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 30, Episode 2 - The Mother Of All Mistakes - Or Is It?
Adopted as a baby, former milkman and undercover secret agent Hobbo is determined to trace his natural mother.
Further details
He has found out her name and exactly where she lives, but how should he approach the poor woman to tell her the good news? Meanwhile, Howard is in trouble when Marina, on finding out that he has been making enquiries about another woman, turns up at his house. As Hobbo passes Howard's house, he makes an astonishing discovery.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 26th April 2009
- Time
- 6:05pm
- 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 |
| 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 |
| Jean Alexander | Aunty Wainwright |
| Russ Abbot | Luther 'Hobbo' Hobdyke |
| Christopher Beeny | Herman Teasdale / Morton |
| Trevor Bannister | Toby Mulberry Smith |
| Barbara Young | Stella |
| Roy Clarke | Writer |
| Alan J. W. Bell | Director |
| Alan J. W. Bell | Producer |
| Andrew Wilde | Editor |
| Steve Wright | 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 |