query: instance_of the two ronnies sketchbook
supports: The Two Ronnies Sketchbook was a collection of classic sketches from the BBC comedy series The Two Ronnies , with newly filmed introductions by the stars , Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett . It was broadcast 34 years after the first ever episode of The Two Ronnies was aired and 18 years after the final episode aired . The show came about following the BBC 's broadcast of Ronnie Barker : A Bafta Tribute in February 2004 , a show which gained a large audience ( 7.2 million ) , proving there was still great interest in Barker 's comedy work . The BAFTA lifetime achievement award was presented to Barker by Ronnie Corbett , and the two proved they still had great chemistry . Six hour - long episodes of The Two Ronnies Sketchbook aired on BBC 1 in March and April 2005 . It saw the Two Ronnies back behind their famous news desk , introducing some of their favourite sketches and re-reading some of the classic news items that began and ended every episode of The Two Ronnies . Much was made of the fact that the sketches chosen were shown in their entirety . Each week an episode of the classic Spike Milligan - scripted serial The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town was shown , and each episode featured a new performance by a popular singer . The sketches chosen were considered true classics - the short - sighted optician , ' Nuts m'lord ' , the Mastermind spoof ( Specialist subject : Answering the Question Before Last ) , and , the sketch voted the nation 's favourite , Four Candles ( The Two Ronnies left this last sketch until the very end of the sixth episode , pretending they had forgotten about it ) . The newly recorded introductions provided an opportunity for plenty of good - humoured banter between the pair . The show was met with approval from audiences - 7.9 million tuning in for the opening episode , with many of them too young to have seen The Two Ronnies when it was first broadcast . Ronnie Corbett later said that Ronnie Barker was `` delighted that the Two Ronnies Sketchbook had gone so well , bringing us to a new generation of audiences '' . This proved to be Barker 's final television work . He appeared frail and had lost a lot of weight , and it later became clear that he had been very unwell with a heart condition whilst filming the show . However , he was determined to record one final Christmas special of The Two Ronnies , and so , on 5 July 2005 , The Two Ronnies Christmas Sketchbook was recorded . It was 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 . Sir William Frederick "Bill" Cotton CBE (23 April 1928  11 August 2008) was a British television producer and executive, and the son of big-band leader Billy Cotton. Ronald Balfour "Ronnie" Corbett, CBE (4 December 1930  31 March 2016) was a Scottish stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and broadcaster, best known for his long association with Ronnie Barker in the BBC television comedy sketch show "The Two Ronnies". He achieved prominence in David Frost's 1960s satirical comedy programme "The Frost Report" (with Barker) and subsequently starred in sitcoms such as "No  That's Me Over Here!", "Now Look Here", and "Sorry!" Open All Hours is a BBC television sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke for the BBC. It ran for 26 episodes in four series, which premiered in 1976, 1981, 1982 and 1985. The programme developed from a television pilot broadcast in Ronnie Barker's comedy anthology series, "Seven of One" (1973). "Open All Hours" ranked eighth in the 2004 Britain's Best Sitcom poll. A sequel, entitled "Still Open All Hours", was created in 2013. Ronald William George "Ronnie" Barker, (25 September 1929  3 October 2005) was an English actor, comedian, and writer. He was known for roles in British comedy television series such as "Porridge", "The Two Ronnies", and "Open All Hours". The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster. It is headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, is the world's oldest national broadcasting organisation, and is the largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees, with over 20,950 staff in total, of whom 16,672 are in public sector broadcasting; including part-time, flexible as well as fixed contract staff, the total number is 35,402. Now Look Here is a BBC situation comedy which ran for two series of seven episodes each during 1971 to 1973. It was written by Barry Cryer. The Frost Report was a satirical television show hosted by David Frost. It ran for 28 episodes on the BBC from 10 March 1966 to 26 December 1967. It introduced John Cleese, Ronnie Barker, and Ronnie Corbett to television, and launched the careers of other writers and performers. Sir David Paradine Frost, (7 April 1939  31 August 2013) was an English journalist, comedian, writer, media personality and television host. The Two Ronnies is a BBC television comedy sketch show created by Bill Cotton for the BBC, which aired on BBC One from 1971 to 1987. It featured the double act of Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett, the two Ronnies of the title. A double act, also known as a comedy duo, is a comic pairing in which humor is derived from the uneven relationship between two partners, usually of the same gender, age, ethnic origin and profession but drastically different in terms of personality or behavior. Often one of the members of the duothe straight man, feed, dead wood, or stoogeis portrayed as reasonable and serious, while the other onethe funny man, banana man or comicis portrayed as funny, less educated or less intelligent, silly, or unorthodox. If the audience identifies primarily with one character, the other will often be referred to as a comic foil. The term "feed" comes from the way a straight man is wont to set up jokes and "feed" them to his partner.
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answer: television series