Plot: No series was made in 1978 in an effort to make the Christmas Show stronger, but there was one hour-long offering (the same length as the BBC shows had been, but with adverts. This opened with an amusing sequence whereby a lorry with a BBC logo emblazoned on its side, appears at Thames Television's studios, the back doors are flung open, and Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise are thrown out, in a direct nod to the bad feeling that was present at the time the partnership had departed their previous employers

Morecambe & Wise (multiple Series) - Season 15 - Thames Special 1978 (Episode 9)
Episode Aired On:
Wednesday, October 18 1978
46 years ago
Wednesday, October 18 1978
46 years ago