Multi-Coloured Swap Shop Star Award
Award
1977-1978 (awarded)
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
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| Title | Multi-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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| Accession number | S.187-2012 |
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| Record created | March 15, 2012 |
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