![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 29 - I Was A Hitman For Primrose Dairies
![Last Of The Summer Wine. Image shows from L to R: Alvin Smedley (Brian Murphy), Entwistle (Burt Kwouk), Luther 'Hobbo' Hobdyke (Russ Abbot). Copyright: BBC Last Of The Summer Wine. Image shows from L to R: Alvin Smedley (Brian Murphy), Entwistle (Burt Kwouk), Luther 'Hobbo' Hobdyke (Russ Abbot). Copyright: BBC](https://cdn.comedy.co.uk/images/library/comedies/180x200_eps/l/last_summer_wine_episode_2912.jpg)
Luther 'Hobbo' Hobdyke, a retired milkman with strong links to MI5, arrives in the village. Very soon, calling upon his experiences on numerous dangerous missions overseas as a master spy, he forms a small team of reluctant volunteers, consisting of Alvin and Entwistle, ready to react to any emergency in the village. Finding that Hobbo has moved in next door, Clegg and Truly recall that he was never much of a milkman, but have to admit that his needlework is always exemplary.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 31st December 2008
- Time
- 7:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Peter Sallis | Norman Clegg |
Frank Thornton | Herbert 'Truly' Truelove |
Brian Murphy | Alvin Smedley |
Mike Grady | Barry Wilkinson |
Sarah Thomas | Glenda Wilkinson |
Josephine Tewson | Miss Davenport |
Robert Fyfe | Howard Sibshaw |
Burt Kwouk | Entwistle |
Tom Owen | Tom Simmonite |
Juliette Kaplan | Pearl Sibshaw |
June Whitfield | Nelly |
Jane Freeman | Ivy |
Ken Kitson | PC Cooper |
Louis Emerick | PC Walsh |
Jean Alexander | Aunty Wainwright |
Russ Abbot | Luther 'Hobbo' Hobdyke |
Christopher Beeny | Herman Teasdale / Morton |
Trevor Bannister | Toby Mulberry Smith |
Barbara Young | Stella |
Roy Clarke | Writer |
Alan J. W. Bell | Director |
Alan J. W. Bell | Producer |
Andrew Wilde | Editor |
Steve Wright | Production Designer |
Pat O'Shea | Director of Photography |
Emily Curtis (as Emily Newbold) | Costume Designer |
Lesley Faulkner | Make-up Designer |
Ronnie Hazlehurst | Composer |