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3. We Want a Writer
Episode 3 of 5
Eric and Ernie perform for Ed Sullivan and writer Eddie Braben joins them to make a BBC series. Read by Penelope Keith.
Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise must adapt their material for American TV audiences watching The Ed Sullivan Show from New York in the 1960s.
Then the pair hit the big-screen with The Intelligence Men, but Eric suffers a setback.
Eddie Braben is unsure about writing for them - until he watches them interact in real life...
The story of the comic-duo written by Louis Barfe.
Abridged by Libby Spurrier.
Read by Penelope Keith.
Producer: Celia de Wolff
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in September 2021.
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