THE original and complete script of comedian Ronnie Barker's Fork Handles sketch was auctioned today.

The four-page handwritten script raised £48,500.

The auction of the script by Mr Barker, who lived in Dean, near Chipping Norton, before his death in October 2005, finished at 5pm.

Fork Handles was first aired on The Two Ronnies show in 1976 and was voted the greatest Two Ronnies sketch of all time by the public.

The script was auctioned on the originalmemorabilia.co.uk website.