The Best of Morecambe and Wise

The Morecambe & Wise Show is a comedy sketch show originally broadcast by BBC Television, and the third TV series by English comedy double-act Morecambe and Wise. A continuation of the duo's format from Two of a Kind (called The Morecambe & Wise Show in its final two series) on ATV, it debuted in 1968 on BBC2, with the move to BBC Television specifically because BBC2 was then the only channel broadcasting in colour. The Morecambe & Wise Show was popular enough to be moved to BBC1 in 1971, 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 show, Morecambe and Wise left the BBC and signed with Thames Television, marking their return to the ITV network. The Morecambe & Wise Show title (or close variations thereof) continued to be used for many of these ITV shows.