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Last of the Summer Wine

  • TV-14
  • 1973–2010
  • 31 seasons
  • Comedy
  • 7.2

The BBC's longest running comedy series.

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.

Episodes

Last of the Summer Wine's seventh series originally aired on BBC1 between 30 January and 6 March 1983. All episodes from this series were written by Roy Clarke and produced and directed by Sydney Lotterby, except for "Getting Sam Home", which is produced and directed by Alan J.W. Bell. The seventh series was released on DVD in region 2 as a combined box set with series 8 on 3 March 2008.

Where to watch Last of the Summer Wine

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Series cast

Peter SallisClegg269 episodes
Jane FreemanIvy269 episodes
Kathy StaffNora Batty233 episodes
Jean FergussonMarina220 episodes
Robert FyfeHoward220 episodes
Juliette KaplanPearl220 episodes
Sarah ThomasGlenda214 episodes
Mike GradyBarry214 episodes
Jean AlexanderAuntie Wainwright186 episodes
Bill OwenCompo174 episodes
Gordon WharmbyWesley157 episodes
Stephen LewisSmiler152 episodes
Thora HirdEdie138 episodes
Frank ThorntonTruly126 episodes
Brian WildeFoggy114 episodes
Tom OwenTom106 episodes
Danny O'DeaEli85 episodes
Ken KitsonPC Cooper81 episodes

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