
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 6, Episode 5 repeated tomorrow at 10:55am on U&Gold
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Series 29, Episode 1 - Enter The Finger

Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 22nd June 2008
- Time
- 6:35pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Peter Sallis | Norman Clegg |
Frank Thornton | Herbert 'Truly' Truelove |
Brian Murphy | Alvin Smedley |
Mike Grady | Barry Wilkinson |
Kathy Staff | Nora Batty |
Sarah Thomas | Glenda Wilkinson |
Jean Fergusson | Marina |
Josephine Tewson | Miss Davenport |
Robert Fyfe | Howard Sibshaw |
Burt Kwouk | Entwistle |
Tom Owen | Tom Simmonite |
Juliette Kaplan | Pearl Sibshaw |
June Whitfield | Nelly |
Jane Freeman | Ivy |
Ken Kitson | PC Cooper |
Louis Emerick | PC Walsh |
Brian Conley | Boothroyd |
Roy Clarke | Writer |
Alan J. W. Bell | Director |
Alan J. W. Bell | Producer |
Andrew Wilde | Editor |
Stephan Paczai | Production Designer |
Pat O'Shea | Director of Photography |
Emily Curtis (as Emily Newbold) | Costume Designer |
Lesley Faulkner | Make-up Designer |
Ronnie Hazlehurst | Composer |
Simone Dawson | 1st Assistant Director |
Press
Back for a 29th season, the world's longest-running sitcom (with every episode still written by the redoubtable Roy Clarke) survives all attempts to inhibit its quest for eternal life - even an insurance policy that bars 87-year-old stalwart Frank Thornton, who plays 'Truly' Truelove, from filming outdoor scenes.
Rumours abound that Russ Abbott (a spring chicken at 60) will be joining the cast but first Brian Conley pops up as Barry's (Mike Grady) fitness-mad neighbour who outshines him in all things physical. Yet when it comes to karate, it seems Barry has a way to level the playing field.
Gerard O'Donovan, The Telegraph, 22nd June 2008