Eric Morecambe
- English
- Comedian
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Eric Morecambe: rarely seen photos of the comedy legend
As Sir Lenny Henry presents a new series Trust Morecambe & Wise starting tonight on UKTV Gold, celebrating the comedy of Morecambe and Wise, rarely seen photographs of Eric (and Ernie) offer an insight into his work and life both on and off stage
The Guardian, 8th November 2019BBC releases some historic comedy moments
The BBC is making hundreds of clips from its archive available to watch on a new website. Comics featured include Spike Milligan, Pete and Dud, Kenny Everett and Billy Connolly.
Chortle, 10th September 2019Lenny Henry to host Morecambe & Wise retrospective series
Channel Gold will air Trust Morecambe & Wise, a four-part retrospective series hosted by Lenny Henry which features rarely seen footage of the comedy duo.
British Comedy Guide, 21st June 2019Review: An Evening of Eric & Ern
Jonty Stephens (Eric) and Ian Ashpitel (Ern) have the classic duo down to a tee: the twitching glasses, gestures, intonations inflections, comic timing, stage presence, paper bag and their contempt for Des O'Connor.
Jo Turbitt, Across The Arts, 2nd May 2019Gold reveals Britain's Greatest Comedian list
Channel Gold has revealed the shortlist of 30 comedians who will be featured in its show Britain's Greatest Comedian.
British Comedy Guide, 1st May 2019Jonathan Ross continues his series on Eric and Ernie's attempts to break into the US market in the early 1960s. It includes members of the Morecambe family seeing some of the duo's Ed Sullivan Show appearances for the first time, while also touching on their early steps into film and colour TV.
Graeme Virtue, The Guardian, 3rd January 2019The night that Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise made their US debut on the massively influential Ed Sullivan Show with a routine more suited to Blackpool Pier, they went down like the proverbial cup of cold sick. The second time they were on, they were hitting and wrestling one another to the floor. They had learned their lesson. Jonathan Ross presents this fascinating three-part look at how the comedians fared with Stateside audiences between 1963 and 1968.
Ali Catterall, The Guardian, 27th December 2018Morecambe & Wise in America review
It's a true Christmas treat, witnessing magical footage of the comedy nonpareils, seen for the first time in the UK. May our hearts bubble over with helpless laughter.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 27th December 2018Morecambe & Wise Show: The Lost Tapes, review
Lost reels of The Morecambe & Wise Show from 1968 have been freshly restored. But the material is not a patch on the pair's later Christmas specials, finds Gerard Gilbert.
Gerald Gilbert, The Independent, 26th December 2018Morecambe and Wise: The Lost Tapes, review
A reminder of comedy genius.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 26th December 2018