* The Thoughts Of Trueman Now Fred Trueman, Eric Morecambe, and Fred Rumsey ( Rushton illustrations only ) ( Macdonald & Janes, 1978 )

At two points in the film the station location is indicated by platform signs referring to local destinations including, Leeds, Bradford, Morecambe & Lancaster.

In 1955 Sykes wrote and performed in a BBC Christmas spectacular, a spoof pantomime called Pantomania, which featured many well-known BBC personalities of the era ; it was directed by Ernest Maxin, who went on to produce some of the most famous comedy routines for Morecambe & Wise.

He is best remembered for the television series The Morecambe & Wise Show, which for some of its Christmas episodes gained UK viewing figures of over twenty-eight million people.

* In 2007 the author William Cook produced the book Morecambe & Wise Unseen which charts many of the early career moves of both Morecambe and Ernie Wise.

* Morecambe & Wise-Graham McGann ( 1999 )

* The Morecambe & Wise homepage

Freely-available newspapers in Lancaster include The Reporter and, previously, The Lancaster & Morecambe Citizen, which ceased production in January 2009.

2000 – 01: Chester City, Doncaster Rovers, Dover Athletic, Hereford United, Morecambe, Rushden & Diamonds, Scarborough, Yeovil Town

2002 – 03: Chester City, Dagenham & Redbridge, Doncaster Rovers, Halifax Town, Hereford United, Leigh RMI, Morecambe, Scarborough, Southport, Stevenage Borough, Woking, Yeovil Town

2003 – 04: Barnet, Chester City, Dagenham & Redbridge, Exeter City, Forest Green Rovers, Halifax Town, Hereford United, Morecambe, Scarborough, Shewsbury Town, Stevenage Borough, Telford United

2004 – 05: Accrington Stanley, Aldershot Town, Barnet, Carlisle United, Dagenham & Redbridge, Exeter City, Hereford United, Morecambe, Scarborough, Stevenage Borough, Woking, York City

2005 – 06: Accrington Stanley, Aldershot Town, Cambridge United, Crawley Town, Dagenham & Redbridge, Exeter City, Halifax Town, Hereford United, Kidderminster Harriers, Morecambe, Stevenage Borough, Woking

His other early appearances included Dixon of Dock Green ( 1962 ), The Morecambe & Wise Show, The Seven Faces of Jim ( 1961 ) with Jimmy Edwards, a production of Noël Coward's Hay Fever ( 1968 ) and the storyteller in several episodes of Jackanory ( 1969 ).

* November 28 – The Bring Me Sunshine charity concert at the London Palladium, in memory of Eric Morecambe, includes musical performances by Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen, Des O ' Connor and Ernie Wise.

They danced to Brenda Arnau's version of Big Spender with Morecambe & Wise posing as two new Pan's Persons.

The feature programme of the night was TWW's penultimate production, All Good Things, a late night variety special presented by Bernard Braden and featuring amongst others, Tessie O ' Shea, Stan Stennett, Ivor Emmanuel, Manfred Mann, Clifford Evans, Anita Harris and Morecambe & Wise.

* The Morecambe & Wise Show ( BBC, 1968 – 1977.

* The Morecambe & Wise Show ( Thames Television, 1978 until their final show together at Christmas 1983.

Morecambe & Wise in their classic " skip dance " pose, performed to " Bring Me Sunshine "

* The Morecambe & Wise Show ( 1978 – 1983 )

The programme ended with a clip from a 1978 Morecambe & Wise special as the closing credits played.

Thames secured British entertainers Morecambe & Wise, the stars of the BBC1 Christmas schedules which overshadowed ITV programmes with 27 million viewers.

Tommy Cooper made him laugh, as did Morecambe and Wise and the television show " Dad's Army ".

Eschewing the alternative comedy style prevalent at the time, both versions of the show were indebted to early ' 70s comedians such as Dick Emery and Morecambe and Wise.

At Christmas 1978, Wilson appeared on the Morecambe and Wise Christmas Special.

Yehudi Menuhin was also ' meant ' to appear on The Morecambe and Wise Show but could not do so as he was ' opening at the Argyl Theatre, Birkenhead in Old King Cole.

" Barker and Corbett wished to avoid being remembered primarily as a duo, and felt they could not work in the same way as a conventional double act like Morecambe and Wise, and so each maintained their solo careers as well.

Cryer has written for many noted performers, including Dave Allen, Stanley Baxter, Jack Benny, Rory Bremner, George Burns, Jasper Carrott, Tommy Cooper, Les Dawson, Dick Emery, Kenny Everett, Bruce Forsyth, David Frost, Bob Hope, Frankie Howerd, Richard Pryor, Mike Yarwood, The Two Ronnies and Morecambe and Wise.

Category: Morecambe and Wise

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 Wise.

After the war — and a chance reunion in London, where Sadie once again encouraged them to work together — Morecambe and Wise began to make a name for themselves on stage and radio, before managing to secure a contract with the BBC to make a television show.

One reviewer gave a definition of television as " the box they buried Morecambe and Wise in ".

Early episodes saw Hills and Green writing for the comedians as if Morecambe and Wise were alter egos of the writers.

Morecambe and Wise were not bound to participate in the strike.

From then on, Morecambe and Wise got their way.

Morecambe and Wise were very popular in Blackpool, and while starring in Show Time, at the North Pier in Blackpool in 1963, Eric's portrait was sculpted by Victor Heyfron, MA.

The sixth Morecambe and Wise series for ATV was planned from the start to be aired in the United Kingdom as well as exported to the United States and Canada.

In 1968, as a result of problems with contract negotiations with Lew Grade ( they were not offered enough money or allowed to continue making their shows in colour ), Morecambe and Wise left ATV to return to the BBC.

In one diary entry from 17 August 1967, when Morecambe and Wise were appearing in Great Yarmouth as part of a summer season, Morecambe noted, " I have a slight pain on the left side around my heart.

Morecambe had been appearing with Wise during a week of midnight performances at the Variety Club in Batley, Yorkshire.

Morecambe and Wise appeared there in December 1967 for a week, making £ 4, 000.