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Summary
A group of elderly delinquents wander around the Yorkshire countryside, living out their second childhood.
Last Of The Summer Wine began as
a one-off episode of the BBC's 'Comedy Playhouse' programme in January, 1973. Reaction from viewers was positive enough to warrant a six-part series later that same year.
Series 27 was tarnsmitted during the Spring of 2006, making this
the UK's longest running comedy programme by a very long way.
The programme deals with the second childhood of a group of aging delinquents.
Compo Simmonite (Bill Owen) and Norman Clegg (Peter Sallis) were principal characters
from the beginning until the death of Bill Owen.
The third member of the trio has been, at various times, Cyril Blamire (Michael Bates),
Foggy Dewhirst (Brian Wilde), Seymour Utterthwaite (Michael Aldridge) and Truly Truelove (Frank Thornton).
Set in and around Holmfirth, Yorkshire, the programme boasts an unusually large
number of regular supporting characters.
When recordings were "repackaged" for overseas sale, UK series 9 (12 episodes) was split into "Season 9" and "Season 10" (each of 6 episodes), with all subsequent "seasons" being renumbered accordingly. As a result (for example) "Series 27" in the UK may be referred to as "Season 28" in the USA.
Cast List
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Peter Sallis
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Norman Clegg
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Bill Owen
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Compo Simmonite
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Michael Bates
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Cyril Blamire
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Brian Wilde
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Foggy Dewhirst
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Michael Aldridge
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Seymour Utterthwaite
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Frank Thornton
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Truly Truelove
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Kathy Staff
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Nora Batty
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Joe Gladwin
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Wally Batty
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John Comer
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Sid
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Jane Freeman
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Ivy
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Gordon Wharmby
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Wesley Pegden
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Thora Hird
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Edie Pegden
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Sarah Thomas
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Glenda Wilkinson
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Mike Grady
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Barry Wilkinson
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Robert Fyfe
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Howard
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Juliet Kaplan
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Pearl
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Jean Fergusson
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Marina
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Stephen Lewis
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Smiler Hemingway
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Jean Alexander
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Auntie Wainwright
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Danny O'Dea
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Eli Duckett
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Tom Owen
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Tom Simmonite
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Julie T Ward
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Mrs Avery
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Blake Butler
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Mr Wainwright
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Rosemary Martin
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Mrs Partridge
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Philip Jackson
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Gordon Simmonite
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Jonathan Linsley
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Crusher Milburn
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Keith Clifford
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Billy Hardcastle
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Production Details
Written by:
Roy Clarke
Directed by:
Alan J W Bell, Sydney Lotterby, Ray Butt, Martin Shardlow
Produced by:
James Gilbert, Bernard Thompson, Sydney Lotterby, Alan J W Bell, Robin Nash
27 series, 256 episodes
Transmitted: 1973-2006
TV Channel: BBC1
BBC Television
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