Ronnie Corbett's comedy roadshow

Veteran's new ITV show

Ronnie Corbett is to front a short ITV1 series covering the history of British comedy.

He will cover the subject in two hour-long episodes of Ronnie Corbett’s Comedy Tour Of Britain, to go out in prime time later this year.

The documentaries, to be made by ITV Studios, will feature some of the country’s top comics – as well as 80-year-old Corbett musing on his own long career.

It follows the success of the One Ronnie tribute/sketch show, which attracted eight million viewers to BBC One last month, making it one of the top ten programmes over Christmas.'

Published: 17 Jan 2011

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