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{{Short description|1988 BBC sitcom with Ronnie Barker}}
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{{Infobox television
| image = Clarence title card.jpg
| runtime = 30 minutes per episode
| genre = [[Sitcom]]
| creator = [[Ronnie Barker]]
| writer = Ronnie Barker (as Bob Ferris)
| starring = Ronnie Barker<br>[[Josephine Tewson]]
| opentheme = "[[Sunny Side Up (1929 film)#Music|(Keep Your) Sunny Side Up]]"
| country = United Kingdom
| distributor = [[BBC Studios]] <br> [[2entertain]] <br>[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] (Australia, home video)
| network = [[BBC Two|BBC2]]
| first_aired = {{Start date|1988|1|4|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1988|2|8|df=y}}
| num_episodes = 6
}}
'''''Clarence''''' is a 1988 [[BBC]] [[Sitcom|situation comedy]] starring [[Ronnie Barker]] and [[Josephine Tewson]], written by Ronnie Barker under the [[pseudonym]] "[[Bob Ferris (Likely Lads)|Bob Ferris]]" as an acknowledgement to [[Dick Clement]] and [[Ian La Frenais]], creators of ''[[Porridge (1974 TV series)|Porridge]]''. It was Barker's final sitcom appearance before his retirement.

Barker stars as Clarence Sale, a short-sighted furniture shifter. The series was inspired by "The Removals Person" by [[Hugh Leonard]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071115101159/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/686312 BFI.org]</ref> an episode in the 1971 [[London Weekend Television|LWT]] comedy anthology series, ''[[Six Dates With Barker]]''. The pilot episode has the same plot and a very similar script, even to the extent of Tewson reprising her earlier role. The only significant difference is that in "The Removals Person" Barker's character is named Fred.

Only one series of Clarence was made, which is now available on [[DVD]]. The series is also available in Region 4 Australia with the same cover art. The house of Jane Travers, which inspired the opening titles, is located on Malvern Road in Cheltenham.

==Plot==

In 1937, on the day of [[King George VI]]'s coronation, Clarence Sale, a [[myopia|myopic]] removal man is clearing the house of a snooty upper-class lady who is moving abroad. There, he meets Jane Travers, her [[maid]]. The pair are mutually attracted and soon Clarence proposes to her. Jane decides that they should have a trial period of living together in a small cottage she has been given in an inheritance to see if they are compatible, with a bolster in the bed to preserve her [[chastity]]. The series followed this unconventional relationship, as well as Clarence's attempts at his furniture-moving profession.

==Cast==
[[Image:Clarence dvd.jpg|thumb|150px|''Clarence'' region 2 DVD cover]]
*[[Ronnie Barker]] as Clarence Sale
*[[Josephine Tewson]] as Jane Travers
*[[Phyllida Law]] as Mrs Vaile (Ep. 1)
*[[Julia Deakin]] as Angela (Ep. 1)
*[[Richard Caldicot]] as Cinema Manager (Ep. 2)
*[[Gwen Nelson]] as Mrs Titheridge (Ep. 6)
*[[Damaris Hayman]] as Lady in Loo (Ep. 6)

== DVD releases ==

In Australia, Region 4, The series was released on 9 August 2006. It was then re-release as "The Complete Series" on 20 August 2014.

== Episodes ==

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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 1
|RTitle = Episode 1
| DirectedBy = [[Mike Stephens (director)|Mike Stephens]]
| WrittenBy = [[Ronnie Barker|Bob Ferris]]
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|1|4|df=yes}}
|ShortSummary = It's Coronation Day 1937 and Clarence meets maid Travers while he moves her employers home. It could be love at first sight if, of course, he could see her properly. Guest starring [[Phyllida Law]] and [[Julia Deakin]]
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 2
|RTitle = Episode 2
| DirectedBy = Mike Stephens
| WrittenBy = Bob Ferris
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|1|11|df=yes}}
|ShortSummary = Travers holds back on accepting to Clarence's proposal until she is sure she can live with him. So the couple decide move to the Oxfordshire countryside and begin a trial-run. Guest starring [[Richard Caldicot]].
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 3
|RTitle = Episode 3
| DirectedBy = Mike Stephens
| WrittenBy = Bob Ferris
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|1|18|df=yes}}
|ShortSummary = In the Oxfordshire countryside Clarence returns to his moving profession working for the vicar's wife.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 4
|RTitle = Episode 4
| DirectedBy = Mike Stephens
| WrittenBy = Bob Ferris
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|1|25|df=yes}}
|ShortSummary = Travers believes looking after chickens will help her decide whether Clarence is husband material. Of course he has to build the run first.
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}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 5
|RTitle = Episode 5
| DirectedBy = Mike Stephens
| WrittenBy = Bob Ferris
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|2|1|df=yes}}
|ShortSummary = Not many people are moving in the countryside so Clarence has to find other work.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 6
|RTitle = Episode 6
| DirectedBy = Mike Stephens
| WrittenBy = Bob Ferris
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|2|8|df=yes}}
|ShortSummary = Travers continues to evade Clarence's proposals and money continues to be tight. The couple find work at a big house in the village. Guest starring [[Gwen Nelson]] and [[Damaris Hayman]].
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}}
}}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{BBC programme}}
*{{BBC Online|id=comedy/guide/articles/c/clarence_66600500.shtml|title=''Clarence''}} Comedy Guide
*{{British Comedy Guide|tv|clarence}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071115103947/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/16740 ''Clarence''] at the [[British Film Institute]]
*{{IMDb title|0094437}}

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