The Ronnie Barker Collection / Hark At Barker / Six Dates With Barker

The collection includes the complete series of Hark At Barker and Six Dates With Barker, which are also available separately.

Hark at Barker: Ronnie Barker stars as the doddering, decrepit Lord Rustless - hereditary owner of Chrome Hall and professional pontificator on whatever takes his fancy. Illustrating Rustless's subject of the week is/are a number of sketch-based examples, allowing the versatile Barker to play a number of roles in each show. Ably supported by David Jason (who also plays multiple roles), these hilarious sketches showcase both comedians' pitch-perfect timing and mastery of humour. All 15 episodes are included here, complete and uncut in a two-disc set, RRP £19.99.

Unseen for nearly forty years, Hark at Barker was written by many comedy stalwarts, including Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie (The Goodies), Eric Idle (Monty Python's Flying Circus) and Ronnie Barker himself, under the pseudonym Gerald Wiley. This series earned Barker the 1969 Variety Club Award for ITV Personality of the Year.

Six Dates with Barker: Made in 1971, Six Dates with Barker ably showcases the sheer versatility and humour of one of the great heroes of comedy. With scripts from comedy legends such as John Cleese, Spike Milligan and Barker himself (writing as Gerald Wiley), the series had a different story for each show, ranging from the Phantom Raspberry Blower terrorising Victorian London to a far future where laughter is compulsory and grave consequences await those who dont All six dates are contained here complete and uncut, RRP £14.99.

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