Discuss The Morecambe & Wise Show
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posted by willsonesSTAFFMOD on January 3, 2022 at 6:23 PM
Cataloguing the huge volume of work Eric and Ernie (Morecombe & Wise) provided us is a long, arduous task. I've started with their Christmas Shows (which need further refinement) and their early BBC shows. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
Reply by bratface
on January 3, 2022 at 11:38 PM
IMDb lists 70 episodes, Wikipedia says 71, with the caveat that 4 are missing.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063930/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Morecambe_%26_Wise_Show_(1968_TV_series)_episodes
The link below says 70.
https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/the_morecambe_wise_show/
Reply by willsones
on January 4, 2022 at 12:35 PM
Thanks Bratface. During that era television in the UK wasn't well recorded or documented. Work was discarded and videotape reused (have a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Morecambe_%26_Wise_Show_(1968_TV_series)#Archive_status and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dad%27s_Army_missing_episodes). It's difficult to accurately document all TV from that era.
IMHO the importance of documenting such an important show outweighs the potential harm from misdocumentation (especially as a recent discovery of shows has made the public aware of issues). I opted for a caveat in the discussion section, but would be happy to accept other opinions.