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The Morecambe & Wise Show
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Eric & Ernie's Xmas Show 1978

  • Episode aired Dec 25, 1978
  • 1h 1m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
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Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise in The Morecambe & Wise Show (1978)
Comedy

Sketches in the first Thames Xmas Special include A Royal 'This is Your Life', 'The Fabulous Forties', the boys secretly film Frank Finlay, 'Murder at Nasteigh Manor', Eric and Ernie play wi... Read allSketches in the first Thames Xmas Special include A Royal 'This is Your Life', 'The Fabulous Forties', the boys secretly film Frank Finlay, 'Murder at Nasteigh Manor', Eric and Ernie play with Syd Lawrence and his Orchestra, 'The Lost Legacy, or Jack's Return', and Harold Wilson ... Read allSketches in the first Thames Xmas Special include A Royal 'This is Your Life', 'The Fabulous Forties', the boys secretly film Frank Finlay, 'Murder at Nasteigh Manor', Eric and Ernie play with Syd Lawrence and his Orchestra, 'The Lost Legacy, or Jack's Return', and Harold Wilson visits the boy's flat.

  • Director
    • Keith Beckett
  • Writers
    • Barry Cryer
    • John Junkin
    • Eric Morecambe
  • Stars
    • Eric Morecambe
    • Ernie Wise
    • Leonard Rossiter
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    16
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Keith Beckett
    • Writers
      • Barry Cryer
      • John Junkin
      • Eric Morecambe
    • Stars
      • Eric Morecambe
      • Ernie Wise
      • Leonard Rossiter
    • 1User review
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    Eric Morecambe
    Eric Morecambe
    • Self…
    Ernie Wise
    Ernie Wise
    • Self…
    Leonard Rossiter
    Leonard Rossiter
    • Self
    Harold Wilson
    Harold Wilson
    • Self
    • (as Sir Harold Wilson)
    Jenny Hanley
    Jenny Hanley
    • Felicity
    Anna Dawson
    Anna Dawson
    • Bandaged Newsreader…
    Jan Hunt
    • Self
    Syd Lawrence
    • Self
    • (as Syd Lawrence and the Syd Lawrence Orchestra)
    Frank Coda
    Frank Coda
    Jillianne Foot
    Denise Gyngell
    Yvonne Dearman
    The Mike Sammes Singers
    • Themselves
    Frank Finlay
    Frank Finlay
    • Self
    Eamonn Andrews
    • Self
    Nicholas Parsons
    Nicholas Parsons
    • Jack Valiant
    • Director
      • Keith Beckett
    • Writers
      • Barry Cryer
      • John Junkin
      • Eric Morecambe
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      Featured in Top of the Box: 1978 (2018)
    • Soundtracks
      Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
      Written by Hugh Prince and Don Raye

      Performed by The Andrews Sisters

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      • December 25, 1978 (United Kingdom)
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      • 1h 1m(61 min)

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