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.
- 1986 Specials, New Year Special repeated tomorrow at 10am on U&Gold
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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 |