The British Comedy Lifetime Achievement Award
Award
1999 (awarded)
1999 (awarded)
| Artist/Maker |
British Comedy Lifetime Achievement Award for The Two Ronnies, given to Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett by The British Comedy Awards in 1999. A clear rectangular perspex block with bevelled edges, encasing two playing cards showing a joker and 'British Comedy Awards 1999'. The front has an engraved inscription: 'Lifetime Achievement Award / The Two Ronnies'.
Object details
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| Title | The British Comedy Lifetime Achievement Award (popular title) |
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| Brief description | British Comedy Award Lifetime Achievement for The Two Ronnies awarded in 1999. Perspex rectangular award, encasing two joker playing cards and engraved with award details. |
| Physical description | A clear perspex 12-sided block with bevelled edges and one flat edge for standing it on, encasing two British Comedy Awards joker playing cards. The cards show a yellow and blue image of a joker holding a sign saying '1999' and the words 'COMEDY AWARDS'in the place of the word 'Joker'. The reverse of the cards show a blue and white pattern on the reverse and the word 'BRITISH'. The front is engraved with details of the award. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'BRITISH COMEDY AWARDS / 1999 / LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT / AWARD / THE TWO RONNIES / ' |
| Credit line | Given by Charlotte Barker, daughter of the late Ronald Barker OBE. |
| Object history | Awarded to Ronnie Barker at the British Comedy Awards 1999 and presented to him by Sir Alec Guiness. |
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| Summary | British Comedy Lifetime Achievement Award for The Two Ronnies, given to Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett by The British Comedy Awards in 1999. A clear rectangular perspex block with bevelled edges, encasing two playing cards showing a joker and 'British Comedy Awards 1999'. The front has an engraved inscription: 'Lifetime Achievement Award / The Two Ronnies'. |
| Other number | THM/407/11 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.182-2012 |
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| Record created | March 12, 2012 |
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