Much-loved comedian and Croydon resident Ronnie Corbett has died aged 85. Here are five of the best moments of a life spent making people laugh.

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The class sketch

Class is, and always been, a peculiarly English obession. This sketch - from the 1960s BBC satire The Frost Report and also featuring John Cleese and Ronnie Barker - perfectly skewers the logic and preoccupations that are (still) so often used to explain social standing. 

Four candles/Fork handles

In possibly the best-known British comedy sketch of all time, Mr Corbett struggles to serve a particuarly homophonic shop customer.

It's a duck!

In this sketch, Sid, played by Mr Corbett, has bought what he thinks is a champion racing pigeon. George (Mr Barker) is not convinced... See you if can spot the reference to Croydon, as well. 

Mastermind

"What's the difference between a donkey and an ass?"

"One's a trade union leader and one's a member of the cabinet."

Mr Corbett's unorthodox technique for answering questions on Mastermind technique makes for another of the pair's best-loved sketches.

Language, Timothy!

In the 1980s BBC sitcom Sorry! Mr Corbett played lovelorn librarian Timothy Lumsden. Still living with his parents at 41, Timothy finds himself frequently admonished by his father Sidney for using such inexcusable words as "Freudian" and "psychiatrist".

Watch the first episode of Sorry! on Youtube here

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