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The Morecambe & Wise Show is a comedy sketch show originally broadcast by BBC Television and the third TV series by English comedy double-act Morecambe and Wise.
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The Morecambe & Wise Show was a long running and massively popular sketch series starring British comedy duo Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, plus a string of top-name international celebrity guests (of a bygone age), like André Prévin.
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- 1968-09-02
- Comedy
- Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, Ann Hamilton
This is an episode summary of British TV comedy show The Morecambe & Wise Show, starring Morecambe and Wise. This was the first show of this title to be broadcast, and ran on BBC2 and BBC1 for a total of nine series, plus eight Christmas specials, between 1968 and 1977.
SeriesEpisodesOriginally Aired(first Aired)Originally Aired(last Aired)82 September 1968 ( 1968-09-02)21 October 1968 ( 1968-10-21)427 July 1969 ( 1969-07-27)7 September 1969 ( 1969-09-07)25 December 1969 ( 1969-12-25)25 December 1969 ( 1969-12-25)714 January 1970 ( 1970-01-14)22 April 1970 ( 1970-04-22)The Morecambe and Wise Show (1968) The nine series of 50 minute programmes produced between 1968 and 1976 by Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise are generally considered to be their best output; all penned by Eddie Braben (save for the 1976 Christmas Show which was penned by John Junkin and Barry Cryer) these programmes used a familiar format of ...
The Morecambe & Wise Show. Top-rated. Sat, Dec 25, 1971. S6.E7. 1971 Christmas Show. The musical guests are Los Zafiros, Glenda Jackson, André Previn and Shirley Bassey. A variety of sketches finishes with Ernie's latest play called 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' starring Francis Matthews as King RIchard. 9.3/10. Rate.
Long-running BBC variety show presented by Britain's best-loved comedy duo, Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise. Based around irreverent stand-up routines, comedy sketches and comical song and dance numbers involving a stream of beleaguered guests, the series ran for nearly a decade from 1968 to 1977 and included sketches such as 'Singin' in the Rain ...
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Musical guests are Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen, Ronnie Carroll and Cilla Black. Eric hosts Percy Thrower in a gardening show. Cilla Black brings Ernie a recording contract. There is a look into the future to when Eric and Ernie have split.
