BAFTA Award given to Ronnie Barker for Going Straight and The Two Ronnies in the category of Best Light Entertainment Performance, 1978. Statuette of a face mask mounted on a wooden cube block bearing an inscribed brass plaque.

A brass moulded mask of a face, with the left eye cut out, mounted on a wooden cube block with a square, inscribed, brass plaque. The hollow reverse of the mask bears an electronic symbol around one eye and a screen symbol around the other, linking dramatic production and television technology.

Given by Charlotte Barker, daughter of the late Ronald Barker OBE

Statuette awarded to Ronnie Barker at the BAFTA awards 1978.

In 1955, a trophy mask was commissioned by Andrew Miller-Jones of the [then] Guild of Television Producers. Mitzi Cunliffe originally modelled the mask in Plasticine, from which the casting moulds were made, and though based on the traditional concept of the theatrical tragicomic mask, it is more complex than its immediate front facial appearance suggests. The hollow reverse of the mask bears an electronic symbol around one eye and a screen symbol around the other, linking dramatic production and television technology, and the full intention of Mitzi's original design included a revolving support to allow the mask to be turned and viewed easily from either side.

BAFTA Award in the Category of Best Light Entertainment Performance for Going Straight and The Two Ronnies, given to Ronnie Barker by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1978. The award features a brass face mask, mounted on wooden cube stand bearing an inscribed brass plaque.

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