BED FELLOWS: Eric was initially wary of the bed-sharing sketches but relented after it was pointed out that the comic tradition dated back to Laurel and Hardy
KEYBOARD WIZARD: The man they called ‘Elephant John’ once performed to Eric and Ernie as cleaning ladies clearing up the set after he ‘missed’ the show
GLAMOROUS SIDEKICK: Ann Hamilton appeared with them at least 100 times.
HIDDEN DEPTHS: It was a comic turn on the Morecambe And Wise show that persuaded the director of A Touch Of Class that the classical actress Glenda Jackson could do humour. She went on to win an Oscar for the part.
Eric engaging in horseplay as Dick Turpin.
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Film star Peter Cushing’s running gag was that he hadn’t been paid for an earlier appearance.
The duo with then defence secretary Denis Healey and his daughters.
STAR TURN: The actress Susan Hampshire, who made her name in BBC One’s The Forsyte Saga, took part in Ernie’s play The Mighty Kong with some gusto.
The duo with their wives Joan and Doreen in the garden of Eric’s Harpenden home.