Category: Last Of The Summer Wine

  • End Of The Summer Wine
    End Of The Summer Wine

    Having finished my binge watch of Last Of The Summer Wine, I’ve made a montage of all the screenshots I took of the show. Strap in, it’s dizzying.

  • This Is Norman Clegg
    This Is Norman Clegg

    Last night I finished my binge watch of Last Of The Summer Wine. I feel like I should write a long blog about it, which I will do at some point, but I’ve been up since 5am, and all I can do at the moment is yawn. In the meantime, here’s a trailer for the…

  • 008 – The Real James Bond
    008 – The Real James Bond

    It’s not often you get a peek at the unproduced work of writers, and it’s amazing that Roy Clarke found the time to write pilots at all, what with writing over 500 episodes of shows over the years. There’s an episode of Last Of The Summer Wine that guest stars Brian Conley. It’s called Enter…

  • Continuity Of The Summer Wine
    Continuity Of The Summer Wine

    One of the things I love most about the long run of Last Of The Summer Wine, is just how many shows it shared the screen with over the years. A quick look at some snippets of continuity highlights that fact nicely. In Christmas 1988, after an episode of Bob’s Full House (love that show),…

  • Last Of The Summer Wine Without Context
    Last Of The Summer Wine Without Context

    Just some random screenshots from the show through the ages.

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  • Proctology: A Bottom Examination
    Proctology: A Bottom Examination

    For a long time now I’ve been wanting to write an old-fashioned programme guide. One you can hold in your hand and thumb through, make notes on, spill coffee on. So I did. Proctology: A Bottom Examination is my deep dive into Bottom, the hit BBC Two sitcom starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. That’s…

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  • Re-Casting Keanu
    Re-Casting Keanu

    Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him eight years older than Clive Dunn was when he was first cast in Dad’s Army. But don’t panic, Clive Dunn was always playing much older characters than his own age. Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him seven years older than Stephanie Cole was when she was first…

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