Sitcom following a group of male pensioners looking for adventure. Previous groupings have included Compo, Clegg and Foggy; and Clegg, Truly and Alvin. The current main trio are Hobbo, Entwistle and Alvin.

The 'gang' are ageing delinquents who carry out boyish pranks in a quiet Yorkshire village. Their japes revolve around daredevil stunts aimed at wooing their lady friends or getting male chums out of trouble.

Our Review: It would be hard to argue that Last Of The Summer Wine is anything but a British classic. It is the UK's longest running TV comedy show by quite some margin.

This programme is an inoffensive and slow-moving sitcom that gets viewers hooked in via the charming and loveable characters, relaxing pace and beautiful scenery. It should be noted this is a programme now mainly enjoyed by the older generations; its pace and subject matter is not generally conducive to younger fans, and some TV critics and viewers have - particularly in recent year - been calling it 'boring, outdated, slow and un-funny'.

Even if you're not a fan, LOTSW's influence on the comedy landscape shouldn't be overlooked. To give just one example, this was the first comedy show on British TV to try extending the length of a Christmas special beyond the traditional 30 minutes... a practice which has since become commonplace.

With the final series (31) now broadcasting, few fans of the show seem to remain. Even those who have been avid and long-time viewers on the programme are complaining on our message board that this series has gone, if you'll excuse the pun, significantly downhill, even compared to a roundly condemned Series 30. Writer Roy Clarke is said to have penned a 'quiet' final episode: whether this will pull round a particularly weak start to the series and give the once great programme a fitting send-off remains to be seen.