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.
- 1986 Specials, New Year Special repeated tomorrow at 10am on U&Gold
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Series 23, Episode 6 - In Search Of Childlike Joy And The Farthest Reaches Of The Lotus Position
Wesley hopes his hand-crafted trolley and a hill will restore the dispirited Smiler's joie de vivre.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 10th February 2002
- Time
- 7:05pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Upcoming repeats
- Tuesday 14th January 2025 at 11:20am on U&Gold
- Tuesday 14th January 2025 at 4:00pm on U&Gold
- Wednesday 15th January 2025 at 7:35am on U&Gold
Cast & crew
| Peter Sallis | Norman Clegg |
| Frank Thornton | Herbert 'Truly' Truelove |
| Keith Clifford | Billy Hardcastle |
| Mike Grady | Barry Wilkinson |
| Sarah Thomas | Glenda Wilkinson |
| Jean Fergusson | Marina |
| Robert Fyfe | Howard Sibshaw |
| Tom Owen | Tom Simmonite |
| Juliette Kaplan | Pearl Sibshaw |
| Jane Freeman | Ivy |
| Ken Kitson | PC Cooper |
| Gordon Wharmby | Wesley Pegden |
| Thora Hird | Edith Pegden |
| Dora Bryan | Ros Utterthwaite |
| Stephen Lewis | Clem 'Smiler' Hemmingway |
| Tony Capstick | Policeman |
| Roy Clarke | Writer |
| Alan J. W. Bell | Director |
| Alan J. W. Bell | Producer |
| Neil Houston | Associate Producer |
| Andrew Wilde | Editor |
| Stephan Paczai | Production Designer |
| Pat O'Shea | Director of Photography |
| Madeleine Millar | Costume Designer |
| David Atkinson | Make-up Designer |
| Ronnie Hazlehurst | Composer |