Rediscovered episode of Morecambe and Wise to air on BBC Two
Dating from 1970, the 45-minute episode had originally been wiped by the BBC so the expensive tape could be re-used.The newly colourised episode of the Morecambe and Wise Show will be broadcast on BBC Two at 19:45 GMT on Christmas Day.
Morecambe said he was "staggered" when he received the phone call telling him the episode had been discovered. The Morecambe and Wise Show first ran on BBC Two on 2 September 1968. It marked the duo's return after 13 years away, during which time they had found success at ITV. "[Eric] would never stop laughing. He loved watching the show. And at the end he'd stand up and say 'I thought Ernie was really good'."Eric Morecambe died in 1984 and Ernie Wise in 1999.
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