Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play It was as much a part of Christmas Day as the Queen&s Speech & Turkey & Plum Pudding The Morecambe & Wise Christmas Day Special was an event not to be missed! The legendary comedy duo&s Christmas Specials began in 1969 but the phenomenon exploded in 1971 when the first lavish extended Christmas production was broadcast Shirley Bassey sang in hobnail boots; Glenda Jackson was serenaded by an assortment of BBC Presenters & the Andre Previn sketch stole the show From then on every subsequent year demanded new stars & great sketches Diana Rigg played Nell Gwynne Elton John was sent the wrong way round Television Centre Vanessa Redgrave starred in a Latin-American extravaganza & a leggy Angela Rippon emerged from behind the news desk to perform a legendary dance routine In their last year at the BBC the show reached it&s peak as a record 28 million people tuned in to see a chorus line of newsreaders acrobatically dance & sing & There Ain&t Nothing Like A Dame& Penelope Keith climb awkwardly from an unfinished stairway & an unexpected return for Elton John
Includes:: all 8 christmas specials from The Morecambe & Wise Show in colour from 1969 to 1977 Actors Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise Certificate PG Year 1969
- 1977 Languages English