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Ronnie Barker has long been known as one of Britain’s greatest comedy performers. But he was also responsible for writing much of the material he performed, often hiding the fact from the public by using a number of pen names. Showcasing the complete work of a true comic icon, All I Ever Wrote is a laugh-out-loud collection of sketches, monologues, songs, poems and scripts from every strand of Ronnie’s long and brilliant career. With gems like ‘Fork Handle’s,’ Three Classes’ and ‘Pismonouncers Unanimous', Ronnie’s clever writing, double entendres and spoonerisms will bring a smile to your face, as you rediscover some of the twentieth century’s finest comedy moments.

With a foreword by Ronnie Corbett.Loved by millions and collected here for the first time is the very best of Ronnie Barker’s classic sketches, monologues, songs and, of course, the brilliant two-handers that he wrote for The Two Ronnies. Celebrating his genius for comic wordplay, this wonderful collection includes ‘Pismonouncers Unanimous’, ‘An Appeal for Women’ ‘Swedish for Beginners’ and the nation’s favourite sketch, ‘Fork Handles’.As talented a writer as he was performer, Ronnie Barker was behind the best known Two Ronnies’ material. His comedy writing was so prolific that he began using the pseudonym Gerald Wiley while working on Frost on Sunday, which he continued when making The Two Ronnies, so eager was he to ensure that his writing was judged on its merit alone. Showcasing the work of a true comic icon, and one of the best writers and comedians of the twentieth century, Fork Handles is every bit as warm and funny as Ronnie Barker himself.

With a fondness for spoonerisms and double entendres, Ronnie Barker is one of the nation’s greatest comics. Gathered together in this second ‘best of’ volume is a cocktail of his sketches and monologues from every strand of his long and brilliant career.

Ronnie Barker has long been known as one of Britain’s greatest comedy performers. But he was also responsible for writing much of the material he performed, often hiding the fact from the public by using a number of pen names. Showcasing the complete work of a true comic icon, All I Ever Wrote is a laugh-out-loud collection of sketches, monologues, songs, poems and scripts from every strand of Ronnie’s long and brilliant career. With gems like ‘Fork Handle’s,’ Three Classes’ and ‘Pismonouncers Unanimous', Ronnie’s clever writing, double entendres and spoonerisms will bring a smile to your face, as you rediscover some of the twentieth century’s finest comedy moments.

Eight episodes of the vintage BBC Radio comedy starring Ronnie BarkerCreated by Ronnie Barker and producer John Fawcett Wilson, Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead ran for two series on BBC Radio 4 from 1971-72, winning a Writers' Guild Award for best radio comedy series. Scripted by Gerald Wiley (the pseudonym used by Ronnie Barker) and a team of writers including David Nobbs and Miles Kington, this 'sequential entertainment for radio' featured sketches, monologues, music and poems.Among the hilarious sketches performed here, you'll meet a struggling vicar, a Welsh birthday card poet, a perplexed psychoanalyst and a forgetful actor, and learn about the life of a great Englishman. There's also an odd romantic tryst, a grave digger's wedding, a bizarre slice of Shakespeare and a spoof of Paul Temple, and we hear the facts of life from the Minister for Population. Plus, treat your ears to an operatic train announcement, a poem for a man with a plan, the Aurora Borealis Waltz and a song about a beautiful - but sadly teetotal - maid....Brimming with witty wordplay, this cornucopia of clever comedy stars 'The One Ronnie' - Ronnie Barker - with Terence Brady, Pauline Yates, Ann Beach and John Graham.NB: Some of the humour on this recording reflects the era in which it was first broadcastCast and creditsStarring Ronnie BarkerWith Terence Brady, Pauline Yates, Ann Beach and John GrahamPianist: Gordon LangfordBanjo: Dick AbellWritten by John Graham, David Nobbs, David McKellar and Peter Vincent, Donald Monat and June Dixon, Myles Rudge and Ted Dicks, Pete Spence, Chris Allen, David Climie, Allan Scott and Chris Bryant, Tony Bilbow, Mike Fentiman, Chris Miller, Robert W. Service, Gordon Langford, Arnold Brown, Donald Churchill, Don Currell and Andy Kelvin, Charles Griffin, Miles Kington, Roy Lomax, Max Harris, Terence Brady, Peter N Christie, Bert Fisher, Christopher Langham, Katie Moss, Guy Boas, Kevin Paul and Harold Arpthorp, Peter Campbell, Ted Clayton and Patrick Ennis, Frank A Terry and Gerald WileyProduced by John Fawcett-WilsonWith thanks to Keith Wickham of the Radio Circle for supplying some of these audio recordingsCopyright (c) 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd