Category: Last Of The Summer Wine
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Riddle Of Car In Sea
Let’s begin by watching a nice little trailer for First Of The Summer Wine, in which Peter Sallis plays Norman Clegg’s father, and Maggie Ollerenshaw plays his mother. Of course, there’s one shot that really fascinates me. This one: That’s the Daily Mirror from Monday 31st July 1939. Here’s the full back page in all…
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Roy Clarke’s The Animal Man
Here’s an article from Television Today in the The Stage from 24th November 1983. In it, we see an announcement for The Kit Curran Radio Show, Fresh Fields, Chance In A Million, and a number of other Thames produced ITV sitcoms. But what sticks out to me is the intriguing, and deliberately vague, description of…
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BBC Announces 14 New Comedy Series
… in 1973. One of them is Last Of The Summer Wine. I expect one of those pilots might become Porridge.
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Horton Rounds
Wanna see the house that Last Of The Summer Wine creator Roy Clarke lived in at one point? Of course you do. It’s called Horton Rounds, and it was designed by architect Arthur Marshman. Built in 1966, it’s now a grade 2 listed building. I love that it’s next to The Shrubbery.
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Bob Falling
Some clips from Last Of The Summer Wine Gone Fishing of Compo Bob falling down.
