Rhubarb (1969 film) Rhubarb (1969 film) Rhubarb was a 1969 British short film written and directed by Eric Sykes, starring Sykes and Harry Secombe. The dialogue consisted entirely of repetitions of the word ""rhubarb"", all the characters last names were "Rhubarb", and even the number plates on vehicles were "RHU BAR B". A baby "spoke" by holding a sign with the word ""Rhubarb"" written on it. "Rhubarb" is a radio idiom for unintelligible background speech. Typically extras would mutter the word over and over to provide ambience for a crowd or party scene. In "The Goon Show" the cast was usually only the
Sykes and a... 7 and 8 are missing from the BBC Archives. Episodes 3, 5 and 7 are missing from the BBC Archives. Episodes 1, 3 and 4 are missing from the BBC Archives. Episodes 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7 are missing from the BBC Archives. Sykes and a... Sykes and a... is a black-and-white British sitcom starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques that aired on BBC 1 from 1960 to 1965. It was written by Eric Sykes, Johnny Speight, John Antrobus and Spike Milligan. "Sykes and a..." was the first television series to feature both Sykes and Jacques, who later starred