Last Of The Summer Wine
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1973 - 2010
- 295 episodes (31 series)
Gentle sitcom following a group of pensioners living in Yorkshire. This show was Britain's longest-running TV sitcom. Stars Bill Owen, Peter Sallis, Frank Thornton, Brian Murphy, Michael Bates and more.
- Series 2, Episode 1 repeated Monday at 11am on U&Gold
Streaming rank this week: 1,369
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Comedy Playhouse - Of Funerals And Fish
Blamire, Compo and Clegg are three opposites with one thing in common - determination to make each day as full as possible. After being thrown out of the library for smoking and eating, the trio head to the café and are driven away by argument, then do a little fishing - before a chance sighting up in the hills opens the library doors to them once more.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 4th January 1973
- Time
- 8pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Bill Owen | William 'Compo' Simmonite |
| Peter Sallis | Norman Clegg |
| Michael Bates | Cyril Blamire |
| Kathy Staff | Nora Batty |
| Jane Freeman | Ivy |
| John Comer | Sid |
| Blake Butler | Mr. Wainwright |
| Rosemary Martin | Mrs. Partridge |
| Michael Stainton | Vicar |
| John Barratt | Kid |
| Pat Bonna | First Woman |
| Derek Etchells | Van Driver |
| Jean McLaren | Second Woman |
| Roy Clarke | Writer |
| James Gilbert | Director |
| James Gilbert | Producer |
| Andy Dimond | Production Designer |
| Ronnie Hazlehurst | Composer |
Press
The Last of The Summer Wine by Roy Clarke in the Comedy Playhouse Series struck me as a delightful straight play. And I could have wished that something would strike the woman in the studio audience, who thought she was watching The Comedians.
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 5th January 1973