Clarence (TV series)

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Clarence
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Genre	Comedy
Creator(s)	Ronnie Barker
Starring	Ronnie Barker Josephine Tewson
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	6
Production
Running time	30 minutes per episode
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC-1
Original run	January 4, 1988 – February 8, 1988

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.

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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 by Hugh Leonard [1], an earlier programme in the 1971 LWT comedy series, Six Dates With Barker.

Only one series of Clarence was made, which is now available on DVD.

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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