TV series
Last of the Summer Wine
Overview
Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire Dales. They spend their days speculating about their fellow townsfolk and thinking up adventures not usually favored by the elderly. Last of the Summer Wine premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse in 1973. The show ran for 295 episodes until 2010. It is the longest running comedy Britain has produced and the longest running sitcom in the world.
Details
- First air date
- 1973-01-04
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 31 seasons
- Episodes
- 269 episodes
- Genres
- Comedy
- Network
- BBC One
- Production
- BBC
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Peter Sallis as Clegg
- Jane Freeman as Ivy
- Kathy Staff as Nora Batty
- Jean Fergusson as Marina
- Robert Fyfe as Howard
- Juliette Kaplan as Pearl
- Sarah Thomas as Glenda
- Mike Grady as Barry
- Jean Alexander as Auntie Wainwright
- Bill Owen as Compo
- Gordon Wharmby as Wesley
- Stephen Lewis as Smiler
Creators and crew
- Roy Clarke - Creator
- Alan J.W. Bell - Director
- Sydney Lotterby - Director
- Bernard Thompson - Director
- James Gilbert - Director
- Ray Butt - Director
Seasons
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
Season 6
Season 7
Season 8
Season 9
Season 10
Season 11
Season 12
Season 13
Season 14
Season 15
Season 16
Season 17
Season 18
Season 19
Season 20
Season 21
Season 22
Season 23
Season 24
Season 25
Season 26
Season 27
Season 28
Season 29
Season 30
Season 31
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