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 18, Episode 10 repeated at 11:30am on Gold
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Series 31, Episode 1 - Behind Every Bush There Is Not Necessarily A Howard
Further details
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 25th July 2010
- Time
- 7:30pm
- 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 |
| 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 |
| Dee Quemby | Monica |
| 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 |
| Christine Powers (as Chrissie Powers) | Make-up Designer |
| Ronnie Hazlehurst | Composer |
| Simone Dawson | 1st Assistant Director |