Platinum Jubilee Comedy – 1960’s
The 1960's - The Classics Begin
To mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee we're continuing our look back at some of the the highlights in British Comedy over the last 70 years. We have reached the 1960's.In t...
A Very Morecambe And Wise Christmas
Morecambe And Wise Christmas Special - 1971
You can't have Christmas without Morecambe and Wise.As compulsive viewing as The Queen's Speech, Morecambe And Wise's BBC Christmas shows were unmissable Christm...
Morecambe and Wise Christmas Legends?
Morecambe and Wise - The Christmas Specials, 1969 - 1983
The Morecambe and Wise annual Christmas shows became a national institution, as much a part of Christmas as turkey.With the exception of 1974, there...
Morecambe And Wise Hit America
Morecambe And Wise In America, 2018
Morecambe And Wise In America was a three part documentary made by UKTV and aired on the GOLD channel in three parts between 2018 and 2019.In 1963 Morecambe and Wise wer...
Two Of A Kind
Two Of A Kind, 1961
After coming together in the 1940's, Morecambe and Wise made their 1950's television breakthrough with a show called Running Wild. Not well received, they would continue playing live whils...
Morecambe And Wise, Night Train To Murder
Morecambe And Wise, Night Train To Murder, 1984
And this is where the story ends. Night Train To Murder was the last work that Eric and Ernie worked on together before Eric's sad death in 1984.The move ba...
Eddie Braben In Profile
Eddie Braben, 1930 - 2013
Eddie Braben was an British comedy writer and performer.He will be best remembered for providing material for Morecambe and Wise. However he also wrote material for David Frost, ...
The Eric Morecambe And Ernie Wise Show
The Eric Morecambe And Ernie Wise Show 1975 - 1978
Many people regard the 1970's as the heyday of British Comedy and so it's fitting that they also regard the 1970's as Morecambe And Wise's greatest work.I...
The Morecambe And Wise Story
Were These Two Britain's Best Loved Double Act?
The famous partnership of Morecambe and Wise, began in 1941, when they were each booked separately to appear in Jack Hylton's revue, Youth Takes a Bow at the Not...
Lenny Henry Hitting The Double
Lenny Henry Hitting The Double
Comedy favourite Sir Lenny Henry is returning to his comic roots as he joins digital TV channel GOLD later this year.UKTV has announced the veteran funnyman will host a three...