"Jones (1975) (Both these two characters only appeared in this series) Blamire (1973-1975) <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> The box set for series 1 and 2 was released by Universal Playback in September 2002. Last of the Summer Wine (series 2) Last of the Summer Wine's second series originally aired on BBC1 between 5 March and 16 April 1975. All episodes from this series were written by Roy Clarke and produced and directed by Bernard Thompson. Although ratings from the first series were not good, the BBC ordered a second series of ""Last of the Summer Wine"" after the first season aired but"
"January 2016, David Jason revealed that a third series would be produced in 2016. The series began airing on 26 December 2016. The series returned for a fourth series, beginning on 28 December 2017. The series returned for a fifth series, beginning on 7 October 2018. Open All Hours Open All Hours is a British television sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke for the BBC. It ran for 26 episodes in four series, which premiered in 1976, 1981, 1982 and 1985. The programme developed from a television pilot broadcast in Ronnie Barker's comedy anthology series, ""Seven of One"" (1973)."
"the long-running British sitcom ""Last of the Summer Wine"". Owen's character is a scruffy working-class pensioner, often exploited by the bossy characters played by Michael Bates, Brian Wilde, Michael Aldridge and Frank Thornton for dirty jobs, stunts and escapades, while their indomitably docile friend Norman Clegg, played by Peter Sallis, follows and watches with a smirk. He wore a woollen hat and spent much of his time lusting after dowdy housewife Nora Batty. As Compo, Owen saw off several co-stars. The series, starting in 1973 and finishing in 2010, is today the world's longest-running comedy series. Owen became an icon,"
"Sydney Lotterby Sydney Warren Lotterby OBE (born 30 November 1926) is a British television producer and director. He started as a cameraman at the BBC and progressed to becoming technical manager. He joined the BBC's Entertainment Department in 1958 and in 1963 became a producer/director. Television comedy series which he produced or directed included: ""As Time Goes By"", ""May to December"", ""Last of the Summer Wine"", ""Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister"", ""Ever Decreasing Circles"", ""Brush Strokes"", ""Open All Hours"", ""Butterflies"", ""Ripping Yarns"", ""Porridge"", ""Going Straight"", ""Broaden Your Mind"", the final series of ""Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em"", ""The Liver"
"more. In 1994 Lotterby was appointed OBE. Sydney Lotterby Sydney Warren Lotterby OBE (born 30 November 1926) is a British television producer and director. He started as a cameraman at the BBC and progressed to becoming technical manager. He joined the BBC's Entertainment Department in 1958 and in 1963 became a producer/director. Television comedy series which he produced or directed included: ""As Time Goes By"", ""May to December"", ""Last of the Summer Wine"", ""Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister"", ""Ever Decreasing Circles"", ""Brush Strokes"", ""Open All Hours"", ""Butterflies"", ""Ripping Yarns"", ""Porridge"", ""Going Straight"", ""Broaden Your Mind"", the final series of"
"of British sitcom. Well-remembered series include John Cleese and Connie Booth's farcical ""Fawlty Towers"" (1975, 1979), John Esmonde and Bob Larbey's self-sufficiency comedy ""The Good Life"" (1975–78). ""Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?"" (1973–74), a sequel to the earlier show, surpassed the original, while the same writers (Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais) provided Ronnie Barker with his most successful sitcom vehicle, ""Porridge"" (1974–77). Barker also starred (along with David Jason) in the very popular ""Open All Hours"" (1973, 1976–85), written by Roy Clarke. Clarke's long-running ""Last of the Summer Wine"" began in 1973 and ended in 2010, becoming the"
"Tom Owen (actor) Thomas William Stevenson Rowbotham (born 8 April 1949), also known as Tom Owen, is a British actor best known for playing Tom Simmonite in the world's longest-running sitcom ""Last of the Summer Wine"". He is the son of Bill Owen, who played William ""Compo"" Simmonite (the father of Tom Simmonite) in the show. He married Mary Bernadette Therese Moylan in 1978; they have two sons, James and William. Tom Owen trained as a student assistant stage manager at Leatherhead Theatre in 1966. He made his television debut in 1968 playing Bill Cowan in Southern TV's groundbreaking series"
"Alan J. W. Bell Alan J. W. Bell (born 14 November 1937) is a British television producer and director. He has produced and/or directed many BBC series since the early 1970s, most notably ""Last of the Summer Wine"", ""Ripping Yarns"" and the TV adaptation of ""The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"". He was also assigned to re-edit and improve Ronnie Barker's short 1982 film, ""By the Sea"". Other comedy shows include ""There's a Lot of it About"", ""The Hello Goodbye Man"", ""The Clairvoyant"", ""Wyatt's Watchdogs"", ""Dogfood Dan and the Carmarthen Cowboy"" and ""Split Ends"". He was born in Battersea, London."
"Alan J. W. Bell Alan J. W. Bell (born 14 November 1937) is a British television producer and director. He has produced and/or directed many BBC series since the early 1970s, most notably ""Last of the Summer Wine"", ""Ripping Yarns"" and the TV adaptation of ""The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"". He was also assigned to re-edit and improve Ronnie Barker's short 1982 film, ""By the Sea"". Other comedy shows include ""There's a Lot of it About"", ""The Hello Goodbye Man"", ""The Clairvoyant"", ""Wyatt's Watchdogs"", ""Dogfood Dan and the Carmarthen Cowboy"" and ""Split Ends"". He was born in Battersea, London."
"Tony Capstick Joseph Anthony Capstick (27 July 1944 – 23 October 2003) was an English comedian, actor, musician and broadcaster. First son of Joe Capstick, a wireless operator in the RAF, and his wife, June, née Duncan, he was born in Rotherham, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, and spent most of his childhood in Swinton, South Yorkshire, near Mexborough, also in the West Riding, and for over thirty years he was a presenter on BBC Radio Sheffield. Outside Sheffield, he is perhaps better known as one of the policemen in the long-running British sitcom, ""Last of the Summer Wine"", where"
"on September 7, 1986. They have two daughters, Joanna and Miranda. Walter Hill Walter Hill (born January 10, 1942) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is widely known for his action films and revival of the Western genre. He has directed such films as ""The Warriors"", ""Hard Times"", ""The Driver"", ""Southern Comfort"", ""48 Hrs."" and its sequel ""Another 48 Hrs."", ""Red Heat"", ""Last Man Standing"", ""Undisputed"", and ""Bullet to the Head"", as well as writing the Steve McQueen crime drama ""The Getaway"". He has also directed several episodes of television series such as ""Tales from the Crypt"""
"Open All Night (TV series) Open All Night is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from November 28, 1981 to March 5, 1982. The show centered on Gordon Feester (George Dzundza) and his oddball family who lived and worked in a convenience store. Despite a similar title and a similar setting of an all-night grocery store, it has no connection to the British series ""Open All Hours"". Jay Tarses was co-creator, writer, co-star and occasional director of the show. Cassandra Peterson (better known for her Elvira persona) made a guest appearance on one episode. David Letterman also made a"
"to split up the affair, but they do not know that Melissa and Dave haven't actually committed adultery yet. Sonia and Clive hire a private detective called Chuck Purvis. The other characters were Lester and Ramona Whales. Ramona was Clive's secretary, whom her jealous husband Lester always thought was having an affair with Clive. Ain't Misbehavin' (TV series) Ain't Misbehavin' is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 20 March 1994 to 14 February 1995. It stars Peter Davison and Nicola Pagett and was written by Roy Clarke, the writer of ""Last of the Summer Wine"" and ""Keeping Up"
"the last series, Gilbert won a BAFTA in 1974 for Best Comedy, and was also nominated that year for ""Last of the Summer Wine"" in the category. He succeeded Michael Mills as the BBC's Head of Comedy from 1973–1977. Gilbert was appointed as the BBC's Head of Light Entertainment in 1977, in succession to Bill Cotton, remaining in the post and with the BBC until 1982. Subsequently, he worked as a freelance. In 2003, Gilbert appeared on the documentary special ""30 Years of Last of the Summer Wine"" to discuss his role in helping to create the series. James Gilbert"
"Marc Summers Marc Summers (born Marc Berkowitz; November 11, 1951) is an American television personality, comedian, game show host, producer, and talk show host. He is best known for hosting ""Double Dare"" for Nickelodeon, ""Unwrapped"" for Food Network, and recently he was Executive Producer for both ""Dinner Impossible"" and ""Restaurant Impossible"" also for Food Network. Summers was born Marc Berkowitz in Indianapolis, Indiana. He attended Westlane Middle School and North Central High School in Indianapolis and Grahm Junior College in Boston, Massachusetts. His early careers were as a radio disc jockey and a stand-up comedian; though he held various television"
"He can't pay his television rental. So the shop take it back so frequently that he leaves his door unlocked so they can take it whenever necessary. In one episode, Foggy states that Compo owes him money and in the episode Compo was buried, Truly remarks that he still owed him two quid and questioned Clegg if the money was in the letter he sent to him. Compo Simmonite William Simmonite, better known by his nickname of Compo, was a character in the world's longest-running sitcom, ""Last of the Summer Wine"". Compo was born into a poor, lower-class family in"
"Kathy Staff Kathy Staff (born Minnie Higginbottom; 12 July 1928 – 13 December 2008) was an English actress, well known for her work on British television. She is most famous for her portrayal of Nora Batty on the longest running sitcom in the world, ""Last of the Summer Wine"". Born in Dukinfield, Cheshire, Staff was best known for her role as one of the main characters, Nora Batty, in the long-running BBC sitcom ""Last of the Summer Wine"". She played Nora Batty from the pilot episode in 1973 (though in the pilot and first series, she was referred to as"
"guest appearance, and made a sly reference to his daytime talk show, which was canceled a year before. Open All Night (TV series) Open All Night is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from November 28, 1981 to March 5, 1982. The show centered on Gordon Feester (George Dzundza) and his oddball family who lived and worked in a convenience store. Despite a similar title and a similar setting of an all-night grocery store, it has no connection to the British series ""Open All Hours"". Jay Tarses was co-creator, writer, co-star and occasional director of the show. Cassandra Peterson"
"Emerick appealed for funding through crowd-sourcing sites in the hopes of gaining enough support to produce a feature film featuring the duo or even a television series. Associate Producer Terry Bartlam believed there was enough of a scope with Cooper and Walsh that they could carry their own series and that this spin-off could be the answer to those who believed ""Last of the Summer Wine"" should have been given a proper ending. A live production of ""Last of the Summer Wine"", known informally as the ""summer season"", was produced in Bournemouth in 1984. While Bill Owen and Peter Sallis"
"Norman Clegg Norman Clegg, often nicknamed Cleggy, is a fictional character from the world's longest-running sitcom, ""Last of the Summer Wine"". Norman Clegg was the only child of a builder and decorator, David Clegg, and his rather volatile wife Violet (Peter Sallis and Maggie Ollerenshaw). David, a war veteran, was very quiet and rarely interacted with his family, much to the concern of Norman, who thought his father didn't like him (Vi felt the same way). His mother was overprotective of her son, and panicked when he was walked home by a girl a year older than him. Norman married"
"first episode, is referred to as Harold; when the character went on to appear in the series, he would be called Wally. Of Funerals and Fish ""Of Funerals and Fish"" is the pilot episode of the world's longest running sitcom, ""Last of the Summer Wine"" (1973–2010), written by Roy Clarke. It was first aired on 4 January 1973 and became the first of 295 episodes. It was aired as a ""Comedy Playhouse"" episode. The plot involved the trio going around discussing life and death. It starred Bill Owen, Peter Sallis and Michael Bates. This also was the first appearance of"
"Mitchell Hurwitz Mitchell D. ""Mitch"" Hurwitz (born May 29, 1963) is an American television writer, producer, and actor. He is best known as the creator of the television sitcom ""Arrested Development"" as well as the co-creator of ""The Ellen Show"", and a contributor to ""The John Larroquette Show"" and ""The Golden Girls"". Hurwitz was born in 1963 to a Jewish family in Anaheim, California. In 1976, when Hurwitz was 12, he co-founded a chocolate-chip cookie business, called the Chipyard on Balboa Boulevard in Balboa Fun Zone in Newport Beach, California, in a former taco place, with his older brother, Michael,"
"Ray Butt Raymond William ""Ray"" Butt (25 June 1935 – 12 July 2013) was a British television producer and director best known for his work on ""Only Fools and Horses"". Butt grew up in London as an only child with his mother and father. He left school at 16 and served national service in the Royal Air Force. He produced ""Only Fools and Horses"" until Series 5, directing most episodes himself, when he moved onto new projects. He is also remembered for his work on ""Last of the Summer Wine"" and ""Are You Being Served?"". Butt directed the 1976 two-part"
"bread and jam. At the time of his death, he was living in Greenwich, London. Michael Aldridge Michael William ffolliott Aldridge (9 September 1920 – 10 January 1994) was an English actor. He was known for playing Seymour in the television series ""Last of the Summer Wine"" from 1986 to 1990 and he had a long career as a character actor on stage and screen dating back to the 1930s. The son of Dr Frederick James Aldridge and his wife Kathleen Michaela Marietta White, Aldridge was born in Glastonbury, Somerset, England, on 9 September 1920. He was educated at Gresham's"
"job down as he felt that the BBC's idea for a programme about three old men was a dull concept for a half-hour sitcom. Instead, Clarke proposed that the men should all be unmarried, widowed, or divorced and either unemployed or retired, leaving them free to roam around like adolescents in the prime of their lives, unfettered and uninhibited. Clarke chose the original title, ""The Last of the Summer Wine"", to convey the idea that the characters are not in the autumn of their lives but the summer, even though it may be ""the last of the summer"". BBC producers"
"The book was written by Morris Bright and Robert Ross and chronicled the show from its inception through the end of the 2000 series. Included were interviews with cast and crew, a character guide, and an episode guide. Both the companion guide and its updated 30th anniversary version are now out of print. A release by journalist Andrew Vine titled ""Last of the Summer Wine: The Inside Story of the World's Longest-running Comedy Programme"" covered the entire series, including the story of the final words of the series. It was released on 16 August 2010. On 5 November 2012, a"
"23, 2016. Summers currently provides color commentary on along with his vast knowledge of the game on the revival of ""Double Dare"" with Liza Koshy, now produced by RTL Group / FremantleMedia, and serves as executive producer. Marc Summers Marc Summers (born Marc Berkowitz; November 11, 1951) is an American television personality, comedian, game show host, producer, and talk show host. He is best known for hosting ""Double Dare"" for Nickelodeon, ""Unwrapped"" for Food Network, and recently he was Executive Producer for both ""Dinner Impossible"" and ""Restaurant Impossible"" also for Food Network. Summers was born Marc Berkowitz in Indianapolis, Indiana."
"Owen, Peter Sallis, Brian Wilde, Kathy Staff and Dame Thora Hird in leading roles. Clarke was not involved in casting the actors, but he wrote the character named Clegg with Sallis specifically in mind. He also wrote a prequel, ""First of the Summer Wine"", as well as ""The Misfit"", starring Ronald Fraser; ""Open All Hours"", starring Ronnie Barker and David Jason; ""Keeping Up Appearances"", starring Patricia Routledge; and ""Ain't Misbehavin'"". He created and wrote the short-lived fantasy drama, ""The Wanderer"" starring Bryan Brown, for Sky One. He also created the sitcom ""Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!"" in 1974, writing the"
"""a concept whose time had come – about 20 years ago"" or as ""Last of the Summer Wine"" as written by Barry Crump. In the late 1980s, TVNZ made a pilot which was never shown. Then in 1989 Three screened an hour-episode in the new channel’s first week on Friday 1 December from 7.30 to 8.30 pm. Director Ian Mune said it was a comedy of foibles about people getting into appalling trouble because they’re either cocky or stupid or trying to impress someone or they’re opportunists. No more episodes were made because of financial difficulties. Three series were screened"
"years, Tom joined Last of the Summer Wine as a regular and stayed with the show until it finished in 2010. He has starred in over twenty pantomimes and has two films being released in 2018 - 'The Bromley Boys' and 'Guernsey'. Tom Owen (actor) Thomas William Stevenson Rowbotham (born 8 April 1949), also known as Tom Owen, is a British actor best known for playing Tom Simmonite in the world's longest-running sitcom ""Last of the Summer Wine"". He is the son of Bill Owen, who played William ""Compo"" Simmonite (the father of Tom Simmonite) in the show. He married"
"Ed Sullivan Edward Vincent Sullivan (September 28, 1901 – October 13, 1974) was an American television personality, sports and entertainment reporter, and syndicated columnist for the ""New York Daily News"" and the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate. He is principally remembered as the creator and host of the television variety program ""The Toast of the Town"", later popularly—and, eventually, officially—renamed ""The Ed Sullivan Show"". Broadcast for 23 years from 1948 to 1971, it set a record as the longest-running variety show in US broadcast history. ""It was, by almost any measure, the last great TV show,"" said television critic"
"Michael Bates (actor) Michael Hammond Bates (4 December 1920 – 11 January 1978) was an Anglo-Indian actor. He was best known for playing the chief prison guard who processes (and strip-searches) Alex (Malcolm McDowell) in ""A Clockwork Orange"", Cyril Blamire in ""Last of the Summer Wine"" (1973–75), and Rangi Ram in ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"" (1974–77). Bates was born in Jhansi, United Provinces, India, to Sarah (""née"" Clarke) (1896–1982, daughter of William Hammond Walker of Congleton, Cheshire), and Anglo-Indian civil servant Harry Stuart Bates CSI (1893–1985, son of Albert Bates, of Congleton, Cheshire). He was educated at Uppingham School"
"Agnes Nixon Agnes Nixon (née Eckhardt; December 10, 1922 – September 28, 2016) was an American television writer and producer. She is best known as the creator of the soap operas ""One Life to Live"", ""All My Children"", and ""Loving"". Nixon's work as producer and writer introduced a number of new storylines to American daytime television – the first health-related storyline, the first storyline related to the Vietnam War, the first on-screen lesbian kiss and the first on-screen abortion. She won five Writers' Guild of America Awards, five Daytime Emmy Awards, and in 2010 received a Lifetime Achievement Award from"