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

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.

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1986 Specials - Merry Christmas Father Christmas

A Santa on a bike with an advertising board is too much for Seymour's sense of traditional values. He resolves to put some of the magic back into Christmas by putting Santa back where he belongs - on a rooftop near a chimney. Clegg is an ideal, if unwilling, helper, but who has the charisma and the wellies to play Father Christmas...?

Broadcast details

Date
Sunday 28th December 1986
Time
7:15pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
35 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Saturday 13th July 2013 12:55pm Gold
Sunday 14th July 2013 10:10am Gold
Tuesday 17th December 2013 5:15pm Gold
Wednesday 18th December 2013 11:10am Gold
Saturday 3rd May 2014 7:10am Gold
Saturday 3rd May 2014 10:35am Gold
Tuesday 15th March 2016 10:00am Gold
Monday 18th July 2016 10:35am Gold
Monday 18th July 2016 5:10pm Gold
Wednesday 16th November 2016 9:55am Gold
Wednesday 16th November 2016 4:20pm Gold
Tuesday 13th December 2016 9:15am Gold
Tuesday 13th December 2016 4:15pm Gold
Wednesday 21st December 2016 6:20pm Drama
Tuesday 19th December 2017 6:20pm Drama
Sunday 23rd December 2018 8:10pm Drama
Tuesday 21st May 2019 10:55am Gold
Tuesday 21st May 2019 4:00pm Gold
Tuesday 6th August 2019 12:05pm Gold
Tuesday 6th August 2019 5:15pm Gold
Tuesday 3rd December 2019 10:20am Gold
Tuesday 3rd December 2019 3:15pm Gold
Friday 20th December 2019 10:05am Gold
Friday 20th December 2019 3:00pm Gold
Tuesday 1st December 2020 12:00pm Gold
Tuesday 1st December 2020 4:35pm Gold
Tuesday 15th December 2020 12:00pm Gold
Tuesday 15th December 2020 4:50pm Gold
Wednesday 30th December 2020 5:55pm Drama
Thursday 31st December 2020 11:15am Gold
Thursday 2nd December 2021 11:40am Gold
Monday 13th December 2021 7:20pm Drama
Wednesday 22nd December 2021 9:50am Gold
Thursday 23rd December 2021 7:35am Gold
Saturday 22nd January 2022 1:20pm Drama
Monday 5th December 2022 10:50am Gold
Friday 15th December 2023 11:05am Gold
Wednesday 20th December 2023 4:20pm Drama
Thursday 21st December 2023 3:25pm Drama
Thursday 14th March 2024 10:40am Gold
Thursday 14th March 2024 4:00pm Gold

Cast & crew

Cast
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
Jane Freeman Ivy
Joe Gladwin Wally Batty
Jonathan Linsley 'Crusher' Milburn
Gordon Wharmby Wesley Pegden
Thora Hird Edith Pegden
Writing team
Roy Clarke Writer
Production team
Alan J. W. Bell Director
Alan J. W. Bell Producer
Ian Williams Editor
John Wilkinson Editor
Stephan Paczai Production Designer
Peter Halston Costume Designer
Martha Livesley Make-up Designer
Ronnie Hazlehurst Composer
Dave Sydenham Lighting Designer

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