The Morecambe & Wise Show - Season 0 Episode 11 Christmas Show (1981)
This show marked in some ways the fact that Morecambe & Wise were no longer a prime asset; it was the first time in their television careers that their festive offering had not been broadcast on Christmas Night, the schedulers opting instead for 23 December. This was also because, until 1982, Thames Television only operated from Monday at 9.25am until Friday at 7pm; as Christmas Day fell on a Friday, London Weekend Television (LWT) held the franchise to broadcast that evening. The guest list was nonetheless impressive with Ralph Richardson heading up a stellar list, Suzanne Danielle doing a Razzle Dazzle routine with the boys, a re-hash of the BBC health food shop routine, now featuring Valerie Minfie, and the obligatory play, which was Julius Caesar, a thinly covered remake of the popular BBC sketch Antony & Cleopatra from ten years earlier. This show saw M&W use technology more to gain laughs with blue screen techniques being used in some sketches.
Year: 1983
Genre: Comedy
Country: United Kingdom
Studio: ITV1, BBC Two, Associated Television
Director:
Cast: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise
Crew: Ernie Wise (Writer), Ernest Maxin (Producer), Eric Morecambe (Writer)
First Air Date: Oct 12, 1961
Last Air date: Dec 26, 1983
Season: 19 Season
Episode: 170 Episode
Runtime: 50 minutes
IMDb: 6.50/10 by 10.00 users
Popularity: 18.303
Language: English
Keyword : sketch comedy, double act
Season
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Episode
Christmas Show (1969)
Christmas Show (1970)
Christmas Show (1971)
Christmas Show (1972)
Christmas Show (1973)
Parkinson Takes A Christmas Look At Morecambe & Wise 1974
Christmas Show (1975 )
Christmas Show (1976)
Eric & Ernie's Christmas Show (1977)
The Best of Morecambe & Wise
Christmas Show (1981)
Christmas Show (1982)
Night Train to Murder (1983)
Song and Dance
1970: The Lost Tape
The Lost Tapes Episode 1
The Lost Tapes Episode 2