| His Lordship Entertains | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Harold Snoad |
| Starring | Ronnie Barker Josephine Tewson David Jason Mary Baxter Moira Foot Frank Gatliff |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 7 (6 missing) |
| Production | |
| Producer | Harold Snoad |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC2 |
| Release | 5 June (1972-06-05) – 17 July 1972 (1972-07-17) |
His Lordship Entertains, broadcast in 1972, wasRonnie Barker's second vehicle for his Lord Rustless character, first seen three years earlier inHark at Barker onITV. This time though, Rustless appeared in a series forBBC2.Hark at Barker had also includedsketch inserts, whereasHis Lordship Entertains was a sitcom.
Set again in the aristocratic Chrome Hall, which had now become a hotel. It once more starredDavid Jason as the 100-year-old Dithers andJosephine Tewson as Mildred Bates, two actors who would continue to have a working relationships with Barker. In fact all of the regular cast reprised their roles fromHark at Barker.
Barker wrote all the scripts under the pseudonym Jonathan Cobbald.[1] He liked to refer to the show as "Fawlty Towers mark one" as it appeared on television three years before that other hotel bound sitcom.
Four episodes of the sitcom have been performed on stage by theUniversity of Nottingham's New Theatre.
For many years it was thought that the series had been entirelylost. However, the first episode ofHis Lordship Entertains, 'The Food Inspector', was recovered in 2009.[2] In addition the scripts were published in Ronnie Barker's anthologyAll I Ever Wrote.[3]