Last of the Summer Wine(1973)

Name: Last of the Summer Wine
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1973-01-04
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Peter Sallis, Frank Thornton, Jane Freeman, Jean Fergusson, Robert Fyfe

The BBC's longest running comedy series.

★ 7.2(41)30m269 episodesEnded

Comedy

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.

Created by:: Roy Clarke
First aired:: 1973-01-04
Country:: GB
Network:: BBC One

Episodes

1. The Frozen Turkey Man
1983-01-30 · 30m
Compo convinces a barmaid that Foggy is an eccentric millionaire.
2. The White Man's Grave
1983-02-06 · 30m
Wally is fed up with Nora's constant nagging so Compo, Clegg and Foggy devise a plan to get him out of the house for a few hours.
3. The Waist Land
1983-02-13 · 30m
Foggy finds there's money to be made selling food to the desperate inhabitants of a local health farm.
4. Cheering up Ludovic
1983-02-20 · 30m
Ludovic has bought a new van and to cheer him up Clegg is given the job of test driving it.
5. The Three Astaires
1983-02-27 · 30m
The trio volunteer at a church concert party.
6. The Arts of Concealment
1983-03-06 · 30m
Trying to camouflage himself, Foggy upsets a group of cyclists. Compo also upsets someone over the state of his trousers