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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
Streaming rank this week: 670
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Series 10, Episode 4 - That Certain Smile
Compo, Clegg and Seymour accept the near impossible challenge of bringing a smile to the face of the hospitalised Clem Hemingway. Maybe if they were to bring in his little dog Bess...
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 6th November 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 |
Jean Fergusson | Marina |
Robert Fyfe | Howard Sibshaw |
Juliette Kaplan | Pearl Sibshaw |
Jane Freeman | Ivy |
Gordon Wharmby | Wesley Pegden |
Thora Hird | Edith Pegden |
Stephen Lewis | Clem 'Smiler' Hemmingway |
Linda Bardell | Florist |
Jeffrey Longmore | Hospital Porter |
Ann Rye (as Anne Rye) | Mrs. Hemingway |
Joyce Windsor | Nursing Sister |
Roy Clarke | Writer |
Alan J. W. Bell | Director |
Alan J. W. Bell | Producer |
Ian Williams | Editor |
John Wilkinson | Editor |
Don Giles | Production Designer |
Sarah Lubel | Costume Designer |
Lisa Pickering | Make-up Designer |
John Green | Lighting Designer |
Ronnie Hazlehurst | Composer |
Barry Read | Production Designer |