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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 12, Christmas Special repeated tomorrow at 9:40am on Gold
Streaming rank this week: 1,058
Episode menu
Series 5, Episode 6 - Here We Go Into The Wild Blue Yonder
Compo yearns to go hang-gliding; but if he wants to fly, he has to be fit.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 23rd October 1979
- Time
- 8:30pm
- 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 |
Jane Freeman | Ivy |
Joe Gladwin | Wally Batty |
John Comer | Sid |
John Dair | Man in Pub |
Stuart Fell | Actor |
Roy Clarke | Writer |
Sydney Lotterby | Director |
Sydney Lotterby | Producer |
David Yates | Editor |
Howard Dell | Editor |
Tim Gleeson | Production Designer |
Brian Willis | Costume Designer |
Peter Wesson | Lighting Designer |
Ronnie Hazlehurst | Composer |