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Add MS 89284/1/35
- Record Id:
- 040-003389850
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003389071
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100051685209.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89284/1/35
- Title:
- Michael Palin Archive: 'The Two Ronnies (BBC)'
- Scope & Content:
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Material relating to episodes of The Two Ronnies produced by the BBC, as follows:
- 'Party Sketch' - typescript draft of script, with corrections, 3 pages, Michael Palin and Terry Jones, 29 Jan 1971;
- 'Party Sketch 3' - typescript draft of script, with holograph corrections, 3 pages, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, 3 Apr 1971;
- 'Party Sketch 4' - typescript draft of script, with holograph corrections, 5 pages, Michael Palin and Terry Jones, 15 Apr 1971;
- 'Party Sketch Number 84b' - typescript draft of script, with holograph corrections, 2 pages, Michael Palin and Terry Jones, 4 May 1971;
- 'BBC'S 50th Anniversary Party Sketch' - typescript draft of script, with corrections, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, 3 pages, 27 Nov 1972;
- 'Gardening Film' - typescript draft of script, with corrections, 4 pages, Michael Palin and Terry Jones, 24 Feb 1971;
- 'H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh's Office Sketch Scheme for Boys' - typescript draft of script, with corrections, 4 pages, Michael Palin and Terry Jones, 10 May 1971;
- 'Mafia Milkman' - typescript draft of script, with corrections, 4 pages, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, 27 Nov 1972;
- 'Library' typescript draft of script, with corrections, 4 pages, undated;
- 'Driving Along (Just the Family), Caption: 'Delights of Touring', 'Caption: 'Delights of Breaking Down'', 'The Family', 'Caption: Delight of the Open Road' - typescript draft of scripts, with corrections, 14 pages, undated;
- 'The Garage' - typescript draft of script, with corrections, 5 pages, undated (2 copies);
- 'Cricket Commentators' - photocopy of clean copy typescript of script, Palin and Jones, 8 pages [1976];
- letter from Jill Foster Ltd to Palin asking him permission for the BBC to use his sketch 'Cricket Commentators' for a 'Two Ronnies' L.P., 26 Oct 1977 (marked 'Agreed 1 Nov 1977');
- press cutting of review of The Two Ronnies at the London Palladium, 28 May 1978;
- letter from Jill Foster Ltd to Palin and Jones about payment of royalties for a book of sketches from The Two Ronnies, 2 Aug 1978.
The file also includes: photocopies of scripts of sketches 'English Customs' from The Illustrated Weekly Hudd, 2 pages; 'Walking Can Be Fun Film' from The Frost Report on Transport, 2 pages; 'Quickies' from Frost Over Britain, 1 page; 'More London Quickies', 1 page. All by Terry Jones and Michael Palin.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003389071
036-003389350
040-003389850 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89284 : Michael Palin Archive
Add MS 89284/1 : Michael Palin Archive: Projects
Add MS 89284/1/35 : Michael Palin Archive: 'The Two Ronnies (BBC)' - Hierarchy:
- 032-003389071[0005]/036-003389350[0026]/040-003389850
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89284
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1971
- End Date:
- 1971
- Date Range:
- 1971
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Originally inside a hanging file labelled 'The Two Ronnies (BBC). Apr-Jun '71'
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Barker, Ronald William George, aka Ronnie, actor and writer, 1929-2005
Corbett, Ronald Balfour, aka Ronnie, comedian and actor, 1930-2016
Jill Foster Ltd, screenwriting agency, 1976-
Jones, Terence Graham Parry, actor, writer, comedian, screenwriter and film director; called Terry, 1942-2020