Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7443 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-03-24
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Box set, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 150 minutes

Synopsis
Features the entire first series of THE MORECAMBE AND WISE SHOW made for Thames Television. Contains six episodes. Also includes their first four Thames Television specials; the pilot show and three Christmas shows.

Customer Reviews

Superb - long, long overdue!
Absolutely delighted to see this release finally become available. So many classics on here: Sylvester & Tweety Pie, The Jungle Book, Ernie conducting the Syd Lawrence Orchestra, 'Evil Eric' the Stuntman, Des O'Connor trying to sing on the Christmas show, Ernie's au pair, and much more that's either long since deleted or never previously available. I've always liked M&W's work during this period, and it's nice to see the efforts of writers Barry Cryer & John Junkin, and director/producer Keith Beckett in the spotlight for once (regular producer John Ammonds and writer Eddie Braben returned for the '79 special and the 1980 series respectively). Oh, and Peter Cushing's still waiting to get paid!

NOT worse than the BBC years
Excellent DVD, showing once and or all that the Thames years were no worse than the BBC stuff. Some of the stuff is hit and miss, but that can be said for the BBC years- as a look at the BBC dvd's shows.

Well worth a look this one.

What Do You Think Of It So Far...?
This is a long overdue release: Season 1 (from 1980) of M&W at Thames TV plus their first special with Thames from October 1978 and the Xmas Special also from 1978. Add to this a Xmas Special/Extended interview with M&W quizzed by David Frost and then the 1980 Xmas Special, and you have an excellent set of programmes. Most of this is new to DVD and has not been seen for decades. Most of this material stands up very well indeed. There's a great sense of energy and urgency about the 1978 Specials and the 1979 Xmas interview show is fascinating to see. (It's also a lot more inventive than you would imagine!) The 1980 series (back with Eddie Braben as writer) is also great fun and there's some nice anarchic touches to enjoy. Overall, a treat. At last you can judge for yourself the true quality of the Thames TV material - I've always thought that it was much underrated and thanks to Network hopefully more people will soon think this too.