The Two Ronnies

Two Ronnies 'four candles' script sells for £28,000

A buyer has forked out £28,000 for the handwritten script of The Two Ronnies' 'four candles' sketch.

Four Candles sketch set to sell for £40,000

Ronnie Barker's famous 'Four Candles' sketch is set to sell for £40,000 at auction.

Original script of 'Fork Handles' to be auctioned

Penned by Ronnie Barker, the single sheet - handwritten in red ink - is expected to fetch up to £40,000 at auction.

TV humour is lewd, lavatorial & lacking any form of wit

The problem, however, is bigger than just one show. For the abject and high-profile failure of The Nightly Show raises a disturbing question. What has happened to British comedy? The sheer unfunniness of much of it is beyond depressing.

Archive: Two Ronnies review, 26 May 1978

Ronnie Corbett - 'He looks like one of those shopkeepers who are continually smitten by big business'

Ronnie Corbett's funniest Two Ronnies headlines

We've compiled some of Ronnie Corbett's finest news headlines from the iconic Two Ronnies series.

These are the greatest British comedies of all time

A new poll released by YouGov shows the highest ranking British comedies as chosen by the public.

First class! The Two Ronnies get their own stamps

Comedians Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett among those honoured in the latest series of stamps from the Royal Mail.

The double act's popularity is still booming

For years The Two Ronnies were regarded as unfunny and unfashionable - now we're once more celebrating their brand of humour.

For an example of what the Beeb's production values can do to enhance mediocre material, there was, or were, The Two Ronnies (BBC1). Ronnie Barker has a very good news number, full of information to help make the Common Market more confusing. 'Here is a graph. Here is another graph. Here is the first graph upside-down.' But generally the show's level of verbal invention was somewhere between pun and innuendo, with words like 'commitments' being employed to mean 'balls.'