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Post by Robbie on Nov 28, 2005 11:05:45 GMT
Apart from Open All Hours&Prisoner&Escort,have the other 5 programmes in this series survived?Would they worth another view or a DVD release?
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Post by andrew martin on Nov 28, 2005 12:04:38 GMT
They *have* just been released on DVD!
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Post by Robbie on Nov 28, 2005 18:21:33 GMT
Well I missed that one.Thanks for that bit of information andrew.
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Post by Andy Lane on Nov 28, 2005 21:32:41 GMT
Was there also a series of 1 off plays he did for ITV as well??
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Post by Robbie on Nov 29, 2005 9:48:05 GMT
There were two.The Ronnie Barker Playhouse(A-R 1968)&Six Dates With Barker(LWT 1971).He also did a sketch show for LWT called Hark At Barker(1969-1970).Archive status of these shows?I haven't got a clue.
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Post by Peter D on Nov 29, 2005 11:13:22 GMT
Does anyone know the archieve status of "His Lordship Entertains", which is one of my earliest memories of Ronnie Barker (early 70's I believe).
I think it co-starred Josephine Tewson.
Peter
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Post by Matthew K Sharp on Nov 29, 2005 13:45:39 GMT
From Kal '95...
The Ronnie Barker Playhouse
(Rediffusion, 1968)
Only episode 6 ("Alexander") of 6 survives, as a TR16 negative.
(Episode 2 of this series, "Ah There You Are" was the first appearance of Lord Rustless, who went on to star in Hark At Barker and His Lordship Entertains.)
Hark At Barker
(LWT, 1969/70)
Series 1 - all 8 exist as original b/w VT
Series 2 - all 7 exist as original colour VT
Six Dates With Barker
(LWT, 1971)
All 6 exist on original colour VT, except episode 3 ("The Odd Job") which is b/w because it got hit by the colour strike.
His Lordship Entertains
(BBC, 1972)
All 7 episodes junked. Naughty BBC!
Ronnie Barker was also a regular in Jimmy Edwards' BBC anthology series Seven Faces Of Jim (7 eps, 1961), Six More Faces Of Jim (6 eps, 1962) and More Faces Of Jim (6 eps, 1963).
Kal '95 lists the 1961 series as all existing on TR16, and the rest lost; although I'm not sure that's entirely accurate as I've seen a lengthy clip from "The Face Of Fatherhood" which was the first episode of "Six More..." (and was an adaptation of Take It From Here's The Glums).
Mr Martin, are you about to supply further info?
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Post by Peter D on Nov 29, 2005 15:25:45 GMT
That's tragic - how could the BBC do such a thing.
Does any of it exist anywhere - i.e. private hands, even the Barker family themselves?
Peter D
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Post by andrew martin on Nov 29, 2005 15:30:56 GMT
"Seven Faces of Jim" does exist complete.
"Six More Faces..." - only "Fatherhood" exists (original 35mm film recording)
"More Faces of Jim" - nothing held.
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Post by Matthew K Sharp on Nov 30, 2005 3:13:04 GMT
Ta!
Someone should do a Jimmy Edwards DVD - those 8 Faces episodes and the two Whack-O! survivors would make a nice little compilation.
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Post by andrew martin on Nov 30, 2005 17:50:34 GMT
There are three "Whacko" episodes existing actually - 21/10/58, 22/11/60 and 4/12/71. There is also an episode of "Mr John Jorrocks" from 20/8/66, and a smattering of other minor items... Certainly enough to make a DVD with extras...!
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