Rhubarb (1969 film) three principals, who would pretend to try to sound like a larger group by repeating "rhubarb" very quickly but clearly, with outbreaks of "Custard!" for good measure. Sykes was a close collaborator and friend of the Goons. He remade the piece in 1980 for Thames Television, as "Rhubarb Rhubarb". A Police Inspector and a vicar play a round of golf. The Police Inspector has a Constable help him to cheat by removing his golf ball from awkward situations, and the vicar ultimately requests divine intervention. Allmovie wrote, "sight gags and pantomime dominate this engaging 37 minute feature." Rhubarb (1969 film)
Eric Sykes Jaunty Jalopies". In 1970, Sykes returned to BBC television with a guest appearance in an episode of "Till Death Us Do Part". This was followed in 1971 by a six-episode series, "Sykes and a Big, Big Show", for the BBC and a special, "Sykes: With the Lid Off", for Thames Television. In 1972, seven years after the cancellation of "Sykes and A...", the BBC revived the series under the title "Sykes". Sixty-eight colour episodes of "Sykes" were made between 1972 and 1979; forty-three of the shows were re-workings of scripts from the 1960s series, which had been recorded in monochrome.