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 30, Episode 10 repeated at 6:40pm on U&Drama
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Series 4, Episode 8 - The Bandit From Stoke-On-Trent
An old friend of the trio is back in town, but why?
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 4th January 1978
- Time
- 9:25pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Bill Owen | William 'Compo' Simmonite |
| Peter Sallis | Norman Clegg |
| Brian Wilde | Walter C. 'Foggy' Dewhurst |
| Kathy Staff | Nora Batty |
| Royston Tickner | Chip-Shop Owner |
| Timothy Bateson | Amos Hames |
| Kathy Proctor | Customer |
| Frances Goodall | Customer |
| Robin Boncey | Farmer |
| Roy Clarke | Writer |
| Sydney Lotterby | Director |
| Sydney Lotterby | Producer |
| Ray Millichope | Editor |
| Matt Boney | Editor |
| Janet Budden | Production Designer |
| Ronnie Hazlehurst | Composer |
Press
It reminded me, oddly enough, of Last of the Summer Wine (BBC1), which has just ended its run. Foggy Dewhirst, Clegg and Compo, respectively an ex-officer, redundant lino salesman and a burden on the welfare state, are released by age from all that and spend the afternoons as if they were children. The afternoons because they's when the pubs close.
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 5th January 1978