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 15, Episode 1 repeated tomorrow at 6:40pm on U&Drama
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Series 8, Episode 5 - The Woollen Mills Of Your Mind
In an effort to give Nora Batty a much needed interest in life, Compo surprises everyone by announcing that he will be running for her in the forthcoming marathon. Who better to train a man to the ultimate in physical strength and human endurance than ex-Corporal Signwriter Foggy Dewhurst and his unwilling assistant Norman Clegg?
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 10th March 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 |
| Jean Fergusson | Marina |
| Robert Fyfe | Howard Sibshaw |
| Juliette Kaplan | Pearl Sibshaw |
| Jane Freeman | Ivy |
| Joe Gladwin | Wally Batty |
| Jonathan Linsley | 'Crusher' Milburn |
| Steve Collins | Actor |
| Sylvia Stoker | Actor |
| Roy Clarke | Writer |
| Alan J. W. Bell | Director |
| Alan J. W. Bell | Producer |
| John Wilkinson | Editor |
| Robert Poole | 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 |
| Lisa Linder | Graphics |