Last of the Summer Wine
The BBC's longest running comedy series.
Premiered: Jan 04, 1973 | 31 seasons | 269 episodes
Popularity: 32
| Creator: | Roy Clarke |
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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. |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Sallis | Clegg | 296 |
| Jane Freeman | Ivy | 294 |
| Robert Fyfe | Howard | 240 |
| Juliette Kaplan | Pearl | 240 |
| Jean Alexander | Auntie Wainwright | 200 |
| Bill Owen | Compo | 193 |
| Stephen Lewis | Smiler | 162 |
| Thora Hird | Edie | 153 |
| Frank Thornton | Truly | 135 |
| Brian Wilde | Foggy | 127 |
| Tom Owen | Tom | 113 |
| Danny O'Dea | Eli | 93 |
| Burt Kwouk | Entwistle | 82 |
| Brian Murphy | Alvin | 81 |
| Keith Clifford | Billy | 76 |
| Josephine Tewson | Miss Davenport | 67 |
| Joe Gladwin | Wally | 60 |
| Louis Emerick | PC Walsh | 55 |
| John Comer | Sid | 54 |
| June Whitfield | Nelly | 40 |
| Tony Capstick | Policeman | 33 |
| Michael Aldridge | Seymour | 31 |
| Trevor Bannister | Toby | 24 |
| Jonathan Linsley | 'Crusher' Milburn | 22 |
| Julie T. Wallace | Mrs. Avery | 20 |
| Russ Abbot | Hobbo | 17 |
| Barbara Young | Stella | 17 |
| Michael Bates | Cyril Blamire | 14 |
| Norman Wisdom | Billy Ingleton | 6 |
| Blake Butler | Mr. Wainwright | 5 |
| Philip Jackson | Gordon | 3 |
| Rosemary Martin | Mrs. Partridge | 3 |
| Bobby Ball | Lenny | 3 |
| Liz Fraser | Reggie | 2 |
| Colin Farrell | Cousin Aubrey | 2 |
| Kenneth Cope | Lance | 2 |
| Jim Bowen | The Library Attendant | 2 |
| Maggie Ollerenshaw | Ethel | 2 |
| John Cleese | Neighbour | 1 |
| Pete Postlethwaite | Man in Cafe | 1 |
| Henry McGee | Goff Helliwell | 1 |
| Brian Murphy | Himself | 1 |
| Margaret Nolan | Connie Simonite | 1 |
| Roy Hudd | Lionel | 1 |
| Trevor Peacock | Captain Zero | 1 |
| Brian Pettifer | The Best Man | 1 |
| Ronald Lacey | Walter | 1 |
| Rachel Davies | Mavis | 1 |
| Kate Robbins | Gypsy Girl | 1 |
| Burt Kwouk | Himself | 1 |
| Tony Haygarth | Chip Simonite | 1 |
| Gorden Kaye | Maynard Lavery | 1 |
| Peter Sallis | Himself | 1 |
| Warren Mitchell | Potts | 1 |
| Frank Middlemass | Judd | 1 |
| Anita Carey | Mavis | 1 |
| Bernard Cribbins | Gavin Hinchcliffe | 1 |
| George Chakiris | Max Bernard | 1 |
| Anita Dobson | Anita Dobson | 1 |
| Janette Scott | Cameo (uncredited) | 1 |
| Paul Bown | Space Watcher | 1 |
| Eric Sykes | Doggy | 1 |
| John Horsley | Vicar | 1 |
| Bill Owen | Compo (archive footage) | 1 |
| Bill Owen | Himself (archive footage) | 1 |
| Adrian McLoughlin | Mervyn | 1 |
| Stanley Lebor | Bramwell | 1 |
| Brian Wilde | Himself | 1 |
| Rita May | Celia | 1 |
| Frank Thornton | Himself | 1 |
| Liz Smith | Housekeeper | 1 |
| Thora Hird | Herself (archive footage) | 1 |
| William Lucas | Norris | 1 |
| Norman Mitchell | Duckworth | 1 |
| Norman Wisdom | Man Carrying Gnome (uncredited) | 1 |
| Norman Wisdom | Himself | 1 |
| Ray McAnally | The Tramp | 1 |
| Tyler Butterworth | Chislehurst | 1 |
| Valerie Leon | DW Cheetham | 1 |
| Jean Boht | 1 | |
| John Rutland | Husband | 1 |
| John Rutland | Chuffer Enwright | 1 |
| Richard Vernon | 1 | |
| Philip Anthony | Sinclair | 1 |
| Peter Martin | Customer | 1 |
| Tony Melody | Landlord | 1 |
| Geoffrey Wilkinson | Man | 1 |
| Brian Peck | Bert | 1 |
| Diana Berriman | Marion | 1 |
| Margaret John | 1 | |
| Jim Bowen | Man in street | 1 |
| Brian Conley | Boothroyd | 1 |
| John Challis | Jeremy | 1 |
| Brian Grellis | Ted | 1 |
| Maggie Ollerenshaw | The Woman | 1 |
| Matthew Kelly | Policeman | 1 |
| Royston Tickner | 1 | |
| Robert Fyfe | Himself | 1 |
| Trevor Bannister | The Tailor | 1 |
| Juliette Kaplan | Herself | 1 |
| Shirley Anne Field | Eva | 1 |
| Beatrice Kelley | Florrie | 1 |
| John Barrett | Guide | 1 |
| Barbara Young | Florrie | 1 |
| Bernard Wrigley | Duane | 1 |
| Joyce Kennedy | Landlady | 1 |
| Bobby Knutt | Stanley | 1 |
| Ray Cooney | French Proprietor | 1 |
| Lionel Blair | Lionel Blair | 1 |
| Mollie Maureen | Walter's Mum | 1 |
| Jean Alexander | Herself | 1 |
| Alan J.W. Bell | Himself | 1 |
| Jeanne Mockford | Florrie | 1 |
| Tom Owen | Bank Customer | 1 |
| Tom Owen | Himself (archive footage) | 1 |
| Pippa Hinchley | Mrs. Mace | 1 |
| Roy Clarke | Himself | 1 |
| Alan Curtis | Danny | 1 |
| Hilary Sesta | French Proprietor's Wife | 1 |
| Mark Curry | Kevin | 1 |
| Jane Freeman | Herself | 1 |
| Paula Tilbrook | Mrs. Enwright | 1 |
| Robert Lang | The Commodore | 1 |
| Peter Baldwin | Heptonstall | 1 |
| Jess Conrad | Walker | 1 |
| Keith Marsh | Sweep | 1 |