broadcast on Christmas Day of the same year, two months after Barker's death (Ronnie Corbett paid tribute to him in a specially recorded introduction to the show), and saw the pair introduce their favourite sketches from their Christmas shows. Again, the show was a rousing success, and - with 7.93 million viewers - was the fourth most watched programme on Christmas Day. Repeat broadcasts The full series of The Two Ronnies Sketchbook was repeated on GOLD daily in Autumn 2007 but was edited to a 30-minute time slot, therefore the show was broadcast in 12 episodes consecutively instead of six 60-minute shows. Since then the full series has not been repeated but The Two Ronnies Christmas Sketchbook has been repeated over the festive period on both GOLD and BBC One. In December 2011, BBC One repeated some episodes of the series again but only in the 30 minute format. On 23 December 2011, BBC One repeated a full sixty minute episode of The Two Ronnies Sketchbook for the first time since 2005. On 2, 3 and 4 January 2013 BBC One again repeated three thirty minutes edited episodes of the show. Repeats of the show have since began broadcasting on GOLD from 1 November 2013. Repeat broadcastings of the 30 minute edited shows aired again in December 2014 on BBC One on Friday nights in the 7:30pm slot. GOLD regularly repeat the series and have recently been showing episodes cut down to 45 minutes, to allow adverts. Episode 3 was repeated on BBC One in thirty minute form on 1 April 2016, after the death of Ronnie Corbett. During December 2020, BBC Four repeated the show in the 30 minute format for the Christmas holidays. References External links 2000s British comedy television series 2005 British television series debuts 2005 British television series endings BBC television sketch shows