Ending 10th Dec, 2025 19:45
BRITISH COMEDY, TV & FILM - TIMED AUCTION - BRISTOL (CLOSED)
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THE RONALD WOLFE COLLECTION – THE BED-SIT GIRL
The Ronald Wolfe Collection - The Bed-Sit Girl (BBC Sitcom 1965-1966 starring Sheila Hancock) - the original typed master script from Ronald Wolfe, and the original rehearsal script for the Series 2 episode 'The Italian Pilot'. The master script running to 51pp on typing paper, complete. The rehearsal script running to 55pp, complete, with cover. No amendments noted. A special piece of British comedy history.
Note: The Bed-Sit Girl was created by Ronald and Ronald Chesney for Sheila Hancock, who had starred in their 1961–1963 sitcom The Rag Trade. 12 episodes across two series were made and broadcast in 1965 and 1966. All episodes are missing, believed wiped. These scripts represent some of the only surviving pieces of memorabilia from the lost series.
Ronald Wolfe (1922-2011) was a British television, radio and cinema screenwriter, and one half of the Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney writing partnership. Wolfe wrote for some of the biggest stars in Britain from the 1950s to the 1990s, and had major success with the sitcoms The Rag Trade, Meet The Wife and On The Buses. In later life he taught comedy writing at City University, London. He passed away in 2011. The items being offered for sale in this special auction are direct from his estate, and represent an important archive of British comedy, television, and radio history.
*any photographs used for illustrative purposes remain with their respective copyright holders and are not included within the lot, unless specified.
Sold for £160
Auction: BRITISH COMEDY, TV & FILM - TIMED AUCTION - BRISTOL (CLOSED), ending 10th Dec, 2025
Welcome to our December British Comedy & Television Auction!
We have some real treats instore for you!
This auction contains a collection of items from the estate of 'On The Buses' actor Reg Varney, including several of his awards and scripts. The sale also features Part Two of the Ronald Wolfe collection, who co-wrote On The Buses, The Rag Trade and hundreds of other productions. Fans of the Carry On franchise will also find rare treasures as this sale includes the script collection of writer Sid Colin, who penned Carry On Spying, alongside Talbot Rothwell.
As usual we have some very special items relating to Only Fools & Horses, and one of our star lots is an original script used by actor Paul Barber (Denzil) for the moved-loved episode The Jolly Boy's Outing.
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