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Last of the Summer Wine

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Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire Dales. They spend their days speculating about their fellow townsfolk and thinking up adventures not usually favored by the elderly. Last of the Summer Wine premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse in 1973. The show ran for 295 episodes until 2010. It is the longest running comedy Britain has produced and the longest running sitcom in the world.

Comedy

3.5 / 5

4th January 1973 - 29th August 2010
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Peter SallisFrank ThorntonJane Freeman
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Of Funerals and Fish (pilot) Still
Of Funerals and Fish (pilot)
4th January 1973

Episode 1

Norman Clegg visits his late wife's grave on the anniversary of her death, then he reunites with his friends Compo Simmonite and Cyril Blamire and the trio wonders through town talking about, life, death and fish.

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Short Back And Palais Glide
12th November 1973

Episode 2

The trio pays a visit to the barbers where they talk about the war, marriage, local women, and the frequent rows that exist between couples. Then they go to the cafe, where the first (of many) arguments between Ivy and Sid takes place. Compo realizes he forgot his house key in the library and the trio wonders through town, in search for the librarian (Mr. Wainwright).

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Inventor Of The 40-Foot Ferret
19th November 1973

Episode 3

Clegg and Blamire try to convince Compo to step inside a church. Then they talk about the existence of God, miracles and the possibility of an afterlife.

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Pâté And Chips
26th November 1973

Episode 4

The trio visits a stately home, but naturally have some problems with Compo's messy ways.

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Spring Fever
3rd December 1973

Episode 5

Spring's coming and Compo is once again suffering from spring fever, so he sets off to find the perfect companionship for him. He ends up hiring a female housekeeper, in search of new-found love.

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The New Mobile Trio
10th December 1973

Episode 6

Thinking they need a faster way to travel through the hills, Clegg convinces the others to buy a car. They end up with an old piece of metal that proves to be more trouble than it's worth.

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Hail Smiling Morn Or Thereabouts
17th December 1973

Episode 7

With a new camera in hands, the trio spends the day trying to find interesting things to photograph.

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