For 50 years it was the joke result which scored the most laughs. Eric Morecambe’s tongue twister, East Fife 4, Forfar 5, brought sunshine to many. And now it’s come true – after the sides drew in the ...

Rare footage of Morecambe and Wise performing in America will be aired in the UK for the first time in a new documentary series about the comedy duo later this year. Presented by Jonathan Ross, the ...

A never-before-seen collection of treasures belonging to comedy legend Eric Morecambe, including telegrams from the late Prince Philip and letters from Margaret Thatcher and fellow comics Ronnie ...

Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise during a rehearsal for The Morecambe & Wise Show in 1981 - Peter Bolton/TV Times via Getty Images While no-one expects the Spanish Inquisition, we always anticipated our ...

Long after they died, the BBC started dramatising the story of the stars’ miserable lives in low-budget micro-sagas shot in dingy rooms. The "me" in the title was Eddie Braben, the gagsmith credited ...

John Eric Bartholomew OBE (14 May 1926 – 28 May 1984), known by his stage name Eric Morecambe, was an English comedian who together with Ernie Wise formed the award-winning double act Morecambe and ...

ITV-owned prodco Shiver has been commissioned by BBC2 to produce a doc that will take an in-depth look at the iconic British comic double act Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise. Eric & Ernie’s Home Movies ...

Eric Morecambe died (aged 58) in 1984 and Ernie Wise (aged 73) in 1999, but their wonderful Morecambe and Wise double act lives on in endless television repeats and the occasional tribute show, such ...

A collection of some of your favourite sketches from an irreplaceable comedy partnership including Anthony Cleopatra starring Glenda Jackson but without Caesar whod come down with a touch of the ...

Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise almost split up before they became famous, it has emerged. According to Morecambe's son Gary, Wise wrote his father a note in the 1950s detailing how he wanted to "break ...

Victoria Wood has praised the stars of new BBC Two drama Eric and Ernie. The one-off special will focus on the early friendship between famous comedy double-act Eric Morecambe (played by Daniel Rigby) ...