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Overview

Hark at Barker was a 1969 British comedy series 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.

Series Cast

  1. David Jason as Dithers

    David Jason

    Dithers

    15 Episodes

  2. Josephine Tewson as

    Josephine Tewson

    15 Episodes

  3. Ronnie Barker as

    Ronnie Barker

    15 Episodes

  4. Jerold Wells as

    Jerold Wells

    1 Episode

  5. David Prowse as

    David Prowse

    1 Episode

  6. May Warden as

    May Warden

    1 Episode

  7. Richard Caldicot as

    Richard Caldicot

    1 Episode

  8. Lionel Murton as

    Lionel Murton

    1 Episode

  9. Alex Scott as

    Alex Scott

    1 Episode

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Last Season

Season 2

1970 • 7 Episodes

Season 2 of Hark at Barker premiered on July 10, 1970.

Rustless on Sport

(2x7, August 21, 1970) Season Finale

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Status Ended

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Type Scripted

Original Language English

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