Last of the Summer Wine (1973)
Last of the Summer Wine (1973)

Plot.
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Cast & Crew.

Peter Sallis
Clegg

Frank Thornton
Truly

Michael Bates
Cyril Blamire

Jane Freeman
Ivy

Kathy Staff
Nora Batty

Joe Gladwin
Wally

John Comer
Sid

Jean Fergusson
Marina

Brian Wilde
Foggy

Robert Fyfe
Howard

Juliette Kaplan
Pearl

Sarah Thomas
Glenda

Jean Alexander
Auntie Wainwright

Gordon Wharmby
Wesley

Stephen Lewis
Smiler

Julie T. Wallace
Mrs. Avery

Roy Clarke
Creator

Mike Grady
Barry

Brian Murphy
Alvin

Burt Kwouk
Entwistle

Jonathan Linsley
'Crusher' Milburn

Thora Hird
Edie

Tom Owen
Tom

Russ Abbot
Hobbo

Josephine Tewson
Miss Davenport

June Whitfield
Nelly

Dora Bryan
Roz

Michael Aldridge
Seymour

Bill Owen
Compo / Compo (archive footage)

Keith Clifford
Billy

Alan J.W. Bell
Director

Sydney Lotterby
Director

Bernard Thompson
Director

James Gilbert
Director

Ray Butt
Director

Barbara Young
Stella / Stella / Florrie

Christopher Beeny
Morton Beemish / Morton Beemish / Repo Man / Teasdale

Alan Curtis
Danny

Kenneth Cope
Lance

Eric Sykes
Doggy

Pete Postlethwaite
Man in Cafe

Tony Haygarth
Chip Simonite

Margaret Nolan
Connie Simonite

Frank Middlemass
Judd

Michael Logan
Charlie Harris

John Barrett
Guide

Diana Harker
Waitress

Clifford Kershaw
Salesman

Pat Bonna
Neighbour

Ronald Lacey
Walter

Mollie Maureen
Walter's Mum

Max Rawnsley
Max Rawnsley

James Mellor
Policeman

Liz Smith
Housekeeper

Tommy Cannon
Canal Enthusiast / Man in Boat / Cliff

Bobby Ball
Lenny

Bernard Cribbins
Gavin Hinchcliffe

Beatrice Kelley
Florrie

Henry McGee
Goff Helliwell

Geoffrey Wilkinson
Man

Trevor Bannister
The Tailor

Peter Levy
Cyclist

Eric Potts
Landlord

Valerie Mann
Woman

Terry Gilligan
2nd Cyclist

Rita May
Celia

Norman Mills
Celia's Man

Tony Melody
Landlord

Rosy Clayton
Babs

Lynn Roden
Queenie

William Lucas
Norris

Jeanne Mockford
Florrie

Colin Farrell
Cousin Aubrey

Andrew Kitchen
Landlord

Anita Carey
Mavis

Roy Hudd
Lionel

Brian Peck
Bert

Joanna Mays
Bessie

Tony Peers
Wendell

Riky Ash
Painter

Audrey Brady
Audrey Craig

James Woolley
Vicar

Jacqueline Clarke
Sal / C.A.B. Lady

Roy Barraclough
Crowcroft

Louis Emerick
PC Walsh

Jess Conrad
Walker

Penelope Jay
Walker

Ken Kitson
PC Cooper

Danny O'Dea
Eli

Tony Capstick
Policeman

Gerard Hayling
Vicar

James Casey
Drunk / Himself / Library Attendant

Jim Whelan
Caretaker / Car Salesman

Jennifer Wilson
Mrs Golden

Philip Jackson
Gordon

Valerie Leon
DW Cheetham

Brian Conley
Boothroyd

Pippa Hinchley
Mrs. Mace

Nicholas Smith
Vicar

Amanda Fairclough
Wife

Richard Cole
Hefty

Mark Curry
Kevin

Tony Barton
Drunk

Heather Ramsay
Wanda

John Challis
Jeremy

Mike Newbold
Passer by

Philip Anthony
Sinclair

Shirley Anne Field
Eva

Tyler Butterworth
Chislehurst

Norman Wisdom
Billy Ingleton / Man Carrying Gnome (uncredited)

Lise Henderson
Music Lover

Peter Baldwin
Heptonstall

Bree Martin
Bride

Darren Wilde
Photographer

Erin Geraghty
Vicar's Wife

Philip Fox
Mervin

David Williams
Norris

Larry Noble
Mouse

George Malpas
Harry

Jean Burgess
Tina

Diana Berriman
Marion

Brian Grellis
Ted

Rosemary Martin
Mrs. Partridge

June Watson
Miss Probert

Janet Davies
Miss Jones

Robert Lang
The Commodore

Stan Richards
Railway-Parcel Agent

Maggie Ollerenshaw
Ethel / The Woman

Trevor Peacock
Captain Zero

Gorden Kaye
Maynard Lavery

Anthony Havering
Security Guard

Christine Cox
TV Producer

Jim Bowen
The Library Attendant

Kate Robbins
Gypsy Girl

Bernard Wrigley
Duane

Kevin Jagger
Man

Colin Bennett
Lester

Jean Rogers
Maud

Jack Smethurst
Davenport

Tony Millan
Gunnie

Peter Martin
Customer

Norman Mitchell
Duckworth

Liz Fraser
Reggie

Adrian McLoughlin
Mervyn

Johnny Leeze
Fifi's Boyfriend

Liz Stooke
Fifi

Gordon Langford Rowe
Bradley

Reginald Barratt
Stuart

Roy Sampson
Workman

Kate Brown
Miss Moody

Liz Goulding
Josie

Margaret Burton
Gordon's Mum

Joan Scott
Josie's Mum

John Barrard
Josie's Dad

Paul Luty
Malcolm

Barry Hart
Eric

Brian Pettifer
The Best Man

John Dunbar
Vicar

Gwyneth Owen
Wife

John Rutland
Husband

Roger Grainger
Man in park / Fifi's Walker / Man with dog / Gardener

Teddy Turner
Postman

Bert Oxley
Customer

Andrew Lane
Tennis Player

Harriet Reynolds
Tennis Player

John Horsley
Vicar

Dilys Hamlett
Lydia

Joolia Cappleman
Miss Hare

Keith Marsh
Sweep

Tubby Andrews
Man

Leelo Ross
Audrey Nash

Stanley Lebor
Bramwell

Constance Carling
Customer

Bobby Knutt
Stanley

Lori Wells
Belle

Geoff Oldham
Birdwatcher / Workman
Media.












Details.
Release DateJanuary 4, 1973
StatusEnded
Seasons31
Episodes269
Running Time30m
Content RatingTV-14
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
Wiki.
Last of the Summer Wine is a British sitcom set in Yorkshire created and written by Roy Clarke and originally broadcast by the BBC from 1973 to 2010. It premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse on 4 January 1973, and the first series of episodes followed on 12 November 1973. Alan J. W. Bell produced and directed all episodes of the show from late 1981 to 2010. The BBC confirmed on 2 June 2010 that Last of the Summer Wine would no longer be produced and the 31st series would be its last. Subsequently, the final episode was broadcast on 29 August 2010. Since its original release, all 295 episodes, comprising thirty-one series β including the pilot and all films and specials β have been released on DVD. Repeats of the show are broadcast in the UK on BBC One (until 18 July 2010 when the 31st and final series started on 25 July of that year), U&Gold, U&Yesterday, and U&Drama. It is also seen in more than 25 countries, including various PBS stations in the United States and on VisionTV in Canada. With the exception of programmes relaunched after long hiatuses, Last of the Summer Wine is the longest-running TV comedy programme in Britain and the longest-running TV sitcom in the world.
Last of the Summer Wine was set and filmed in and around Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, England, and centred on a trio of elderly men and their youthful misadventures; the members of the trio changed many times over the years. The original trio consisted of Bill Owen as the mischievous and impulsive Compo Simmonite, Peter Sallis as easy-going everyman Norman Clegg, and Michael Bates as uptight and arrogant Cyril Blamire. When Bates dropped out due to illness in 1976 after two series, the role of the third man of the trio was filled in various years up to the 30th series by the quirky war veteran Walter C "Foggy" Dewhurst (Brian Wilde) (who had two lengthy stints), the eccentric inventor and ex-headmaster Seymour Utterthwaite (Michael Aldridge), and former police officer Herbert "Truly of The Yard" Truelove (Frank Thornton). The men never seem to grow up, and they develop a unique perspective on their equally eccentric fellow townspeople through their stunts. Although in its early years the series generally revolved around the exploits of the main trio, with occasional interaction with a few recurring characters, over time the cast grew to include a variety of supporting characters and by later years the series was very much an ensemble piece. Each of these recurring characters contributed their own running jokes and subplots to the show, often becoming reluctantly involved in the schemes of the trio, or on occasion having their own, separate storylines.
After the death of Owen in 1999, Compo was replaced at various times by his real-life son, Tom Owen, as Tom Simmonite, Keith Clifford as Billy Hardcastle, a man who thought of himself as a direct descendant of Robin Hood, and Brian Murphy as the cheeky-chappy Alvin Smedley. Due to the age of the main cast, a new trio was formed during the 30th series, featuring somewhat younger actors. This format was used for the final two instalments of the show. This group consisted of Russ Abbot as Luther Hobdyke, known as Hobbo, a former milkman who fancied himself as a secret agent, Burt Kwouk as the electrical repairman, "Electrical" Entwistle, and Murphy as Alvin Smedley. Sallis and Thornton, both past members of the trio, continued in supporting roles alongside the new actors.
Although many felt that the show's quality had declined over the years, Last of the Summer Wine continued to receive large audiences for the BBC and was praised for its positive portrayal of older people and family-friendly humour. Many members of the royal family enjoyed the show. The programme was nominated for numerous awards and won the National Television Award for Most Popular Comedy Programme in 1999. There were twenty-one Christmas specials, three television films and a documentary film about the series. Last of the Summer Wine inspired other adaptations, including a television prequel, several novelisations, and stage adaptations.
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