And It's Goodnight from Him . . .
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Nicklaus, Jack 204
Night Must Fall 42
No, That’s Me Over Here (TV sitcom) 54–5
Nobbs, David 61, 82, 245, 247
Norden, Denis 265
Not the Nine O’Clock News (TV series) 215
Notting Hill Gate, London 26
Nureyev, Rudolf 208
Odd Couple, The (TV sitcom) 238
Odd Job, The (TV sitcom) 273–4
Old Lodge, The, Limpsfield, Surrey 210
Oldie magazine 296
Oliver, Vic 220
Olivier, Laurence (Lord Olivier) 29–30, 36, 44–5, 212, 295
On the Brighter Side revue 142
One Foot in the Grave (TV sitcom) 228
Only Fools and Horses (TV sitcom) 266
Open All Hours (TV sitcom) 152–3, 237, 253, 274, 276, 292
Operation Snatch (film) 30–31
Oriental Hotel, Bangkok 197
Oxford 35, 37, 40, 41, 235, 236
Oxford Playhouse 41, 42, 43–4, 43, 262, 276
Packer, Kerry 203–4
Packer, Ros 203
Paignton, Devon 102
Palin, Michael 9, 53, 71, 91, 118, 270
Palmer, Toni 29
Paltrow, Gwyneth 276
Paradis Latin, Paris 196
Paris Theatre, London 3
Park, Sir Andrew 194–5
Parkinson, Michael 264, 267
Pasha, Omar 192
Patey’s hats, East Dulwich, London 185
Pattaya 197
Patterson, Jennifer 268
Patton Brothers 155
Penina golf course, Algarve 168–70
Philip, Prince, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh 269
Phillips, Leslie 56
Phuket 197
Pickard, Helena (Pixie) 24–5
Picnic, The (silent film) 217
Pink Giraffe Club, Hong Kong Sheraton 197, 198
Pinner, Middlesex 94, 108, 148, 179, 215, 239
Plantin, Marcus 264
Porridge 150–52, 153, 189, 192, 193, 237, 253, 274–5, 276, 292
Power of Darkness, The (play) 170
Prestonfield golf course, Edinburgh 167
Priestley, J. B. 25
Private Secretary, The (play) 43
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham 146
Queens Ice Rink, Bayswater, London 50
Raasay island 19
Radio Times 52, 287
RAF Spitalgate, Grantham, Lincolnshire 23
Raiders of the Lost Ark (film) 251
Ray, Ted 61, 108
Reader’s Digest 221
Reagan, Ronald 260
Redgrave, Vanessa 262
Rediffusion 54
Regent’s Park, London 27
Regiment, The (TV series) 103
Reith, Lord 280
Renwick, David 82, 228–9, 238, 245, 248, 251, 281
Reveille 220
Rhyl, North Wales 39, 40
Rhys Jones, Griff 215, 216
Rich, Buddy 227
Richardson, Sir Ralph 25
Richman, Stella 73
Rising Damp (TV sitcom) 152
Ritz Hotel, Piccadilly, London 5, 79, 258, 259
Rockets Galore (film) 30
Rodgers, Phil 204
Rodgers, Richard 32
Rolls-Royce headquarters, Crewe 163–4
Ronnie Barker Playhouse, The (TV series) 55, 62
Ronnie Barker Yearbook, The (TV special) 84
Ronnie Corbett in Bed (TV special) 84, 85–6
Rooney, Mickey 139
Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia 213
Rossiter, Leonard 136–7
Roxburghe, Duke of 139
Roxburghe hotel, Edinburgh 170
Royal and Ancient Golf Club, St Andrews 17
Royal Command Performances 268–9, 284
Royal Court Upstairs, Sloane Square, London 46
Royal High School, Edinburgh 17
Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh 21
Royal Sydney Golf Club 213–14
Royal Variety Show 227
St Andrews 15–17, 19, 165
St Catherine-in-the-Grange church youth club, Edinburgh 21
St George’s League Club, Sydney 195
St John Stevas, Norman 54
St John’s Wood, London 25, 26, 297
St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden, London (the Actors’ Church) 287
Saint, The (TV series) 55
Saints and Sinners Club, London 260–61, 297
Sally (Jimmy Gilbert’s secretary) 53
Savoy Theatre, Savoy Court, London 44, 260
Scurr, Martin 210–211
Secombe, Sir Harry 205, 221, 297
Second City Review (university show) 5
Second World War 19, 21
Selhurst Park, London 166, 269
Sellers, Peter 60
Sergeant, John 260, 261
Seven of One (TV shows) 149–50, 152
Shaftesbury Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London 6, 49, 257
Shakespeare, William 29–30, 137, 236, 237
A Midsummer Night’s Dream 273
The Comedy of Errors 32
Shand, Neil 9, 53
Shaw, George Bernard 137
Sherrin, Ned 296
Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire 46
silent films 216–19, 218
Sim, Alastair 14, 36, 194
Simmons, Jean 170
Sims, Joan 145
Sinden, Sir Donald 214, 257
Six Dates with Barker series 241
Six Faces of Jim (TV series) 265
Skinner, Frank 259
Slough, Berkshire 62, 226
Slough Crematorium 228
Small Talk (TV programme) 257–8
Smith, Alastair 37
Smith, Ian 37
Smith, Madeline 92
Smith, Dame Maggie 17, 262, 263
Smith, Mel 215, 216
Smith, W. H. 97
Snowdon, Antony Armstrong-Jones, Lord 54
Solly, Bill 124
Some Mothers Do ’Ave ’Em (TV sitcom) 253
Sorry (TV sitcom) 156–9, 253, 259
Sousa, John Philip 86, 124
Spall, Timothy 263
speciality acts 192–3
Spitfire Fund 21
Stage, The 144, 236
Stage Golfing Society 168
Star of India, Westbourne Grove, London 140–41, 243
Star pub, Belgravia 28
Star Trek (TV series) 103
Stark, Koo 101
Steafel, Sheila 9, 53, 58
Steele, Tommy 165
Step Rock, St Andrews 15–16
Step Rock Pavilion, St Andrews 16
Stone, Paddy 6
Stoppard, Sir Tom 70
The Real Inspector Hound 107, 237, 288
Stork Club, Streatham 27
Strauss, Johann 124
Streisand, Barbra 50
Sullivan, John 117, 245
Summertime 44
Sumner, Derek 130
Sun 291
Swanson, Gloria 262–3
Swit, Loretta 133
Sydney 195–201, 205
Sydney Morning Herald 195–6
Sydney Opera House 202–3
Ta Morgan (horse) 165
Take It From Here (radio series) 265
Talk of the Town, The, cabaret restaurant, London 6, 61
Tarbuck, Jimmy 137, 169, 170, 275
Tarrant, Chris 288
Taylor, Lynton 203, 204
Te Kanawa, Kiri 32
Television All-Stars and Showbiz XI 54, 165
Tennyson, Alfred, Lord 295
Terry-Thomas 28, 30
Tewson, Josephine 58, 59, 60, 62, 64, 73, 74, 237, 241, 271–2, 296
Thames Television 65
That Was the Week That Was (TV series) 5, 296
This Is Your Life (TV series) 65–7
Thompson, Bernard 53
Thompson, Emma 241
Thurber, James 158
Top
of the Form (film) 25
Torquay, Devon 102
Trevino, Lee 168
Trevor, William 262
Trinder, Tommy 177
Twang (musical) 6–9, 34, 121
Two Fat Ladies, The (TV series) 268, 297
Two Ronnies, The (TV series) 39, 163, 257, 292, 294, 302
audiences 89, 131–8
catchphrase 78, 94, 242, 277, 291
Charley Farley and Piggy Malone 102–3, 103
criticism 215–16
drag 104–5, 126
filmed serials 87, 92, 96–111, 114, 148
‘Four Candles/Fork Handles’ sketch 179–84, 280, 290, 291, 296
guest spots 86, 92–3, 94, 114
Jehosaphat and Jones 93–4, 206
joke selecting 82–3
last show (a Christmas special) 240, 241–3, 243
launch of first edition (10 April 1971) 90
Mastermind sketch 281–3
Mudguard and Pith 233, 234, 234
musical finales 84, 86, 113, 115, 123–7, 125, 126, 238
‘newsreaders’ 80–84, 81, 90–91, 112, 137, 245, 270–71
origin of the show 74–5
party sketches 86, 88, 112, 115–21, 238
popularity of 4, 144, 149, 172, 215, 227
problems getting material 238
and RB as writer 72
RB’s monologues 79, 86, 92, 113, 114, 229–32, 242, 248
RC’s monologues 79, 86, 92, 113, 114, 135–6, 219–29, 232, 238, 242, 248–51
RC’s and RB’s lives dominated by the show 95
RC’s style 61, 62
recording 122, 123–7
rehearsals 112–15, 122, 129–31
sketches 86, 88, 91, 94, 115, 158, 174–7, 233–4, 234, 238, 240, 242, 245–8, 246
stage version 152, 208–212, 211, 255
title of the show 76–7
two series in Australia 203–7, 240
Two Ronnies Christmas Sketchbook, The (TV programme) 285–7, 301
Two Ronnies Sketchbook, The (TV series) 278–84, 285
Tynan, Kenneth 2
Upper Norwood, Greater London 49
Upstairs, Downstairs (TV sitcom) 103
Usher, Freddie 245
Variety Playhouse (radio show) 5
Vegas, Johnny 271
Victoria Palace Theatre, London 268–9
Victory Club, Edgware Road, London 1–2
Villiers, James 31
Vincent, Peter 61, 82, 112, 115, 157, 174, 229–30, 231, 245, 248, 278
Vosburgh, Dick 6, 9, 53, 61, 86, 107, 123–4, 228, 245
Wall, Max 105
Walton’s restaurant, Walton Street, London 187
Warans, Bobby 129
Warner Brothers 263
Water Rats 151–2, 177, 178
Waverley, Ron (Ron Elms) 138, 139–40, 162
We Have Ways of Making You Laugh (TV show) 59
Wentworth, Horace 38
Westminster Abbey, London 293
White, Jim 291
White City, Shepherd’s Bush, London 56–7
Whitehouse, Mary 216–19
Whitfield, June 265
Wilde, Brian 150
Wilder, Gene 271
Wiley, Gerald see Barker, Ronnie
Williams, Emlyn: A Murder Has Been Arranged 38
Williams, Michael 257
Williams, Tennessee: Camino Real 45
Wilson, Bill and Mrs 53
Wingfield Hospital, Oxford 40
Winston’s Club, London 5, 6, 8, 29, 32, 49, 293, 302
Winters, Mike and Bernie 165
Wise, Ernie 108, 301
Wogan (TV programme) 137
Wolfe, Digby 28–9
World of Sport (TV programme) 59
Wrest Point, Tasmania 196
Wright, Reverend Robert 296
Yana Show, The (TV programme) 29
Yes, Minister (TV sitcom) 9
York, Susannah 101
Young, Jimmy 248
Youngman, Henny 61
You’re Only Young Twice (film) 25
Zahl, Sonny 69, 70
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