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Sir William Frederick " ___MASK45___ " Cotton CBE ( 23 April 1928  11 ___MASK89___ 2008 ) was a British television producer and executive , and the son of big - band leader Billy Cotton . The Isle of Man , also known simply as Mann , is a self - governing ___MASK96___ dependency in the Irish ___MASK44___ between England and Northern Ireland . The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II , who holds the title of Lord of Mann . The Lord of Mann is represented by a Lieutenant Governor . Foreign relations and defence are the responsibility of the British Government . BBC One is the ___MASK25___ ___MASK61___ channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom , Isle of Man and Channel Islands . It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC ___MASK61___ ___MASK76___ , and was the world ' s first regular ___MASK61___ ___MASK76___ with a high level of image resolution . It was renamed BBC TV in 1960 , using this name until the launch of sister channel BBC2 in 1964 , whereupon the BBC TV channel became known as BBC1 , with the current spelling adopted in 1997 . Small Talk is a BBC One game ___MASK17___ that aired from 24 July 1994 to 18 ___MASK58___ 1996 and it was hosted by The Two Ronnies star and Sorry ! actor Ronnie Corbett . Ronald William George " Ronnie " Barker , ( ___MASK39___ September 1929  3 October 2005 ) was an English actor , comedian , and writer . He was known for roles in British comedy ___MASK20___ such as " Porridge ", " The Two Ronnies ", and " Open All Hours ". A ___MASK61___ channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a ___MASK61___ ___MASK33___ or ___MASK61___ network is distributed . For example , in North America , " channel 2 " refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz , with carrier frequencies of 55 . 25 MHz for NTSC analog video ( VSB ) and 59 . 75 MHz for analog audio ( FM ), or 55 . 31 MHz for digital ATSC ( 8VSB ). Channels may be shared by many different ___MASK61___ stations or cable - distributed channels depending on the location and service provider . The ___MASK86___ Islands ( Norman : " Îles d ' la Manche ", French : " Îles Anglo - Normandes " or " Îles de la Manche ") are an ___MASK55___ in the English ___MASK86___ , off the French coast of Normandy . They include ___MASK67___ Crown dependencies : the ___MASK29___ of Jersey , consisting of Jersey , the largest of the islands ; and the ___MASK29___ of Guernsey , consisting of Guernsey , Alderney , Sark and some smaller islands . They are considered the remnants of the Duchy of Normandy , and although they are not part of the United Kingdom , it is responsible for the defence and international relations of the islands . The Crown dependencies are not members of the Commonwealth of Nations nor of the European Union . They have a total population of about 168 , 000 , and the bailiwicks ' respective capitals , Saint Helier and Saint Peter Port , have populations of 33 , 500 and 16 , 488 , respectively . The total area of the islands is 198 km . The Frost ___MASK26___ was a satirical ___MASK73___ hosted by David Frost . It ran for 28 episodes on the BBC from 10 March 1966 to 26 ___MASK58___ 1967 . It introduced John Cleese , Ronnie Barker , and Ronnie Corbett to television , and launched the careers of other writers and performers . Now Look Here is a BBC ___MASK36___ which ran for two series of ___MASK30___ episodes each during 1971 to 1973 . It was written by Barry Cryer . Image resolution is the detail an image holds . The ___MASK56___ applies to raster digital images , ___MASK24___ images , and other types of images . Higher resolution means more image detail . The ___MASK67___ Ronnies is a BBC ___MASK61___ comedy sketch show created by Bill Cotton for the BBC , which aired on BBC One from 1971 to 1987 . It featured the ___MASK81___ of Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett , the two Ronnies of the title . Ronald Balfour " Ronnie " Corbett , CBE ( 4 ___MASK58___ 1930  31 March 2016 ) was a Scottish stand - up comedian , actor , writer , and broadcaster , best known for his long association with Ronnie Barker in the BBC television comedy sketch show " The Two Ronnies ". He achieved prominence in David Frost ' s 1960s satirical comedy programme " The Frost Report " ( with Barker ) and subsequently starred in sitcoms such as " No  That ' s Me Over Here !", " Now Look Here ", and " Sorry !" A ___MASK81___ , also known as a comedy duo , is a comic pairing in which humor is derived from the uneven ___MASK4___ between two partners , usually of the same gender , ___MASK68___ , ethnic origin and profession but drastically different in terms of personality or behavior . Often one of the members of the duo  the straight man , feed , dead wood , or stooge  is portrayed as reasonable and serious , while the other one  the funny man , banana man or comic  is portrayed as funny , less educated or less intelligent , silly , or unorthodox . If the audience identifies primarily with one character , the other will often be referred to as a comic foil . The term " feed " comes from the way a straight man is wont to set up jokes and " feed " them to his partner . The British ___MASK48___ ___MASK54___ ( BBC ) is a British ___MASK63___ ___MASK76___ broadcaster . It is headquartered at ___MASK48___ House in London , is the world ' s oldest national broadcasting organisation , and is the largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees , with over 20 , 950 ___MASK99___ in total , of whom 16 , 672 are in ___MASK63___ ___MASK43___ broadcasting ; including part - ___MASK69___ , flexible as well as fixed contract ___MASK99___ , the total number is 35 , 402 . The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , commonly known as the United Kingdom ( UK ) or Britain , is a sovereign ___MASK2___ in western Europe . ___MASK80___ off the north - western coast of the European mainland , it includes the ___MASK3___ of Great Britain ( the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole ___MASK2___ ), the north - eastern part of the ___MASK3___ of Ireland , and many smaller islands . Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe ___MASK37___ of Ireland . Apart from this land border , the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North ___MASK44___ to its east , the English Channel to its south and the Celtic ___MASK44___ to its south - south - west , giving it the 12th - longest coastline in the world . The Irish ___MASK44___ lies between Great Britain and Ireland . With an area of , the UK is the 78th - largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th - largest in Europe . It is also the 21st - most populous ___MASK2___ , with an estimated 65 . 1 million inhabitants . Together , this makes it the fourth most densely populated ___MASK2___ in the European Union . Sir David Paradine Frost , ( 7 ___MASK31___ 1939  31 ___MASK89___ 2013 ) was an English journalist , comedian , writer , media personality and television host .