From this moment, the rest is history, and this programme, narrated by Glenda Jackson, follows their story to fame and beyond.

After the Palace Theatre they became friends and soon formed a double act helped along by Eric's Mother Sadie, performing for the first time together at the Liverpool empire a few weeks later.

Using a collection of clips taken from many sources, including the Parkinson interview, an older black and white interview, news reels and home movies, their lives unfold on the screen. There are also many pictures and anecdotes from people that knew them like Angela Rippon and John Ammonds.

The story also follows Eddie Braben's journey, from before he met for them to being under tremendous pressure to produce the ideal script for the Christmas shows.
He even reveals that he didn't like them at the time of the ATV series, thinking Eric was ‘gormless’.

Of course it covers Eric's health issues with TV clips and News clips from the time, and commentary from Eddie, John and Angela.

This is where this particular documentary scores highly, their are lots of clips and shots unique to this programme, and not just endless stock BBC clips. There are of course, the old favourites such as the Memory Man routine and the dance sequences with Angela Rippon.

Also covered is the stage show, The Play Wot I Wrote, with interviews of Joe Alessi and Ben Keaton, showing that the magic really does live on.