Ronnie Corbett

Ronald Balfour Corbett CBE (4 December 1930 – 31 March 2016) was a Scottish stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and broadcaster. He had a long association with Ronnie Barker in the BBC television comedy sketch show The Two Ronnies.

Works

The Two Ronnies Unseen Sketches

This special programme relates how, just before Ronnie Barker's retirement in 1986, the Two Ronnies travelled to Sydney to make a series for Australia's Channel Nine. Their regular British show had been a huge hit down under, and now they were to create a new version especially for Australia.

Release Date: 2019-12-25

The Fight for Saturday Night

Michael Grade tells a tale of television skullduggery and dirty dealings in the battle to win the Saturday night ratings crown.

Release Date: 2014-12-17

Character: Self

Vote Count: 1

Frost on Sketch Shows

Sir David Frost traces the development of the sketch show over the last fifty years, from variety theatre to primetime television.

Release Date: 2013-03-13

Character: Self

Vote Count: 2

The Many Faces of Ronnie Barker

Programme telling the story of Ronnie Barker, a quiet dedicated actor who might have been a bank manager but went on to become one of the country's favourite comedy stars. Ben Elton, Michael Grade, David Renwick and Josephine Tewson are among friends and colleagues who remember his genius. Famed as one half of the Two Ronnies and the likeable convict Fletcher in Porridge, he was also a prolific writer and admired actor in serious roles.

Release Date: 2012-12-24

Character: Self

Vote Count: 1

The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse

The extraordinary story of comedian Bob Monkhouse's life and career, told through the vast private archive of films, TV shows, letters and memorabilia that he left behind.

Release Date: 2011-01-03

Vote Count: 6

The One Ronnie

One of Britain's most enduring and best-loved comics, Ronnie Corbett, turned 80 in December 2010. In this brand new comedy sketch show, the octogenarian comic legend appears alongside some of the biggest names in British comedy, in sketches featuring everything from a superannuated super-hero to a stage-struck dog. Add in a sprinkling of one-liners and a brand new Ronnie monologue in the famous chair for the must-see comedy of the festive season.

Release Date: 2010-12-25

Vote Count: 4

Burke & Hare

Two 19th-century opportunists become serial killers so that they can maintain their profitable business supplying cadavers to an anatomist.

Release Date: 2010-10-29

Character: Captain Tam McLintoch

Vote Count: 475

Harry Hill's TV Burp Gold 2

Harry Hill returns to DVD for a second volume of TV Burp Gold, with a brand new selection of the funniest bits from the Multi BAFTA winning, hit series, TV Burp. Some of TV's biggest shows such as Coronation Street, East Enders, Dancing On Ice and The X Factor get the full Harry treatment. It's crammed with hilarious jokes, funny clips and silly sketches plus a host of extras including "unseen" TV Burp and side-splitting out-takes.

Release Date: 2009-11-09

Character: Self (archive footage)

Is Anybody There?

A young boy who lives in an old folks' home strikes up a friendship with a retired magician.

Release Date: 2009-04-17

Character: Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Vote Count: 70

Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus

Discover how six seemingly ordinary but supremely talented men became Monty Python, sketch comedy's inspired group of lunatics who turned such unlikely sources of inspiration as Spam, dead parrots and the Inquisition into enduring punch lines. This entertaining documentary includes interviews with members of the troupe, as well as home movies, photos and rare recordings from Monty Python's early years.

Release Date: 2008-07-01

Character: Self

Vote Count: 3

The Children's Party at the Palace

To celebrate her 80th birthday, the Queen is holding a children's party in the grounds of Buckingham Palace. She has invited many classic characters from British children's literature. But when the baddies, led by Cruella de Vil, discover that they have not been invited, they steal the Queen's handbag containing her spectacles and the text of her speech; without it, the Queen will not be able to make a speech at the party. Can the goodies find the handbag in time?

Release Date: 2006-06-25

Character: Mr. Tibbs (The BFG)

Vote Count: 3

Acorn Antiques: The Musical

Acorn Antiques: The Musical! is the all-singing, all-dancing and fully overalled stage version of the beloved TV spoof. The triumphant West End production brought together Julie Walters (Mrs Overall), Celia Imrie (Miss Babs) and Duncan Preston (Mr Clifford) - the original cast of the series. It was directed by Sir Trevor Nunn ("Les Miserables", "Woman in White", "Starlight Express") and written by Julie's understudy, the award-winning Victoria Wood. Filmed during the sell-out run at the beautiful Haymarket Theatre, the musical features an all-star supporting cast of Josie Lawrence, Neil Morrissey & Sally Ann Triplett.

Release Date: 2006-03-13

Character: Father (archive footage) (uncredited)

Vote Count: 1

Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters Volume 2

Over 2½ hours of the award-winning topical news quiz, featuring previously unseen footage. Team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton are joined by a different guest presenter each week.

Release Date: 2005-11-28

Character: Self (archive footage)

The F Word

The F Word is a British food magazine and cookery programme featuring chef Gordon Ramsay. The programme covers a wide range of topics, from recipes to food preparation and celebrity food fads. The programme is made by Optomen Television and aired weekly on Channel 4. The theme tune for the series is "The F-Word" from the Babybird album Bugged.

Release Date: 2005-10-27

Character: Self

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 19

Monkey Trousers

Monkey Trousers was a short-lived comedy series on ITV in 2005, featuring Alistair McGowan, John Thomson, Ronni Ancona, Mackenzie Crook, Griff Rhys Jones, Neil Morrissey, Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer, Marc Wootton and Steve Coogan. It was directed by David Kerr and produced by Bob Mortimer and Vic Reeves' production company, Pett Productions. It succeeded The All Star Comedy Show, which was written by Reeves and Mortimer, and produced by Coogan. Sketches of the show included the moronic, yet fearless 'Croc Botherer', Roy the eerie, lonely toy-shopkeeper, Alistair the hopeless estate agent, who replies to every question with "I don't know", the swearing chef, and the 'Geordie Astronauts'. A DVD of the series was released on 4 July 2005.

Release Date: 2005-05-20

Episode Count: 7

Vote Count: 1

The Two Ronnies Sketchbook

Six hour-long episodes of The Two Ronnies Sketchbook aired on BBC 1 in March and April 2005. It saw the Two Ronnies back behind their famous news desk, introducing some of their favourite sketches and re-reading some of the classic news items that began and ended every episode of The Two Ronnies. Much was made of the fact that the sketches chosen were shown in their entirety. Each week an episode of the classic Spike Milligan-scripted serial The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town was shown, and each episode featured a new performance by a popular singer.

Release Date: 2005-03-18

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Character:

Episode Count: [ 6 ]

Vote Count: 1

Ronnie Barker: A BAFTA Tribute

A BAFTA tribute to Ronnie Barker

Release Date: 2004-02-07

Character: Himself

Harry Hill's TV Burp

The big-collared comic gives his own spin on TV clips from recent programmes, plus contributions from a set of regular characters

Release Date: 2002-11-14

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 23

The Best Of The Two Ronnies - Volume 1

A tribute to a legendary duo from the golden age in television variety. From 1971 to 1987, and over the course of twelve series and eight specials, The Two Ronnies was one of the nation's favourite television comedy shows. The show was practically an institution, with Christmas and Easter holidays only really being complete for most families, with a Two Ronnies special. This compilation features favourite sketches from sixteen years of the much-loved and much-missed programme, including: * The Vagaband Lover (before he died of drink, women and horses) * Swedish Made Simple * Mastermind (answering the question before last) and * The St. Botolph's Country Dance Team

Release Date: 2001-10-01

Vote Count: 1

Cinderella: The ITV Pantomime

A televised pantomime of Cinderella featuring various celebrities.

Release Date: 2000-01-02

Character: Griselda

Vote Count: 1

An Audience with Ronnie Corbett

Super-talented comic Ronnie Corbett pulls out all the stops to entertain a celebrity audience including on-screen sidekick Ronnie Barker, Damien Hirst and Frank Skinner in this 1997 special.

Release Date: 1997-10-25

Vote Count: 1

An Audience with Bruce Forsyth

Bruce Forsyth entertains a VIP audience as he stars in a spectacular one-man show.

Release Date: 1997-02-01

Fierce Creatures

Ex-policeman Rollo Lee is sent to run Marwood Zoo, the newly acquired business of a New Zealand tycoon. In order to meet high profit targets and keep the zoo open, Rollo enforces a new 'fierce creatures' policy, whereby only the most impressive and dangerous animals are allowed to remain in the zoo. However, the keepers are less enthusiastic about complying with these demands.

Release Date: 1997-01-23

Character: Reggie Sealions

Vote Count: 359

Bruce and Ronnie

Bruce Forsyth and Ronnie Corbett team up for this festive comedy show from 1988, featuring their own version of Gone With the Wind with guest star Fiona Fullerton as Scarlett O'Hara.

Release Date: 1988-12-26

Character: Self

Vote Count: 1

By the Sea

A crusty old General leads his dotty family on a relaxing weekend at the seaside, and comic chaos ensues.

Release Date: 1982-04-12

Character: The Son

Vote Count: 8

The Picnic

A crusty old English General leads his eccentric family on a family picnic trip, and comic chaos ensues.

Release Date: 1976-04-01

Character: The Son

Vote Count: 4

The Two Ronnies Old Fashioned Christmas Mystery

On Christmas Eve in 1874, the turkey has been stolen from Sir Giles and Lady Hampton. What are they going to serve their guests? They call in the detectives Piggy Malone and Charley Farley to find who stole it.

Release Date: 1973-12-26

Character: various roles

Vote Count: 3

No Sex Please: We're British

A porn-store owner orders some new stuff from his supplier, but the delivery address gets mixed with the address of the local Barclays Bank. Here, David (the bank's assistant manager) and his new wife are shocked when photos, then films and finally two girls are sent to them in their bank-supplied flat. They and the banks' head cashier then hatch a plan to get rid of the porn—without letting their boss, the local police and David's mother in on what is happening.

Release Date: 1973-07-25

Character: Brian Runnicles

Vote Count: 17

The Two Ronnies

The Two Ronnies is a British sketch show which aired on BBC1 from 1971 to 1987. It featured the double act of Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett, the "Two Ronnies" of the title.

Release Date: 1971-04-10

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Character:

Episode Count: [ 95 ]

Vote Count: 26

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. He uses this as a springboard to get into politics and in the mini-skirted flared-trousered world of 1970 Britain starts to rise through the Tory ranks.

Release Date: 1970-11-12

Character: Interviewer

Vote Count: 16

Some Will, Some Won't

Four people go to great lengths to obtain the fortune left in a will by a very wealthy practical joker.

Release Date: 1970-04-01

Character: Herbert Russell

Vote Count: 3

Casino Royale

Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be named 'James Bond'. One of the Bonds, whose real name is Evelyn Tremble is sent to take on Le Chiffre in a game of baccarat, but all the Bonds get more than they can handle.

Release Date: 1967-04-13

Character: Polo

Vote Count: 749

Rockets Galore

The inhabitants of Todday are content to live their lives in peace and quiet, until, that is, the government decides their little corner of the world would be the perfect place for a rocket launch site.

Release Date: 1958-10-19

Character: Drooby

Vote Count: 6

The Dummy Talks

An operation of counterfeit five pound notes is discovered at a variety theater, leading to murder during the performance.

Release Date: 1943-10-25

Character: Joe (Uncredited)

Vote Count: 7

Comedy Greats The Two Ronnies

A tribute to a legendary duo from television comedy's golden age. From 1971 to 1987, and over the course of twelve series and eight specials,THE TWO RONNIES was one of the UK's favourite television shows. During this golden age of television comedy, the show was practically an institution, with Christmas and Easter only really being complete, with a TVVO RONNIES special.

Character: Himself

Alice Through the Looking Box

A Christmas TV special in which Alice does not go through a looking glass, but through a TV set.

Release Date: 1960-12-25

Character: Dormouse

After the Ball

The life and loves of Music hall singer Vesta Tilley, who married into the nobility

Release Date: 1957-08-13

Vote Count: 4

Fun at St. Fanny's

Gormless 25 year-old Cardew, wealthy beneficiary of the Robinson Will, should have left St. Fanny's School many years ago. However, seedy headmaster Dr. Jankers (music hall favourite Fred Emney) is in the toils of shady bookmaker Harry the Scar (boxer Freddie Mills) and has so-far kept his golden goose perched firmly at the bottom of the class. Blissfully unaware of nefarious intrigue around him, Cardew continues to flirt coyly with the French mistress and gamble for school dinners on the form room roulette wheel. But canny Scots solicitor McTavish has been sent to investigate... Featuring television's Billy Bunter, Gerald Campion, gorgeous Vera Day, Will Hay cohort Claude Hulbert, muddle-mouthed Stanley Unwin, a young Ronnie Corbett, and enough old jokes to fill a Christmas Cracker factory.

Release Date: 1955-12-15

Character: Chumleigh

Vote Count: 3

You're Only Young Twice

Seeking her long lost uncle, Ada Shore arrives at Skerryvore University to find him working under another name as the Gate Keeper. Ada is mistaken by the Principal as his new secretary so she jumps headlong into the role

Release Date: 1951-07-01

Character: Student

Vote Count: 2

Laughs and Larrikins

Midday with Ray Martin from 1985 - 1993.

Ronnie's Animal Crackers

Ronnie Corbett takes a wry look at Great Britain's obsession with pets, discovering the lengths people will go to for their pets and charting the progress of his new rescue dog, Baz.

Release Date: 2013-09-20

Character: Presenter

Episode Count: 6

Ant & Dec's Push the Button

Ant & Dec's Push the Button is a game show which first aired on the ITV network. The show is hosted by Ant & Dec. During the show the contestants compete to win a jackpot of £100,000. The family who have banked the most cash go through to the final to face DAVE. The game show is voiced over by Matt Berry, replacing Ronnie Corbett. In series 2, the programme changed to being broadcast live. It featured an additional round called "The Accumulator", which gave the families a chance to increase their cash prize. Also, the winning family had a chance to play in the next game the following week to increase their money.

Release Date: 2010-02-27

Episode Count: 6

Kate Garraway's Life Stories

Celebrities open up to Kate Garraway in intimate and moving interviews.

Release Date: 2009-02-22

Character: Self

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 9

The Sarah Jane Adventures

Sarah Jane Smith is a truly remarkable woman who inhabits a world of mystery, danger and wonder; a world where aliens are commonplace and the Earth is under constant threat. A world that Maria Jackson, a seemingly ordinary girl, can only dream of – until she moves in next door. Nothing will ever be ordinary again.

Release Date: 2007-09-24

Character: Rahnius

Vote Count: 107

That's What I Call Television

Release Date: 2007-06-30

Episode Count: 1

Would I Lie to You?

A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrageous lies during a series of different rounds including "Home Truths", "This Is My..." and "Quickfire Lies". It is up to the opposing team to tell tall tales from fantastic facts.

Release Date: 2007-06-16

Character: Self

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 113

The Graham Norton Show

Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.

Release Date: 2007-02-22

Character: Self

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 262

The One Show

A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.

Release Date: 2006-08-14

Character: Self

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 26

Eating With...

Celebrities' lives are explored through the food that has personally affected them.

Release Date: 2006-03-29

Episode Count: 1

Love Soup

Bittersweet comedy drama about the eternal search for the perfect partner.

Release Date: 2005-09-27

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 5

Extras

Andy Millman gave up his day job five years ago in the hope of achieving the big time, but he’s yet to land a speaking part, let alone saunter down the red carpet to pick up an Oscar. He remains optimistic however, as rubbing shoulders with the A-list on-set only serves to reinforce his belief that the big time is just a job or two away.

Release Date: 2005-07-21

Character: Ronnie Corbett

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 375

The Best of Ronnie Barker

Sketches and clips from his greatest television comedy performances

Release Date: 2005-01-01

Episode Count: 1

The Keith Barret Show

Spoof chat show that sees divorced character Keith Barret explore what makes a successful relationship, with a celebrity guest couple featured on each episode.

Release Date: 2004-07-05

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 3

Little Britain

A zany comedy show with Matt Lucas and David Walliams, featuring characters from all over Little Britain.

Release Date: 2003-09-16

Vote Count: 218

One on One

Series profiling famous people in showbusiness

Release Date: 2002-09-09

Character: Self

Episode Count: 1

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

Jonathan Ross's take on current topics of conversation, guest interviews and live music from both a guest music group and the house band.

Release Date: 2001-11-02

Character: Self

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 25

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

Comedic British History

Release Date: 2000-01-02

Episode Count: 2

The Ben Elton Show

The Ben Elton Show is a British comedy series, which aired on BBC in 1998.

Release Date: 1998-04-16

Episode Count: 8

Vote Count: 2

Parkinson

Michael Parkinson returns for a second run of his iconic talk show.

Release Date: 1998-01-09

Character: Self

Episode Count: 1

Small Talk

Small Talk is a BBC One game show that aired from 24 July 1994 to 18 December 1996 and it was hosted by The Two Ronnies star and Sorry! actor Ronnie Corbett.

Release Date: 1994-07-24

Episode Count: 51

Vote Count: 1

Noel's House Party

Noel's House Party is a BBC television light entertainment show hosted by Noel Edmonds that was broadcast live on Saturday evenings throughout the 1990s. It was set in a large house in the fictional village of Crinkley Bottom, leading to much innuendo. The show was broadcast during the autumn-spring season. It was the successor show to Noel's Saturday Roadshow, and carried over some of its regular features such as the Gunge Tank, the Gotcha Oscar and Wait 'Till I Get You Home. In 2010, Noel's House Party was voted the best Saturday night TV show of all time. The show had many regular guests posing as fictional villagers, including Frank Thornton and Vicki Michelle. The show gave birth to Mr. Blobby in the Gotcha segment. The character became well known, ruining the premise of the segment, but Blobby still made appearances. There was also a contrived rivalry between Noel and Tony Blackburn. In addition, many episodes featured one-off guest stars, including Michael Crawford as Frank Spencer, who came in to find the whole audience dressed as Frank after Fantastic Stuart Henderson from Troon had performed as Frank singing The Beatles song "I Saw Her Standing There", and Ken Dodd in a highwayman's outfit - 'Going cheap at the Maxwell sale' - as Noel's long lost 'twin', Berasent.

Release Date: 1991-11-23

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 6

Have I Got News for You

Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs.

Release Date: 1990-09-28

Character: Self - Host

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 70

The Ronnie Corbett Show

Ronnie Corbett covers the comedy waterfront with a crackling 30 minutes of monologues and sketches, and will be joined each week by top-line entertainers from the established ranks of British and American show business and by new headliners from the Fringe.

Release Date: 1987-09-22

Episode Count: 6

The Two Ronnies In Australia

With their unique comedic brand of absurd sight gags, razor-sharp wordplay and devious double entendres, Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker together dominated TV comedy throughout the 70s and 80s. Over twelve series and eight specials, and with the help of some of the best writers in British comedy including John Cleese, Spike Milligan and Michael Palin, The Two Ronnies was the flagship sketch comedy show for the BBC, and became an institution in lounge rooms across Australia. In 1986, shortly before their final TV series went to air, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett performed a riotous series of shows in Australia for Channel Nine, the duo parading their mastery of silly skits, limericks, puns and tongue-twisters. Across six hilarious hour-long episodes, The Two Ronnies in Australia showcases two legendary comics at their side-splitting best.

Release Date: 1986-11-18

Character: Various Roles

Episode Count: 6

Vote Count: 1

Omnibus Presents Comic Relief

The comedy event of the year took place in April 1986 at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London. All those taking part gave their services free in order to support the famine relief camp in Umbala in the west of Sudan. Tonight Omnibus, in collaboration with Charity Projects, presents the best comic talents in Britain today. Among those appearing: Rowan Atkinson, Frank Bruno, Kate Bush, Graham Chapman, Billy Connolly, Ronnie Corbett, Paul Eddington, Ben Elton, French and Saunders, Stephen Fry, Bob Geldof, Terry Gilliam, Lenny Henry, Howard Jones, Terry Jones, Hugh Laurie, Hank Marvin, Rik Mayall, Michael Palin, Cliff Richard, Pamela Stephenson, Spitting Image, Midge Ure, The Young Ones.

Release Date: 1986-04-25

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 1

Wogan

Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable personalities.

Release Date: 1982-05-04

Character: Self

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 6

Sorry!

Sorry! is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1981 to 1982 and from 1985 to 1988. Starring Ronnie Corbett, it was written by Ian Davidson and Peter Vincent, both of whom had previously written for The Two Ronnies, of whom Corbett was one half. The theme music was composed by Gaynor Colbourn and Hugh Wisdom, and arranged and conducted by Ronnie Hazelhurst. The outdoor scenes were filmed in Wallingford, Oxfordshire.

Release Date: 1981-03-12

Episode Count: 42

Vote Count: 7

The Big Show

The Big Show is an American comedy-variety-musical television series produced and broadcast by NBC for several months in 1980. The series aimed to revitalize the moribund variety television genre, which had been in a downward spiral since the cancellations of The Ed Sullivan Show and The Carol Burnett Show a few years earlier. The Big Show took its title seriously, using a huge stage set and filling a 90-minute time-slot, with at least one two-hour installment broadcast. Although the first broadcast received high ratings, poor reviews and low ratings of succeeding episodes resulted in the program being cancelled after only a few months. The series nonetheless was nominated for six Emmy Awards, winning for Outstanding Costume Design. Regular performers included Joe Baker, Graham Chapman, Mimi Kennedy, Shabba-Doo and Pamela Myers. Guest hosts included Steve Allen, Nell Carter, David Copperfield, Geoffrey Holder, Gary Coleman, and Sid Caesar. Skaters who performed in the show included Peggy Fleming, Dorothy Hamill, John Curry, and Toller Cranston.

Release Date: 1980-03-04

Character: Self

Episode Count: 2

The South Bank Show

The South Bank Show is a television arts magazine show that was produced by ITV between 1978 and 2010. A new series began on Sky Arts from 27 May 2012. Presented by Melvyn Bragg, the show aims to bring both high art and popular culture to a mass audience.

Release Date: 1978-01-14

Character: Self

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 7

An Audience with...

An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian, performs for an invited audience of celebrity guests, interspersed with questions from the audience, in a light hearted revue/tribute style.

Release Date: 1978-01-08

Character: Self

Episode Count: 4

Vote Count: 3

The Prince of Denmark

Ronnie and Laura Corbett have embarked on a new future - this time in the company of the Prince of Denmark, a public house that she has inherited. Ronnie's initially rather put out by Laura's being technically in charge; something which the brewery's delivery men are swift to pick up on! Her prior experience working behind a bar soon begins to rub off, but it's a slow learning curve for the diminutive busybody as he attempts to keep his pride in tact, his eye over everything, and his hand firmly on the tiller.

Release Date: 1974-04-10

Character: Ronnie

Episode Count: 6

Vote Count: 2

Now Look Here...

Release Date: 1971-11-05

Episode Count: 14

Vote Count: 2

The Best Of The Two Ronnies

Release Date: 1971-04-01

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 1

Frost on Sunday

Release Date: 1968-09-08

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 1

Cilla

A mostly live weekly entertainment show starring Cilla Black and her special guests.

Release Date: 1968-01-30

Character: Self

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 1

No - That's Me Over Here!

Release Date: 1967-11-14

Episode Count: 25

Vote Count: 1

ABC Stage 67

ABC Stage 67 is the umbrella title for a series of 26 weekly shows that included dramas, variety shows, documentaries, and original musicals. It premiered on American Broadcasting Company on September 14, 1966 with Murray Schisgal's The Love Song of Barney Kempinksi, directed by Stanley Prager and starring Alan Arkin as a man enjoying the sights and sounds of New York City in his last remaining hours of bachelorhood. Arkin was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance By An Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama and the program was nominated as Outstanding Dramatic Program. Future programs included appearances by Petula Clark, Bobby Darin, Sir Laurence Olivier, Albert Finney, Peter Sellers, David Frost, and Jack Paar. ABC's effort to bring culture to the masses was a noble but unsuccessful experiment. Scheduled first against I Spy on Wednesdays and then The Dean Martin Show on Thursdays, the show consistently received low ratings. Its last production, an adaptation of Jean Cocteau's one-woman play The Human Voice starring Ingrid Bergman, aired on May 4, 1967. "Stage 67" was not actually a part of the primary ABC facilities in Los Angeles. It was produced at the old Monogram Studios backlot that was later sold to KCET.

Release Date: 1966-09-14

Character: Self

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 5

The Frost Report

The Frost Report was a satirical television show hosted by David Frost. It ran for 28 episodes on the BBC from 1966 to 1967. It is notable for introducing John Cleese, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett to television, and also launching the careers of other writers and performers.

Release Date: 1966-03-01

Episode Count: 28

The Saint

Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.

Release Date: 1962-10-04

Character: Nicky, Call Boy

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 116

Christmas Night with the Stars

A gala programme broadcast each Christmas night by the BBC from 1958 to 1972 and also revived in 1994. It was hosted by a leading star and featured specially made short, seasonal editions of the previous year's most popular sitcoms and light entertainment programmes.

Release Date: 1958-12-25

Episode Count: 14