Ronnie Barker television break with the satirical sketch series "The Frost Report" in 1966, where he met future collaborator, Ronnie Corbett. He joined David Frost's production company and starred in ITV shows including a short film. After rejoining the BBC, Barker found fame with the sketch show "The Two Ronnies" (1971–1987), with Ronnie Corbett. He starred in the sitcoms "Porridge", its sequel "Going Straight" and "Open All Hours". He wrote comedy under his own name, though for much of his written material after 1968 he adopted pseudonyms (including "Gerald Wiley") to avoid pre-judgments of his writing talent. He won a BAFTA for
Superstar (UK TV series) Superstar (UK TV series) Superstar was a UK talent search, looking for the lead role in the production "Jesus Christ Superstar". The series started on 7 July 2012 on ITV and was presented by Amanda Holden. In the final, on 25 July 2012, 31-year-old Ben Forster was chosen as Jesus to perform the role in the UK arena tour starting in September 2012. The Nationwide auditions began in March 2012 visiting London, Dublin, Belfast, Manchester, Glasgow and Cardiff. The judges are Andrew Lloyd Webber, Melanie Chisholm, Jason Donovan and David Grindrod. Host Amanda Holden was on hand for the auditionees.