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53-594: Treharris is a small town and community (and electoral ward ) in the Taff Bargoed Valley in the south of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough , South Wales . It is located about 0.6 miles (1.0 km) west of Trelewis , from which it is separated by the Taff Bargoed river, and 0.9 miles (1.4 km) from Nelson in Caerphilly county borough and has a population of 6,356 from the 2011 Census. As
106-579: A community, Treharris includes the villages of Quakers Yard and Edwardsville . Due to steepness and narrowness of both the Taff and Taff Bargoed valleys at Treharris several notable bridges and viaducts have been built in the area. The town was formed around Harris's Deep Navigation Colliery , which begun coal mining excavations in 1878, after sinking started in 1872. The colliery and village were named after F. W. Harris and his Harris Navigation Steam Coal Company. Originally known as Harris's Navigation Pits,
159-465: A feather tonight?" ( sotto voce ) "I beg your pardon?" (outraged) "Particularly grotty weather tonight" Some of the show's material contained elements of surreal or left field humour, in the vein of Monty Python , and was considered edgier and more sophisticated than the more traditional routines of Morecambe and Wise . The duo had formed some time after their peers by which time the comedy world had moved on to satire , absurdist surrealism and
212-419: A foil for Barker, but remained an important part of the chemistry. Many of the jokes revolved around his lack of height, with him delivering many of them himself: when Barker said that the next part "does suit Ronnie C. right down to the ground", Corbett replied "Mind you, that's not far is it?". Other jokes could be of a sexual nature of the sort found on seaside postcards : for example: "Tickle your botty with
265-538: A meal straight after the recording, keeping it a very low-key affair. The Two Ronnies was regularly screened in Australia on ABC Television , and was repeated several times. In 1986 the series was reported as being into its second or third airing, and being broadcast in a respectable time slot. In 1979, a series was made for the Nine Network in Australia under the title of The Two Ronnies in Australia . It
318-514: A note, and the duo are sent in search of the formula for the Clumsy Drug, alongside Cyd Hayman as Madame Eloise Coqoutte. Corbett and Barker also play the two villains, the notorious Mr Greensleeves and his Japanese henchman Bobjob. In the end the mystery is solved as the formula is revealed on a pair of women's knickers. The endings for Death Can Be Fatal were based on more, as Corbett put it, 'exaggerated Dick Barton lines', such as "Is this
371-479: A number of advertisements that appeared on ITV , including for British Leyland (Austin/Morris) in 1979 where Corbett played a villain on the run and, "needing some wheels", gets salesman Barker to show him round the Austin Morris range. They did a second ad in 1981, for the "BL Double Bonus" campaign, which featured Corbett playing a tax inspector inquiring as to why Barker is running four cars. They also did
424-457: A second murder during an unusual gathering. Also featuring are secretary Miss Whizzer and the rest of the Brimstone family, through which the detectives narrow down the culprit. The first seven episodes of Done to Death ended with the words "Only one thing was for certain. There would be very little sleep for anyone that night." Piggy and Charley's second serial begins when a frogman delivers
477-543: A series of ads for Hertz car rentals in the 1980s. The show resurfaced in 1999 for a Two Ronnies Night . Ronnie Corbett also presented a Two Ronnies at the Movies special that same year. In 2000 A Tribute to the Two Ronnies was hosted by Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett themselves. In 2004, Barker announced that he and Corbett would return to make new episodes, entitled The Two Ronnies Sketchbook . This involved
530-505: A showing of The Picnic and By the Sea . The BBC Archives retains all episodes of The Two Ronnies in their entirety that were originally transmitted. In April 2007 (18 months after Barker's death), 2 Entertain began releasing The Two Ronnies on DVD in Britain. Series One and Two, including a definitive collection of their Christmas specials with segments from Christmas Night with
583-518: A squabbling upper-class family with a 1920s feel about them. The very first serial of The Two Ronnies was written by Barker, and began as a pastiche of costume dramas about a governess called Henrietta Beckett, played by Madeline Smith . Barker played a sex-starved aristocrat called Sir Geoffrey, and Corbett played his son Edward, but further into the serial, the Ronnies portrayed a wide variety of other characters, including pick-pockets and royals. At
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#1732787404773636-792: A technical hitch at a British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards ceremony at the London Palladium in 1971. In the audience was Bill Cotton , the Head of Light Entertainment for the BBC, and Paul Fox , the Controller of BBC1. Cotton was so impressed by the duo that he turned to Fox and asked: "How would you like those two on your network?" Unknown to the pair, the renewal of their contract had just been declined by London Weekend Television of rival network ITV , freeing them to change channels. Barker and Corbett were given their own show by
689-664: Is a division of land in Wales that forms the lowest tier of local government in Wales . Welsh communities are analogous to civil parishes in England but, unlike English parishes, communities cover the whole of Wales. There are 878 communities in Wales. Until 1974 Wales was divided into civil parishes . These were abolished by section 20 (6) of the Local Government Act 1972 , and replaced by communities by section 27 of
742-833: Is built on the site of the former Trelewis Drift mine and is an integral part of the Millennium park complex. Treharris has the oldest Boys and Girls club in the whole of the United Kingdom. Treharris Athletic Western F.C. is the local football (soccer) team, once winners of the Western League in 1910 , who now play their trade in the Welsh Football League . Valley Cougars are an amateur Rugby league that play their home games at Treharris Rugby Club they play in Rugby Leagues 4th tier,
795-528: Is renamed Barbara Castle and the Union Jack becomes the Union Jill. The watching of chauvinistic films is prohibited, so upset duo Janet and Betty prepare to escape to Wales. The last serial to include Piggy Malone and Charley Farley, in which an all-girls orchestra is sold into white slavery by a demented Chinaman. Elizabeth Larner plays Mrs Bumstead, who notices a mysterious blind man appearing on
848-549: Is served by Quakers Yard railway station , on the Merthyr Line between Cardiff Central and Merthyr Tydfil. The sketch "The Worm That Turned", from the BBC series The Two Ronnies , was filmed around Treharris. The 1972 film Sunstruck starring Harry Secombe was partly filmed in the two the villages of Treharris and Trelewis. The Welsh school featured, Webster Street School, has now been demolished for housing. The television drama Richard Burton's A Christmas Story
901-656: The Conference League South Treharris Mini and Junior Rugby Football Club was founded in 1994. The continued success of this club paved the way for the re-introduction of senior and youth rugby in 2009. Treharris Rugby is represented at senior level by Treharris Phoenix who compete in the WRU/SWALEC Leagues . Treharris Youth compete in the Welsh Rugby Union RAF Youth League . Treharris
954-459: The Cunard Line . The pit became known as Deep Navigation Colliery and remained in production until 1991. During the early 21st century, like many ex-mining villages in the area, Treharris underwent significant regeneration to the town/village centre. Most, if not all of the land where Deep Navigation was situated has been landscaped and is now part of the new Parc Taff Bargoed , where many of
1007-532: The Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 and the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 . The Two Ronnies The Two Ronnies is a British television comedy sketch show starring Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett . It was created by Bill Cotton and aired on BBC1 from 10 April 1971 to 25 December 1987. The usual format included sketches, solo sections, serial stories and musical finales. Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett met in 1963 at
1060-405: The "Anti-Shoddy Goods Committee"). Likewise, Corbett always had a discursive solo monologue in each show, when he sat in a chair, facing the camera, attempting to tell a simple joke, but constantly distracting himself into relating other humorous incidents. The joke itself was normally deliberately corny; the humour came from Corbett's wild tangents, as well as the anticlimax when he finally reached
1113-411: The BBC in 1978, The Two Ronnies became the BBC's flagship light entertainment programme, regularly gaining the top viewing figures in the critical Christmas Day audience battle. A memorable Radio Times cover for the extended Christmas issue in 1973 had both double acts appearing side by side. In 1986, a multi-part compilation series titled Twenty Years of the Two Ronnies was aired, which featured
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#17327874047731166-610: The BBC. The show was based on the complementary personalities of Barker and Corbett, who never became an exclusive pairing, but continued to work independently in television outside of the editions of the Two Ronnies . The show was produced annually between 1971 and 1987. It had many notable writers including Ray Alan , John Cleese , Barry Cryer , Spike Milligan , David Nobbs , David Renwick , Terry Ravenscroft, Eric Idle , John Sullivan , Michael Palin , Bryan Blackburn, Terry Jones , and Laurie Rowley . In addition, Barker used
1219-595: The Buckstone Club in the Haymarket , London, where Corbett was serving drinks between acting jobs. At the time, Barker was beginning to establish himself as a character actor in the West End and on radio. They were invited by David Frost to appear in his new show, The Frost Report , with John Cleese , but the pair's big break came when they filled in, unprepared and unscripted, for eleven minutes during
1272-567: The Commander of the State Police in this spoof piece of dystopian fiction set in 2012 in which women rule England. Male and female gender roles are completely reversed, even down to men having women's names and vice versa. Men are housekeepers and wear women's clothes, and law and order is managed by female guards in boots and hot pants. Big Ben is renamed Big Brenda, the Tower of London
1325-479: The Crown . In Wales, all town councils are community councils. There are now three communities with city status: Bangor , St Asaph and St Davids . The chair of a town council or city council will usually have the title mayor (Welsh: maer ). However, not every community has a council. In communities with populations too small to sustain a full community council, community meetings may be established. The communities in
1378-664: The Deep Navigation shafts were the deepest at the time in South Wales. With the some shafts sunk to a depth of 760 yards (2,280 feet, 695 metres) to access the Nine Feet Seam , 200 yards (600 feet, 183 metres) deeper than any other colliery in the coalfield. Ownership transferred to the Ocean Coal Co. Ltd. in 1893 - so called because the pit supplied the coal for the transatlantic ocean liners , including
1431-497: The Nolan Sisters , Elton John , New World , Elaine Paige and Phil Collins , the last of whom also took part in a few sketches. The programme became one of the most successful and long running light entertainment shows on British television, broadcast in the prime-time slot of 8 p.m. on a Saturday night, and at its peak, was watched by 18.5 million viewers a show. Following the departure of Morecambe and Wise from
1484-667: The Opposition Andrew RT Davies MS ( C ) Shadow Cabinet ( current ) Prime Minister Rt Hon Keir Starmer MP ( L ) Secretary of State for Wales Rt Hon Jo Stevens MP (L) Principal councils ( leader list ) Corporate Joint Committees Local twinning see also: Regional terms and Regional economy United Kingdom Parliament elections European Parliament elections (1979–2020) Local elections Police and crime commissioner elections Referendums A community ( Welsh : cymuned )
1537-927: The Stars , the Old-Fashioned Christmas Mystery and three other Christmas shows, were released on 30 April, 2 July and 29 October 2007. As of 24 September 2012, with the release of The Picnic , By the Sea and The One Ronnie as part of The Complete Collection , every single episode has now been released on DVD. The Two Ronnies were released in Region 4 (Australia) on the following dates: The Best of The Two Ronnies Volume 1 on 4 March 2002, The Best of The Two Ronnies Volume 2 on 17 March 2003, Series 1 on 4 July 2007, Series 2 (two discs) on 8 May 2008, Series 3 on 5 March 2009, Series 4 (two discs) on 4 August 2009, Series 5 on 4 March 2010 and Series 7 on 3 March 2011. The Two Ronnies in Australia
1590-432: The beginnings of alternative humour . Furthermore, there was more comedic parity between the show's two stars, with the diminutive Corbett less of a foil to Barker than Ernie Wise was to Eric Morecambe – they were clear comedic equals. Both Barker and Corbett had their own solo sections on each show. Barker would have his own heavily wordplay-based sketch, often as the head of a ridiculous-sounding organisation (for example,
1643-772: The community boundaries within their area every fifteen years. The councils propose changes to the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales , which prepares a report and makes recommendations to the Welsh Government . If the Welsh Government accepts the recommendations, then it implements them using a statutory instrument . For example, in 2016 four new communities were created in the City and County of Cardiff . The legislation surrounding community councils in Wales has been amended significantly in
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1696-412: The cruise ship. Location filmed on board P&O SS Canberra cruise out of Southampton. This concluded The Two Ronnies' serials collection, as the last three series did not include any. Apart from Corbett and Barker, several actors from television appeared multiple times in the series, most notably John Owens and Claire Nielson , who appeared in twenty-one and seventeen episodes respectively throughout
1749-566: The end for our two heroes? What of Madame Cocotte? Is she in some bedroom somewhere, lying in wait with a silencer? Or lying in silence with a waiter? Find out next week in another exciting episode, Villa of Villainy ." Written by Spike Milligan and Ronnie Barker but credited as "Spike Milligan and a Gentleman". Set in Victorian times, it is a Jack the Ripper parody in which a mysterious figure goes around blowing raspberries at members of
1802-499: The end it is revealed to be just a dream when she wakes up in Hampton Wick Cottage Hospital after having an accident. Piggy Malone (Barker) and Charley Farley (Corbett) are private detectives who investigate a mystery about a murdered family, featuring Sue Lloyd as Blanche Brimstone. As soon as Piggy finds out about the murder in the newspaper, a decision's made that means a trip to the country, and there's
1855-547: The end of each show: Corbett: That's all we've got time for, so it's "Goodnight" from me. Barker: And it's "Goodnight" from him. Both: Goodnight! The show featured comic sketches in which Barker and Corbett appeared both together and separately, with various additions giving the programme the feeling of a variety show. The sketches often involved complex word-play, much of it written by Barker, who also liked to parody officialdom and establishment figures, as well as eccentrics. Corbett appeared quieter, more often acting as
1908-414: The kitchen and get me a glass of water.' It became a tradition of the shows to have a continuing serial story which progressed through the eight episodes of a series. These were often fairly bawdy tales with special guest stars. The Two Ronnies also starred in two spin-off silent films labelled The Two Ronnies Present... , By the Sea and The Picnic , written by Barker, mainly silent comedies featuring
1961-540: The local football and rugby teams train and play. Treharris is also the name of an electoral ward whose boundaries are coterminous with the community. The Treharris ward elects three county councillors to Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council . Since 1995 the ward has elected a mixture of Labour Party or Independent councillors. In May 2017 the Labour Party won all three seats. The Welsh International Climbing Centre, an indoor climbing centre and caving complex,
2014-466: The making of the series. Ronnie Barker did not appear, but excerpts from an interview he gave in 1997 were included. In 2012, full shows of The Two Ronnies were repeated on ITV3 and Gold . Over Christmas 2006, the ITV3 channel devoted three days to the show, interspersed with Ronnie Corbett's reminiscences of the show and Ronnie Barker. On 28 May 2007 many more episodes new to ITV3 were broadcast as well
2067-418: The pair picking some of their classic sketches. It was followed by Twenty One Years of the Two Ronnies in 1987 and Twenty Two Years of the Two Ronnies in 1988. The pair made no new shows after Christmas 1987 , following Barker's decision to retire from show business. This was unknown to the audience and even the production team – the only person Barker told was Corbett, and they and their wives all went for
2120-419: The pseudonym Gerald Wiley when writing sketches. Barker and Corbett would often structure each show themselves, alongside scriptwriters Ian Davidson and Peter Vincent. The main theme music for the show was composed by Ronnie Hazlehurst . Although opening and closing credits appear to use different themes, they are respectively the first & third sections of a longer piece. Another track associated with
2173-404: The punchline. An example of Ronnie Corbett's humour is this short excerpt from a monologue: I was lying in bed with my wife last Sunday morning when she called me by a special pet name she has for me, a loving and endearing term that only she uses. 'Hey Shorty' she said, 'would you like to hear the patter of little feet?' Somewhat taken aback, I replied 'Yes, I would.' She said 'Good. Run down to
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2226-487: The same Act. The principal areas of Wales are divided entirely into communities. Unlike in England, where unparished areas exist, no part of Wales is outside a community, even in urban areas . Most, but not all, communities are administered by community councils , which are equivalent to English parish councils in terms of their powers and the way they operate. Welsh community councils may call themselves town councils unilaterally and may have city status granted by
2279-621: The series gathered more popularity, the sketches began to feature more famous and well-known British actors, including John Cleese , Patrick Troughton , Stratford Johns , Joan Sims , Patricia Routledge , Jenny Agutter and Lynda Baron , Ronnie Barker's co-star in Open All Hours . Before achieving fame in the sitcom Hi-de-Hi! , Barry Howard appeared in several early episodes as an uncredited extra. Other actors who appeared as extras before their rise to fame include Andrée Bernard and John Scott Martin . Another regular feature of
2332-496: The series. Other frequent performers include April Walker , John Rutland, Michael Redfern , Jenny Logan , Alec Bregonzi , Carol Hawkins , Dilys Watling , Joyce Windsor , Julia McKenzie , Barbara New , Ian Gray, Johnnie Wade , Patricia Brake (who starred with Barker in the sitcom Porridge , which aired at the same time as the series), Josephine Tewson , Noel Dyson and Vicki Michelle . The Fred Tomlinson Singers appeared as background singers in twenty-five episodes. As
2385-466: The show is the stock track The Detectives by Alan Tew (also known as the theme to 1975 Yorkshire TV series The Hanged Man ). This was used for the Charlie Farley & Piggy Malone story Stop You're Killing Me . The Two Ronnies always opened and closed at the newsdesk, which featured the Ronnies as newsreaders, reading spoof news items. This gave rise to the famous catchphrase at
2438-553: The shows was an elaborate musical finale in which Barker and Corbett – often in drag – and company would sing a medley of songs in character, in barbershop , music hall , Gilbert and Sullivan or other styles, with the original words altered to suit whatever comic situation they were portraying. In the middle of the show, there would also be a cabaret musician or group appearing as a special guest, including Samantha Jones , Dana , Elkie Brooks , Manhattan Transfer , Pan's People , Michel Legrand , Barbara Dickson , Tina Charles ,
2491-623: The time the President of the United States. The second sketch was in Series 4 (1982) and controversially parodied them as "The Two Ninnies", a pastiche of their opening routine and a musical routine, using exaggerated innuendo, e.g. "Oh vagina, oh vagina, over Chinatown !" Barker in particular was quite offended by this sketch, while Corbett was reportedly amused by it. The latter sketch was written by John Lloyd and Nigel Planer , and
2544-584: The two sitting at the newsdesk introducing their classic sketches. A Christmas special was recorded in July 2005 due to Barker's failing health. Whilst the Sketchbook series was transmitted, The Two Ronnies was also the subject of an episode of the BBC documentary Comedy Connections . Ronnie Corbett, producers James Gilbert , Terry Hughes and Michael Hurll , as well as writers Ian Davidson , Peter Vincent, David Renwick and Barry Cryer , all spoke about
2597-634: The upper classes. The raspberries were done by Barker's friend David Jason . This entire section of sketches was included in Milligan's book "I Told You I Was Ill". Piggy and Charley return as Devon 's yokels are murdered and dumped in London, with support from Kate O'Mara as the gypsy temptress, Lucy Lee. This is not so much a serial, but a series of sketches with the same characters that spanned series 7. Sid and George enjoy pints whilst discussing their wives Lily and Edie. Diana Dors guest-starred as
2650-551: The urban areas of the cities of Cardiff , Swansea and Newport do not have community councils. As of the 2001 United Kingdom census , there were 869 communities in Wales. 84 percent, or more than 730, have a council. They vary in size from Rhayader with an area of 13,945 hectares (34,460 acres) to Cefn Fforest with an area of 64 hectares (160 acres). They ranged in population from Barry with 45,053 recorded inhabitants to Baglan Bay with no permanent residents. The twenty-two principal area councils are required to review
2703-591: The writer of the song was Peter Brewis , who also wrote songs for The Two Ronnies . The show is also briefly parodied in The Fast Show during a segment of a 'chanel 9' sketch set during a BAFTA style award ceremony. One of the nominations are 'The Twelve Ronnies', and a camera pans across a group of men dressed up to look like Corbett and Barker as they utter their famous 'it's goodbye from me' line in Chanel 9's nonsense language. Barker and Corbett also made
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#17327874047732756-528: Was filmed around Treharris in 1990. Community (Wales) Heir Apparent William, Prince of Wales First Minister ( list ) Rt Hon Eluned Morgan MS ( L ) Deputy First Minister Huw Irranca-Davies MS ( L ) Counsel General-designate – Elisabeth Jones Chief Whip and Trefnydd – Jane Hutt MS (L) Permanent Secretary Sixth Senedd Llywydd (Presiding Officer) Elin Jones MS ( PC ) Leader of
2809-512: Was followed by another series in 1986 with six episodes. These episodes contain many of the original sketches done for the BBC, but reworked for an Australian audience. The show was parodied twice by the Not the Nine O'Clock News team, with Mel Smith as Barker and Griff Rhys Jones as Corbett. The first sketch was in Series 3 (1980) called "The Three Ronnies", including footage of Ronald Reagan , at
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