Home Advent Calendar 2017 Day 9: Morecambe & Wise Christmas Special, 1978

We've seen the continuity before, now here's the whole of Eric and Ern's Thames sophomore outing and festive debut. With Eddie Braben still contractually BBC bound until 1980 the old reliables Barry Cryer and John Junkin stepped in, though Cryer later said Eric had come up with the ideas and the pair decided not to write any more as it was substandard on everyone's part, something critics agreed with (Clive James: "they were on thin ice, routines tended to be half thought out") Guest stars: Harold Wilson, Leonard Rossiter, Frank Finlay, Nicholas Parsons, Eamonn Andrews and Jenny Hanley.