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 ...

The party is finally over. Angela Rippon has performed the splits for the last time, and taken a final turn round the floor with Kai Widdrington. She has been glorious on this year’s Strictly Come ...

Ernie Wise wanted to split from Eric Morecambe before their comedy act appeared on television, a letter has revealed. Wise wrote to Morecambe in 1950, explaining that he felt it would be “better if we ...

A long-lost episode of Morecambe and Wise will be broadcast by the BBC this Christmas, after being discovered in an attic by Eric Morecambe’s son. Gary Morecambe found seven canisters in the attic of ...

Morecambe & Wise's breakfast scene has been voted by Gold viewers as the comic duo's 'most iconic' sketch. The musical skit, which involves Eric and Ernie dancing around a kitchen to 'The Stripper', ...

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 ...

Morecambe & Wise remain Britain's best-loved double act, over four decades after they last performed together. This special programme features rare footage of the comedy duo doing what they did best - ...

When I was a little girl in the 1970s, Saturday night TV was a big thing. There were only three channels to choose from so everyone joined together as a family to watch the top entertainers of the day ...