Last Of The Summer Wine
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1973 - 2010
- 295 episodes (31 series)
Gentle sitcom following a group of pensioners living in Yorkshire. This show was Britain's longest-running TV sitcom. Stars Bill Owen, Peter Sallis, Frank Thornton, Brian Murphy, Michael Bates and more.
- Series 17, Episode 2 repeated at 6:40pm on U&Drama
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Series 10, Episode 1 - The Experiment
On being forcibly up-ended by Seymour and Clegg to shake money from his pockets to buy a drink, Compo is left with a burning question; why, when he felt the blood rushing to his head upside down, did he not feel the blood rushing back to his feet when he was returned to a standing position?
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 16th October 1988
- Time
- 7:15pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Bill Owen | William 'Compo' Simmonite |
| Peter Sallis | Norman Clegg |
| Michael Aldridge | Seymour Utterthwaite |
| Mike Grady | Barry Wilkinson |
| Kathy Staff | Nora Batty |
| Sarah Thomas | Glenda Wilkinson |
| Juliette Kaplan | Pearl Sibshaw |
| Jane Freeman | Ivy |
| Gordon Wharmby | Wesley Pegden |
| Thora Hird | Edith Pegden |
| James Duggan | Landlord |
| Eunice Black | Mrs. Cornwall-Harris |
| Roy Clarke | Writer |
| Alan J. W. Bell | Director |
| Alan J. W. Bell | Producer |
| John Wilkinson | Editor |
| Steve Jamison | Editor |
| Don Giles | Production Designer |
| Sarah Lubel | Costume Designer |
| Lisa Pickering | Make-up Designer |
| Ronnie Hazlehurst | Composer |
| Don Babbage | Lighting Designer |