Morecambe and Wise: In Their Own Words

Morecambe & Wise: In Their Own Words is a television documentary introduced and narrated by Jonathan Ross. It aired on BBC One on New Year's Day 2008, featuring clips telling the story of the rise to fame of the comedy double act Morecambe and Wise. It featured many previously unseen archive clips of the double-act from their days in variety as separate acts, through to their final shows for Thames Television prior to Eric Morecambe's untimely death at the age of 58 in 1984. Included within the show was one of his last interviews from Gloria Hunniford's Sunday, Sunday programme. As well as the usual clips of their work (mostly drawn from their years with the BBC with some earlier and later footage) there were transcripts of correspondence unearthed from the BBC's records and these were read by impressionist Jon Culshaw throughout the programme.

External links

Morecambe & Wise: In Their Own Words at BBC Programmes

Morecambe and Wise

Eric Morecambe Ernie Wise

Co-stars	Anne Hamilton Rex Rashley Arthur Tolcher Janet Webb

Writers	Eddie Braben Dick Hills Sid Green Barry Cryer John Junkin

Television	Running Wild (1954-1955) Two Of A Kind (1961-1968) The Ed Sullivan Show (1963-1968) Piccadilly Palace (1967-1968) The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968-1977) The Morecambe & Wise Show (1978-1983)

Films	The Intelligence Men (1965, Feature) That Riviera Touch (1966, Feature) The Magnificent Two (1967, Feature) Simon, Simon (1970, Cameos) Night Train To Murder(1983, Feature) The Passionate Pilgrim (1984, Morecambe Only)

Books by	Eric & Ernie : The Autobiography Of Morecambe & Wise (1973) Eric Morecambe On Fishing (1982, Morecambe Only) Over The Moon...Sick As A Parrot (1982, Morecambe Only) Still On My Way To Hollywood (1990, Wise Only) Morecambe & Wise : There's No Answer To That! (1982, Both) The Reluctant Vampire (1981, Morecambe Only) The Vampires Revenge (1983, Morecambe Only) Mister Lonely (1980, Morecambe Only) Stella (1984, Morecambe Only)

Associates	John Ammonds (producer) Ernest Maxin (choreographer) Joseph McGrath (director) Bill Cotton (executive) Lew Grade (manager) Michael Grade (manager) Billy Marsh (agent) Bernard Delfont (executive) Lew Grade (executive)

Books about	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)

Tributes	Bring Me Sunshine:A Gala Evening (1984) Bring Me Sunshine: Morecambe & Wise (1994) I Worked With Morecambe & Wise...And Look What Happened To Me! (1995) The Unforgettable Eric Morecambe (2001) The Play What I Wrote(2001) The Adventures Of Morecambe & Wise (1996) Morecambe & Wise: Encore! (1995) Morecambe & Wise: Greatest Moments (2008) Morecambe (2009) Eric & Ernie: Behind The Scenes (2010)

Other	List of joint projects "Bring Me Sunshine" (Song) "Positive Thinking..." (Song) "We Get Along So Easily, Don't You Agree?" (Song) "Bingle Jells" (Song) The Importance Of Being Ernie (1990) "Following You Around" (Song) "The Sunshine Song" (Song, Wise Only) Morecambe & Wise : In Their Own Words (2007) Morecambe & Wise : The Show What Paul Merton Did (2008) Eric & Ernie (2010)

Morecambe and Wise: In Their Own Words

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