The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968 TV series)

*The Morecambe & Wise Show*
The Morecambe & Wise Show
Genre	Sketch show
Written by	Dick Hills and Sid Green (1968); Eddie Braben (1969–77);
Starring	Eric Morecambe; Ernie Wise;
Theme music composer	Arthur Kent and Sylvia Dee
Ending theme	Bring Me Sunshine
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	9
No. of episodes	71 (4 missing) (list of episodes)
Production
Producers	John Ammonds (1968–74); Ernest Maxin (1975–77);
Running time	30–65 minutes
Production company	BBC
Original release
Network	BBC2
Release	2 September 1968 –; 15 July 1971
Network	BBC1
Release	19 September 1971 –; 25 December 1977
Related
	Running Wild; Two of a Kind; The Morecambe & Wise Show (1978–1983);

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. 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 Morecambe & Wise Show 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 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.