Eric and Ernie
- For the comics themselves, see Morecambe and Wise.
Eric and Ernie is a 2011 television film produced by BBC Wales on the early career of the British comic double-act Morecambe and Wise. It completed production in 2010 and premiered on BBC Two on 1 January 2011.
Cast
In credits order.
- Victoria Wood as Sadie Bartholomew, Eric's mother
- Daniel Rigby as Eric Morecambe
- Bryan Dick as Ernie Wise
- Vic Reeves[1] as George Bartholomew, Eric's father
- Reece Shearsmith as Harry Wiseman, Ernie's father
- Emer Kenny as Joan Bartlett, later Eric's wife
- Hannah Steele as Doreen Blythe, later Ernie's wife
- Josh Benson as Little Ernie
- Thomas Atkinson as Little Eric
- Thomas Aldersley as Club MC
- Ted Robbins as Jack Hylton
- Jonah Lees as Young Eric
- Harry McEntire as Young Ernie
- Ria Jones as Boarding House Landlady
- Pam Shaw as Lily
- Esmé Bianco as Naked Showgirl
- Andrew Greenough as Gordon Noval, Eric and Ernie's manager
- Marcus Taylor as Stage Door Keeper #1
- Lee Oakes as Stage Door Keeper #2
- Fine Time Fontayne as Stage Door Keeper #3
- Robert Willox as Doug, Glasgow Empire stage door keeper
- Ian Ross-Henderson as Glasgow Empire Heckler
- Julian Wadham as Ronnie Waldman
- Alex Price as Nigel, BBC writer
- Stephen Aintree as Vernon Arnold
- Martin Walsh as Fishmonger
- Angela Curran as Edna, Sadie's friend
- Peter Gunn as Billy Crackers, warm-up comedian
- Carolynne Good as Girl from Vasaria, in TV sketch
- Clara Darcy as Theatre Usherette
Filming locations
Amongst the locations used for filming include:-
Awards
Daniel Rigby won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor at the 2011 BAFTAs for his performance as Eric Morecambe.
References and notes
- ^ Credited under his real name, Jim Moir
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- Behind The Sunshine (Gary Morecambe)
- The Morecambe & Wise Joke Book (Compilation)
- Morecambe & Wife (Joan Morecambe)
- Morecambe & Wise: The Biography (Graham McCann)
- Eric Morecambe Unseen (William Cook)
- Memories Of Eric (Gary Morecambe)
- Eric Morecambe: Funny Man (Gary Morecambe)
- Morecambe & Wise: A Celebration
- There's No Answer To That! (Jeremy Novak)
- Little Ern! (Robert Sellors)
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