Morecambe & Wise with Diana Rigg Part 1

This is the build up and the first part of the "Nell Gwynne" sketch from the 1975 Morecambe & Wise Christmas Special. Ernie introduces Diana Rigg and after Eric joins in, the sketch starts.

[@paulnuttall1253]

Classic comedy good clean fun...better than todays shows ....:-)

[@ConanMightyWarrior]

I love Eric's reaction when he heard Diana had read the play and still wanted to do it.

[@michaelhaley6818]

How dare you!
Cheek!
i noticed!!
3 secs of pure lauhghter, so brilliantly played too!

[@edwardtait4285]

Great humour. Thank you!

[@djthrust1]

Diana on one of the most popular shows on telly back in 1975 and still going strong on Game of Thrones in 2016...what an amazing career.

[@UNOwen-eh8er]

john trahar Her debut on The Avengers was 20 yrs. earlier, so she's been getting Emmy nominations for 50.

[@WndD_74]

@@UNOwen-eh8er No, 10 years earlier she started the Avengers in 1965.

[@MrSmiffy07]

Diana Rigg - wow!

[@victorbrunswick]

"Have you read Ernie's play?"
"Yes, I have"
"And you're still here???"

[@evamarimo]

"Do you know Miss Rigg?"
"Better than you"
XD

[@patrikwright2658]

Like the false arm waving,imagine a real monach doing that for a laugh

[@viggosimonsen]

I think Lee Mack must have studied Morecambe a bit. He speaks exactly like him

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

I’m glad I’m not the first to notice that.

[@viggosimonsen]

@@lawrencecalablaster568 Maybe it's a northern thing

[@fl3162]

What a lovely woman Diana is

[@joelpeel2681]

love Mrs. Peel

[@rabsmiff]

Diana was a BABE!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@UNOwen-eh8er]

Isn't that the gown she tries to drown herself in when we 1st meet her in OHMSS?

[@ConanMightyWarrior]

This was two years before she had her daughter, Rachael Stirling, who is as great an actreess as her mother.

[@carolkewley7410]

"Last week a Scotsman almost killed him!" XD

[@goodkawz]

3-13-2016
I think this must have been the inspiration for that Abbey thing on PBS.

[@dharmaseed]

Now who didn't know that Eric was going to come out right behind Diana? LOLOL

[@erwinwoodedge4885]

Is she so tall, or are they so short?

[@pinkcupcake1642]

Erwin Woodedge She is so tall!☺️😉😘👩🏻❤️

[@whitemanriding]

Play the whole damn clip .

[@scotty193]

Make a pass at anyone in a skirt. Last week a Scotsman nearly killed him...................The quips came so fast from Eric total belly buster comedy.

[@victorbrunswick]

Where were the exterior scenes shot?

[@fl3162]

She was only 37 - what a body

[@joefoley1480]

how can you tell in that strange dress??

[@benoit9503]

This is the dress from ohmss

[@victorbrunswick]

@skateboardgumby Ernie was 5' 5"

[@19GirlBad]

Diana Rigg has aged a lot. I remember her in a Bond film in Your Majesty Secret Service. 2day i saw a movie called Heidi thi morning its a children film and she plays as the grandma. I saw her as an old lady but she still looks stunning.

[@mozz65]

@victorbrunswick Broughton Castle nr Banbury, Oxfordshire

[@mozz65]

@victorbrunswick Eric wasn't that tall either (5' 8.5")

[@Hammerton32]

and diana rigg was credited at 5'9 and probably was wearing heels!

[@DaytonaStation]

i tried this video but the fake giggling put me off

[@tedolphbundler724]

British humor is daft.

[@robertlewis990]

The worst gown ever worn on tv.

[@fredfredricksen2616]

Was it supposed to be funny? I am not seeing it, a waste of her Talent appearing with these two clowns.

[@scambodia147]

Fred Fredricksen that's because you are a Scandinavian clown!