6.0

0 hr 30 min

1969-04-11

2

Hark at Barker is a 1969 British programme combining elements of sitcom and sketch show, which starred Ronnie Barker. It was made for the ITV network by LWT. Each show began with a spoof news item read by Barker as a continuity announcer. He would then introduce the main part of the programme, a lecture to be given by Lord Rustless on a different topic each week from his stately home, Chrome Hall. Helped and hindered by Rustless' secretary Bates, his Butler Badger, his bad-tempered Cook, his incoherent gardener Dithers and his buxom, near-mute maid Effie, these lectures invariably degenerated into farce, and were frequently interrupted by comic sketches on film or videotape which also starred Barker in various roles. Barker reprised the role of Lord Rustless in the BBC series His Lordship Entertains, and played very similar characters in Futtock's End and the Two Ronnies specials The Picnic and By the Sea.

Comedy

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Characters

Ronnie Barker

Ronnie Barker

Lord Rustless / Various Characters

Josephine Tewson

Josephine Tewson

Mildred Bates

Frank Gatliff

Frank Gatliff

Badger

Mary Baxter

Mary Baxter

Cook

David Jason

David Jason

Dithers

Moira Foot

Moira Foot

Effie

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