Summer Wine and Vintage Years
Author: B. Owen
Publisher: Robson Books Limited
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780860519850
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Author: B. Owen
Publisher: Robson Books Limited
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780860519850
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Richard Skelton
Publisher:
Published: 2021-03-12
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9781911639299
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLast of the Summer Wine is the longest-running comedy series in TV history, and one which has touched the hearts of many millions of people around the world. The first ever episode was broadcast in early January 1973. It was in itself just a one-off program, but it turned out to be the first of a series of 295 episodes produced over an incredible 38-year span. In the 1980s and 1990s the show regularly attracted 12 million viewers in the UK, and Christmas specials drew even bigger audiences. Sir Terry Wogan was a fan, and it was reportedly the Queen's favorite program. Last of the Summer Wine has also proved immensely and enduringly popular in many English-speaking countries around the world, with repeats being shown regularly to this day in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the US.
Author: Morris Bright
Publisher: Bbc Publications
Published: 2000-01-01
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780563551515
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRoy Clarke's rural tales of three bumbling, elderly eccentrics have been entertaining audiences for over 25 years. In this tribute, the authors retrace the history of the hugely successful TV series, including interviews with the regular stars, and disclosing the some behind-the-scenes secrets.
Author: Evan Dawson
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
Published: 2011-04-05
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 1402789629
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNew Yorks Finger Lakes is home to the countrys fastest-growing wine region, and each year millions of tourists spill into the tasting rooms of its wineries. Filled with fun and likable characters, Summer in a Glass brings this burgeoning area to life and captures its exciting diversity--from its immigrant German winemakers to its young, technically trained connoisseurs, from classic Rieslings to up-and-coming Cabernet Francs.
Author: Bill Owen
Publisher: Arrow
Published: 1995-10-01
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781858495880
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Morris Bright
Publisher: BBC Books
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780563534457
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is a tribute to the long-running sitcom "Last of the Summer Wine." It contains interviews with the show's major stars, and recalls the numerous guest stars that have been featured over the years, from John Cleese to Kate Robbins. There is a guide to every single show since 1973 and archive photographs that provide a nostalgic trip down memory lane.
Author: Roy Clarke
Publisher:
Published: 1974
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780340189948
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOnly a man with a ferret down his trousers could love Nora Batty. So lock up your ferrets (and Nora Batty!), here come Yorkshire's hilarious adventurers -- three pensioners in four classic capers from the BBC television series which still has England laughing after more than twenty-five years. Nora goes on the rampage when one of Compo's ferrets escapes into her house, Sid decides to install a new bell in the caf, Clegg communicates with plants, and Foggy's interest with a Welsh widow makes the lads too curious to stay put.
Author: Bob Gordon
Publisher: Banovallum
Published: 2020-05-19
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781911658368
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBiography of a real life Victorian 'Sherlock Holmes' who fell horribly short of the mark.
Author: Bill Owen
Publisher: Robson Books Limited
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9780860519508
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Andrew Vine
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
Published: 2010-09-25
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 1845136535
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn insider’s look at story behind the longest running situation comedy in British television history. Quite simply, Last of the Summer Wine is the longest-running comedy programme in the world. It premiered thirty-seven years ago, in 1973, and, after thirty-one series it finally came to an end—even though all its original protagonists—Compo, Foggy, even Nora Batty—are now dead. Remarkably, for a series of such longevity and international appeal, it is all about elderly people, has little action or plot, and is set and filmed in and around the small Yorkshire town of Holmfirth. Now, Andrew Vine, the deputy editor of Yorkshire’s daily newspaper, has written the definitive history of this television phenomenon. It covers the show’s inauspicious beginnings, with low ratings, its endless reinvention as participants like Bill Owen, Michael Bates, Brian Wilde and Kathy Staff retired or died, the appearance of a string of guest stars from John Cleese and Norman Wisdom to Thora Hird and Russ Abbott (both of whom soon found themselves fixtures in the cast), and the ingenious plot contrivances as the protagonists became too old and frail to attempt any of the slapstick stunts with runaway prams—indeed any outdoor action. The town of Holmfirth is now a year-round tourist attraction, and the endless availability of the show via streaming, ensures that Last of the Summer Wine, and the book it inspired, will live on for generations of fans.