The Morecambe & Wise Show (1961)
The Morecambe & Wise Show is the third TV series by English comedy double-act Morecambe and Wise. It began airing in 1968 on BBC2, specifically because it was then the only channel broadcasting in colour, following the duo's move to the BBC from ATV, where they had made Two of a Kind since 1961. The series was popular enough to be moved to BBC1, with its Christmas specials garnering prime-time audiences in excess of 20 million, some of the largest in British television history. After their 1977 Christmas special, retaining its title, the show moved over to ITV.
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Episode 1 - Episode 1
Release Date: 1974-09-27André Previn, Magnus Magnusson, Wilma Reading, Mrs Mills
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Episode 2 - Episode 2
Release Date: 1974-10-04Ludovic Kennedy, Wilma Reading, Allan Cuthbertson, Gordon Gostelow, Anita Tibbles, Arthur Tolcher
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Episode 3 - Episode 3
Release Date: 1974-10-11The Syd Lawrence Orchestra, Wilma Reading, Jo Rowbottom, Aimee Delamain, Grazina Frame, Roy Sampson, Arthur Tolcher
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Episode 4 - Episode 4
Release Date: 1974-10-18Richard Baker, Wilma Reading, A.J. Brown, Raymond Mason, Arthur Tolcher, Frank Finlay, Susan Hampshire, Glenda Jackson, Francis Matthews
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Episode 5 - Episode 5
Release Date: 1974-10-25Hughie Green, David Dimbleby, Arthur Tolcher, Ann Hamilton, Wilma Reading
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Episode 6 - Episode 6
Release Date: 1974-11-01June Whitfield, Arthur Tolcher, Wilma Reading, John Quayle, Jenny Lee-Wright
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Episode 7 - Christmas Special 1975
Release Date: 1975-12-25The pair make a welcome return with a memorable festive offering penned by Eddie Braben; the opening routine which features the much maligned Des O'Connor is the most repeated piece of material still today, aside from Grieg's Piano Concerto from 1971. The show concludes with the historical romp Nell Gwynne which is a brilliant finale to the show and 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 effectively. 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.