The original script for one of the Two Ronnies most famous sketches has sold for £48,500 at auction.

The classic Four Candles sketch, penned by Ronnie Barker and first shown in 1976, showed Barker attempting to buy fork handles in a hardware store.

A private buyer outbid eight or nine others to win the auction, the Original Memorabilia Company, the auctioneers, confirmed.

“We had literally hundreds of telephone calls about the auction, but because of the price of the script, only a few of those were in a financial position to place bids,” memorabilia department manager Chris Atkins said.

“We’re delighted it has been such a success, but not surprised, as it was a fantastic chance to own arguably one of the most important pieces of television memorabilia there is.”
The Two Ronnies ran for 98 episodes over 12 series between 1971 and 1987, attracting up to 18 million viewers.

Posted: 12|22|07 at 4:28 pm. Filed under: UK News.