How long was last of the summer wine?

How long was last of the summer wine?

37 years
Long-running BBC comedy Last of the Summer Wine is to be axed after 37 years, the BBC has announced. The series – which has followed the exploits of Compo, Nora Batty and friends – made its TV debut in 1973.

When Did Last of the Summer Wine start and finish?

Last of the Summer Wine is a British sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke and originally broadcast by the BBC from 1973 to 2010. It premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse on 4 January 1973, and the first series of episodes followed on 12 November 1973.

When was the first episode of Last of the Summer Wine?

January 4, 1973
Last of the Summer Wine/First episode date

Last of the Summer Wine started off life as an episode of Comedy Playhouse, broadcast on 4 January 1973. The first series proper was screened on 12 November 1973.

How many episodes of Last of the Summer Wine are there?

295
Last of the Summer Wine/Number of episodes

Why did crusher leave Last of the Summer Wine?

However Crusher did not return in the tenth series, as Jonathan Linsley decided to leave the show after going on a crash diet: most of the character’s humor came from the contrast between his menacing size and his total harmlessness.

Is Barry still alive from Last of the Summer Wine?

(1986–1990, 1996–2010) meek and mild husband of Glenda.

Is anyone from Last of the Summer Wine still alive?

Robert Fyfe – Howard Scottish actor Robert remains one of the surviving members of the hit cast. Now aged 95, he played the dithering character Howard Sibshaw. He starred in the comedy series for 25 years and had a distinguished film career which started in 1962 and concluded in 2016, over 50 years later.

Who worked in the cafe in Last of the Summer Wine?

JANE Freeman
JANE Freeman, who has died of lung cancer, aged 81, was an actress who played Ivy, the cafe owner in Last of the Summer Wine for the television sitcom’s entire run. For 37 years, the memorable character lived a life of anger and frustration combined with romantic fantasies and secret longings.