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{{short description|2011 British television film by Jonny Campbell}}
{{hatnote|For the comics themselves, see [[Morecambe and Wise]].}}
{{hatnote|For the comics themselves, see [[Morecambe and Wise]]. For the book, see [[Eric & Ernie: The Autobiography of Morecambe & Wise]].}}
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| genre = [[Drama (film and television)|Drama]]
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| based_on = {{based on|An idea|[[Victoria Wood]]}}
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| writer = [[Peter Bowker]]
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| creator = [[Piers Wenger]],<br />[[Beth Willis (producer)|Beth Willis]],<br />[[Victoria Wood]]<br />(executive producers)
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| director = [[Jonny Campbell]]
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| starring = {{ubl|[[Daniel Rigby]]|[[Bryan Dick]]|Victoria Wood|[[Reece Shearsmith]]|[[Vic Reeves|Jim Moir]]|[[Emer Kenny]]|[[Hannah Steele]]}}
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| writer = [[Peter Bowker]]
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| music = [[Ilan Eshkeri]]
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| country = United Kingdom
| director = [[Jonny Campbell]]
| language = English
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| executive_producer = {{ubl|[[Piers Wenger]]|[[Beth Willis (producer)|Beth Willis]]|Victoria Wood}}
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| starring = [[Daniel Rigby]]<br />[[Bryan Dick]]<br />[[Victoria Wood]]<br />[[Reece Shearsmith]]<br />[[Vic Reeves|Jim Moir]]<br />[[Emer Kenny]]<br />[[Hannah Steele]]
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| producer = Tim Bricknell
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| editor = Jamie Pearson
| theme_music_composer = Jessica Dannheisser (orchestrator)
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| cinematography = Tony Slater Ling
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| runtime = 89 minutes
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'''''Eric and Ernie''''' is a 2011 television film produced by [[BBC Wales]], based on the early career of the British comic double-act [[Morecambe and Wise]]. The production was completed in 2010 and premiered on [[BBC Two]] on 1 January 2011. It was watched by 6.65 million viewers. Since then, it has been repeated several times on [[Gold (UK TV channel)|Gold]].
'''''Eric and Ernie''''' is a 2011 British [[television film|television]] [[drama film]] based on the early career of the British comic double-act [[Morecambe and Wise]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4f4b89905f2a2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529181533/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4f4b89905f2a2|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 May 2018|title=Eric and Ernie (2011)|website=BFI}}</ref> The film was produced by [[BBC Wales]], completed in 2010, and premiered on [[BBC Two]] on 1 January 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-11768311|title=Victoria Wood tells all about Eric and Ernie|date=30 December 2010|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> It was watched by 6.65 million viewers. Since then, it has been repeated several times on [[Gold (UK TV channel)|Gold]].


==Plotline==
==Plotline==
Several years before World War II, [[Ernie Wise|Ernie Wiseman]], a precocious and confident child performer, is signed up by influential impresario [[Jack Hylton]]. In [[Morecambe]], pushy stage mother, Sadie Bartholomew, drags her slightly reluctant son [[Eric Morecambe|Eric]], an eccentric dancer, from one audition to the next until he too is employed by Hylton. At first glance the boys do not initially get on but Sadie sees a way to use their cross-talk to form a bantering double act, originally known as Bartholomew and Wise. But as time goes on, Sadie comes to the conclusion that their name is stopping them from getting noticed, so after reading the local newspaper, The Morecambe Visitor, she suggests that they should change their name to Morecambe and Wise.
Several years before World War II, [[Ernie Wise]]man, a precocious and confident child performer, is signed up by influential impresario [[Jack Hylton]]. In [[Morecambe]], pushy stage mother Sadie Bartholomew drags her slightly reluctant son [[Eric Morecambe|Eric]], an eccentric dancer, from one audition to the next until he too is employed by Hylton. At first glance the boys do not initially get on but Sadie sees a way to use their cross-talk to form a bantering double act, originally known as Bartholomew and Wise. But as time goes on, Sadie comes to the conclusion that their name is stopping them from getting noticed, so after reading the local newspaper, ''The Morecambe Visitor'', she suggests that they should change their name to Morecambe and Wise.


After war service they become successful on stage and on radio but their attempt to crack the new medium of television is a disaster because they have been forced to accept [[Running Wild (1954 TV series)|a script]] which will make their Northernness acceptable to Southern viewers. As a result, the duo go their own ways and split up. However, Sadie knows that their formula will work and pushes Eric, now married to dancer Joan, into contacting Ernie, who is married to dancer Doreen. They decide to reform, and to completely rewrite their own act that would become one of the most successful performing duos ever in British comedy.
After war service, they become successful on stage and on radio; but their attempt to crack the new medium of television is a disaster because they have been forced to accept [[Running Wild (1954 TV series)|a script]] which will make their Northernness acceptable to Southern viewers. As a result, the duo go their own ways and split up. However, Sadie knows that their formula will work and pushes Eric, now married to dancer Joan, into contacting Ernie, who is married to dancer Doreen. They decide to reform, and to completely rewrite their own act that would become one of the most successful performing duos ever in British comedy.


==Cast==
==Cast==
In credits order:
In credits order:

* [[Victoria Wood]] as Sadie Bartholomew, Eric's mother
* [[Victoria Wood]] as Sadie Bartholomew, Eric's mother
* [[Daniel Rigby]] as [[Eric Morecambe]]
* [[Daniel Rigby]] as [[Eric Morecambe]]
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* Pam Shaw as Lily
* Pam Shaw as Lily
* [[Esmé Bianco]] as Naked Showgirl
* [[Esmé Bianco]] as Naked Showgirl
* Andrew Greenough as Gordon Noval, Eric and Ernie's manager
* Marcus Taylor as Stage Door Keeper #1
* [[Lee Oakes]] as Stage Door Keeper #2
* [[Fine Time Fontayne]] as Stage Door Keeper #3
* Robert Willox as Doug, Glasgow Empire stage door keeper
* Ian Ross-Henderson as Glasgow Empire Heckler
* [[Julian Wadham]] as [[Ronnie Waldman]]
* [[Alex Price]] as Nigel, BBC writer
* Stephen Aintree as Vernon Arnold
* Martin Walsh as Fishmonger
* [[Angela Curran]] as Edna, Sadie's friend
* [[Peter Gunn (actor)|Peter Gunn]] as Billy Crackers, warm-up comedian
* [[Carolynne Good]] as Girl from Vasaria, in TV sketch
* Clara Darcy as Theatre Usherette


==Filming locations==
==Filming locations==
Amongst the locations used for filming include:-
Amongst the locations used for filming include:-
* [[Stockport Plaza]] and [[New Mills]] Art Theatre for the various theatre interior shots
* [[Stockport Plaza]] and [[New Mills]] Art Theatre for the various theatre interior shots
* [[O2 Apollo Manchester]] as [[Shepherd's Bush Empire]] for the filming of their first TV series ''[[Running Wild (1954 TV series)]]''
* [[Stockport]] for the various outdoor shots
* [[Stockport]] for the various outdoor shots
* [[Stockport Air Raid Shelters]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.morecambeandwise.com/viewpage.aspx?pageid=356|title=On Set - Eric and Ernie - morecambeandwise.com|website=www.morecambeandwise.com}}</ref>
* [[Stockport Air Raid Shelters]]
* [[Morecambe]]
* [[Morecambe]]
* [[Morecambe Winter Gardens]] where Ernie performed his solo tap dance routines
* [[Morecambe Winter Gardens]] where Ernie performed his solo tap dance routines
* [[East Lancashire Railway]]
* [[East Lancashire Railway]]
* [[Victoria Baths]]
* [[Victoria Baths]]
* [[Freemasons Hall, Manchester|Freemasons Hall]] [[Manchester]]


==Awards==
==Awards==
Daniel Rigby won the [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actor|BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor]] at the [[British Academy Television Awards 2011|2011 BAFTAs]] for his performance as Eric Morecambe.
Daniel Rigby won the [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actor|BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor]] at the [[British Academy Television Awards 2011|2011 BAFTAs]] for his performance as Eric Morecambe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2011/television/leading-actor|title=2011 Television Leading Actor &#124; BAFTA Awards|website=awards.bafta.org}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 18:06, 21 September 2024

For the comics themselves, see Morecambe and Wise. For the book, see Eric & Ernie: The Autobiography of Morecambe & Wise.

Eric and Ernie
DVD cover
GenreDrama
Based onAn idea
by Victoria Wood
Written byPeter Bowker
Directed byJonny Campbell
Starring
Music byIlan Eshkeri
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
ProducerTim Bricknell
CinematographyTony Slater Ling
EditorJamie Pearson
Running time89 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
Release1 January 2011 (2011-01-01)

Eric and Ernie is a 2011 British television drama film based on the early career of the British comic double-act Morecambe and Wise.[1] The film was produced by BBC Wales, completed in 2010, and premiered on BBC Two on 1 January 2011.[2] It was watched by 6.65 million viewers. Since then, it has been repeated several times on Gold.

Plotline

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Several years before World War II, Ernie Wiseman, a precocious and confident child performer, is signed up by influential impresario Jack Hylton. In Morecambe, pushy stage mother Sadie Bartholomew drags her slightly reluctant son Eric, an eccentric dancer, from one audition to the next until he too is employed by Hylton. At first glance the boys do not initially get on but Sadie sees a way to use their cross-talk to form a bantering double act, originally known as Bartholomew and Wise. But as time goes on, Sadie comes to the conclusion that their name is stopping them from getting noticed, so after reading the local newspaper, The Morecambe Visitor, she suggests that they should change their name to Morecambe and Wise.

After war service, they become successful on stage and on radio; but their attempt to crack the new medium of television is a disaster because they have been forced to accept a script which will make their Northernness acceptable to Southern viewers. As a result, the duo go their own ways and split up. However, Sadie knows that their formula will work and pushes Eric, now married to dancer Joan, into contacting Ernie, who is married to dancer Doreen. They decide to reform, and to completely rewrite their own act that would become one of the most successful performing duos ever in British comedy.

Cast

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In credits order:

Filming locations

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Amongst the locations used for filming include:-

Awards

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Daniel Rigby won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor at the 2011 BAFTAs for his performance as Eric Morecambe.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Eric and Ernie (2011)". BFI. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Victoria Wood tells all about Eric and Ernie". 30 December 2010 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  3. ^ Vic Reeves's real name
  4. ^ "On Set - Eric and Ernie - morecambeandwise.com". www.morecambeandwise.com.
  5. ^ "2011 Television Leading Actor | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org.
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