"Everybody loves it, everybody knows it and it's part of the British conscious.
These are external links and will open in a new window The sketch, which involves a mix-up between 'fork handles' and 'four candles', is arguably the most famous created by The Two Ronnies "New travel restrictions sow confusion as Wales and Scotland differ from England and Northern Ireland. At its peak, The Two Ronnies attracted audiences of more than 17 million
At a memorial service for Ronnie Barker in Westminster Abbey in 2005, vergers held four candles instead of two Andrew Stowe, from East Bristol Auctions, said it "epitomises British humour".
This is a classic sketch from the Two Ronnies always gets a proper laugh, classic comedy. These are external links and will open in a new windowA buyer has forked out £28,000 for the handwritten script of The Two Ronnies' 'four candles' sketch.Penned by Ronnie Barker under the pseudonym Gerald Wiley, it first aired on the BBC in 1976 and went on to be voted the greatest Two Ronnies sketch.The script was famously uncovered on Antiques Roadshow in 2006 and was sold for £48,000 the following year.Expected to fetch between £25,000 and £40,000, it sold for £28,000 at East Bristol Auctions.The sketch features workman Ronnie Barker walking into a hardware shop looking for fork handles and being offered four candles instead by shopkeeper Ronnie Corbett.Written in red ink on four sides of lined paper, the script includes the original title, Annie Finkhouse and production notes suggesting it was a first draft.It was brought to Antiques Roadshow after being found in a bag of rubbish, and was taken to Ronnie Corbett who confirmed its authenticity.Andrew Stowe, from East Bristol Auctions, said it "epitomises British humour". Four Candles tribute to the legendary Ronnie Corbett - YouTube "It's just four pages of writing but it's something that's made millions and millions of people laugh over a 40-year period," he said.