Film
Eric & Ernie
United Kingdom- Age rating
- 12
- Director
- Jonny Campbell
- Year
- 2011
Single drama telling the story of Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise's formative years, from child stars to national treasures. 'Big head, short legs' is Eric Bartholomew's first impression of Ernie Wiseman, but their friendship endures and, encouraged by his well-meaning but determined mother Sadie, Eric became the funny man to Ernie's 'feed'. After a successful stint in children's variety, they work their way up the ladder of live performance, but after a disastrous television debut in the series Running Wild, Morecambe and Wise learn to trust their own instincts and just make people laugh.
Top cast
Daniel Rigby
Eric Morecambe
Bryan Dick
Ernie Wise
Victoria Wood
Sadie Bartholomew
Vic Reeves
George Bartholomew
Reece Shearsmith
Harry Wiseman
Emer Kenny
Joan
Hannah Steele
Doreen
Ted Robbins
Jack Hylton
Jonah Lees
Young Eric
Harry McEntire
Young Ernie
Pam Shaw
Lily
Ria Jones
Landlady
Angela Curran
Edna
Julian Wadham
Ronnie Waldman
Fine Time Fontayne
Stage Door Keeper
Lee Oakes
Stage Door Keeper
Marcus Taylor
Stage Door Keeper
Andrew Greenough
Gordon Noval
Directed by
Jonny Campbell
Written by
Peter Bowker, Victoria Wood
Produced by
Tim Bricknell