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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Will you be raising a glass to Last of the Summer Wine?
The long-running sitcom about life in the Yorkshire Pennines is being axed. Are you sad to see it go, and what should replace it?
The Guardian, 3rd June 2010BBC confirms Last Of The Summer Wine to end
The forthcoming series of Last Of The Summer Wine which will transmit on BBC One over the summer will be the last, the BBC confirmed today.
BBC, 2nd June 2010Photo Gallery: Last of the Summer Wine - Vintage TV
An image gallery of the classic sitcom Last of the Summer Wine.
The Guardian, 2nd June 2010Last Of The Summer Wine to end
The BBC's long-running sitcom Last Of The Summer Wine is to end after 37 years, it is reported
British Comedy Guide, 2nd May 2010Nora Batty 'alive and bossing men 1000 years ago'
Nora Batty, the archetypal Northern battleaxe portrayed by the late Kathy Staff in the BBC TV comedy Last of The Summer Wine, had a historical counterpart, a study claimed.
The Telegraph, 18th December 2009Last of the Summer Wine to return for six episodes
The world's longest-running sitcom returns for 31st series in 2010, quashing speculation it could be axed.
Leigh Holmwood, The Guardian, 26th June 2009Argument 'threatened Summer Wine'
Last Of The Summer Wine actor Peter Sallis has revealed how a political argument nearly derailed the comedy series before it started.
Speaking to Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, Sallis said his co-stars Michael Bates and Bill Owen fell out over their political affiliations when they met.
BBC, 17th May 2009LoTSW among BBC targets for comedy culling
It is a vintage 37 years in the making and the worlds longest-running sitcom. But the axe may be about to fall on Last of the Summer Wine as the BBC carries out a comedy cull.
Nicola Methven, The Mirror, 8th May 2009LotSW - Pros and Cons
National institution prancing along The Mall for Trooping of the Colour or emaciated old nag in the yard that needs putting out of her misery with a double-barrelled shotgun to save on the vet's fees? The opinion is as polarising as the Ross/ Brand tedium, and probably just as riven along the generational fault lines.
The Custard TV, 20th April 2009Enjoy LotSW - you'll be sorry when it's gone
Last of the Summer Wine rightfully deserves its status as an institution, but why is this classic of British television so underrated?
James Kettle, The Guardian, 17th April 2009