April 11, 1969
2
15
EN
Hark at Barker is a 1969 British programme 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.
Ronnie Barker
Lord Rustless / Various Characters
Josephine Tewson
Mildred Bates
Ronnie Barker, Alun Owen
N/A
Frank Gatliff
Badger
Mary Baxter
Cook
David Jason
Dithers
Moira Foot
Effie
Series 1
8 episodes
April 10, 1969
Series 2
7 episodes
July 9, 1970
LWT
GB
