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Multi-Coloured Swap Shop Star Award

Award
1977-1978 (awarded)

Multi-Coloured Swap Shop Star Award for Funniest Man presented to Ronnie Barker in 1977-8. Features a plastic rainbow, a metal sign reading 'SWAP SHOP' and an inscription panel on a clear and black plastic base. The Swap Shopwas a BBC saturday morning show (1976-1982). The Swap Shop Star Awards were voted for by viewers of Swap Shop with a coupon that was printed in the back section of the Radio Times.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMulti-Coloured Swap Shop Star Award (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Plastic and metal award on a plastic base
Brief description
Multi-Colored Swap Shop Star Award for Funniest Man awarded to Ronnie Barker in 1977-8.
Physical description
A two-tiered plastic base, clear plastic beneath and black plastic on top, with a multi-coloured ridged plastic rainbow and metal lettering mounted on it. Also features a metal panel with an inscription in white.
Dimensions
  • Whole height: 12.5cm (approx.)
  • Whole depth: 20cm (approx.)
  • Whole width: 20cm (approx.)
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'SWAP SHOP' (Metal element of award inscription)
  • 'MULTI-COLOURED SWAP SHOP / STAR AWARDS 1977-78 / Funniest Man' (Metal inscription plaque with white writing.)
  • Transliteration
Credit line
Given by Charlotte Barker, daughter of the late Ronald Barker OBE.
Object history
Awarded to Ronnie Barker in 1977-8 in the Swap Shop Star Awards. Swap Shopwas a BBC saturday morning television show which ran from 1976-1982. There were five Swap Shop Star Awards, from 1978-1982, voted for by viewers of Swap Shop mostly from a coupon that was printed in the 'John Craven's Back Page' section of the Radio Times.
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Summary
Multi-Coloured Swap Shop Star Award for Funniest Man presented to Ronnie Barker in 1977-8. Features a plastic rainbow, a metal sign reading 'SWAP SHOP' and an inscription panel on a clear and black plastic base. The Swap Shopwas a BBC saturday morning show (1976-1982). The Swap Shop Star Awards were voted for by viewers of Swap Shop with a coupon that was printed in the back section of the Radio Times.
Other number
THM/407/11
Collection
Accession number
S.187-2012

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Record createdMarch 15, 2012
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