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Christmas specials (not included was the 1974 Michael Parkinson Christmas programme) was released on 4 October 2010. A special HMV exclusive version with updated box art is also available. The series 1 episodes found in Sierra Leone and the series 4 episode found by Gary Morecambe have not yet been released on DVD. The series 1 episodes are rebroadcast annually and are also available to view at the BFI. The recovered episodes and all of the remastered material was released on DVD on 6 June 2022 titled
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536:. Prior to its broadcast, the BBC had publicised the programme heavily as being "the very best of" Morecambe and Wise, and described Morecambe and Wise as being "at their peak". Their departure from the BBC had been greatly publicised and allegiances were tested to their limits, with the general public feeling very much in "ownership" of the partnership who had entertained them every Christmas Night since 1969. The programme was made up of highlights from their 1976 and record-breaking 1977 Christmas shows. It has since been repeated under the title of
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series so that the full attention of writer, producer and stars could be focused on the
Christmas show. By 1977, Morecambe and Wise were the most important parts of the BBC's entertainment schedule. That year, they had again not done a series to focus on the Christmas show, which ended up gaining just over 28 million viewers. However, just over a month later, in January 1978, an announcement was made that the duo had elected to leave the BBC, having signed a contract with
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role in later series, by appearing when least expected or needed and bursting into the first few bars of a harmonica tune fully dressed in concert attire with white tie and tails; he would usually appear after the titles had rolled, the credits had appeared on-screen and the snatch of a bar would be
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was one of the first to be so treated, beginning the long-running in-joke that he had never been paid. The shows became more structured, with an opening "spot" in front of the curtains in a mock-theatre set-up that they insisted upon having, guest singers and groups, a sketch with the two in their
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episode, was released on 6 August 2007. The complete set of
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2296:The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show
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1383:"Morecambe and Wise episode guide"
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1633:"Morecambe and Wise – Lost Shows"
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1996:Morecambe & Wise
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112:Theme music composer
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2515:Eric, Ernie and Me
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