Last Of The Summer Wine: Series 31, Episode 1 - Behind Every Bush There Is Not Necessarily A Howard

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 31, Episode 1 - Behind Every Bush There Is Not Necessarily A Howard

Hobbo enlists the services of his 'team' to help Toby win back the affections of his ex-wife.

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Last Of The Summer Wine. Image shows from L to R: Toby Mulberry Smith (Trevor Bannister), Alvin Smedley (Brian Murphy), Luther 'Hobbo' Hobdyke (Russ Abbot), Entwistle (Burt Kwouk). Copyright: BBC

Glenda decides to make it her mission to find Morton a woman. Howard sneaks into the library to tell Marina there's a problem with their bike ride that afternoon - Pearl is going out too. Meanwhile, PCs Cooper and Walsh try out a new in-car fryer.

Notes

A Countryfile special follows this episode at 8pm on BBC1. For thirty-seven years, Holmfirth has provided the backdrop to BBC favourite Last of the Summer Wine. Now, with the show in its final series, Adam Henson and Ellie Harrison look at the influence the sitcom has had on the town, and speak to some of comedy's stars.

Broadcast details

Date: Sunday 25^th July 2010
Time: 7:30pm
Channel: BBC One
Length: 30 minutes

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Cast & crew

Cast
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
Juliette Kaplan	Pearl Sibshaw
June Whitfield	Nelly
Ken Kitson	PC Cooper
Louis Emerick	PC Walsh
Russ Abbot	Luther 'Hobbo' Hobdyke
Christopher Beeny	Herman Teasdale / Morton
Trevor Bannister	Toby Mulberry Smith
Barbara Young	Stella

Guest cast
Dee Quemby	Monica

Writing team
Roy Clarke	Writer

Production team
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
Christine Powers (as Chrissie Powers)	Make-up Designer
Ronnie Hazlehurst	Composer
Simone Dawson	1st Assistant Director

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