They brought us all a little sunshine

Peter Bowker, author of a new TV drama about Morecambe and Wise, explains the extraordinary affection so many of us still feel for Eric and Ernie.

Gary Morecambe: Ant and Dec 'are new Eric and Ern'

Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have been hailed a modern-day Morecambe and Wise - by Eric Morecambe's son.

Eric and Ernie bring us a lesson in comic timing

It is not only nostalgia that brings the great British double act to our Christmas screens, but respect for their art.

Interview: Eric & Ernie's Bryan Dick

Dancer turned actor Bryan Dick tells Metro about his role as the straight man in the BBC's new take on Morecambe & Wise's early career...

Video: Behind the scenes of Morecambe and Wise TV drama

Morecambe and Wise are to return to our screens in a TV drama about how the comedians became famous.

Eric and Ernie stars the likes of Victoria Wood and Vic Reeves.

The BBC's David Sillito went behind the scenes to meet some of the cast.

Interview: Vic Reeves

"I loved George on paper," Vic Reeves says of Peter Bowker's script, "and I loved him even more when I got to put on his clobber and speak his words."

Victoria Wood: Why Eric & Ernie STILL bring me sunshine

Victoria Wood first thought ten years ago of ­telling the story of Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise before they were famous.

Filming begins on Morecambe & Wise drama

Bryan Dick and Daniel Rigby - who are playing the two stars for a BBC2 drama - donned dinner jackets during a city centre location shooting.

Vic Reeves cast in Morecambe and Wise BBC drama

He has long been compared with Eric Morecambe - particularly in the spectacles department - so it seems fitting that Jim Moir, better known as Vic Reeves, has been cast in the BBC's new drama about Morecambe and Wise.

But Moir will not play Morecambe in the feature-length BBC2 drama, instead taking the role of Eric's father George, while Victoria Wood - who also conceived the project - appears as his pushy mother Sadie.

Victoria Wood to star in Morecambe and Wise film

Comedians Victoria Wood and Vic Reeves have signed up to star in a feature-length film about the comic duo Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise.