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 8, Episode 2 - Keeping Britain Tidy
An old mattress dumped in the countryside prompts Foggy to institute the Dewhirst Campaign for a Cleaner Countryside. But getting rid of it is quite a problem until Ogden Butterclough, an innocent insurance salesman, happens upon them and puts himself - to say nothing of his Mini - into the high risk category.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 17th February 1985
- Time
- 8:05pm
- 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 |
| Jonathan Linsley | 'Crusher' Milburn |
| Brian Glover | Ogden Butterclough |
| Derek Ware | Window Cleaner |
| Roy Clarke | Writer |
| Alan J. W. Bell | Director |
| Alan J. W. Bell | Producer |
| John Wilkinson | Editor |
| Caroline Judson | Editor |
| Stephen Fawcett | Production Designer |
| Pip Bryce | Costume Designer |
| Ann Ailes-Stevenson | Make-up Designer |
| Alan Jeffery | Lighting Designer |
| Ronnie Hazlehurst | Composer |