Last of the Summer Wine
Last of the Summer Wine is a British sitcom written by Roy Clarke which follows the adventures of three quirky pensioners and their equally unusual neighbours.
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[edit] Series One (1973)
[edit] "Of Funerals and Fish"
- Nora Batty is placing her laundry out to dry with another lady as two men enter Compo's house below.
- Nora Batty: They're taking his telly again.
- Lady: Oh, is it Tuesday already?
- Compo: Your old lady's dog is crapping all over the pavement.
- Blamire: That's funny. He usually sews it up in little bags and sends it by post.
- Compo: Hey Cyril, give me a fag, I'll give you a sniff of me socks!
- Clegg: This fellow, he picks up this tiny bird in his hands, and carries its quivering little body across this busy junction, and feeds it to his cat. Life's like that: a complex texture of conflicting moralities.
- Vicar: (after getting a cigarette from Clegg) I'm supposed to be stopping, but then, on the other hand, it's hardly fitting for me to be seen trying to live forever, is it?
- Blamire: (referring to Compo) He's still calling for me in broad daylight!
- Clegg: Tell the neighbours he doesn't belong to you, you're just looking after him for somebody.
- Clegg: If God's omnipotent, what could he possibly want with my old woman?
- Compo: Do you reckon I'm in love with Mrs. Batty, or is it just sex?
[edit] "Hail Smiling Morn or Thereabouts"
- Blamire has found his old camera, and has visited a photographic exhibition with Compo. They then find Clegg.
- Blamire: (Fiddling with his camera) You know, I must get a light meter.
- Clegg: I should get a heavy one. You'll pay more, but it'll last longer.
[edit] Series 3 (1976)
[edit] "The Man from Oswestry"
- Compo: I thought you'd be open.
- Sid: Well that's a natural assumption if you ignore the drawn blinds and the forty foot sign that says closed.
- Clegg: Why is it, if there's such a shortage of oil, it keeps appearing on my trouser bottom?
- Compo: (referring to Foggy) What's he doing now?
- Clegg: He's doing alright. You get depressed sometimes and begin to believe there aren't any real, old fashioned idiots left, and then, out of the blue, comes a genuine, fourteen carat, gilded barmpot like this!
- Foggy: (referring to Compo) That man has a hole in his trousers!
- Clegg: Yes, it's just his way of showing his individuality.
[edit] Cast
[edit] The Trio/Quartet
Michael Bates - Cyril Blamire (Series 1-2)
Bill Owen - William "Compo" Simmonite (Series 1-21)
Peter Sallis - Norman Clegg (Series 1- )
Brian Wilde - Walter "Foggy" Dewhurst (Series 3-8, 12-18)
Michael Aldridge - Seymour Utterthwaite (Series 9-12)
Frank Thornton - Herbert "Truly" Truelove (Series 19- )
Keith Clifford - Billy Hardcastle (Series 22-27)
Brian Murphy - Alvin Smedley (Series 24- )
Burt Kwouk - Entwistle (Series 24- )
Russ Abbot - Luther "Hobbo" Hobdyke (Series 30- )
[edit] Supporting Cast
Kathy Staff - Nora Batty (Series 1-22, 24-30)
Jane Freeman - Ivy (Series 1- )
John Comer - Sid (Series 1-7)
Blake Butler - Mr. Wainwright (Series 1,3)
Rosemary Martin - Mrs. Partridge (Series 1)
Joe Gladwin - Wally Batty (Series 2-9)
Gordon Wharmby - Wesley Pegden (Series 6,8-23)
Jonathan Linsley - "Crusher" Milburn (Series 8-9)
Juliette Kaplan - Pearl Sibshaw (Series 8- )
Robert Fyfe - Howard Sibshaw (Series 8- )
Jean Ferguson - Marina (Series 8- )
Dame Thora Hird - Edie Pegden (Series 9-24)
Mike Grady - Barry Wikinson (Series 9-12, 17- )
Sarah Thomas - Glenda Wilkinson (Series 9- )
Danny O'Dea - Eli Duckett (Series 9-23)
Stephen Lewis - Clem "Smiler" Hemmingway (Series 12-28)
Jean Alexander - Auntie Wainright (Series 14- )
Tom Owen - Tom Simmonite (Series 21- )
Julie T. Wallace - Mrs. Avery (Series 21-22)
Dora Bryan - Auntie Ros (Series 21-26)
Josephine Tewson - Miss Lucinda Davenport (Series 24- )
June Whitfield - Nellie (Series 27- )
[edit] External links
- Last of the Summer Wine quotes at the Internet Movie Database
