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      • The main reason for this was that Morecambe and Wise had moved to the BBC because they were making colour television programmes, and Lew Grade, their boss at ATV, could not transmit their show in colour on ITV, so they moved to BBC 2, the only channel that transmitted in colour at the time.
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  2. 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.

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  3. Sep 2, 2019 · The Morecambe and Wise Show first ran on BBC Two on 2 September 1968. It marked the return of Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise to the BBC after thirteen years away, during which time...

  4. Nov 3, 2020 · Instead, Morecambe and Wise returned to TV in 1968, this time on BBC2 and in colour, in a deal negotiated by Ernie (who was the more business-minded of the two). However, following the first series which was scripted by Sid and Dick, Eric had his first heart attack and the show was put on ice.

  5. The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show on BBC in 1977 scored one of the highest ever audiences in British television history with more than 20 million viewers (the cited figure varies between 21 and 28 million, depending on the source).

  6. The second show to be broadcast under the title, [a] it was the fourth and final television series by English comedy double-act Morecambe and Wise, and saw their return to ITV after their successful nine-year association with the BBC.

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  7. The episode turned out to be the comedy duo's first show made for BBC One, dating from 8 October 1970 after they moved from BBC Two.

  8. The grass is greener, or so they say, and Eric and Ern leave the BBC in 1978, and move over to Thames TV. Shortly after in 1979, Eric suffers his second heart attack, During his recovery, he begins writing to vent his energy, and his first book, Mr. Lonely in published.

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