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	==Characters and casting==		==Characters and casting==
	{{Main\|List of Last of the Summer Wine characters}}		{{Main\|List of Last of the Summer Wine characters}}
	[[File:Lotsw.jpg\|thumbnail\|~~left~~\|The most famous of the ''Last of the Summer Wine'' trios: From left to right: [[Peter Sallis]] as Norman Clegg, [[Brian Wilde]] as Walter "Foggy" Dewhurst, and [[Bill Owen (actor)\|Bill Owen]] as William "Compo" Simmonite.]]		[[File:Lotsw.jpg\|thumbnail\|right\|The most famous of the ''Last of the Summer Wine'' trios: From left to right: [[Peter Sallis]] as Norman Clegg, [[Brian Wilde]] as Walter "Foggy" Dewhurst, and [[Bill Owen (actor)\|Bill Owen]] as William "Compo" Simmonite.]]
	Initially, the only certain cast member for the show was [[Peter Sallis]]. Clarke had already collaborated on a few scripts with him and knew he wanted Sallis on the show. The character of Norman Clegg was created especially for Sallis, who liked the character and agreed to play him.<ref>Bright and Ross (2000), p. 14</ref><ref name="Vine 24-25">Vine (2011), pp. 24-25</ref> He was soon joined by an actor he had previously worked with, [[Michael Bates (actor)\|Michael Bates]] as Cyril Blamire. [[James Gilbert (producer)\|James Gilbert]] wanted Bates as Blamire because of his reputation as a comedy actor, and Bates loved the role.<ref name="Vine 25-27">Vine (2011), pp. 25-27</ref>		Initially, the only certain cast member for the show was [[Peter Sallis]]. Clarke had already collaborated on a few scripts with him and knew he wanted Sallis on the show. The character of Norman Clegg was created especially for Sallis, who liked the character and agreed to play him.<ref>Bright and Ross (2000), p. 14</ref><ref name="Vine 24-25">Vine (2011), pp. 24-25</ref> He was soon joined by an actor he had previously worked with, [[Michael Bates (actor)\|Michael Bates]] as Cyril Blamire. [[James Gilbert (producer)\|James Gilbert]] wanted Bates as Blamire because of his reputation as a comedy actor, and Bates loved the role.<ref name="Vine 25-27">Vine (2011), pp. 25-27</ref>

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	===Filming===		===Filming===
	[[File:Holmfirth Sid's Cafe.jpg\|thumb\|~~left~~\|Sid's Café in Holmfirth, a regular filming location. The café has become a tourist destination on the strength of the series, and features a model of Compo outside for photographic purposes.]]		[[File:Holmfirth Sid's Cafe.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Sid's Café in Holmfirth, a regular filming location. The café has become a tourist destination on the strength of the series, and features a model of Compo outside for photographic purposes.]]
	The site for the exterior shots of ''Last of the Summer Wine'' was, in part, suggested by television producer [[Barry Took]], who was familiar with the area. Took had, in the 1950s, toured as a stand-up comic, often appearing at [[working men's club]]s. One such appearance was at Burnlee Working Men's Club, a club in the small [[West Yorkshire]] town of [[Holmfirth]], and Took saw Holmfirth's potential as the backdrop of a television show. Twenty years later, he returned to Holmfirth, where he filmed an episode of the BBC documentary series ''Having a Lovely Time'', which turned out to be the highest rated episode of the show. When Took heard that [[James Gilbert (producer)\|James Gilbert]] and Roy Clarke were looking for a place with a centre surrounded by hills for their new television programme, he suggested the idea to Duncan Wood, who was at that time filming ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]''. Gilbert and Clarke then travelled to Holmfirth and decided to use it as the setting for the pilot episode.<ref name="30 Years LOTSW" /><ref name="Bright">Bright and Ross (2000), pp. 13–14</ref><ref name="Summer Wine Online">{{cite web\|url=http://www.summer-wine.com/story.htm \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501132716/http://www.summer-wine.com/story.htm \|title=The Summer Wine Story: Why was it filmed in Holmfirth? \|publisher=Summer Wine Appreciation Society \|work=Summer Wine Online \|archive-date= 1 May 2008 \|access-date=2 April 2017 \|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Vine 17-19">Vine (2011), pp. 17-19</ref>		The site for the exterior shots of ''Last of the Summer Wine'' was, in part, suggested by television producer [[Barry Took]], who was familiar with the area. Took had, in the 1950s, toured as a stand-up comic, often appearing at [[working men's club]]s. One such appearance was at Burnlee Working Men's Club, a club in the small [[West Yorkshire]] town of [[Holmfirth]], and Took saw Holmfirth's potential as the backdrop of a television show. Twenty years later, he returned to Holmfirth, where he filmed an episode of the BBC documentary series ''Having a Lovely Time'', which turned out to be the highest rated episode of the show. When Took heard that [[James Gilbert (producer)\|James Gilbert]] and Roy Clarke were looking for a place with a centre surrounded by hills for their new television programme, he suggested the idea to Duncan Wood, who was at that time filming ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]''. Gilbert and Clarke then travelled to Holmfirth and decided to use it as the setting for the pilot episode.<ref name="30 Years LOTSW" /><ref name="Bright">Bright and Ross (2000), pp. 13–14</ref><ref name="Summer Wine Online">{{cite web\|url=http://www.summer-wine.com/story.htm \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501132716/http://www.summer-wine.com/story.htm \|title=The Summer Wine Story: Why was it filmed in Holmfirth? \|publisher=Summer Wine Appreciation Society \|work=Summer Wine Online \|archive-date= 1 May 2008 \|access-date=2 April 2017 \|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Vine 17-19">Vine (2011), pp. 17-19</ref>

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	==External links==		==External links==
	~~{{Wikiquote\|Last of the Summer Wine}}~~
	* {{BBC Online\|comedy/lastofthesummerwine/index.shtml\|''Last of the Summer Wine''}}		* {{BBC Online\|comedy/lastofthesummerwine/index.shtml\|''Last of the Summer Wine''}}
	* {{British Comedy Guide\|tv\|last_of_the_summer_wine}}		* {{British Comedy Guide\|tv\|last_of_the_summer_wine}}

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	\| genre = [[Sitcom]]<br>[[Light entertainment]]		\| genre = [[w:Sitcom\|Sitcom]]<br>[[w:Light entertainment\|Light entertainment]]
	\| runtime = 30 minutes		\| runtime = 30 minutes
	\| creator = [[Roy Clarke]]		\| creator = [[\|Roy Clarke\|]]
	\| writer = Roy Clarke		\| writer = Roy Clarke
	\| director = {{plainlist\|		\| director = {{plainlist\|
	* [[James Gilbert (producer)\|James Gilbert]] (1973)		* [[w:James Gilbert (producer)\|James Gilbert]] (1973)
	* [[Bernard Thompson (director)\|Bernard Thompson]] (1975)		* [[w:Bernard Thompson (director)\|Bernard Thompson]] (1975)
	* [[Sydney Lotterby]] (1976–1979, 1982–1983)		* [[w:Sydney Lotterby\|Sydney Lotterby]] (1976–1979, 1982–1983)
	* [[Ray Butt]] (1976)		* [[w:Ray Butt\|Ray Butt]] (1976)
	* [[Alan J. W. Bell]] (1981–1982, 1983–2010)		* [[w:Alan J. W. Bell\|Alan J. W. Bell]] (1981–1982, 1983–2010)
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	\| producer = {{plainlist\|		\| producer = {{plainlist\|
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	* Alan J. W. Bell (1981–1982, 1983–2010)		* Alan J. W. Bell (1981–1982, 1983–2010)
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	\| theme_music_composer = [[Ronnie Hazlehurst]]		\| theme_music_composer = [[w:Ronnie Hazlehurst\|Ronnie Hazlehurst]]
	\| opentheme = "The Last of the Summer Wine"		\| opentheme = "The Last of the Summer Wine"
	\| endtheme = "The Last of the Summer Wine"		\| endtheme = "The Last of the Summer Wine"
	\| composer = {{plainlist\|		\| composer = {{plainlist\|
	* [[Ronnie Hazlehurst]]		* [[w:Ronnie Hazlehurst\|Ronnie Hazlehurst]]
	* [[Nigel Hess]]		* [[w:Nigel Hess\|Nigel Hess]]
	* [[Jim Parker (composer)\|Jim Parker]]		* [[w:Jim Parker (composer)\|Jim Parker]]
	}}		}}
	\| location = [[Holmfirth]], [[West Yorkshire]], England		\| location = [[w:Holmfirth\|Holmfirth]], [[w:West Yorkshire\|West Yorkshire]], England
	\| starring = {{plainlist\|		\| starring = {{plainlist\|
	* [[Michael Bates (actor)\|Michael Bates]]		* [[Michael Bates (actor)\|Michael Bates]]
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	\| country = United Kingdom		\| country = United Kingdom
	\| distributor = [[BBC Worldwide]] <br> [[2entertain]] <br>[[Universal Pictures]] <br>[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation\|ABC]] (Australia, home video)<br>[[Warner Home Video]] (US, home video)		\| distributor = [[w:BBC Worldwide\|BBC Worldwide]] <br> [[w:2entertain\|2entertain]] <br>[[w:Universal Pictures\|Universal Pictures]] <br>[[w:Australian Broadcasting Corporation\|ABC]] (Australia, home video)<br>[[w:Warner Home Video\|Warner Home Video]] (US, home video)
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	*[[DVB-T]] [[576i]] (1999–2005)		*[[w:DVB-T\|DVB-T]] [[w:576i]] (1999–2005)
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	\| cinematography = Pat O'Shea		\| cinematography = Pat O'Shea
	\| company = [[BBC]]		\| company = [[w:BBC\|BBC]]
	\| first_aired = {{Start date\|1973\|1\|4\|df=y}}		\| first_aired = {{Start date\|1973\|1\|4\|df=y}}
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	* ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]''		* ''[[w:Comedy Playhouse\|Comedy Playhouse]]''
	* ''[[First of the Summer Wine]]''		* ''[[w:First of the Summer Wine\|First of the Summer Wine]]''
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	'''''Last of the Summer Wine''''' <!-- LotSW did not cease to be a TV series when it ended -->is<!-- Please do not change "is" to "was".--> a [[British sitcom]] created and written by [[Roy Clarke]] and originally broadcast by the [[BBC]] from 1973 to 2010. It premiered as an episode of ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]'' on 4 January 1973, and the first series of episodes followed on 12 November 1973. From 1983 to 2010, [[Alan J. W. Bell]] produced and directed all episodes of the show. The BBC confirmed on 2 June 2010 that ''Last of the Summer Wine'' would no longer be produced and the 31st series would be its last.<ref name="Independent 2010-06-02">{{cite news \| title=BBC calls time on Last Of The Summer Wine \| date=2 June 2010 \| url =https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/bbc-calls-time-on-last-of-the-summer-wine-1989629.html \| work =The Independent \| access-date = 2 June 2010 }}</ref> Subsequently, the final episode was broadcast on 29 August 2010.<ref name="How Not to Cry at Weddings">{{cite web \| title=Last of the Summer Wine, Series 31, How Not to Cry at Weddings \| url =http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tmhyf\| work =BBC One Programmes\| publisher = BBC \| access-date = 29 August 2010 }}</ref> Since its original release, all 295 episodes, comprising thirty-one series—including the pilot and all films and specials—have been released on DVD.<ref name="DVD">{{cite news\|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Summer-Wine-1-31-DVD/dp/B075DQ4Q89/\|title=Last of the Summer Wine: The Complete Collection DVD\|date=4 December 2017\|access-date=6 January 2018\|newspaper=Amazon UK}}</ref> Repeats of the show are broadcast in the UK on [[BBC One]] (until 18 July 2010 when the 31st and final series started on 25 July of that year), [[Gold (UK TV channel)\|Gold]], [[Yesterday (TV channel)\|Yesterday]], and [[Drama (British TV channel)\|Drama]]. It is also seen in more than twenty-five countries,<ref name="Summer Wine Story">{{cite web\|title=The Summer Wine Story \|url=http://www.summer-wine.com/story.htm \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501132716/http://www.summer-wine.com/story.htm \|work=Summer Wine Online \|publisher=Summer Wine Appreciation Society \|archive-date= 1 May 2008 \|access-date=2 April 2017 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> including various [[Public Broadcasting Service\|PBS]] stations in the United States and on [[VisionTV]] in Canada. ''Last of the Summer Wine'' is the longest-running comedy programme in Britain and the longest-running sitcom in the world.<ref name="The Guardian 2007-11-06">{{cite news \| first=Lucy \| last=Mangan \| title=Cable girl: why has the Summer Wine lasted? \| date=6 November 2007 \| url =https://www.theguardian.com/culture/tvandradioblog/2007/nov/06/cablegirlwhyhasthesummerwinelasted \| work =The Guardian \| publisher = Guardian News and Media \| access-date = 4 December 2007 }}</ref><ref name="30 Years LOTSW">{{cite AV media\| title = 30 Years of Last of the Summer Wine \| people = Producer and director: Alan J. W. Bell \| publisher = BBC One \| date = 13 April 2003}}</ref>		'''''Last of the Summer Wine''''' <!-- LotSW did not cease to be a TV series when it ended -->is<!-- Please do not change "is" to "was".--> a [[w:British sitcom\|British sitcom]] created and written by [[w:Roy Clarke\|Roy Clarke]] and originally broadcast by the [[w:BBC\|BBC]] from 1973 to 2010. It premiered as an episode of ''[[w:Comedy Playhouse\|Comedy Playhouse]]'' on 4 January 1973, and the first series of episodes followed on 12 November 1973. From 1983 to 2010, [[w:Alan J. W. Bell\|Alan J. W. Bell]] produced and directed all episodes of the show. The BBC confirmed on 2 June 2010 that ''Last of the Summer Wine'' would no longer be produced and the 31st series would be its last.<ref name="Independent 2010-06-02">{{cite news \| title=BBC calls time on Last Of The Summer Wine \| date=2 June 2010 \| url =https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/bbc-calls-time-on-last-of-the-summer-wine-1989629.html \| work =The Independent \| access-date = 2 June 2010 }}</ref> Subsequently, the final episode was broadcast on 29 August 2010.<ref name="How Not to Cry at Weddings">{{cite web \| title=Last of the Summer Wine, Series 31, How Not to Cry at Weddings \| url =http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tmhyf\| work =BBC One Programmes\| publisher = BBC \| access-date = 29 August 2010 }}</ref> Since its original release, all 295 episodes, comprising thirty-one series—including the pilot and all films and specials—have been released on DVD.<ref name="DVD">{{cite news\|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Summer-Wine-1-31-DVD/dp/B075DQ4Q89/\|title=Last of the Summer Wine: The Complete Collection DVD\|date=4 December 2017\|access-date=6 January 2018\|newspaper=Amazon UK}}</ref> Repeats of the show are broadcast in the UK on [[w:BBC One\|BBC One]] (until 18 July 2010 when the 31st and final series started on 25 July of that year), [[w:Gold (UK TV channel)\|Gold]], [[w:Yesterday (TV channel)\|Yesterday]], and [[w:Drama (British TV channel)\|Drama]]. It is also seen in more than twenty-five countries,<ref name="Summer Wine Story">{{cite web\|title=The Summer Wine Story \|url=http://www.summer-wine.com/story.htm \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501132716/http://www.summer-wine.com/story.htm \|work=Summer Wine Online \|publisher=Summer Wine Appreciation Society \|archive-date= 1 May 2008 \|access-date=2 April 2017 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> including various [[w:Public Broadcasting Service\|PBS]] stations in the United States and on [[w:VisionTV\|VisionTV]] in Canada. ''Last of the Summer Wine'' is the longest-running comedy programme in Britain and the longest-running sitcom in the world.<ref name="The Guardian 2007-11-06">{{cite news \| first=Lucy \| last=Mangan \| title=Cable girl: why has the Summer Wine lasted? \| date=6 November 2007 \| url =https://www.theguardian.com/culture/tvandradioblog/2007/nov/06/cablegirlwhyhasthesummerwinelasted \| work =The Guardian \| publisher = Guardian News and Media \| access-date = 4 December 2007 }}</ref><ref name="30 Years LOTSW">{{cite AV media\| title = 30 Years of Last of the Summer Wine \| people = Producer and director: Alan J. W. Bell \| publisher = BBC One \| date = 13 April 2003}}</ref>

	''Last of the Summer Wine'' was set and filmed in and around [[Holmfirth]], [[West Yorkshire]], England, and centred on a trio of old men and their youthful misadventures; the membership of the trio changed several times over the years. The original trio consisted of [[Bill Owen (actor)\|Bill Owen]] as the mischievous and impulsive Compo Simmonite, [[Peter Sallis]] as easy-going [[everyman]] Norman Clegg, and [[Michael Bates (actor)\|Michael Bates]] as uptight and arrogant Cyril Blamire. When Bates dropped out due to illness in 1976 after two series, the role of the third man of the trio was filled in various years up to the 30th series by the quirky [[veteran\|war veteran]] Walter C "[[Foggy Dew (English song)\|Foggy]]" Dewhurst ([[Brian Wilde]]), who had two lengthy stints in the series, the eccentric [[inventor]] Seymour Utterthwaite ([[Michael Aldridge]]), and former police officer Herbert "Truly of The Yard" Truelove ([[Frank Thornton]]). The men never seem to grow up, and they develop a unique perspective on their equally eccentric fellow townspeople through their stunts. Although in its early years the series generally revolved around the exploits of the main trio, with occasional interaction with a few recurring characters, over time the cast grew to include a variety of supporting characters and by later years the series was very much an [[ensemble cast\|ensemble piece]]. Each of these recurring characters contributed their own [[running jokes]] and subplots to the show, often becoming reluctantly involved in the schemes of the trio, or on occasion having their own, separate storylines.		''Last of the Summer Wine'' was set and filmed in and around [[Holmfirth]], [[West Yorkshire]], England, and centred on a trio of old men and their youthful misadventures; the membership of the trio changed several times over the years. The original trio consisted of [[Bill Owen (actor)\|Bill Owen]] as the mischievous and impulsive Compo Simmonite, [[Peter Sallis]] as easy-going [[everyman]] Norman Clegg, and [[Michael Bates (actor)\|Michael Bates]] as uptight and arrogant Cyril Blamire. When Bates dropped out due to illness in 1976 after two series, the role of the third man of the trio was filled in various years up to the 30th series by the quirky [[veteran\|war veteran]] Walter C "[[Foggy Dew (English song)\|Foggy]]" Dewhurst ([[Brian Wilde]]), who had two lengthy stints in the series, the eccentric [[inventor]] Seymour Utterthwaite ([[Michael Aldridge]]), and former police officer Herbert "Truly of The Yard" Truelove ([[Frank Thornton]]). The men never seem to grow up, and they develop a unique perspective on their equally eccentric fellow townspeople through their stunts. Although in its early years the series generally revolved around the exploits of the main trio, with occasional interaction with a few recurring characters, over time the cast grew to include a variety of supporting characters and by later years the series was very much an [[ensemble cast\|ensemble piece]]. Each of these recurring characters contributed their own [[running jokes]] and subplots to the show, often becoming reluctantly involved in the schemes of the trio, or on occasion having their own, separate storylines.

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	==See also==		==See also==
	*[[List of longest-running television shows by category\|List of longest-running TV shows by category]]
	*[[Yorkshire dialect]]		*[[Yorkshire dialect]]