Morecambe & Wise: Season 12
Season 12 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 11.
- 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 12 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Sep 19, 1971 · 50 min
Eric's new tape recorder; the book shop: The Language Of Birds; The House Of Terror
Episode 2
Sep 26, 1971 · 50 min
Doom and disaster; Submarine; Whistling; Bobo the glove puppet; Accident at work; The Legion Of The Lost
Episode 3
Oct 3, 1971 · 50 min
Eric buys a painting; ten years hence - life in 1981; Record contract; Gardeners' world
Episode 4
Oct 10, 1971 · 50 min
Eric receives a threatening letter; Top Of The Form; Fruitcake; Autographed banana; Escape From Stalag 54
Episode 5
Oct 17, 1971 · 50 min
Great Men Of Our Time; Car accessory shop; The Brian Rix Trousers Down Competition; Leg rejuvenating machine; Milkman; Sunday papers and spot the ball
Episode 6
Oct 31, 1971 · 50 min
Family tree; Cement buckets; Wife's fancy man; Eric's dog; Dentist; Trying to work; Ernie's memoires
Christmas Special 1971
Dec 25, 1971 · 50 min
Considered by many to be their finest hour, the festive edition for 1971 contains several all-time classics such as Shirley Bassey singing Smoke Gets in Your Eyes whilst the boys r
Christmas Special 1972
Dec 25, 1972 · 50 min
No series was produced in 1972 with the duo concentrating on a high-quality spectacular for Christmas Night, by this time their show had become a staple part of festive viewing and