-faced, talented newcomer, he was actually 36 and a veteran of the clubs. Before that were his days as a teenage organist - no, that's not the set-up for a Two Ronnies newsreader joke - and his 1952 film debut in You're Only Young Twice.
Jack Seale, Radio Times, 23rd December 2015