Film

Eric & Ernie

2011 · 1h 30m · Comedy · Drama · TV Movie

IMDb

8.0

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.

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

• Jonny CampbellDirector
• Peter BowkerWriter
• Victoria WoodWriter · Executive Producer
• Tim BricknellProducer
• Piers WengerExecutive Producer
• Beth WillisExecutive Producer
• Tony Slater LingDirector of Photography
• Ilan EshkeriOriginal Music Composer

Release date

January 1, 2011

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

12

Genres

Comedy, Drama, TV Movie