
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 29, Episode 5 repeated Monday at 11:20am on U&Gold
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Series 30, Episode 3 - Will Howard Cross The Atlantic Single-Handed?
Hobbo is still having trouble getting Nelly to admit that she is his natural birth mother. To get the proof he needs, he fits Howard up with an eavesdropping wire to pick up Nelly talking to Pearl.
Further details

Howard does his best to look inconspicuous, but his rumbling stomach and an electronic fault on his transmitter may scupper his plans.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 3rd May 2009
- Time
- 6:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
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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 |