I watch it every night still on drama at 7.20 i love it and look forward to it every weekday its just good oldfashioned fun i love it above all the rubish on today. Well done to all the fabulous actors! We'l not see your like again xx
I have watched this show since it's 1st broadcast when I was young. And I saw the last episode in 2010 felt like a part of my life died that day. I still watch on UA-cam, y'all should find those missing episodes.
Jane Freeman, who was Ivy, could not appear in the last episode because she was seriously ill and confined to bed! Alan JW Bell and Roy Clarke visited her a few days before filming. It was decided that it was impossible to include the Cafe without Ivy - it would have been just plain insulting! During her illness she was visited by many of the cast frequently. I was privileged to meet Jane briefly, on location in 2004 - she was a lovely lady - with a wicked sense of humour! Incidentally the character of Ivy was based, by Roy Clarke, on a very real person - his beloved wife Enid!
it's still sad to think that none of the original characters are alive. incidentally, I would strongly urge anyone that's not been to Holmfirth to pay it a visit. Beautiful village, and full of LOTSW nostalgia.
Surely the actors who played Barry & Glenda are still alive? I've been to Holmfirth & loved it. I shall visit again one day. All fans of the show should go and have a cup of tea in the cafe!
@@tinamalenczak3897 yes they are. The first cast members like Compo, Clegg, Blamire, Sid, Ivy etc are no longer with us, sadly. Can't wait to go back to Holmfirth. Didn't get a chance to see Nora Barry's wrinkley stockings previously.
@@southendparaquest Nora Batty looked quite a bit like my maternal grandmother, and with 9 children she was as tolerant of tomfoolery as Mrs Batty was.
I love this show!! I watch it over and over an YT. I know there are many shows I have not seen and I would love to. I have some on tape. Today I was thinking about them and laughing as I was driving along, recalling when Foggy told Compo he could hear him wheezing over there. Compo said how could I be wheezing over there when I'm over here? Then the turned and asked Norm if he had been wheezing. Norman said, "well, only from one end!!" So funny!! LOVE that show!!!
I remember "discovering" this show one night on my local PBS. I tried to get other fans of Britcoms to watch it but they just didn't "get it". I really enjoyed the gentle humor and it made me think of my father and his weekly card games with his buddies. (Their wives played the same night, but elsewhere.) This series made me have a new appreciation for senior citizens. Perhaps the best episodes were the story arc that detailed the passing of one of the main actors who's name escapes me at the moment. Those episodes managed to be both a humorous and touching tribute to the character. Perhaps the one bit of trivia I was surprised to NOT read here: Last Of The Summer Wine was in production without repeats for over 30 years, THE LONGEST RUNNING, ENGLISH LANGUAGE, SITUATION COMEDY I believe?
@@scottishwildcat : I have a feeling he started out in "Hawaii Five-0". All of the 'actors of age' had been big stars in their early days - look them up on imd.com and be amazed.
I remember thinking when this last episode was shown that it was a shame that Jane Freeman (Ivy) was missing, I loved the show and still watch it whenever it is on, my thanks to all the cast.
@@MsBrickman1 I read somewhere else on this site that Jane Freeman was very ill when the last episode was filmed. It also said that many of the other actors visited her before/after the final episode was filmed.
Not only my favorite sitcom, but my favorite TV show of all time. A shame a lot of episodes got pulled from youtube, especially certain ones from the Cyril Blamire years, because they're not on DVD, and I have no other way of seeing them.
Last of the summer wine was being produced for so long (37 years from the first episode to the final episode). That the episode marking the midway point of all the episodes of the show was the final regular episode of series 17, and the 148th episode titled "Brushes at dawn". Which was first broadcast on sunday 1995/11/05.
While I am a fan of this show, and tried to get friends and co-workers to watch it when it was broadcast on our local PBS, I have to say that I sort of agree with you...and yet, I was disappointed that later episodes just seemed to trod the same old path, as it were. I don't know when I would say the show reached a plateau, but at a point I began to feel that many of the characters had never and would never grow. I think my own life is boring, but the lives of many of the folks in this town took boring to new heights (or is it low points?).
@Lord Belial I'll be the Bad Guy here and say that I never liked Compo. He struck me as a grifter who stole food from his comrades and was generally useless . Clegg was a gutless wonder and I got tired of him folding like a cheap card table under any situation. Brian Wilde was thoroughly enjoyable with his made-up war anecdotes, which was ably expanded upon when Russ Abbot joined. IMO, the show picked up when Compo was gone. I always thought a lot of Sarah Thomas and Juliette Kaplan, who were good-looking/sexy in their own right but willingly buried it in their frumpy clothing and hairdos. It always pist me off when many of the new actresses crowded them out in the opening credits.
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?"
@@Teffi_Club Don’t forget “First of the Summer Wine” which had Peter Sallis in it playing Norman Cleggs father.. I thought it was very good , but it was pulled after 2 series.
Don't blame the BBC, it was from what I believe Roy Clarkes decision to end the show. And no point them repeating it, as plenty of other channels already do. Drama plays it on a loop, as soon as it finishes they start back at the beginning. They have done so as long as I can remember lol. I guess it shows the shows popularity even now.
my mum has got most of LOTSW episodes on her Sky HD box and spends hours watching them, some of them were very funny, i wasn't a big fan of the show but i do watch some, Bill Owen was awesome with his character, I also liked Sarah Thomas, she was such a sweetheart, and was very nice, i hope to meet her one day,
@@kjrumney4940 What a perfect response! I do believe you are right! Especially the car that Wesley took the engine from when Foggy was restoring the cabin cruiser in Das Welly Boat!
@Mike Allen i still don't see what the characters of billy n his wife got to do with the show.. they don't connect or interract with the 3 main characters.. i prefer to watch untie wainright more than these two. Untie is hillarious. She can sell anything..
British t.v. did not make 26 episodes a season like American t.v. Most British shows made a maximum of 10 episodes a season. It is still like that now. Mostly 4-8 episodes for a season. That's why there were only 200 something episodes in 37 years.
I stopped watching it when Bill Owen aka Compo died. I watch the re- runs but only up to that point. I think Brian Wilde as Foggy left the show before that. He has passed away now also.
I love LOSW but the last episode[in my opinion] was disappointing and I feel should and could have been made into more of a tribute to all the great actors that had appeared in the show.
Oh so did I Brian Wilde was always my favorite too the three were the perfect trio Bill Peter & Brian (although Frank Thornton wasn’t all that bad a character)
even michael aldridge was like fish out of water he was crap so was russ abbot even frank thornton did not work for me compo foggy and cleggy were the best when bill died the should have called it a day
I watch it every night still on drama at 7.20 i love it and look forward to it every weekday its just good oldfashioned fun i love it above all the rubish on today. Well done to all the fabulous actors! We'l not see your like again xx
I always preferred Brian Wilde as Foggy.. to me him and Compo and Clegg made the the perfect trio.
I have watched this show since it's 1st broadcast when I was young. And I saw the last episode in 2010 felt like a part of my life died that day. I still watch on UA-cam, y'all should find those missing episodes.
RIP, Marina and Pearl! It is the most peaceful and humorous show. Roy Clarke wrote a great script, and all the actors were fantastic!
Jane Freeman, who was Ivy, could not appear in the last episode because she was seriously ill and confined to bed! Alan JW Bell and Roy Clarke visited her a few days before filming. It was decided that it was impossible to include the Cafe without Ivy - it would have been just plain insulting! During her illness she was visited by many of the cast frequently. I was privileged to meet Jane briefly, on location in 2004 - she was a lovely lady - with a wicked sense of humour! Incidentally the character of Ivy was based, by Roy Clarke, on a very real person - his beloved wife Enid!
Thank You very much for sharing this. We miss them all!
For me Roy Clarke comes directly after P G Wodehouse
@@tomatenpaprika6323 for me hes in front..
@@fugglestick well, I do agree
it's still sad to think that none of the original characters are alive.
incidentally, I would strongly urge anyone that's not been to Holmfirth to pay it a visit. Beautiful village, and full of LOTSW nostalgia.
Surely the actors who played Barry & Glenda are still alive? I've been to Holmfirth & loved it. I shall visit again one day. All fans of the show should go and have a cup of tea in the cafe!
@@tinamalenczak3897 yes they are. The first cast members like Compo, Clegg, Blamire, Sid, Ivy etc are no longer with us, sadly.
Can't wait to go back to Holmfirth. Didn't get a chance to see Nora Barry's wrinkley stockings previously.
@@southendparaquest Yes, it's a great place!
So cool
@@southendparaquest
Nora Batty looked quite a bit like my maternal grandmother, and with 9 children she was as tolerant of tomfoolery as Mrs Batty was.
I love this show!! I watch it over and over an YT. I know there are many shows I have not seen and I would love to. I have some on tape. Today I was thinking about them and laughing as I was driving along, recalling when Foggy told Compo he could hear him wheezing over there. Compo said how could I be wheezing over there when I'm over here? Then the turned and asked Norm if he had been wheezing. Norman said, "well, only from one end!!" So funny!! LOVE that show!!!
There's never been a show like it since and never will be.
I remember "discovering" this show one night on my local PBS. I tried to get other fans of Britcoms to watch it but they just didn't "get it". I really enjoyed the gentle humor and it made me think of my father and his weekly card games with his buddies. (Their wives played the same night, but elsewhere.) This series made me have a new appreciation for senior citizens.
Perhaps the best episodes were the story arc that detailed the passing of one of the main actors who's name escapes me at the moment. Those episodes managed to be both a humorous and touching tribute to the character.
Perhaps the one bit of trivia I was surprised to NOT read here: Last Of The Summer Wine was in production without repeats for over 30 years, THE LONGEST RUNNING, ENGLISH LANGUAGE, SITUATION COMEDY I believe?
I still love it after all this years it makes me happy when i feel low
Good to see that this is repeated regularly on TV,I never miss it
I'd really love to see the final episode uploaded on UA-cam please.
How many fans are aware that Burt Kwouk ("Electric Entwistle") was also Inspector Clouseau's manservant who always beat the crap out of him?!
Pretty much all of them, I'd imagine?
@@scottishwildcat : I have a feeling he started out in "Hawaii Five-0". All of the 'actors of age' had been big stars in their early days - look them up on imd.com and be amazed.
"Not now Kato"
And tenko
I remember thinking when this last episode was shown that it was a shame that Jane Freeman (Ivy) was missing, I loved the show and still watch it whenever it is on, my thanks to all the cast.
Was there a particular reason she was not in the final episode? Say health issues or other commitments?
@@timperry8566 I was also wondering why Jane Freeman was not in the final episode.
@@MsBrickman1 I read somewhere else on this site that Jane Freeman was very ill when the last episode was filmed. It also said that many of the other actors visited her before/after the final episode was filmed.
@@timperry8566 Thanks for letting me know about Ivy. Very sad that she wasn't able to be in that last show.
Not only my favorite sitcom, but my favorite TV show of all time. A shame a lot of episodes got pulled from youtube, especially certain ones from the Cyril Blamire years, because they're not on DVD, and I have no other way of seeing them.
Hello 6672rock you can buy the first 4 series with cyril blamire of ebay like i did ,well worth it :)
This show was good but should have ended long before it did.the summer wine had turned sour.
The day Clegg passed away was the last of the original cast to go. So sad.
Sad. But it was nice they buried him right next to Compo’s actor as they were best friends in real life.
Last of the summer wine was being produced for so long (37 years from the first episode to the final episode). That the episode marking the midway point of all the episodes of the show was the final regular episode of series 17, and the 148th episode titled "Brushes at dawn". Which was first broadcast on sunday 1995/11/05.
a very sad day when this series ended
We watch it over and over never get
Tired of watching. Still laughing and
Crying
Well done Roy, stunning humour and lines....
Loved summer wine innocent comedy ✌🏻
thank you great show god bless you all xxxxxxxxxxx
My very fav show EVER!
As soon as the theme song kicked in, I had to watch on mute, because hearing that singing makes me cry!
Ironic that Pearl and Marina, (Juliette Kaplan and Jean Ferguson) died within a few days of each other.
Thats exactly what I thought.
The one thing I'm happy about in the very last episode was that Peter Sallis aka Clegg got the last word in.
Why?
Me to , altho it was sad .
@@romich4536 which episode was that please?
@@romich4536 because he appeared in all 295 episodes, the only actor to do so
A real shame they didn't get a final 1 hour farewell episode, rather than just ending on a run of the mill series episode
Use to watch this with my dad when I was a kid me n my dad would laugh our heads off brilliant
ooohh howard ooohh marinaaaa...
PRe lax
Loved it as a Whipper snapper , and still love it today.
I love this show. Use to watch it on Iowa Public Television with my grandmother. Great memories.
i would love to know why ivy didnt appear in final episode
I love the way that one scene there in Marsden and in the next in Holmfirth
I watch this program every night I love all the characters
37 years not nearly long enough ,
While I am a fan of this show, and tried to get friends and co-workers to watch it when it was broadcast on our local PBS, I have to say that I sort of agree with you...and yet, I was disappointed that later episodes just seemed to trod the same old path, as it were.
I don't know when I would say the show reached a plateau, but at a point I began to feel that many of the characters had never and would never grow.
I think my own life is boring, but the lives of many of the folks in this town took boring to new heights (or is it low points?).
Last of the Summer Wine wasn't the same without Bill Owen
Indeed. He was my favourite.
He was also my favorite and I agree it just wasn’t the same after he passed away
Dominic Harkin I
Both him and Brian Wilde.
@Lord Belial I'll be the Bad Guy here and say that I never liked Compo. He struck me as a grifter who stole food from his comrades and was generally useless . Clegg was a gutless wonder and I got tired of him folding like a cheap card table under any situation. Brian Wilde was thoroughly enjoyable with his made-up war anecdotes, which was ably expanded upon when Russ Abbot joined. IMO, the show picked up when Compo was gone. I always thought a lot of Sarah Thomas and Juliette Kaplan, who were good-looking/sexy in their own right but willingly buried it in their frumpy clothing and hairdos. It always pist me off when many of the new actresses crowded them out in the opening credits.
The trouble was that the BBC was that full of political correctness and American type comedy it did not realise perfection when they had created it
No. They couldn't 'box tick with their 'one of everything' policy by some idiot in head office and ruin it.
It was on for 37 years. It took them a hell of a long time to "not realise".
Kyle thank you so much 😊 this makes me so happy to watch this video is defo in my top 10 videos of all time
Fantastic show
Watch this video over and over it’s the best UA-cam video ever
The past tense is "broadcast", not "broadcasted"! That error almost wrinkled my stockings.
Thanks for the memories!
I think the 1990's was LOTSW's best period.
always felt they were part of my family
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !"
Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam."
Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!"
Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..."
Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!"
Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky."
Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction."
Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?"
Should still be on. Shame on the BBC
Now, with the majority actors gone, I would like to see animation and comic strips.
@@Teffi_Club Don’t forget “First of the Summer Wine” which had Peter Sallis in it playing Norman Cleggs father.. I thought it was very good , but it was pulled after 2 series.
For goodness sake, it had run for aeons, most of the cast were getting very old.. it couldn't go on any longer and it was time to finish it
Don't blame the BBC, it was from what I believe Roy Clarkes decision to end the show. And no point them repeating it, as plenty of other channels already do. Drama plays it on a loop, as soon as it finishes they start back at the beginning. They have done so as long as I can remember lol. I guess it shows the shows popularity even now.
my mum has got most of LOTSW episodes on her Sky HD box and spends hours watching them, some of them were very funny, i wasn't a big fan of the show but i do watch some, Bill Owen was awesome with his character, I also liked Sarah Thomas, she was such a sweetheart, and was very nice, i hope to meet her one day,
I would love to see the Very last of the summer wine
Did anyone else notice that Barry wore the same tie for most of the episodes? I think he had more different cars than he had different ties!
Ye din't last long wonce wesley got his hands on them
@@kjrumney4940 What a perfect response! I do believe you are right! Especially the car that Wesley took the engine from when Foggy was restoring the cabin cruiser in Das Welly Boat!
I loved foggy and compo those two were Super..
Ivy had a lovely snatch
brian wildes son andrew worked as film editor for a while
Yes and his name is credited on many of the episodes
jane freeman wasn't in the train episode Full Steam Behind, and a few earlier 1's like A Quiet Drink
PLEASE, WHY WERE THERE ONLY 200 AND SOMETHING EPISODES MADE IN 37 YEARS?IT SEEMS TOO FEW.
@Mike Allen i still don't see what the characters of billy n his wife got to do with the show.. they don't connect or interract with the 3 main characters.. i prefer to watch untie wainright more than these two. Untie is hillarious. She can sell anything..
British t.v. did not make 26 episodes a season like American t.v. Most British shows made a maximum of 10 episodes a season. It is still like that now. Mostly 4-8 episodes for a season. That's why there were only 200 something episodes in 37 years.
So sad it's not on any more love it
1:05 How can you say that Peter Sallis did not appear in this episode when it is a well known fact he starred in every single episode??
He did not appear in this episode “A LOT” read properly before commenting.
@@paddystrongjaw9995 You have my humble apologies Sir. Thanks for correcting me.
mike travis Wasn’t Peter Sallis feeling ill or something towards the end and wasn’t spending as much time in front of the camera as he used to ?
@@George-wx9dj yes I believe so. Bless him.
I stopped watching it when Bill Owen aka Compo died. I watch the re- runs but only up to that point. I think Brian Wilde as Foggy left the show before that. He has passed away now also.
I wish this tribute was slower to be able to read it.
That was a big fat nothing. Oh well!
I would love to see the very last episode
I love LOSW but the last episode[in my opinion] was disappointing and I feel should and could have been made into more of a tribute to all the great actors that had appeared in the show.
It was never the same without Compo
I agree
I would love another fact video like if you agree
Oh so did I Brian Wilde was always my favorite too the three were the perfect trio Bill Peter & Brian
(although Frank Thornton
wasn’t all that bad a character)
Where was Alvin?
The end was obvious when Russ joined the show he didn't suit and his character should have only been a sidekick not a major character.
Agree. They should have made Brian Murphy the lead. The kead always lead with the silly ideas. Brian had very few silly stunts after Russ joined
Bill Keaveney Russ absolutely ruined it. He was just a non entity on the screen with no real presence.
@@xr6lad its a pity how it ended
the KylerRob?
2 minutes to say absolutely.........nothing.
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Compo,Clegg and Seymour my fav trio.Sorry Foggy!
Went on far too long....sweet spot was 1976-1986.
You had the option not to watch it. For those of us who enjoyed every episode it was not on long enough!
Spoiled by Russ Abbot and the other newbies 🥴
Great show but went on far Too long . 10 years too long.
LOTSW should have ceased when Compo passed.
It was never the same with the not so funny actors.
Feckin google screwed up youtube...
Who else thinks Russ Abbot should have appeared more?
Yes. Great actor.
No. They was scraping the barrel using him .
@@mackeymonday7116 In what else?
@@romich4536 www.imdb.com/name/nm0007920/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t1
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Went on at least 15 years to long
Alright for the first few years, but continued far too long.
even michael aldridge was like fish out of water he was crap so was russ abbot even frank thornton did not work for me compo foggy and cleggy were the best when bill died the should have called it a day