Eric, Ernie and Me

Eric, Ernie and Me

60 mins | Drama, Comedy, TV Movie | Dec. 29, 2017

For over a decade, an ex-market stall trader from Liverpool called Eddie Braben wrote the scripts that made the nation take Morecambe and Wise to their hearts. But for Braben, it wasn't all sunshine. Beginning in 1969 with the birth of the 'golden triangle' of Eric, Ernie and Eddie, this film chronicles the grind that pushed the perfectionist Braben to the brink of exhaustion, culminating in the triumphant Christmas Day show of 1977.

Eric, Ernie and Me

60 mins | Drama, Comedy, TV Movie | Dec. 29, 2017

Eric, Ernie and Me
For over a decade, an ex-market stall trader from Liverpool called Eddie Braben wrote the scripts that made the nation take Morecambe and Wise to their hearts. But for Braben, it wasn't all sunshine. Beginning in 1969 with the birth of the 'golden triangle' of Eric, Ernie and Eddie, this film chronicles the grind that pushed the perfectionist Braben to the brink of exhaustion, culminating in the triumphant Christmas Day show of 1977.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers BBC
Original title Eric, Ernie and Me
Directors Dan Zeff
Writers Neil Forsyth

Cast

Stephen Tompkinson

as Eddie Braben

Mark Bonnar

as Eric Morecambe

Neil Maskell

as Ernie Wise

Rufus Jones

as John Ammonds

Alex MacQueen

as Bill Cotton

Liz White

as Deirdre Braben

Adam James

as Ernest Maxin

Katherine Kingsley

as Joan Morecambe

Natasha Joseph

as Doreen Wise

Lisa Jackson

as Glenda Jackson

Rosalind Halstead

as Vanessa Redgrave

Darren Bransford

as Andre Previn

Jon Culshaw

as Barry Cryer

Susan Twist

as Patsy

Isobel Middleton

as Verity Lewis

Louis Emerick

as Dave