The Two Ronnies - BBC1 Sketch Show - British Comedy Guide

TV sketch show
BBC One
1971 - 1987
93 episodes (12 series)

Hugely popular and long-running sketch show that established Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker as two of the biggest names in British comedy.

Series 9, Christmas Special repeated tomorrow at 1:05am on BBC4
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The Two Ronnies. Image shows from L to R: Ronnie Corbett, Ronnie Barker. Copyright: BBC

Genre

Sketch Show

Broadcast

1971 - 1987

Channel

BBC 1

Episodes

93 (12 series), plus 5 further specials

Stars

Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett

Writers

Ronnie Barker, Peter Vincent, Spike Mullins, David Renwick, David Newman, Peter Osborne, Mike Radford, Michael Palin and more

Directors

Terry Hughes, Peter Whitmore, Brian Penders, Paul Jackson, Marcus Plantin and Marcus Mortimer

Producers

Terry Hughes, Peter Whitmore, Brian Penders, Paul Jackson, Marcus Plantin, Michael Hurll and James Gilbert

Company

Mixing songs, sketches, comic monologues, witty wordplay, glittering song-and-dance numbers, silly stories and much more, The Two Ronnies sees comedy stars Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker uniting for the first time, in what would become a defining highlight of each of their careers.