The Best Episodes of The Morecambe & Wise Show
Every episode of The Morecambe & Wise Show ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Morecambe & Wise Show!
The Morecambe & Wise Show is the third TV series by English comedy double-act Morecambe and Wise. It began airing in 1968 on BBC2, specifically because it was then the only channel broadcasting in colour, following the duo's move to the BBC from ATV, where they had made Two of a Kind since 1961. The series was popular enough to be moved to BBC1, with its Christmas specials garnering prime-time audiences in excess of 20 million, some of the largest in British television history. After their 1977 Christmas special, retaining its title, the show moved over to ITV.
Top Episode Ratings Summary
The best episode of "The Morecambe & Wise Show" is "-", rated 9.3/10 from 78 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "-" aired on 2/4/1968 and is rated 0.7 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "-".
9.3/10 78 votes#1 - -
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 2/4/1968
Music: --Peter Nero (pianist) - ""A Walk in the Black Forest"" & ""Variations on a Theme"" --The Tremeloes - ""Silence Is Golden"" & ""Here Comes My Baby"" --Millicent Martin - ""How Insensitive"" & ""Coronet Man"" Comedy: --Morecambe & Wise parody silent films --Eric Morecambe joins Peter Nero for a piano duet. Aired 12-Aug-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC-TV, colour) Aired 4-Feb-1968 (UK - ""The Morecambe & Wise Show"" ATV, b/w)
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- 8.6/10 12 votes
#2 - -
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/1967
Music: --The Kinks - ""Dandy"" & ""Well-Respected Man"" --Engelbert Humperdinck - ""Release Me"" and ""Country Girl"" --Millicent Martin - ""Call Me"" Comedy: --Morecambe and Wise take a flight in a model airplane. --Morecambe and Wise do a ventriloquist act. Aired 29-Jul-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC-TV, colour) Aired 1-Oct-1967 (UK - ""The Morecambe & Wise Show"" ATV, b/w)
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- 8.4/10 15 votes
#3 - 21 July 1962
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 7/21/1962
No description available
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- 8.4/10 14 votes
- 8.4/10 11 votes
#5 - Lulu / Paul and Barry Ryan
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 1/22/1966
--Lulu --Paul & Barry Ryan
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- 8.3/10 11 votes
- 8.3/10 8 votes
#7 - Episode 6
Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 4/8/1970
This episode was entered for the Golden Rose Of Montreaux. The opening spot see the duo attempting to exchange trousers, then Nina performs the Banana Boat Song with some backing and percussion from the duo; a powerful binoculars skit is followed by Eric's enormous ventriloquist doll "Oggy" closing the show with Bring Me Sunshine.
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- 8.2/10 17 votes
- 8.2/10 17 votes
- 8.2/10 12 votes
#10 - Acker Bilk / Jackie Trent
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 5/2/1964
Guests: Acker Bilk Jackie Trent
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- 8.2/10 10 votes
#11 - Georgia Brown / Los Zafiros
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/2/1968
No description available
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- 8.1/10 16 votes
#12 - -
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 4/18/1964
--The Beatles - ""I Want To Hold Your Hand,"" ""All My Loving"" & ""This Boy"" --In a comedy segment, the Beatles sing ""Moonlight Bay"" with Morecambe and Wise.
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- 8.1/10 9 votes
- 8.1/10 15 votes
- 8.1/10 11 votes
#15 - -
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 11/12/1967
Music: --The Hollies - ""On a Carousel"" & ""Stop, Stop, Stop"" --Tom Jones - ""That Old Black Magic"" and ""Detroit City"" --Millicent Martin - ""Fever"" and ""Eleanor Rigby"" Morecambe and Wise comedy sketches: --A pie throwing demonstration --The problems of the nearsighted Aired 27-May-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC-TV, colour) Aired 12-Nov-1967 (UK - ""The Morecambe & Wise Show"" ATV, b/w)
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- 8.0/10 22 votes
- 8.0/10 14 votes
- 8.0/10 12 votes
- 8.0/10 11 votes
#19 - -
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 10/22/1967
Music: --The Small Faces - ""I Can't Make It"" & ""All or Nothing"" --Bobby Rydell - ""The Impossible Dream"" & ""The Joker"" --Millicent Martin - ""The Day the Circus Left Town"" (with the Paddy Stone Dancers) Morecambe and Wise comedy sketches: --A parody of Adagio dancers --A spoof of a popular soap opera Aired 03-Jun-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC, colour) Aired 22-Oct-1967 (UK - ""The Morecambe & Wise Show"" ATV, b/w)
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- 8.0/10 8 votes
#20 - -
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 12/31/1967
Music: --Frankie Avalon - ""I Could Write a Book"" & ""What Is This Thing Called Love?"" --The New Vaudeville Band - ""If I Had a Talking Picture of You"" and ""Finchley Central"" --Millicent Martin - ""Window Wishin'"" Morecambe and Wise comedy segments: --A version of Grieg's Concerto in A Minor --Impressions of Samson and Delilah, Julius Caesar Aired 15-Jul-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC-TV, colour) Aired 31-Dec-1967 (UK - ""The Morecambe & Wise Show"" ATV, b/w)
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- 8.0/10 8 votes
#21 - -
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 1/14/1968
Music: --The Moody Blues - ""Fly Me High"" & ""Really Haven't Got the Time"" --Tommy Leonetti - ""Once Upon A Time"" and ""This is the Life"" --Millicent Martin - ""Light Another Cigarette"" Comedy: --Morecambe and Wise spoof Hollywood westerns and musicals. Aired 22-Jul-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC-TV, colour) Aired 14-Jan-1968 (UK - ""The Morecambe & Wise Show"" ATV, b/w)
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- 7.9/10 14 votes
- 7.9/10 11 votes
- 7.9/10 9 votes
- 7.9/10 9 votes
#25 - Acker Bilk / Roy Budd
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 9/9/1968
No description available
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