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Braben found writing for Morecambe and Wise stressful, particularly with pressure to produce the high-profile Christmas Specials, each of which took months to rehearse and film.

As a result, he suffered nervous illnesses, including hallucinations.

In 1978 Morecambe and Wise were lured back to ITV-but Braben did not go with them because he was still under contract with the BBC.

He would not rejoin them on ITV until the 1980s.