Ernie Wise on heart charity fundraising tour

Title

Ernie Wise on heart charity fundraising tour

Genre

Interview

TX Date

2 Oct 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:11

Description

Interview with comedian, Ernie Wise, who is following in the footsteps of Phineas Fogg, the fictional explorer who travelled round the world in eighty days, by making a journey for charity. He is beginning an eighty-hour journey, taking in New York, Tokyo, Hong Kong and New Delhi, in aid of the heart charity, CORDA. Wise, whose long-term colleague, Eric Morecambe died from a heart attack, says he is delighted to have become involved in such a good cause. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Ernie Wise

Keywords

Fundraising; Charities; Comedians; Heart diseases; Ernie Wise; Eric Morecambe; Morecambe and Wise; CORDA

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