For the twenty years following his death Eric Morecambe’s study, the ‘comic den’ of one of the greatest comedians who ever lived, remained untouched and just as he had left it. Last year Eric’s widow and their son Gary decided that the time had come to clear out the study. William Cook was allowed exclusive access to the private and personal archives of a man that millions had watched, laughed with, grown up with and felt as if they knew.

William Cook’s discoveries are recorded and reproduced in Eric Morecambe Unseen, a completely original and beautifully designed book revealing the unknown man behind one of Britain’s greatest and best loved comedians. Cook explores Eric’s life and describes how an early wartime partnership with Ernie Wise led to one of the most celebrated comedy duos who were watched by millions. Over 200 unseen photographs, unseen jokes, notes, previously unpublished diary entries and unfinished fiction are all included in the book offering an exclusive insight into the mind of a comedic genius who was plagued with self-doubt.

Eric’s inimitable humour shines through his diaries, joke books, notebooks and photographs and lives on. Eric Morecambe Unseen radiates with the gentle comedy genius that permeates his on-screen appearances, allowing an insight into Eric Morecambe that is both comfortingly familiar and fascinatingly revelatory.