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Morecambe & Wise in America

2018–2019 · 1 season

A warm, gently amusing nostalgia trip through archive clips and fond recollections, easy to dip into and pleasant to watch.

Genres
Comedy, Documentary
Starring
Jonathan Ross, Stephen K. Amos, Shaparak Khorsandi
Overview
Three part series hosted by Jonathan Ross, telling the story of Eric and Ernie's attempts to break America. Over the course of five years in the 1960s, Morecambe and Wise made multiple trips to New York to appear on the USA's biggest variety show, The Ed Sullivan Show. The untold story of their attempt to make it in the States is documented for the first time, including footage that has never been shown on British television before.

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Genres
Comedy, Documentary
Starring
Jonathan Ross, Stephen K. Amos, Shaparak Khorsandi
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • celebrity
  • friendship
  • work
  • identity
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism9
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy, documentary
Starring
Jonathan Ross, Stephen K. Amos, Shaparak Khorsandi, Steve Punt, Jon Culshaw, Anita Harris, Glenda Jackson, Susan Hampshire
Length
1 seasons, 3 episodes, 45 min each
Network
U&Gold
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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