Morecambe and Wise: the Christmas specials. Barry Cryer talks to Richard Webber about working with Britain’s greatest double act. By Richard Webber 07 October 2013 • 7:00am .

Morecambe and Wise's Christmas specials became a British institution that topped viewer ratings year after year. Here we look at some of the highlights from their Christmas sketch shows.

If news of Morecambe and Wise's Christmas special tickles viewers fancy then they can expect offerings from The League of Gentlemen, Mrs Brown's Boys, Not Going Out and 300 Years of French & Saunders.

For a proper Morecambe and Wise Christmas, ... It was the last Morecambe and Wise special broadcast on the BBC and pulled a monster rating of 28.5 million. 8. Extras – The Special (2007) ...

The Morecambe & Wise 1976 Christmas Special with Angela Rippon The party is finally over. Angela Rippon has performed the splits for the last time, and taken a final turn round the floor with Kai ...

Morecambe and Wise. Only Fools and Horses. The Vicar of Dibley, EastEnders, Downton Abbey... TV specials are part of the fabric of Christmas – and moaning about how they're not as good as they ...

On Christmas Day, at 7.45pm, BBC Two will air a complete episode of The Morecambe and Wise Show that had been considered lost for more than 50 years. So it’s not a Christmas show as such?

Morecambe and Wise were once as much a part of Christmas as a turkey dinner followed by a family row. Their end-of-year Christmas specials were some of the highest rated TV shows of the era and ...

Eric and Ernie talk with Michael Parkinson and introduce some of the musical highlights of the Morecambe and Wise shows over the years, featuring Vanessa Redgrave, Cliff Richard, Diana Rigg and ...

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A letter written by Ernie Wise to Eric Morecambe announces, ... pulling in over 28 million viewers for their 1977 Christmas special. Skip to content. Sky News - back to home. Watch Live.

A long-lost episode of Morecambe and Wise will be broadcast by the BBC this Christmas, after being discovered in an attic by Eric Morecambe’s son.. Gary Morecambe found seven canisters in the ...