The Morecambe and Wise Show

The first series was penned by the duo's previous writing partnership of Sid Green and Dick Hills who also appeared in the show, sometimes in flat scenes, embryonic of what was to follow in later seasons. As part of the BBC's policy to wipe and re-use videotape in this era, most of the programme content was lost but a remaining fragment exists and was released on DVD together with the complete second series in 2007. Originally recorded in colour, only black-and-white footage remains which is taken from episode six and features Edmund Hockridge and the shadow puppets sketch, unseen for nearly forty years. The audio versions of the entire first series still survive as they were recorded by a fan.

Guests: Sid Green, Dick Hills, Georgia Brown, Los Zafiros Sketches: Topical jokes. Old Mexican love song. Gibberish

Guests: Sid Green, Dick Hills, Acker Bilk, Roy Budd Sketches: Miming, Bodgers and Hammerhead. Booboo the stripper.

Guests: Sid Green, Dick Hills, Trio Athinee, Paper Dolls Sketches: Party at Harpenden, Boxing, Nudist camp

Guests: Sid Green, Dick Hills, Bruce Forsyth, Kenny Ball Sketches: Bruce Forsyth and the Commissionaries, Backing for Bruce

Guests: Sid Green, Dick Hills, Ronnie Carroll, Kenny Ball Sketches: Instant camera, Irish sketch, Old Donegal

Guests: Sid Green, Dick Hills, Edmund Hockridge, Kenny Ball Sketches: Teaching Eric golf, Shadowgraphs, The Desert Song

Guests: Sid Green, Dick Hills, Michael Aspel, Chris Langford, Kenny Ball Sketches: Sailing around the world, Eric and the pools, Hollywood musical

Guests: Sid Green, Dick Hills, Matt Munro, Kenny Ball Sketches: Wrong trousers, Road to Gateshead