The Ronnie Barker Playhouse was a series of six comedy half hours showcasing the talents of Ronnie Barker.
[1][2] The series was written by Brian Cooke, Hugh Leonard, Johnnie Mortimer and Alun Owen.
The character would go onto appear in subsequent shows Hark at Barker and His Lordship Entertains.
Another episode "The Incredible Mister Tanner" written by Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer, would go on to be commissioned for a series with Brian Murphy taking over the title role, which ran for one series in 1981.
[3] Of the six shows only Tennyson and The Fastest Guy In Finchley are missing from the archives, after the rediscovery of the other four episodes at the BFI in 2012.