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.
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Series 18, Episode 5 - How To Create A Monster
Smiler is a failure as a "lollipop man" at a school crossing until Foggy gives him some special training.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 18th May 1997
- Time
- 6:45pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Upcoming repeats
- Wednesday 15th January 2025 at 7:20pm on U&Drama
Cast & crew
| Bill Owen | William 'Compo' Simmonite |
| Peter Sallis | Norman Clegg |
| Brian Wilde | Walter C. 'Foggy' Dewhurst |
| Mike Grady | Barry Wilkinson |
| Kathy Staff | Nora Batty |
| Sarah Thomas | Glenda Wilkinson |
| Jean Fergusson | Marina |
| Robert Fyfe | Howard Sibshaw |
| Juliette Kaplan | Pearl Sibshaw |
| Jane Freeman | Ivy |
| Jean Alexander | Aunty Wainwright |
| Gordon Wharmby | Wesley Pegden |
| Thora Hird | Edith Pegden |
| Stephen Lewis | Clem 'Smiler' Hemmingway |
| Danny O'Dea | Eli Duckett |
| Elizabeth Estensen | Educational Adviser |
| Fred Gaunt | Man |
| Roy Clarke | Writer |
| Alan J. W. Bell | Director |
| Alan J. W. Bell | Producer |
| Andrew Wilde | Editor |
| Dinah Walker | Production Designer |
| Liz Nicholls (as Elizabeth Nicholls) | Costume Designer |
| Pat O'Shea | Director of Photography |
| Joyce Dean | Make-up Designer |
| Ronnie Hazlehurst | Composer |
| Peter Laskie | 1st Assistant Director |