 It was written as a pastiche of the works of various writers including Agatha Christie and Edgar Wallace, and is set in 1946—featuring Morecambe and Wise ostensibly as 1940s versions of themselves.The duo's move from the BBC to Thames in 1978 was a much publicised media event, and one of the main reasons for their move was to make films and move away from the format of the "Morecambe & Wise Show" that had proved so popular in the previous decade.The film was completed in late 1983, but not shown until after Morecambe's death the following year.