Edinburgh has been home to the actor Sir Sean Connery, famed as the first cinematic James Bond ; Ronnie Corbett, a comedian and actor, best known as one of The Two Ronnies ;, actor Brian Cox and Dylan Moran, the Irish comedian.

* The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town ran as a serial in The Two Ronnies in the 1970s.

The songs were written by Dennis King, John Junkin and Bill Solly ( a writer for Max Bygraves and The Two Ronnies ).

In the same year he also appeared in a " Two Ronnies " Christmas Special playing a judge.

He also appeared with Ronnie Barker in various disguises in the Two Ronnies Show with the main character being the Voice of The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town.

Terry Hughes directed most of the episodes, and would later direct The Two Ronnies, The Golden Girls and 3rd Rock from the Sun.

*" The Worm That Turned " serial series of sketches from Series 8 of The Two Ronnies ( 1980 )

He was known for his roles in various British comedy television series, such as The Frost Report, Porridge, The Two Ronnies and Open All Hours.

After rejoining the BBC Barker found fame with the sketch show The Two Ronnies ( 1971 – 1987 ) with Ronnie Corbett.

Their show together was The Two Ronnies, a sketch show which aired for twelve series and eight specials between 1971 and 1987, to immediate success.

The idea for the sketch came from the owners of a hardware shop in Hayes, Hillingdon who wrote in to The Two Ronnies to describe some of the amusing events and misunderstandings in their store.

") for the stage version of The Two Ronnies, although he was still not totally satisfied with it.

The Two Ronnies ended with the 1987 Christmas special.

Following the show's success, Kerry Packer commissioned a six episode TV series of The Two Ronnies in Australia for Nine Network.

The show comprised material not yet shown in Australia from The Two Ronnies and new content targeted more towards an Australian audience.

Following the success of The Two Ronnies, the BBC let Barker decide what he wanted to do.

In 1997 he appeared with Corbett at the Royal Command Performance, driving on stage in a motorcycle as the Two Fat Ladies, and in 1999 he was reunited with Corbett for Two Ronnies Night on BBC One, and the following year for A Tribute to the Two Ronnies.

Following the success of Ronnie Barker: A BAFTA Tribute, Barker wanted to return the The Two Ronnies to television and the BBC commissioned The Two Ronnies Sketchbook, a clip show of their best sketches along with newly recorded introductions.

Two aspects of this attitude deserve to be mentioned: 1 ) he did not only study science from books, as other academics did in his day, but actually observed and experimented with nature ( the rumours starting by those who did not understand this are probably at the source of Albert's supposed connections with alchemy and witchcraft ), 2 ) he took from Aristotle the view that scientific method had to be appropriate to the objects of the scientific discipline at hand ( in discussions with Roger Bacon, who, like many 20th century academics, thought that all science should be based on mathematics ).

* 1998: Two days after the French football team became World Cup champions, huge celebrations took place nationwide.

Two of Jacopo's nephews, Pier Antonio Buonaparte and Giovanni Buonaparte, however, took part in the 1527 Medici rebellion, after which they were banished from Florence and later were restored by Alessandro de ' Medici.

Two days later, the Rockies took a 4 – 3 lead into the bottom of the 9th.

Two days later the girls took the last picture, Fairies and Their Sun-Bath.

Two small companies were detached to procure boats, and Allen took the main contingent north to Hand's Cove in Shoreham to prepare for the crossing.

Two troops of British cavalry, one at the Four Courts, the other on O ' Connell Street, sent out to investigate what was happening, took fire and casualties from rebel forces On Mount Street, a group of reserve volunteer soldiers, stumbled upon the rebel position and four were killed before they reached Beggars Bush barracks.

Two of these, Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer, took positions at the Harvard GSD.

Two significant constitutional reforms took place during the 20th century.

The bulk of Locke's publishing took place upon his return from exilehis aforementioned Essay Concerning Human Understanding, the Two Treatises of Civil Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration all appearing in quick succession.

Two of the three were never finished, and the third took so long that it was subject to lengthy negotiations over completion and payment.

Two years later Lord Harris brought another England team out and during England ’ s first innings in the Test at the MCG, Fred Spofforth took the first hat-trick in Test cricket.

Two days later the Shah took an armored column to Qom, and delivered a speech harshly attacking the ulama as a class.

Two of his most impressive achievements in siegecraft took place in the Siege of Tyre and the Siege of the Sogdian Rock.

Two previous launches were scrubbed because of lingering thunderstorms and high winds around the launch pad, and the launch took place despite objections from its chief engineer and safety head.

Two chorus lines, one of four chorus girls and one of four chorus boys then took turns crossing the stage, the former group entering from stage right and the latter from stage left.

Two female bystanders took slight flesh wounds in the legs and buttocks by flying bullet and brick fragments.

Two American companies took the village but they were later destroyed in a German counterattack.

Two principal Austrian armies took the field, adding an additional 300, 000 men to the Coalition armies in Germany.

In the same year, he presented his own play Symphony in Two Flats, which he took to New York the following year.

Two years later Moto Guzzi called him to race in the 500cc World Championship, where he took part in a single race.

Two contestants, almost always a woman playing Os / naughts ( called circles in the show ) and a man playing Xs / crosses, took turns picking a star and following the traditional tic-tac-toe strategies for which square to select.

Two Nico tribute concerts took place in Europe in the autumn of 2008 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Nico's birth and the 20th anniversary of her death.

Two years later, in 1087, Solomon took part in the Pechenegs ' campaign against the Byzantine Empire and was killed in a battle near Hadrianopolis.

* Across The Board, located in Square # 17 in Round Two from February 1986 to the show's finale, took the contestant across the board to the contents of Square # 8.