Time Gentlemen Please
Marking 10 Years Since The Final Last Of The Summer Wine
It was 10 years ago today that we said a fond farewell to the longest running sitcom Last Of The Summer Wine.The series that had premiered way back ...
Bill Owen In Profile
Bill Owen, 1914 - 1999
Bill Owen will always be remembered for his role as Compo in Last Of The Summer Wine, a role he played from 1973 up until his death in 1999.Quick BioBorn William John Owen Rowbot...
Britain’s Unsung Comedy Heroes – Part 3
Britain's Unsung Comedy Heroes - Part 3...
It's Eli from Last Of The Summer Wine!Whilst Eli was never a main cast character in the hit sitcom his regular appearances between 1987 and 2002 never failed to r...
Cooper and Walsh
Cooper and Walsh, 2014
The sitcom that should have been but never was
Last Of the Summer Wine ended in 2010. Over it's thirty year plus time on air it produced some of comedy's greatest characters. Among th...
Last Of The Summer Wine – Enter Seymour
Last Of The Summer Wine, The Michael Aldridge Years, 1986 - 1990
This year 2020 sees the tenth anniversary of the final episode of Last Of The Summer Wine.For this post we are looking at the Michael Aldrid...
Brian Wilde – In Profile
Brian Wilde, 1953 - 2008
Brian Wilde will perhaps be best remembered for his roles in hit sitcoms Porridge and Last Of The Summer Wine.Quick BioVery little in the way of biography exists within the pub...
Last Of The Summer Wine – Comedy Playhouse Pilot
Last Of The Summer Wine - Of Funerals And Fish - 1973
It's 10 years since this long running sitcom left our screens and as we get towards that date we'll be publishing a series of Last Of The Summer Wine posts...
Uncle Of the Bride
Uncle Of the Bride, A Last Of The Summer Wine Special, 1986
Summer Wine fans had a real treat with Christmas and New Year T.V. in 1985/86. A feature length New Year's Day special. Brian Wilde had left to per...
Last Of The Summer Wine – Enter Foggy
The Brian Wilde Years - Part One, 1976 - 1985
Perhaps the most popular time in the long running sitcom's time was the first tenure of Brian Wilde.After the departure of Michael Bates there was a vacancy fo...
Last Of The Summer Wine – Life After Compo
Has It Really Been 20 Years?
It's now 2020 and twenty years have passed since the passing of one of comedy's great characters: Compo.This post deals with how the show moved on after the loss of it's centra...