Last of the Summer Wine is the longest running sitcom in the world. This DVD features the first two series from 1973-75. Sadly they missed an oppurtunity by not including the pilot episode, which introduced us to the characters at the funeral of Clegg's wife.
From the pen of Roy Clarke (Keeping ... Read review
First transmitted in 1973 this release features every episode from Series One and Two of ... more
'Last Of The Summer Wine'. Episode titles: Short Back And Palais Glide Inventor Of The 40-Foot Ferret Pate And Chips Spring Fever The New Mobile Trio Hail S...
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Compo, Clegg, and Blamire are three restless pensioners from Holmfirth, West Yorkshire ... more
with time on their hands and adventure on their minds. As they amble about the countryside, these unlikely lads relive their childhood, causing havoc along the way. ...
Comedy - Director: Richard Boden, Mandie Fletcher, Martin Shardlow - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Hugh Laurie, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry, Brian Blessed, Tim McInnerny, Tony Robinson, Rowan Atkinson
Comedy - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Tessa Peake-Jones, Buster Merryfield, David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst
Comedy - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring: Christopher Ettridge, Victor McGuire, Emma Amos, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Elizabeth Carling
Advantages: Great performances from the cast. Lovely location work. Disadvantages: The pilot episode is not included.
Last of the Summer Wine is the longest running sitcom in the world. This DVD features the first two series from 1973-75. Sadly they missed an oppurtunity by not including the pilot episode, which introduced us to the characters at the funeral of Clegg's wife.
From the pen of Roy Clarke (Keeping Up Appearances, Open All Hours), Last of the Summer Wine featured Compo (Bill Owen - Carry On Sergeant, Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads), ... ...Who - The Ice Warrirors, Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were Rabbit) and Blamire (Michael Bates - It Ain't Half Hot Mum, A Clockwork Orange), three unlikely friends who have known each other since they were boys and who now finding themselves heading toward the twilight of life and facing abject boredom and a lack of work try and find ways to recapture their lost youth and pass the time away.
This is brilliant stuff and not as 'gentle' ... more
Last of the Summer Wine is the longest running sitcom in the world. This DVD features the first two series from 1973-75. Sadly they missed an oppurtunity by not including the pilot episode, which introduced us to the characters at the funeral of Clegg's wife.
From the pen of Roy Clarke (Keeping Up Appearances, Open All Hours), Last of the Summer Wine featured Compo (Bill Owen - Carry On Sergeant, Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads), Clegg (Peter Sallis - Taste the Blood of Dracula, Doctor Who - The Ice Warrirors, Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were Rabbit) and Blamire (Michael Bates - It Ain't Half Hot Mum, A Clockwork Orange), three unlikely friends who have known each other since they were boys and who now finding themselves heading toward the twilight of life and facing abject boredom and a lack of work try and find ways to recapture their lost youth and pass the time away.
This is brilliant stuff and not as 'gentle' as it was to become in later years. There is much more biting comedy in these early series. The charcters have not yet become characateurs either. They smoke and swear. Cleggy even calls his late wife a 'silly bitch' at one point.
There are some wonderful scripts and characters in these early episodes. They had not yet started to regurgitate the same old plots and set-pieces.
The description of this DVD calls the trio 'Elderly delinquents'. Actually when this was made in 1973 none of the cast could be described as elderly. They were actually mostly in their late 50's.
Blamire is a great character played by a great character actor. It is a shame that these were the only series to feature him. Michael Bates was forced to drop out due to ill health and the character of Foggy Dewhurst written in as a replacement in series 3.
For people who are only familiar with the recent series this is surprising and refreshing stuff. Its time the early episodes were re-evaluted. A true classic of British comedy, and not a bath-tub on wheels in sight!
paramanjara 30.07.2007 (30.07.2007)
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Product details
Genre
Comedy
Classification
Parental Guidance
Running Time
14 hours
Franchise Name
Last Of The Summer Wine
Video Category
Television
Country Of Origin
United Kingdom
Plot
The complete first and second series of the televsion comedy. Features the episodes 'Short Back And Palais Guide', 'Inventor Of The Forty Foot Ferret', 'Pate And Chips', 'Spring Fever', 'The New Mobile Trio' and 'Hail Smiling Morn Or Thereabouts', 'Forked Lightning', 'Who's That Dancing With Nora Batty?', 'The Changing Face Of Rural Blamire', 'Some Enchanted Evening', 'A Quiet Drink', 'Ballad For Wind Instruments And Canoe' and 'Northern Flying Circus'.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
PLAYBACK; UNIVERSAL MUSIC OPERATIONS
Release date
02/09/2002
No of Discs
4
Catalogue No
906 794 3
Barcode
3259190679436
Screenwriter
Roy Clarke
Languages
Main Language
English
DVD Description
In this classic comedy, three elderly delinquents (Bill Owen, Peter Sallis, and Michael Bates) have a series of wacky misadventures as they try to avoid work. The collection features the first two seasons, including the episodes "Forked Lightning," "Who's That Dancing with Nora Batty Then
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