"1968-09-02"^^ . . "1.6"^^ . . "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."@en . "1973-01-05"^^ . . "1971-06-03"^^ . "Special"@en . . "4.4"^^ . "1.2"^^ . . . . "The Syd Lawrence Orchestra, Wilma Reading, Jo Rowbottom, Aim\u00E9e Delamain, Grazina Frame, Roy Sampson, Arthur Tolcher."@en . . "The opening spot centred around a stool, a dieting sketch, Eric messing up Ernie\u2019s plays and insulting the guest stars, a ticket collector skit, the drama critic, the monks at the organ precede Barbara Murray's introduction before the play ''There\u2019s No Business Like Big Business."@en . . . "Diane Cilento, Vince Hill, The Pattersons, Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen, Deryck Guyler, Frank Thornton, Janet Webb"@en . "1970-07-01"^^ . . "1968-10-14"^^ . . . . "4.6"^^ . . "7.9"^^ . . "1969-12-25"^^ . . "Nina, The Pattersons, Ann Hamilton, Frank Tregar, John Scott Martin, Christine Shaw, Jennifer Watts"@en . "The festive edition for 1971 features Shirley Bassey singing \"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes\" whilst the duo rearrange the scenery, , the Hollywood Melody with Glenda Jackson and the BBC newsreaders and Andr\u00E9 Previn conducting Eric's rendition of Grieg's Piano Concerto (by Grieg). Another of the BBC's comedy stars, Dick Emery, also makes a brief cameo appearance in the opening spot of the show. This episode is frequently repeated each December and excerpts regularly used as part of compilation shows."@en . "7.1"^^ . . . "Peter Cushing, William Franklyn, Nina, Eric Porter, Edward Woodward, Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen, Ann Hamilton, Alan Curtis, Rex Rashley, George Day, John Higgins, Clinton Morris, Janet Webb"@en . "1976-12-25"^^ . "Fenella Fielding, Ray Stevens, Sylvia McNeill, Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen, Ann Hamilton, Janet Webb, Frank Tregar, Leslie Noyes"@en . "1976-04-19"^^ . "1971-07-15"^^ . "1974-09-27"^^ . "Trio Athenee, Design, Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen, Ann Hamilton, Rex Rashley, Gerald Case Janet Webb"@en . "Special"@en . "Robert Morley appears in The Curse Of Tutankhamen in which it is discovered that the mighty king took some unusual items to his grave including a fan belt and a packet of salt and vinegar crisps. It is also revealed that he had a sister who is revealed to still be alive and played by Janet Webb, otherwise known as \"the lady who comes down at the end\"."@en . . . "1970-10-08"^^ . . "Barbara Murray, Dusty Springfield, Sir Michael Redgrave, Dame Flora Robson, Sir Felix Aylmer, Robin Day, Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen, Bruce & Peter Davis, Ann Hamilton, Alan Curtis, Janet Webb, Penelope Beeching"@en . "Special"@en . . "6.6"^^ . . "4.2"^^ . "#89CFF0"@en . "1974-11-01"^^ . . "Special"@en . "1973-01-07"^^ . "1974-12-25"^^ . "Special"@en . . "1974-12-25"^^ . . . "Ernie\u2019s award opening spot, Ernie leaves the flat, whisper passing the joke, Street corner buskers, Monks watching the epilogue, Ian Carmichael introduction and play \"Frankenstein\u2019s Monster\"."@en . . . "1970-01-14"^^ . "9.6"^^ . "Jack Jones, Sheila Southern, Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen, Ann Hamilton, Gordon Clyde, Rex Rashley, Grazina Frame, Frank Tregar, Janet Webb, Stanley Mason"@en . . "76826"^^ . "7.5"^^ . "2.4"^^ . "Mike Craig and Lawrie Kinsley. Barry Cryer ."@en . "A This Is Your Life segment forms the opening spot followed by a moon landing skit; Voice swap skit, then the duo visit Eric Porter in his dressing room before Tarzan\u2019s Last Adventure; a six weeks to live skit, a bill-posting quickie, the glove puppet sketch and the monks in a James Bond spoof precede the play Wuthering Heights''."@en . "#FF0000"@en . "This was the first of the highly successful festive editions made by the BBC and is available in its entirety in the archives. This edition is less frequently repeated than the later shows, a fact that has been attributed to its lack of \"big\" guest stars. Although all the guests were high profile at the time, they have since become less prominent in the public eye. It features an appearance by Frankie Vaughan who had initially been the butt of many jokes for the duo, although his dislike of this led them to redirect their comments to Des O'Connor after this point. Nina van Pallandt performed Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown? which had featured in that year's James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service."@en . "Special"@en . "8.6"^^ . . "1970-08-12"^^ . "Special"@en . . . "1973-01-26"^^ . . . "Ludovic Kennedy, Wilma Reading, Allan Cuthbertson, Gordon Gostelow, Anita Tibbles, Arthur Tolcher"@en . "#FFFF00"@en . . "Fenella Fielding, Sacha Distel, The Pattersons, Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen, Ann Hamilton, Janet Webb, Alan Curtis, Rex Rashley, Diane Keen"@en . . "1973-03-16"^^ . "Nina"@en . . . . . "3.7"^^ . . "Ian Carmichael, Matt Monro, Kiki Dee, Peter & Alex, Ann Hamilton, Charles Rayford, Melanie Fraser, Janet Webb"@en . . "The opening spot sees Eric teasing his partner with a lucky talisman; a visual skit sees the monks at the organ followed by a flat sketch and the monks playing hoopla; in a cameo, Peter Cushing returns to be paid; a visual skit sees Danny La Rue \"unfrocked\", then the monks down with drink before Edward Woodward is introduced for his role in the play Murder At The Grange."@en . . "1971-10-03"^^ . . "Peter Cushing, Bernie Winters, Wilma Reading, Alan Price, Georgie Fame"@en . . "Anita Harris, Anthony Sharp, Ann Hamilton, Reg Lye"@en . "-"@en . "5.5"^^ . . "1969-12-25"^^ . "1968-10-21"^^ . "Ernie has a pain in the leg in the opening spot, then Ludovic Kennedy discusses the \"Art Of Conversation\" followed by two quickies: \"No Jokes\" and \"Holiday Plans\". A sketch of the colonel on the train precedes the Ernie Wise play Death Cottage and a song and dance number Give My Regards To Broadway before the closing theme song. Note: this episode has a fault on the master recording resulting in the film freezing whilst the sound remains; it was released on DVD in July 2010 in this format."@en . "Janet Webb, Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen, Eric Porter, Jan Daley, Trio Athenee, Michael Ward"@en . . . "1969-09-07"^^ . "1976-01-07"^^ . . "1973-02-23"^^ . . . . . . . . "1973-03-02"^^ . . "8.1"^^ . "4.1"^^ . "1968-09-23"^^ . "Helen Reddy, Alex Welsh & His Band, Allan Cuthbertson, Frank Williams, Michael Brennan, Raymond Mason, Mike Yarwood , Grazina Frame, Christine Shaw"@en . . . . "4.5"^^ . . "Janet Webb, Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen, George A. Cooper, Kenneth McKellar, Samantha Jones, Margery Mason, Jenny Lee-Wright, Rex Rashley"@en . "At the opening, pop star Cliff Richard visits the pair's fictional flat, interrupting Eric's painting of his model Spitfire; whilst Ernie tries valiantly to be \"hip\" and \"with it\" sporting a purple-flared trouser suit and red kaftan, the scene concludes with the three appearing as sailors for a routines based on The Fleet's In Town ending with Morecambe stepping off the ship with a Play School parody mid-way through."@en . "Edmund Hockridge, Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen"@en . . "Arthur Lowe, Susan Maughan, Robert Young, Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen, Ann Hamilton, Frank Tregar, Rex Rashley, Janet Webb, Dad's Army Cast"@en . . . . "#E2725B"@en . . "3.3"^^ . . . . . . "5.4"^^ . "Eddie Braben"@en . "Eric has had a threatening letter from a hit man in the opening spot, then a Top Of The Form spoof, Mrs. Mills' introduction sees her presented with a fruitcake, John Mills and the autographed banana precedes the play Escape From Stalag 54"@en . "#71BC78"@en . "1977-12-25"^^ . "Wilma Reading, Springfield Revival, Allan Cuthbertson, Ann Hamilton, Jan Rossini"@en . "The second seasonal offering saw the return of recurring guest star Peter Cushing who still hadn't been paid ; also starring was William Franklyn who, at the time, fronted an advertising campaign for Schweppes tonic water with his \"Shhh, You Know Who...\" tagline. Much comedy was drawn from this as the BBC was forbidden to advertise products. He appears in one of the duo's plays at the end of the show in which the Three Musketeers are parodied. Actor Edward Woodward also sang The Way You Look Tonight rather than appearing within a sketch as he had done in previous appearances. Also features the collapsing Christmas tree gag with Nina."@en . . . . "5.6"^^ . "1974-09-27"^^ . . "#E2725B"@en . "Edward Chapman, Clodagh Rodgers, The Pattersons, Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen, Ann Hamilton, Janet Webb, Alan Curtis, Eddie Braben, Leslie Murphy"@en . "Susan Hampshire, Georgie Fame & Alan Price, The Settlers, Ann Hamilton, Janet Webb, Jenny Lee-Wright, Percy Edwards"@en . "1.3"^^ . . "1973-12-25"^^ . "This show featured The Mighty Kong as the closing play and featured the actress Susan Hampshire as the love interest. Percy Edwards provided the animal and bird noises for the play but did not appear in the show."@en . . "8"^^ . "9"^^ . "1973-12-25"^^ . "6"^^ . "#Series Six"@en . . "7"^^ . . "9.199999999999999"^^ . "4"^^ . "Michael Aspel, Chris Langford, Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen"@en . "5"^^ . . "3"^^ . . . "1976-01-07"^^ . "9.4"^^ . . "Roy Castle, Pete Murray, Anne Murray, The Pattersons, Raymond Mason, Les Rawlings, Johnny Vyvyan, John East, Hugh Elton, Charles Finch, Eric French"@en . . . "1971-05-06"^^ . . "7.11"^^ . . . . "1970-07-01"^^ . "1971-09-19"^^ . . "1973-01-19"^^ . "Eric announces he is leaving in the opening spot, followed Nana Mouskouri performing with The Athenians before the duo perform their own Greek Dance to the singer; The Sooty Show is then spoofed with Harry Corbett appearing at the end with the \"real\" Sooty; the duo discuss their birth certificates; a cigar commercial spoof is followed by a Mame routine with the Black & White Minstrels; the closing song is Following You Around."@en . "Special"@en . . . . "Lena Zavaroni, The Spinners, Ann Hamilton, Allan Cuthbertson"@en . "Ernie is presented with a throne in the opening spot, followed by Opportunity Knocks with Hughie Green; Eric & Ern Junior appear before a Salvation Army interview with David Dimbleby who joins the pair to sing Friendship before the closing theme song"@en . "1970-12-25"^^ . . "1971-10-10"^^ . . "1971-12-25"^^ . "#DE6FA1"@en . . "The opening spot sees Ernie trying his hand at being a \"baggy pants comic\"; this is followed by a ticket clipper skit and the pair in bed discussing the secret of long life; a monks skit sees them smoking followed by The World\u2019s Strongest Man spoof and a lost voice quickie; Eric then visits Wise's record shop. Then a flat sketch where Ernie announces he is getting married."@en . "Opening Spot , Male Nannies, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Not Now Arthur, Dancing Drunks, Ern's play is entitled The Legend Of Dick Turpin and features Dily Watling and a cameo appearance from commentator Peter O'Sullevan in a house racing spoof ending with the traditional closing song."@en . . "#Series Two"@en . . "Hannah Gordon, Mary Travers, Christopher Neil, Anthony Sharp, Raymond Mason, Christine Shaw, Hatti Riemer"@en . . . . . "Lulu, Rostal & Schaefer, Percy Edwards, Allan Cuthbertson, Damaris Hayman, Les Rawlings, Johnny Shannon, Henry Cooper"@en . . "1971-06-17"^^ . "Eddie Braben. Additional material by Mike Craig and Lawrie Kinsley."@en . "6.5"^^ . "--12-25"^^ . . . "#The Morecambe & Wise Show 1976"@en . "4.3"^^ . . "1971-07-15"^^ . "Ernie\u2019s education is up for discussion in the opening spot, then a Sherlock Holmes quickie, a visit to the wig boutique, Eric feeling fed up and listless, a police visit, Hands Across The Table quickie, Eric does Jake The Peg and Ian Carmichael is introduced for the play Murder In Mayfair"@en . . "Frank Finlay, Wilma Reading, Design, Ann Hamilton, Janet Webb, Maryetta Midgley, Vernon Midgley"@en . "Predictability is a concern in the opening spot, then Previn is lured back to appear, followed by a Mastermind spoof with Magnus Magnusson, \"Queen Of The Ivories\" Mrs. Mills appears before the duo discuss childhood memories; a city gents dance routine precedes the Ernie Wise play Hamlet and the closing theme song."@en . "1968-09-16"^^ . "Edward Woodward, Peter Cushing, Kenneth McKellar, The Pattersons, Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen, Janet Webb, Ann Hamilton"@en . "-"@en . "#CCCCFF"@en . . . "Richard Greene, Nana Mouskouri & The Athenians, The Pattersons, Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen, Ann Hamilton, Rex Rashley, Janet Webb"@en . "Recovered 2012; in process of being restored process reported as completed in 2022."@en . . "Trio Athenee, Paper Dolls"@en . . "9.5"^^ . "#Series Five"@en . "#FF0000"@en . . . "This episode was entered for the Golden Rose Of Montreaux. The opening spot see the duo attempting to exchange trousers, then Nina performs the Banana Boat Song with some backing and percussion from the duo; a powerful binoculars skit is followed by Eric's enormous ventriloquist doll \"Oggy\" closing the show with Bring Me Sunshine."@en . . . . . . "1976-02-11"^^ . . "1971-09-19"^^ . . . . . . "1968-09-30"^^ . . "The duos' family trees come under discussion in the opening spot, a cement bucket skit, Ernie's wife has a fancy man, Eric's dog, the dentist sketch, the Harpenden Male Voice Choir, Tom Jones gets new backing singers for ''Exactly Like You, at the flat Ernie is trying to work on his memoirs to be interrupted by Eric."@en . . "8.5"^^ . "Michael Parkinson"@en . . . . "Ernie gets \"with it\" in the opening spot, followed by a playing in the park skit; bath time for Ernie is followed by a window-cleaning sketch; a short entitled see you at seven precedes the pair visiting Fenella Fielding to discuss the latest play; the monks feed the birds before a bowls skit and the closing play Nelson & Lady Hamilton."@en . "Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen, Francis Matthews, Anita Harris, Robert Young, Ann Hamilton, A. J. Brown, Bert Palmer, Ann Way"@en . "The opening spot sees a discussion of Ernie's unseen facet, followed by a monks quickie ice cream sketch; Eric eating crisps in bed is followed by a short about leaving the cinema then Richard Wagner at work, Edward Elgar at work and Eric's bird watching, Ernie Wise's interpretation of the Complete Works of Shakespeare, closing with Eric celebrating the anniversary of D-Day"@en . "1970-10-08"^^ . "9.300000000000001"^^ . "Edited version exists"@en . . "8.300000000000001"^^ . "8.199999999999999"^^ . "Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen, Cilla Black, Ronnie Carroll, Percy Thrower"@en . . "After no Christmas Show in 1974 and no regular shows during 1975 when the duo had been presenting and appearing in the BBC show It's Childsplay, the pair made a welcome return to their established format with another festive offering; the opening routine which features the much-maligned Des O'Connor is one of the most repeated pieces of material. The show concludes with the historical romp Nell Gwynne which features the first location shots used for an end-of-show play with Diana Rigg in the title role and Gordon Jackson parodying his own character from Upstairs, Downstairs. The show is interspersed with Robin Day who, over the course of the programme has his \"friendly\" discussion turned into a brawl. At the end of the programme, as Morecambe and Wise close with the song Positive Thinking, he is seen to stagger past with the aid of a walking stick. The show also features a parody of Big Spender with Eric and Ernie as dancers. This show utilised the opening credits from the following years' series and did not feature the word \"Christmas\" in the title."@en . . "The opening spot is themed around palm reading, followed by a silent skit of the monks cutting wood, a flat sketch sees Ernie getting an au pair much to Eric's annoyance; a Marlene Dietrich tribute is followed by Rosie Morecambe and Fanny Wise then a further Dietrich spoof and a Frankie Vaughan spoof. Juliet Mills is introduced before taking her place in Ern's play The Tea Planters' Wife."@en . "Reading newspaper reviews forms the basis for the opening spot, an exploding piano quickie, the Multilingual Hotel, preaching in the pulpit, a fishing quickie, Eric has the reversals, and Ernie aspires to become Bob Hope's scriptwriter with hilarious results. This was the last episode to premiere on BBC 2."@en . "#Series Eight"@en . . . "Janet Webb, Peter Cushing, Bobbie Gentry, Vince Hill, Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen, Ann Hamilton"@en . "6.3"^^ . "1975-12-25"^^ . "1973-01-12"^^ . "1969-09-07"^^ . "Tom Jones, Design"@en . "In the opening spot Eric has lost his voice, followed by The Connoisseurs who discuss wine; Great Authors Of Our Time is featured followed by Wilma Reading singing, and Francis Matthews is introduced before his appearance in the play Murder In Mayfair."@en . "1971-09-26"^^ . "Eric has got his hands on a Jasper Rawlings painting in the opening spot, Ten Years Hence... sees the duo imagining 1981 , introducing Cilla with the promise of a record contract while the three sing Bring Me Sunshine precedes Gardeners World with Percy Thrower who visits the duo as Eric takes over as his gardening apprentice."@en . . . . . "The Karlins, Vincent Zarra, Ann Hamilton, Steven Payne, Norman Percival, The Geraldine Yates Dancers"@en . "9.1"^^ . "1970-07-29"^^ . . . . . . . "Opening Spot , Champagne, Immigration Office, the classic breakfast routine around David Rose's \"The Stripper\" is followed by a sketch in a calculator shop and a short bank hold-up where the felon passes notes to the bank clerk; Wise is interviewed in a flat-based sketch for a magazine on how to write like what he does, followed by the closing song."@en . "6.1"^^ . . . "Having appeared as the title role in the BBC's own adaptation of Casanova in 1971, Frank Finlay appears in the play Lust Over London which centres around the main characters of Casanova and Moveova with long-time collaborator Ann Hamilton providing the love interest. With music from Design and Wilma Reading who sang \"I Don't Know How to Love Him\"."@en . "#Eric & Ernie's Christmas Show 1977"@en . . "5.3"^^ . "12"^^ . . . "1970-04-08"^^ . "1116426082"^^ . "8"^^ . "Frankie Vaughan, Nina, The Pattersons, Fenella Fielding, Sacha Distel, Alan Curtis, Diane Keen"@en . . . "4"^^ . . . . "6"^^ . "Note: This programme was the subject of a documentary made by the BBC's Omnibus team entitled Fools Rush In... which traced the production of a Morecambe & Wise Show from its inception at the script read-through stage, through to the filming of the final product. It featured a scene set in 10 Downing Street which was closely followed in the documentary, with music from Anita Harris. The show was written by Eddie Braben, and he is featured on the accompanying documentary being interviewed, as is producer John Ammonds among others."@en . "1976-03-10"^^ . "1.4"^^ . "7"^^ . "#FFC0CB"@en . "Gilbert O'Sullivan, Dilys Watling, The Vernons, Peter O'Sullevan, Arthur Tolcher, Clare Russell, Eve Blanchard"@en . . . . . "1.5"^^ . . "The opening spot centres around the duo changing their names to Robin Catbush and Phyliss Ludicrous, followed by a table tennis quickie where the balls get larger with each serve; Wise visit from lady doctor is followed by the pair appearing as tortoises after hibernation, a silent monks skit and Frankie Vaughan singing; Peter Cushing is then introduced for his role as King Arthur in the very first Ernie Wise Knights Of The Round Table which sees the start of a long running gag that Cushing was never paid which would be used until 1980."@en . "The opening spot centres around the fact that Ern's wife has left him, which is followed by a return to the ever-popular monks skit; a quickie about fencing is followed by a spoof of The Sky At Night after which Patrick Moore performs on the xylophone; the Harpenden Happy Shots band perform before the play The Handyman & Milady after which the duo perform Nobody Does It Like Me with Michele Dotrice, closing with the familiar end song."@en . . . "5.7"^^ . . "1973-03-23"^^ . . . "Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen, John Mills, Mrs Mills, Trio Athenee, Arnold Diamond, Tony Melody"@en . . "21100000"^^ . . "#Parkinson Takes A Christmas Look At Morecambe & Wise 1974"@en . . "#Series Three"@en . . "7.3"^^ . . . . "Robert Morley, Vicky Leandros, New World, Ann Hamilton, Reg Lye, Janet Webb"@en . . . . . . "1976-12-25"^^ . . . . "Eric has a new tape recorder in the opening spot, then musical leg pulling, the book shop: The Language Of Birds before Francis Matthews is introduced before the Ernie Wise play The House Of Terror. This would be the first edition of their show to air on BBC 1, as for the previous five series the show had aired on BBC 2"@en . "3.4"^^ . "#CCCCFF"@en . "Janet Webb, Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen, Paul Anka, Patricia Lambert"@en . . . "7.4"^^ . . . . "1.7"^^ . "1974-10-25"^^ . "Andr\u00E9 Previn, Magnus Magnusson, Wilma Reading, Mrs Mills, Arthur Tolcher"@en . "1971-04-08"^^ . . "Eric\u2019s wig is the subject of much mirth in the opening spot, before meeting Diane Cilento for dinner; a cinema short follows, then soaking feet skit, an introduction to the play The Barretts Of Wimpole Street closes the show."@en . . "3.2"^^ . "1971-04-08"^^ . . "Richard Baker, Wilma Reading, A. J. Brown, Raymond Mason, Arthur Tolcher, Frank Finlay, Susan Hampshire, Glenda Jackson, Francis Matthews"@en . "1969-08-10"^^ . . "Ernie's body is the subject of ridicule in the opening spot, Jack Jones performs Get Together, the record shop, love letters, Hotel Dracula, Arthur swallows the harmonica, the invisible Eric quickie, and Ernie has the flu in the closing flat sketch"@en . "Several sequences are known to exist, but most of the episode is missing"@en . "1970-12-25"^^ . . "Ronnie Carroll, Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen"@en . . "#8DB600"@en . . "1976-04-19"^^ . "1970-03-25"^^ . . . . . "#Series Four"@en . "Ernie\u2019s ballet accident is the focus of the opening spot, then a christening sketch followed by Fenella Fielding visiting the flat, getting directions from a policeman, the big record, the monks playing dice games, Sing Something Simple and I\u2019ll See You Again closes the show."@en . . "1971-12-25"^^ . "2.2"^^ . "June Whitfield, Arthur Tolcher, Wilma Reading, John Quayle, Jenny Lee-Wright"@en . "The opening spot centres around Ernie\u2019s birthday followed by a cricket skit; the short marriage ceremony sketch precedes shopping in the supermarket with Hannah Gordon after which she gets a script for the epic The Moon & 2 1/2p"@en . . "1969-08-24"^^ . "8.4"^^ . "1977-12-25"^^ . . . . . "1970-02-11"^^ . . . . . "1970-01-14"^^ . "1968-09-09"^^ . "Nana Mouskouri, The Black & White Minstrels, Sooty with Harry Corbett, George Hamilton IV, Grazina Frame, Constance Carling, Johnny Vyvyan"@en . . "1976-03-24"^^ . . . "1.1"^^ . "In the opening spot, Eric tries to get Ernie's autograph; Ernest Wise Reads Dickens; Alan Price and Georgie Fame perform \"You Are My Sunshine\"; Ernie is considering replacing Eric before Wilma Reading sings; Peter Cushing returns still demanding payment, then performs \"A Couple Of Swells\" with the pair; Flat sketch where Ernies finally replaces Eric; Bring Me Sunshine closes the show with Cushing joining the duo to perform the exit dance."@en . "#The Morecambe & Wise Christmas Show"@en . . . . . . . . "#00FF00"@en . "Hughie Green, David Dimbleby, Arthur Tolcher, Ann Hamilton, Wilma Reading"@en . . "The opening spot sees Eric nurturing an injured bird; this is followed by the duo performing with the Harpenden String Quartet. Henry Cooper features in the Bully on the bench sketch , a Nelson quickie and Lulu is introduced before her dance routine with the duo; Percy Edwards and his bird calls feature in the closing sketch based in the pair's garden."@en . . . "1968-09-02"^^ . "1973-03-09"^^ . . "Eddie Braben. Mike Craig and Lawrie Kinsley ."@en . . . . . "1974-10-18"^^ . "7.7"^^ . "1974-10-11"^^ . . "#96EEA9"@en . . . . . . "#The Morecambe & Wise Show 1975"@en . . "1.57788E9"^^ . . "1969-07-27"^^ . . . "#The Morecambe & Wise Christmas Show"@en . "Piano quickie. Ernie is to be induced as one of the Great Men Of Our Time in the opening spot, the car accessory shop, the Brian Rix Trousers Down Competition, Eric's leg rejuvenating machine, a milkman quickie, Nina is presented with a gold disc and a flat sketch reading the Sunday papers and playing spot the ball"@en . "Ernie considers replacing Eric in the opening spot, followed by silent monks, The Connoisseurs discuss antiques, a milk quickie, dreaming of falling, Eric's \"Coming-&-Going\" illness, the jewellery shop, the boarding ramp, and a flat sketch with a fellow writer preceding the closing song."@en . . "1974-10-04"^^ . "1968-10-21"^^ . "6.2"^^ . . . "Opening spot about Eric fox hunting, a record shop sketch involving bird calls, then a visit to Eric\u2019s parents, three in a bed, boarding house, in the park with baby, the speaking clock, a barbers' shop quickie, \"Frankie Vaughan\u2019s Son\", the monks following sign posts, and a flat sketch where a pregnant lady calls for Ernie"@en . . "Juliet Mills, Moira Anderson, the Pattersons, Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen, Janet Webb, Ann Hamilton"@en . . "Nina, Craig Douglas, Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen, Ann Hamilton, Jenny Lee-Wright, Thelma Bignell, Lillian Padmore, Melita Clarke, Penny Beeching, Janet Webb"@en . . . . . "1970-04-22"^^ . . . "1971-04-22"^^ . . . . "Dame Flora Robson, Esther Ofarim, Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen, Peter & Alex, Ann Hamilton, Alan Curtis, David March, Janet Webb"@en . "#71BC78"@en . "Doom and disaster reign in the opening spot, a submarine skit, whistling sketch, Bobo The Glove Puppet, an accident at work sketch, then Keith Michell is introduced for The Legion Of The Lost play to close."@en . "1970-08-26"^^ . . . "No series was produced in 1972 with the duo concentrating on a high-quality spectacular for Christmas Night. Braben had suffered a breakdown and was not credited as working on the special, instead it was written by John Junkin and Barry Cryer. Several guests from previous shows returned, as well as Vera Lynn singing \"Pass Me By\" with Eric and Ernie as backing, and Kenny Ball joining in with the Cabaret finale to the Victoria & Albert play with Glenda Jackson. Pete Murray appeared in the play \"What Ern Wrote\" entitled \"Dawn Patrol\", a World War One flying aces spoof. The show also featured cameos from various starts who had previously appeared, in pre-filmed inserts where they stated \"I worked with Morecambe and Wise, and look what happened to me...\" as the camera pulled back to show them in a variety of other jobs; they were:- Ian Carmichael , Fenella Fielding , Eric Porter , Andr\u00E9 Previn and Dame Flora Robson"@en . . "2.3"^^ . . . "#The Morecambe & Wise Christmas Show"@en . . . "Matt Monro, Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen"@en . "Deryck Guyler, Gerald Case"@en . . . . . . . . "John Ammonds"@en . . "1971-05-20"^^ . "#ED9121"@en . . "#The Morecambe & Wise Christmas Show"@en . "1972-12-25"^^ . "#The Morecambe & Wise Christmas Show"@en . . . . "1972-12-25"^^ . "Eric\u2019s obsession with health food forms the opening spot, a quickie on contagious disease, the underwear shop, Miss Holiday Resort, Nina gives Eric a cake, the monks on pay day, and the final sketch sees Wise trying to pen a play in bed only to be constantly disrupted by Morecambe."@en . "5.1"^^ . "Michele Dotrice, Frankie Vaughan, Patrick Moore, Tammy Jones, Jenny Lee-Wright, David Prowse"@en . . . "1974-11-01"^^ . . . "1973-02-09"^^ . "2.1"^^ . "Opening Spot , pre-teen singer Lena Zavaroni performs \"Something 'Bout Ya Baby I Like\", Irritating Eric, The Connoisseurs return to discuss the merits of the humble British sausage, followed by the closing song."@en . . . . "Featuring a selection of sketches including moustache seeds, Ernie in hospital, the ear specialist, a honeymooning couple next door and closing song. The programme was screened some three months after the first five episodes of the series, as a new production to introduce a run of repeats. This episode aired on BBC 1 instead of their usual channel BBC 2. This was to give BBC 1 viewers a chance to see some of the sketches and routines the duo had been making over on BBC 2, as some people at this time could not receive BBC 2. It would be followed by a repeat season of episodes originally aired on BBC 2. The episode was missing until a copy was discovered by Gary Morecambe among his father's papers in 2020, with sketches from the programme shown in black & white as part of the Morecambe and Wise episode of the ITV documentary series The Lost Tapes in July 2021, and the fully restored episode broadcast by the BBC at Christmas 2021."@en . "3.1"^^ . "1969-07-27"^^ . . "Frank Ifield, The Settlers, Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen, Richard Caldicot, Michael Ward, Gordon Clyde, Ann Hamilton, Grazina Frame, Brychan Powell, Janet Webb"@en . . "Ernie considering retirement is discussed in the opening spot, the vicars on a train sketch, \"no lettuce\" quickie, Glenda Jackson at the flat, felling a safe quickie and the Ernie Wise play Antony & Cleopatra closes the show; this play was much repeated in compilation shows over the years and is often regarded as some of the duo's best work."@en . "1973-02-02"^^ . . "7.12"^^ . . . . . . . . "The opening spot sees Eric wearing a wig followed by a sketch in a television shop; Roy Castle is introduced as Ernie\u2019s new partner and visits the flat before performing Side By Side with the duo; a poacher short is followed by a film set visit before the closing play Call Of The Yukon."@en . . "Eric has delusions as the \"Bard Of Harpenden\" in the opening spot; followed by an Echo In The Well spoof; this time Ernie has lost love before the final play The Plantation Of Passion featuring June Whitfield and the closing theme song."@en . . "3.5"^^ . "1971-10-17"^^ . "7.2"^^ . . . . . "By this time, an established running gag was the fact that our intrepid duo could not get stars to work with them, and this show features four cameo appearances from Yehudi Menuhin, Rudolf Nureyev, Laurence Olivier and Andr\u00E9 Previn all making excuses not to appear. Perhaps the most memorable is Lord Olivier who pretends to be a Chinese Laundry attendant over the telephone. Vanessa Redgrave joins in the Latin American Extravaganza, and the Napoleon & Josephine play, with music by John Hanson. Another memorable scene from this show is Hannah Gordon's effort to sing the song The Windmills of Your Mind used in the film The Thomas Crown Affair against a wind generator. This show was interspersed with short film segments from Yehudi Menuhin, Rudolf Nureyev, Laurence Olivier, Andr\u00E9 Previn. From this show until the final BBC outing in 1977 all shows featured the familiar yellow and brown tabs with the \"M\" and \"W\" motif."@en . . . . "1968-10-07"^^ . . "14244500"^^ . "Missing"@en . . "Cryer and Junkin replaced Eddie Braben for this special, which featured The Sweeney stars John Thaw and Dennis Waterman, Elton John, Angela Rippon, plus a cameo appearance by Des O'Connor. This show featured the \"newsflash\" in which Rippon's desk splits in two to reveal her legs, followed by a song and dance routine. The opening credits are in a cartoon style with the duo appearing as caricatures of themselves having a snowball fight, this title sequence was only used once, and the word Christmas does not appear, whilst closing credits featured baby photographs of the cast, a tradition carried on from the previous years' festive special."@en . . "Herman's Hermits, The Pattersons, Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen, Ann Hamilton, Robert Webber, Janet Webb, Jimmy Clitheroe, Jenny Lee-Wright"@en . "List of The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968 TV series) episodes"@en . "?"@en . . "The opening spot is followed by learning to play the piano in sixty seconds, an employment office skit, changing shoes, trying to impress Flora Robson, before the play Queen Elizabeth The First Of England, Part One, a draughts sketch and the talking doll."@en . . "7.8"^^ . . "Opening Spot , The Connoisseurs, Eric visits the chemists' shop, Tap Dancing, a flat-based sketch sees Wise getting fit and showing Morecambe his new backyard gym, then the play Lives Of The Bengal Lancers with Gerald Case and the closing song."@en . "5.2"^^ . . . . "1970-04-22"^^ . "1976-01-21"^^ . . "#Series Seven"@en . "Ernest Chapman, Clodagh Rodgers, The Pattersons, Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen, Ann Hamilton, Janet Webb"@en . . "1971-10-31"^^ . "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."@en . . "Health Food Shop, Flat Sketch ."@en . "1970-07-15"^^ . . "6.4"^^ . . "Eric memorably appears as \"Spick Sparkle\" the new pop sensation in the opening spot performing The Sailor With The Navy Blue Eyes; a cigarette cards quickie is followed by the city gents dancing; then Eric's new nose, the contortionist's accident and a flat sketch featuring Ernie's new secretary."@en . "#FFFF00"@en . . "1.8"^^ . "Janet Webb, Trio Athenee, Malcolm Roberts, Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen, Ann Hamilton, Gilly Fraser"@en . . "1971-10-31"^^ . "1975-12-25"^^ . "1970-01-28"^^ . "The final BBC Christmas Show attracted audience figures of over 21 million, a record for the show, although it was beaten in the ratings by The Mike Yarwood Show earlier in the evening schedule; this was also the first time that Morecambe and Wise's first names were used in the opening titles. The following opening sequence features a parody of Starsky and Hutch, in which the comics star as 'Starkers' and 'Krutch', driving through the streets in a red Mini Clubman emblazoned with the same white vector stripe as seen on the Ford Torino. Boasting the longest guest list of all their shows, members of the cast of Dad's Army and The Good Life appeared, as did Elton John and Angharad Rees . A host of news presenters took part in the \"There Is Nothing Like A Dame\" routine as listed above. Angela Rippon also made an appearance, which had been intended as a surprise. When news leaked of her contribution days before Christmas, the BBC began an investigation into how the leak occurred and contemporary press reports claimed that staff were fired from the corporation over the leak."@en . . . . . . . . . . "-"@en . . "7.6"^^ . . . . "3.6"^^ . . "#89CFF0"@en . "After the opening spot is the Facts Of Life sketch, Ernie Wise tries to sing, Arthur Lowe meets the lady who comes down at the end and marries her, the play Monty On The Bonty followed by the closing theme song."@en . . . . "#Series Nine"@en . "Glenda Jackson, Mary Hopkin, Ronnie Hilton, Ann Hamilton, Janet Webb"@en . "#Series One"@en . "The opening spot sees Ernie attempting to become an overgrown boy scout; The Nose Blowers follows a sketch with Richard Greene; three shorts follow: \"Love In A Mist\", \"Pocket Radio\" and the monks dancing before Richard Greene is introduced for his appearance in The Adventures Of Robin Hood"@en . . "1973-02-16"^^ . "Eric attempts to make Ernie join his mucky movie club in the opening spot, followed by a visual quickie about historical trees; Ern's Hollywood party impressions is followed by Byron Meets Keats then the pair's memories of school, followed by a visit to the bank to secure Ernie's legacy"@en . "1973-03-23"^^ . "Opening Spot , Disappearing Piano, the parody \"Slaughter On Western Avenue\" dance routine follows; a spoof guest introduction for Frank Sinatra sees the duo watch the singer perform \"Come Fly With Me\" from the wings then a flat sketch on sunbathing and the closing song."@en . "Special"@en . "Eric and Ernie discuss permissive show in opening spot, Ernest Chapman guests in Ernie's play \"Trouble at Mill\". Quickie \"A Shot in the Dark\". Whistling sketch featuring Eddie Braben. Monks shoplifting quickie. Flat sketch about dating Princess Anne."@en . . "1970-03-11"^^ . . . . . . "Keith Michell, Design, Angie Grant"@en .