British comedy icon Ronnie Corbett admits he felt a bit guilty doing a Christmas show without his late partner Ronnie Barker, who was the other half of the Two Ronnies.
The pair had been a staple of Christmas comedy on BBC television in the UK till Barker’s death in 2005. The last time they appeared together was in The Two Ronnies Christmas Sketchbook, transmitted after Barker’s death that October.
The show planned for this Christmas is called The One Ronnie and is in recognition of the veteran star’s 80th birthday. In it he’ll be starring with younger comic talents, and the show has been produced by Little Britain stars Matt Lucas and David Walliams.
Among Corbett’s co-stars are Harry Enfield, Catherine Tate, Rob Brydon, Miranda Hart, Charlotte Church, Robert Lindsay, Matt Lucas and David Walliams.
Corbett is quoted as saying: “It [recording the show without Barker] was really quite touching and at the end it was difficult for me not to be saying, ‘And it’s goodnight from me and it’s goodnight from him.’ So yes, it really was quite touching.”
The “goodnight from me” line always ended The Two Ronnies, as Corbett would say, “And it’s goodnight from me” and Barker, sitting alongside him, would say, “And it’s goodnight from him.”
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