peter sallis Archives - British Classic Comedy

Last Of The Summer Wine – The Michael Bates Years

April 29, 2019

1970's BBC Comedy

Last Of The Summer Wine - The Michael Bates Years Last of The Summer Wine made it’s debut in January 1973 as an episode of the long running Comedy Playhouse series. It was commissioned almost immediately fo...

The Ultimate Compo Tribute?

May 8, 2018

2000's BBC Comedy

Last Of The Summer Wine, It's Never Ten Years, 2008 It was during series 29 that the show chose to pay tribute to it's greatest character - Compo. Played by Bill Owen, Compo had been at the contrite of the s...

Brian Wilde joins Peter Sallis and bill owen in series 3 of last of the summer wine

Last Of The Summer Wine – Pt 2

June 6, 2017

1970's BBC Comedy, 1980's BBC Comedy

The Brian Wilde Years - Part One, 1976 - 1985 In Tribute To Peter Sallis 1921 - 2017 Perhaps the most popular time in the long runing sitcom's time was the first tenure of Brian Wilde. After ther departu...

the death of last of the summer wine's clegg actor peter sallis has been announced

Peter Sallis Dies

June 5, 2017

Transportation Problems For Foggy And Co…

November 22, 2016

1980's BBC Comedy

Last Of The Summer Wine - Getting Sam Home, 1983 In 1983, Last Of The Summer Wine had been running for ten years. Writer Roy Clarke had written a novelisation of the show. Bill Owen suggested to returni...

jean alexander makes her debut as auntie wainwright in last of the summer wine

Last Of The Summer Wine – Crums, 1988

October 16, 2016

1980's BBC Comedy

Enter Auntie Wainwright As a tribute to Jean Alexander who died on Friday evening we've moved Christmas to October to look back at the very first appearence of Auntie Wainwright, a character who would stay wit...

last of the summer wine original trio from pilot to end of series two

Last Of The Summer Wine – Comedy Playhouse Pilot

October 1, 2016

1970's BBC Comedy

Last Of The Summer Wine - Of Funerals And Fish - 1973 Who would have thought in 1973, when The Last Of The Summer Wine was just another episode in the long running BBC series, Comedy Playhouse, that it would h...

russ abbott, burt kwouk and brian murphy make the final last of the summer wine trio

Last Of The Summer Wine – The Next Generation

May 29, 2016

2000's, 2000's BBC Comedy

Last Of The Summer Wine – The Russ Abbott Years, 2008 At the end of 2008 certain cast members had got to an age where it was difficult to get insurance for them. It was decided to introduce a new character: H...

Michel aldridge joins last of the summer wine cast

Enter Seymour

February 18, 2016

1980's, 1980's BBC Comedy, BBC Comedy, Comedy Archives

Last Of The Summer Wine, The Michael Aldridge Years, 1986 - 1990 This year 2016 sees so many things to mark. For this post we turn our attention to Britain's longest running sitcom, we reach New Year's Day 19...

Foggy, Clegg and compo in last of the summer win'e 1979 BBC Christmas special

Last Of The Summer Wine – Christmas – 1979

December 6, 2015

1970's, 1970's BBC Comedy, TV Comedy

Last Of The Summer Wine - "And A Dewhurst Up A Fir Tree" The second Last Of The Summer Wine Christmas Special came after the end of series five which would be the last full series until 1982, another Christmas...

Bremner's Back With A Unique Look At The Election

Three Dates For Your TV Recorder

Joe Longthorne Dies, Aged64

Lenny Henry Hitting The Double

In Tribute To John Myers

Freddie Starr Found Dead

News Round Up

70 Years Of British Classic Comedy

Is There Life In Those Old Shows?

Is There Life In Those Lost Shows?

Re-Making Dad’s Army, Vandalism?

British Classic Comedy Talk to Galton and Simpon - Hancock, 1961

British Classic Comedy Talk To Adrienne Conway

British Classic Comedy Talk To Roy Clarke

British Classic Comedy Talk To Carla Lane

We Talk To Tessa Le Bars

Galton and Simpson Discuss The Beginnings Of Hancock.

Galton and Simpson’s 60th Anniversary Interview – Comedy Playhouse

Life with the Lyons, 1950

Radio’s Long Running Comedy Panel Show……..

In Tribute To John Myers

And Now For Something A Little Surreal…

It’s A Fair Cop

The Mary Whitehouse Experience (Radio)

On The Town With The League Of Gentlemen