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Last of the Summer Wine (1973)

"The BBC's longest running comedy series."

7.1/10 Ended 30 min Jan 04, 1973 31 Seasons

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.

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Show Details

Original Title Last of the Summer Wine

Original Language EN

Status Ended

Type Scripted

Total Episodes 269

Total Seasons 31

Popularity 31.9

Networks

BBC One

GB

Cast

Peter Sallis

Peter Sallis

Clegg

269 episodes

Jane Freeman

Jane Freeman

Ivy

269 episodes

Kathy Staff

Kathy Staff

Nora Batty

233 episodes

Jean Fergusson

Jean Fergusson

Marina

220 episodes

Robert Fyfe

Robert Fyfe

Howard

220 episodes

Juliette Kaplan

Juliette Kaplan

Pearl

220 episodes

Sarah Thomas

Sarah Thomas

Glenda

214 episodes

Mike Grady

Mike Grady

Barry

214 episodes

Jean Alexander

Jean Alexander

Auntie Wainwright

186 episodes

Bill Owen

Bill Owen

Compo

174 episodes

Gordon Wharmby

Gordon Wharmby

Wesley

157 episodes

Stephen Lewis

Stephen Lewis

Smiler

152 episodes

Key Crew

Created By Roy Clarke

Seasons

Specials

Specials

28 episodes 1978

Season 1

Season 1

7 episodes 1973

Last of the Summer Wine's first series originally aired on BBC1 between 12 November 1973 and 17 Dece...

Season 2

Season 2

7 episodes 1975

Last of the Summer Wine's second series originally aired on BBC1 between 5 March and 16 April 1975. ...

Season 3

Season 3

7 episodes 1976

Last of the Summer Wine's third series originally aired on BBC1 between 27 October 1976 and 8 Decemb...

Season 4

Season 4

8 episodes 1977

Last of the Summer Wine's fourth series originally aired on BBC1 between 9 November 1977 and 4 Janua...

Season 5

Season 5

7 episodes 1979

Last of the Summer Wine's fifth series originally aired on BBC1 between 18 September and 30 October ...

Season 6

Season 6

7 episodes 1982

Last of the Summer Wine's sixth series originally aired on BBC1 between 4 January and 15 February 19...

Season 7

Season 7

6 episodes 1983

Last of the Summer Wine's seventh series originally aired on BBC1 between 30 January and 6 March 198...

Season 8

Season 8

6 episodes 1985

Last of the Summer Wine's eighth series originally aired on BBC1 between 10 March and 14 April 1985....

Season 9

Season 9

12 episodes 1987

Last of the Summer Wine's ninth series originally aired on BBC1 between 4 January and 22 March 1987....

Season 10

Season 10

6 episodes 1988

The Last of the Summer Wines tenth series aired on BBC1. All of the episodes were written by Roy Cla...

Season 11

Season 11

7 episodes 1989

The Last of the Summer Wines eleventh series aired on BBC1. All of the episodes were written by Roy ...

Season 12

Season 12

10 episodes 1990

The Last of the Summer Wines twelfth series aired on BBC1. All of the episodes were written by Roy C...

Season 13

Season 13

6 episodes 1991

The Last of the Summer Wines thirteenth series aired on BBC1. All of the episodes were written by Ro...

Season 14

Season 14

10 episodes 1992

The Last of the Summer Wines fourteenth series aired on BBC1. All of the episodes were written by Ro...

Season 15

Season 15

9 episodes 1993

The Last of the Summer Wines fifteenth series aired on BBC1. All of the episodes were written by Roy...

Season 16

Season 16

8 episodes 1995

The Last of the Summer Wines sixteenth series aired on BBC1. All of the episodes were written by Roy...

Season 17

Season 17

10 episodes 1995

Last of the Summer Wine's seventeenth series aired on BBC1. All of the episodes were written by Roy ...

Season 18

Season 18

10 episodes 1997

The trio in this series consisted of:

Season 19

Season 19

10 episodes 1998

The trio in this series consisted of:

Season 20

Season 20

10 episodes 1999

The trio in this series consisted of:

Season 21

Season 21

10 episodes 2000

The trio in this series consisted of: ^1 Compo only appeared in the Special and the first three epi...

Season 22

Season 22

10 episodes 2001

Season 23

Season 23

10 episodes 2002

Season 24

Season 24

10 episodes 2003

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Season 25

10 episodes 2004

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Season 26

10 episodes 2005

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Season 27

9 episodes 2006

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Season 28

10 episodes 2007

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Season 29

11 episodes 2008

The Last of the Summer Wine's twenty-ninth series aired on BBC One from 22 June to 31 August 2008. A...

Season 30

Season 30

10 episodes 2009

Last of the Summer Wine's thirtieth series originally aired 19 April 2009. All eleven episodes in se...

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Season 31

6 episodes 2010

Networks

BBC One

GB

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Keywords

husband wife relationship infidelity small town retirement northern england yorkshire slapstick comedy friends rural area unemployment british farce sitcom wandering mischief

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Rating

7.1

/10

Based on 39 votes

Details

First Air Date January 4, 1973

Last Air Date August 29, 2010

Country GB

Language EN

Status Ended

Popularity 31.9

Links

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