From The BBC
Last Of The Summer Wine, the world’s longest-running sitcom, has been recommissioned for a further six half-hours by Jay Hunt, Controller, BBC One, and Lucy Lumsden, former Controller, Comedy Commissioning.
Filming will take place this summer, in and around the Yorkshire town of Holmfirth, for transmission in 2010.
The series, which is a whimsical comedy about people in the autumn of their years, is written by Roy Clarke and stars Peter Sallis as Norman Clegg alongside several other eminent cast members including Russ Abbot (Hobbo), Frank Thornton (Truly), Brian Murphy (Alvin), June Whitfield (Nelly) and Burt Kwouk (Entwistle).
Mark Freeland, Head of Comedy at the BBC, said: “I am pleased that Roy Clarke’s much loved and unique comedy is once more returning to BBC One.”
Writer Roy Clarke said: “It’s like going home again.”
Much thanks to commenter jakob1978 for letting me know! Hurray!!
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2009/07/08 at 6:02 pm
jonny jon
I cannot say how happy I am that the show will go on…..I have to rely on very infrequent and spotty service from PBS here in the states for the show.
In Indianapolis, Indiana the PBS station WFYI has been showing the same episodes over and over again for some time now (2yrs) and when queried about this they refuse to acknowledge any such habit.
Being from the states I feel somewhat culturally deprived and since learning of LOTSW when I am not given the chance to see it at all (WFYI has stopped showing it) I feel down right ignorant. Last of the summer wine is by far the best show I have ever seen. I wish I could find a way to bring it to US viewers begining with the very first shows.
2009/07/08 at 6:04 pm
jonny jon
I was not just “shooting the breeze” if their is a way to receive more of the show I wish someone, anyone would let me know!
2009/07/19 at 4:36 am
Lemastre
I find myself watching LOTSW because of its lovely countryside, despite that the repartee has become pretty uninspired. And today, I happened onto a Youtube segment featuring Brian Wilde, Bill Owen, and Peter Sallis that was actually pretty fresh and amusing visually and verbally. So I have to suspect that Roy Clarke’s imagination has perhaps tired a little. We shouldn’t expect one writer to sustain a show for 28 years, even doing relatively few 30-minute episodes per season.
2009/11/01 at 7:26 pm
nancy
I just watched a couple different ones on youtube.com