The Morecambe & Wise Show is an English double-act comedy sketch show made by Thames Television for broadcast on the ITV network (1978-1983) Stars: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise The Morecambe & Wise Show. The First Thames Special Wed, Oct 18, 1978 Morecambe and Wise get thrown out of a BBC van and start their first special at Thames television. Sketches include a Jungle Book skit in 'The Wonderful World of Ernie', 'I Remember it Well' at a French café, Peter Cushing comes looking for his money from when they worked at the BBC, 'Butler of the Year', and 'The Story of Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde'. No series was made in 1978 in an effort to make the Christmas Show stronger, but there was one hour-long offering (the same length as the BBC shows had been, but with adverts). This opened with a sequence whereby a Vauxhall Chevette with a Thames Television logo emblazoned on its side appears at Thames Television's studios, and then a Ford Transit van with a BBC logo emblazoned on its side suddenly arrives, the back doors are flung open, and Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise are thrown out in front of the studios, in a direct nod to the bad feeling that was present at the time the partnership had departed their previous employers. The format remained reasonably faithful to that used previously although Eddie Braben did not join them immediately. There's the familiar end-of-show play "What Ern Wrote", this time it is a pastiche of Dr Jekyll & Mrs Hyde: however, there is a more cinematic feel to the parody and it moves beyond the confines of being a single set stage piece. There is also a pet shop sketch with the "Will he come out for a bit of Kit Kat?" line, itself a nod to the fact the duo were now on commercial television. Midway through the show, Donald Sinden, already familiar as a butler in his show Two's Company, does the sketch "Butler of the Year" in which he tries to teach Morecambe and Wise the art of butler's work. The show closes with Walkin' in the Sunshine rather than Bring Me Sunshine. The episode is available on DVD as part of a Thames TV set released in March 2008.