Season 1 (1967)
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Episodes 15
The Dave Clark Five / Cliff Richard
Music: --Dave Clark Five - ""You've Got What It Takes"" and ""Georgia"" --Cliff Richard - ""It's All Over"" and ""In the Country"" --Millicent Martin - ""Granada"" (with dancers)
Morecambe and Wise comedy segments: --A ""Peter and the Wolf"" interpretation --""East Side Story"" (a parody of Hollywood musical comedies)
Aired 20-May-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC-TV, color) (Note: UK broadcast date unknown.)
Read MoreTom Jones / The Hollies
Music: --The Hollies - ""On a Carousel"" & ""Stop, Stop, Stop"" --Tom Jones - ""That Old Black Magic"" and ""Detroit City"" --Millicent Martin - ""Fever"" and ""Eleanor Rigby""
Morecambe and Wise comedy segments: --A pie throwing demonstration --The problems of the nearsighted
Aired 27-May-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC-TV, color) Aired 12-Nov-1967 (UK - ""The Morecambe & Wise Show"" ATV, B&W)
Read MoreThe Small Faces / Bobby Rydell
Music: --The Small Faces - ""I Can't Make It"" & ""All or Nothing"" --Bobby Rydell - ""The Impossible Dream"" & ""The Joker"" --Millicent Martin - ""The Day the Circus Left Town"" (with the Paddy Stone Dancers)
Morecambe and Wise comedy segments: --A parody of Adagio dancers --A spoof of a popular soap opera
Aired 03-Jun-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC-TV, color) Aired 22-Oct-1967 (UK - ""The Morecambe & Wise Show"" ATV, B&W)
Read MoreFrankie Avalon / The New Vaudeville Band
Music: --Frankie Avalon - ""I Could Write a Book"" & ""What Is This Thing Called Love?"" --The New Vaudeville Band - ""If I Had a Talking Picture of You"" and ""Finchley Central"" --Millicent Martin - ""Window Wishin'""
Morecambe and Wise comedy segments: --A version of Grieg's Concerto in A Minor --Impressions of Samson and Delilah, Julius Caesar
Aired 15-Jul-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC-TV, color) Aired 31-Dec-1967 (UK - ""The Morecambe & Wise Show"" ATV, B&W)
Read MoreFreddie & the Dreamers / Jimmie Rodgers
Music: --Freddie and the Dreamers - ""Brown and Porter's"" --Jimmie Rodgers - ""The Lonesome Road"" & ""I'll Say Goodbye"" --Millicent Martin - ""The Shadow of Your Smile"" --Entire cast - Western medley: ""Wagon Wheels,"" ""Ol Faithful"" and ""On Top of Old Smokey""
Comedy: --Morecambe and Wise do a pantomime table tennis game (with series' writers Sid Green and Dick Hills)
Aired 17-Jun-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC-TV, color) (Note: UK broadcast date unknown.)
Read MoreGeorgie Fame / Bobby Vinton
Music: --Georgie Fame - ""Sweet Thing"" & ""Funny How Time Slips Away"" --Bobby Vinton - ""Mr. Lonely,"" ""To Life"" and ""Sunrise, Sunset"" --Millicent Martin - ""You're Gonna Hear from Me""
Morecambe and Wise comedy: --An Arabian sheik's first impressions of London. --A parody of pop singing groups (with Morecambe & Wise and the show's writers)
Aired 24-Jun-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC-TV, color) Aired 17-Mar-1968 (UK - ""The Morecambe & Wise Show"" ATV, B&W)
Read MoreGeorge Maharis / Manfred Mann
Music: --George Maharis - ""Baby Has Gone Bye-Bye"" & ""All Right, OK, You Win"" --Manfred Mann - ""Ha! Ha! Said the Clown"" & ""Just Like a Woman"" --Millicent Martin - ""Singin' in the Rain"" & ""Make It Easy on Yourself""
Comedy: --Morecambe and Wise appear as figures on a Greek vase --Morecambe and Wise take a look at English village life
Aired 01-Jul-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC-TV, color) Aired 10-Dec-1967 (UK - ""The Morecambe & Wise Show"" ATV, B&W)
Read MoreTommy Leonetti / The Moody Blues
Music: --The Moody Blues - ""Fly Me High"" & ""Really Haven't Got the Time"" --Tommy Leonetti - ""Once Upon A Time"" and ""This is the Life"" --Millicent Martin - ""Light Another Cigarette""
Comedy: --Morecambe and Wise spoof Hollywood westerns and musicals.
Aired 22-Jul-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC-TV, color) Aired 14-Jan-1968 (UK - ""The Morecambe & Wise Show"" ATV, B&W)
Read MoreThe Kinks / Engelbert Humperdinck
Music: --The Kinks - ""Dandy"" & ""Well-Respected Man"" --Engelbert Humperdinck - ""Release Me"" and ""Country Girl"" --Millicent Martin - ""Call Me""
Comedy: --Morecambe and Wise take a flight in a model airplane. --Morecambe and Wise do a ventriloquist act.
Aired 29-Jul-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC-TV, color) Aired 1-Oct-1967 (UK - ""The Morecambe & Wise Show"" ATV, B&W)
Read MoreEric Burdon & the Animals / Gene Pitney
Music: --Eric Burdon & the Animals - ""When I Was Young"" & ""Good Times"" --Gene Pitney - ""Town without Pity"" & ""On the Street Where You Live"" --Millicent Martin - ""Something Missing Now"" --Millicent Martin (with the Paddy Stone Dancers) - ""Running Wild""
Comedy: --Gladys Whitred joins Morecambe and Wise for a selection of arias. --Millicent Martin does an apache dance with Morecambe and Wise
Aired 5-Aug-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC-TV, color) Aired 25-Feb-1968 (UK - ""The Morecambe & Wise Show"" ATV, B&W)
Read MorePeter Nero / The Tremeloes
Music: --Peter Nero (pianist) - ""A Walk in the Black Forest"" & ""Variations on a Theme"" --The Tremeloes - ""Silence Is Golden"" & ""Here Comes My Baby"" --Millicent Martin - ""How Insensitive"" & ""Coronet Man""
Comedy: --Morecambe & Wise parody silent films --Eric Morecambe joins Peter Nero for a piano duet.
Aired 12-Aug-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC-TV, color) Aired 4-Feb-1968 (UK - ""The Morecambe & Wise Show"" ATV, B&W)
Read MoreMillicent Martin (host) / Matt Monro / Bruce Forsythe
--Matt Monro - ""In the Arms Of Love"" & ""What To Do"" --Bruce Forsythe - ""For Me And My Gal"" --Millicent Martin - ""Newfangled Tango"" & ""A House Is Not A Home""
Series regulars: --Michael Sammes Singers --Paddy Stone Dancers --Jack Parnell Orchestra
Aired 19-Aug-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC-TV, color) Aired 11-Feb-1968 (UK - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ATV, B&W)
Read MoreJohn Bird / Vikki Carr / Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
Music: --Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - ""OK"" & ""If I Were a Carpenter"" --Vikki Carr - ""It Must Be Him"" --Vikki Carr and Millicent Martin - ""Surrey with the Fringe on Top"" --Millicent Martin (host) - ""Nursery Rhymes (with the Paddy Stone Dancers)
Comedy: --John Bird (comedian) and Millicent Martin spoof British Cabinet meetings.
Aired 26-Aug-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC-TV, color) (Note: UK broadcast date unknown.)
Read MoreMillicent Martin (host) / Frank Ifield / Bruce Forsythe
Music: --Millicent Martin (host) - ""If You Go Away"" --Frank Ifield - ""You Came Along Out of Nowhere"" --Frank Ifield - ""Love Song of the Waterfall""
Comedy: --Bruce Forsythe and Millicent Martin appear in a hunting skit.
Aired 2-Sep-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC-TV, color) Aired 3-Mar-1968 (UK - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ATV, B&W)
Read MoreDudley Moore / Topol / Bruce Forsythe
Music: --Millicent Martin (host) - ""A Man and a Woman"" --Topol - ""If I Were a Rich Man"" and ""Jerusalem, Jerusalem"" --Entire cast - ""Get Me to the Church on Time""
Comedy: --Dudley Moore and Bruce Forsythe discuss the evils of tobacco.
Aired 9-Sep-1967 (US - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ABC-TV, color) Aired 21-Jan-1968 (UK - ""Piccadilly Palace"" ATV, B&W)
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