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.
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Series 8, Episode 3 - Enter The Phantom
In his ceaseless efforts to gain the everlasting respect of one Nora Batty, Compo is encouraged by Foggy and Clegg to capitalise on his natural magnificence and fearlessness. After all, how could she fail to be impressed by a mysterious figure on a motorcycle doing 'wheelies'?
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 24th February 1985
- Time
- 8:10pm
- 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 |
| Roy Clarke | Writer |
| Alan J. W. Bell | Director |
| Alan J. W. Bell | Producer |
| John Wilkinson | Editor |
| Malcolm Warner | Editor |
| Stephen Fawcett | Production Designer |
| Pip Bryce | Costume Designer |
| Ann Ailes-Stevenson | Make-up Designer |
| Alan Jeffery | Lighting Designer |
| Ronnie Hazlehurst | Composer |