Hark at Barker
7.4
Season 2
30 min
S2 · E1 · Jul 10, 1970
Rustless on Music Episode 1
30 min
S2 · E2 · Jul 17, 1970
Rustless on Law Episode 2
30 min
S2 · E3 · Jul 24, 1970
Rustless On Communications Episode 3
30 min
S2 · E4 · Jul 31, 1970
Rustless on Cooking Episode 4
30 min
S2 · E5 · Aug 7, 1970
Rustless on Medicine Episode 5
30 min
S2 · E6 · Aug 14, 1970
Rustless on Do-It-Yourself Episode 6
30 min
S2 · E7 · Aug 21, 1970
Rustless on Sport Episode 7
7 episodes in Season 2
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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.
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Cast
17 people
Ronnie Barker
Lord Rustless / Various Characters
Known for
Open All Hours
Porridge
Josephine Tewson
Mildred Bates
Known for
Keeping Up Appearances
Frank Gatliff
Badger
Known for
The Ipcress File
Operation: Daybreak
Mary Baxter
Cook
Also in
Rumour
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
David Jason
Dithers / Piano Player
Known for
Only Fools and Horses
Count Duckula
Moira Foot
Effie
Known for
'Allo 'Allo!
Jerold Wells
Known for
The Element of Crime
Jabberwocky
David Prowse
Known for
The Empire Strikes Back
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
May Warden
Known for
Dinner for One
Richard Caldicot
Known for
Fawlty Towers
Mountains of the Moon
Lionel Murton
Known for
The Battle of the River Plate
Carry On Cowboy
Alex Scott
Known for
Romper Stomper
Fahrenheit 451
Alun Owen Creator · Ronnie Barker Creator
Total runtime 7h 30m · Episode length 30 min · Country United Kingdom
Show info
Premiered
April 11, 1969
Final episode
August 21, 1970
Status
Ended
Network
ITV1
Country
United Kingdom
Type
Scripted
Episode length
30 min
Total runtime
7h 30m
Original language
English
Production
LWT
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Spoken on screen
English
Some details come from TheTVDB.