His Lordship Entertains
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| His Lordship Entertains | |
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 The cast of 'His Lordship Entertains' |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Starring | Ronnie Barker Josephine Tewson David Jason Mary Baxter Moira Foot Frank Gatliff |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBC2 |
| Original run | 5 Jun 1972 – 17 Jul 1972 |
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| IMDb profile | |
His Lordship Entertains was Ronnie Barker's second sitcom vehicle for his Lord Rustless character, first seen three years earlier in Hark at Barker on ITV. This time though, Rustless had switched channels and was now appearing on BBC2.
Set again in the aristocratic Chrome Hall, which had now become a hotel. It again also starred David Jason as the 100 year old Dithers and Josephine Tewson as Mildred Bates. Two actors who would go on to have a long working relationship with Barker.
Barker wrote all the scripts under the pseudonym Jonathan Cobbald. [1]. He liked to refer to the show as "Fawlty Towers mark one" as it appeared on television three years before that other hotel bound sitcom.
[edit] Archive status
Sadly no episodes any longer exist of His Lordship Entertains in the archives. Its scripts though were later published in Ronnie Barker's anthology 'All I Ever Wrote'. [2] [3]
[edit] External links
- BBC Comedy Guide entry on His Lordship Entertains
- BBC Comedy Guide pictures from His Lordship Entertains
- Lost Shows on archive status of His Lordship Entertains
| Ronnie Barker |
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| 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 |
