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 ...

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 ...

Music: --The Kinks - ""Dandy"" & ""Well-Respected Man"" --Engelbert Humperdinck - ""Release Me"" and ""Country Girl"" --Millicent Martin - ""Call Me"" Comedy ...

Long-running BBC variety show presented by Britain's best-loved comedy duo, Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise. Based around irreverent stand-up routines, comedy sketches and comical song and dance numbers ...

Meanwhile employees with passes, endowed with rather less of the talent that makes the BBC what it is, filed in and out of the revolving doors. As a symbol of all that’s skew-whiff with the BBC, it’s ...

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 ...