A Few Well-Frozen Worms

The second instalment of classic writing from Britain's best-loved comic star

One of the greatest entertainers of his generation, Ronnie Barker was loved by millions for his roles in classic shows Open All Hours, Porridge and The Frost Report. Born in Bedford in 1929, Ronnie Barker began writing and performing in radio shows such as The Navy Lark. Barker met his comedy partner Ronnie Corbett while working on The Frost Report. Legend has it that they were signed up by the BBC after they impressed producers by filling in when a technical hitch occurred during the BAFTA awards. A gifted character actor as well as comedy writer, Barker went to star in classic sitcoms Open All Hours and Porridge.

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.

The Bery Vest of Ronnie Barker

Fork Handles

The definitive collection of classic writing from Britain's best-loved comic star

One of the most memorable, greatest performers of the television age

A true icon of situation comedy and character comedy and there was nobody to my mind to touch him

[Ronnie Barker] had this extraordinary ability to make the nation laugh, probably more often than anyone else I know

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.

Ronnie Barker At The Beeb

Songs, sketches, satire and sitcom from a man of many parts, all of them hilarious.

Few are better at reducing people to tears of mirth than Ronnie Barker. Here, in a classic compilation, is the incomparable laughter-maker with some of the great highlights from a stellar radio and TV career that spanned more than thirty years. From his early radio shows – Floggit’s, The Navy Lark and Lines from my Grandfather’s Forehead – to his television successes The Frost Report, Porridge, Open All Hours and of course The Two Ronnies, he entertained the nation with his versatility, quick-wittedness and sheer comic genius. This collection showcases Ronnie Barker at his brilliant best, encompassing songs, extracts from Porridge and Open All Hours and much-loved sketches from The Two Ronnies.

Ronnie Barker

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.

Ronnie Barker

Books by Ronnie Barker

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