![Last Of The Summer Wine. Image shows from L to R: Walter C. 'Foggy' Dewhurst (Brian Wilde), William 'Compo' Simmonite (Bill Owen), Norman Clegg (Peter Sallis). Copyright: BBC Last Of The Summer Wine. Image shows from L to R: Walter C. 'Foggy' Dewhurst (Brian Wilde), William 'Compo' Simmonite (Bill Owen), Norman Clegg (Peter Sallis). Copyright: BBC](https://cdn.comedy.co.uk/images/library/comedies/300x200/l/last_of_the_summer_wine_s6.jpg)
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.
- 1986 Specials, New Year Special repeated tomorrow at 7:50am on Gold
Episode menu
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 |