A buyer has forked out £28,000 for the handwritten script of The Two Ronnies' 'four candles' sketch. Penned by Ronnie Barker under the pseudonym Gerald Wiley, it first aired on the BBC in 1976 and ...

Ronnie Barker's handwritten four-page script for the 'Four Candles' sketch is set to sell for £40,000 at auction. The classic scene, first aired by the BBC in 1976, features Barker trying to buy ...

Ronnie Corbett's death at the age of 85 on Thursday is a great loss for British comedy. As the Two Ronnies, Corbett and partner Ronnie Barker bounced off each other to deliver some of the nation's ...

19:27, Thu, Jun 5, 2025 Updated: 21:06, Thu, Jun 5, 2025 Ronnie Barker is hailed as one of Britain’s most popular entertainers after being catapulted to fame during the 1960s. After winning over fans ...

Ronnie Barker’s handwritten script for the classic Four Candles sketch sold for £48,500 yesterday. The four-page A4 script, written in red ink, was sold in an online auction for well over the £30,000 ...

It’s the birthplace of some of the greatest playwrights, authors, actors and filmmakers of all time. Not to mention the country that spawned eight of the 10 best rock bands ever. But when it comes to ...

Stars and fans have paid tribute to 5ft 1in comedy giant Ronnie Corbett at Westminster Abbey with four candles, referencing the famous sketch, placed "centre stage". Dame Barbara Windsor, actress ...

Four candles were lit at the funeral of comedy legend Ronnie Corbett paying homage to one of the Two Ronnies' most famous jokes. The entertainer was laid to rest at the St John the Evangelist Church ...

Carl Morley, a 33-year-old from Belvoir Street in Normanton, has been jailed for 21 days, in a crime that has sparked memories of a classic Two Ronnies Sketch. Morley visited Boots in Derby last week, ...