Six Dates with Barker

Six Dates with Barker
Starring Ronnie Barker
Christopher Timothy
Valentine Dyall
Lesley-Anne Down
Michael Bates
Freddie Jones
Michael Hordern
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of episodes 6
Production
Running time 25 minutes
Release
Original network London Weekend Television
Original release 8 January – 12 February 1971

Six Dates with Barker is a series of six one-off, half-hour situation comedies showcasing the talents of Ronnie Barker. All were broadcast by London Weekend Television early in 1971.

Writers on the series included John Cleese and Spike Milligan. The producer was Humphrey Barclay.

Episode list

Spin-offs

There were several spin-offs to come from this series.

Archive status and DVD release

Unlike many television programmes of the time, all six shows exist in the archives. They have been released by Network DVD, both as a single-disc individual release and together with Hark at Barker as The Ronnie Barker Collection.[12]

Trivia

All episodes were produced in colour except The Odd Job, which was videotaped in black and white due to the 1971 ITV Colour Strike.[13]

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