The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968)
- TV variety / sketch show
- BBC One / BBC Two
- 1968 - 1977
- 70 episodes (9 series)
Sketch series starring comedy legends Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, plus a string of top-name celebrity guests.
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Bringing a Morecambe and Wise film back to life
BBC archivists have described the painstaking process of restoring a previously lost 50-year-old episode of Morecambe and Wise.
Chortle, 25th January 2018Morecambe & Wise top poll of nation's most memorable TV
Years after they last appeared as the Christmas centrepiece on BBC One, The Morecambe & Wise Show is still the most memorable festive TV programme according to the British public.
The Guardian, 22nd December 2017TV humour is lewd, lavatorial & lacking any form of wit
The problem, however, is bigger than just one show. For the abject and high-profile failure of The Nightly Show raises a disturbing question. What has happened to British comedy? The sheer unfunniness of much of it is beyond depressing.
Christopher Hart, Daily Mail, 18th March 2017Only Fools And Horses is TV's most-watched ever show
Only Fools And Horses has been announced as the most-watched show in the entire 80-year history of British television.
British Comedy Guide, 31st October 2016Eric Morecambe's Jensen Interceptor for sale at £150,00
A sports car bought by comedian Eric Morecambe for £4,500 has been put up for sale for £150,000.
BBC News, 22nd February 2016Archive, 27 May 1972: Full house for Morecambe and Wise
Robin Laurance meets the comedy duo backstage before a live show.
Robin Laurance, The Guardian, 27th May 2015The day I met Morecambe & Wise before they were famous
Back in 1952, former tailor Jimmy Pitts took his then girlfriend, Maria, to see a little known act called Morecambe and Wise.
The Yorkshire Post, 31st January 2015How Morecambe & Wise recorded their only ever live VHS
Morecambe and Wise will be bringing sunshine back to Fairfield Halls next month - the site of their only ever recorded live tour show.
Andrew Jameson, Croydon Advertiser, 29th March 2014Barry Cryer on working with Morecambe and Wise
Barry Cryer talks about working with Britain's greatest double act.
Richard Webber, The Telegraph, 7th October 2013A new and unseen Morecambe & Wise comedy routine
Eddie Braben never stopped writing sketches and jokes for Eric & Ern, even after they were long gone. Here's one of his never-seen-before and brand new favourites.
Neil Macdonald, Liverpool Echo, 2nd October 2013