Clarence (TV series)

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Clarence was a 1988 BBC situation comedy starring Ronnie Barker and Josephine Tewson, written by Ronnie Barker under the pseudonym "Bob Ferris". It was Barker's final sitcom appearance before his retirement.

[edit] Plot

In 1937, on the day of King George VI's coronation, Clarence Sale, a myopic removal man is clearing the house of a snooty upper-class lady who is moving abroad. There, he meets Jane Travers, her maid. The pair are mutually attracted and soon Clarence proposes to her. Jane decides that they should have a trial period of living together in a small cottage she has been given in an inheritance to see if they are compatible, with a bolster in the bed to preserve her chasteness. The series followed this unconventional relationship, as well as Clarence's attempts at his furniture-moving profession.

Barker had previously faced criticism over his employment of a stammer for comedic effect in Open All Hours. However, the slapstick potential of a short-sighted furniture shifter must have seemed irresistible. The series was inspired by The Removals Person, an earlier programme in the 1971 LWT comedy series, Six Dates with Barker. Only one series was made, which is now available on DVD.

[edit] External links

• Clarence at the BBC Guide to Comedy
• Clarence at IMDb

Ronnie Barker
Situation Comedies
The Navy Lark | Six Dates With Barker | Hark at Barker | His Lordship Entertains | Seven of One | Porridge | Going Straight | Open All Hours | The Magnificent Evans | Clarence
Sketch Shows
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead | The Frost Report | The Ronnie Barker Playhouse | The Two Ronnies | The Two Ronnies Sketchbook
Short Films
A Home of Your Own | Futtock's End | The Picnic | By the Sea
Other Roles
Robin and Marian | The Gathering Storm | My House in Umbria
Notable Collaborators
Ronnie Corbett | David Jason | Richard Beckinsale | David Frost | Dick Clement | Ian Le Frenais | Roy Clarke