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Last of the Summer Wine was a lovely show - always upbeat and filled with gentleness and warmth. I love the three old boys who never grow up and just enjoy the time they've got. And let Bill Owen - the world's oldest kid - enjoy eternal love, comfort and warmth as he walks the hills in the skies - although his sweet spirit still floats in that stunning countryside.

Last of the Summer Wine was a very special show - and special to me because Joe Gladwin - Wally Batty - was my great - uncle. And although we never met, I now know my late relative.

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Last of the Summer Wine was a very special show - and special to me because Joe Gldawin - Wally Batty - was my great - uncle.And although we never met, I now know my late relative.

Could someone actually post the Air Times over the Years?

It was mentioned that it changed multiple times (sometimes to early sometimes to late).

What was the slot it filled throughout the years?

Thanks
LOTSW going strong

I too very much enjoy the show but it has gotten on the ramp several times. Trying to have his son fill Bill Owen's shoes was one of them, but having Brian Murphy as Alvin getting Nora involved more has really helped. We could do with less of Howard and Marina and more of the doings and conversations of the three-four main characters. Norman Clegg is still my favorite, but Truly of the Yard has really improved over the years.

Last of the Summer Wine is a lovely show with a feeling of eternal gentleness and warmth and the always upbeat and youthful spirit of the three old boys who never grow up and just enjoy the time they've got. And may Bill Owen - the world's oldest kid - enjoy eternal love and warmth as he walks the hills in the skies - although his spirit still floats in that stunning countryside.

The first shows were great, funny and topical. Also they were shown late at night. Then when Foggy came in it was still good although settled into the tea time slot. Foggy left to paint eggs and Seymore was brought in. This was the mid `80's and it sucked, just one gag stunt comedy. Seymore got a job and Foggy came back, and the show got better again for a few years. The it started to have too much of the women and far too much Howard and Marina. Foggy left again and Trulli came in (a re write of the origanal Blamire) it was okay. Then Compo died, they brought in his son and a few other characters. Now it's a Howard and Marina plot every week while all the other characters hang about making wise cracks, like a northern version of 'Laugh In'.
I think it jumped when Foggy left for the second time and Auntie Wainwright switched from being Wesley's aunt to be Howard's .

I've only seen the show in the last year of so on our PBS station.Started with some of the shows with Foggy and now has Truly. I like the fact that you see a lot of of the same activities every time. It's the small town where everyone knows you whether it's Mayberry or Lake Woebegone or the Possum Lodge or Cheers.
Clegg for me is the sensible one. Compo said "Life is passing me by" Clegg replied" You're lucky. It's when life stops to take an interest in you that you have trouble."
I think the show appeals to middle aged in the same way as Red Green.

I think it jumped the shark back in 85 when Howard, Pearl, and Marina were introduced!

I agree! This show NEVER jumped. It's funny, bright, refreshing. I'm soooo sick of sitcoms that insult our intelligence by putting a fat guy with a hot blonde wife, and 3 adorable kids that tell aforementioned fat dad that he's an idiot every 10 seconds. I enjoy LOTSW because of the "routines" are like visiting friends...the ladies having tea/coffee...the guys getting into trouble over a simple idea..no..my friends it hasn't jumped..it's only gotten better...like good wine DOES. So get over it..and enjoy...

This was only good to me when Compo
was on. He and Norma Batty were fun
together and you knew she loved him in
her own crusty way.
I think they copied Laugh In with the Arte Johnson/ Ruth Buzzi sketch. He had the white hair like Compo and shabby clothes. Then he'd try to woo Ruth and she'd beat him up with her purse like Norma. Norma was a dead ringer for Ruth from her brown hair in a bun and hairnet and her thick baggy stockings. Check it out.

This show JTS when it got commissioned. How anyone can find humour in the puerile behaviour of three geriatric men (change the line-up every now and then but not the humourless concept) is utterly beyond me.

This is one of the few shows that got better the longer it was on.

The show is good, but I always get lost in the dialouge.

One reason LOTSW stays fresh - in 32 years there have been less than 300 episodes filmed. Some routines get old (Howard/Marina, ladies at tea); when Compo died, the whole cast put on leather jackets and swim trunks and found a ski ramp replete with sharks. Is there a backwards Jump the Shark? If so, it is when Blamire left (boring) and Foggy became the third wheel. Utterthwaite was OK, just a different sort of Foggy, instead of a Military wannabe you had an academic emeritus blowhard; the effect on Compo and Cleggy was the same, though, so it made for a good trio either way.