His Lordship Entertains
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| His Lordship Entertains | |
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 The cast of 'His Lordship Entertains' |
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| Format | Comedy |
| Starring | Ronnie Barker Josephine Tewson David Jason Mary Baxter Moira Foot Frank Gatliff |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
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| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBC2 |
| Original run | 5 Jun 1972 – 17 Jul 1972 |
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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
No episodes of His Lordship Entertains remain in the archives, though its scripts were later published in Ronnie Barker's anthology All I Ever Wrote. [2] [3]
[edit] External links
- His Lordship Entertains at the bbc.co.uk Guide to Comedy
- His Lordship Entertains at Lost Shows
- His Lordship Entertains at the Internet Movie Database
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