Morecambe & Wise: Season 10
Season 10 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Morecambe & Wise Season 9.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 10 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Jul 1, 1970 · 50 min
This Is Your Life, Moon landing, It’s over between us, Eric Porter’s dressing room, Tarzan’s last adventure, Six weeks to live, Bill-posting, The glove puppet, Monks: 007, Wutherin
Episode 2
Jul 15, 1970 · 50 min
Fox hunting, Record shop: bird calls, Visiting Eric’s parents, Three in a bed, Boarding house, In the park with baby, Telephone clock, Barbers shop, Frankie Vaughan’s son, Monks: s
Episode 3
Jul 29, 1970 · 50 min
Health food, Contagious disease, Underwear shop, Miss Holiday resort, Nina’s cake, Monks: pay day, Writing in bed
Episode 4
Aug 12, 1970 · 50 min
Ernie’s ballet Accident, Christening, Fenella Fielding comes to the flat, Directions from a policeman, The big record, Monks: dice, Sing Something Simple, I’ll See You Again
Episode 5
Aug 26, 1970 · 50 min
The stool, The diet, Messing up Ernie’s plays/famous guest stars, Ticket collector, The drama critic, Monks: the organ, Barbara Murray introduction, There’s No Business Like Big Bu
Special (8 October 1970)
Oct 8, 1970 · 50 min
Moustache seeds, Ernie in hospital, Ear specialist, Honeymoon couple next door. This episode of The Morecambe and Wise Show, had been considered lost for over 50 years. Eric’s son
1970 Christmas Special
Dec 25, 1970 · 50 min
The second seasonal offering saw the return of recurring guest star Peter Cushing who still hadn't been paid (a joke that was to continue well into their Thames Television days); a