Last of the Summer Wine: Season 2

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Last Of The Summer Wines: Season 6

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BBC-1 | BBC | BBC One | BBC1 | Season Premiere Date: March 5, 1975

Starring: Kathy Staff, Bill Owen, Jane Freeman

Summary: The longest running comedy series in the world started out, as many British comedy successes did, with a 1973 episode of the BBC series "Comedy Playhouse". The basis was simple but complex at the same time, telling the stories of three old men, who in all essence couldn't be more young at heart.
The original trio consisted of Bill Owen, asThe longest running comedy series in the world started out, as many British comedy successes did, with a 1973 episode of the BBC series "Comedy Playhouse". The basis was simple but complex at the same time, telling the stories of three old men, who in all essence couldn't be more young at heart.
The original trio consisted of Bill Owen, as Compo Simmonite, the scruffiest man in Yorkshire, with only two passions in life: his ferrets and Nora Batty (Kathy Staff).
The second man of the group, Norman Clegg, played by Peter Sallis, was from the beginning shown as the most timid of the group, and also the one who gets carried away by the crazy ideas and schemes of his companions, which always seem to get him in trouble.
Initially the third man of the group was Blamire, played by Michael Bates, but he was soon replaced by Foggy Dewhurst (Brian Wilde) who always seems to have a scheme or a story that somehow leads to his old days as a war hero... or so he says.
In 1986 Brian Wilde left the series, to start filming his new sitcom, which proved to be a wrong move, as the show hadn't the success needed to sustain even a second series. during his 4 year absence from last of the summer wine Michael Aldridge played Seymour, the new third man of the trio, until 1990. Brian Wilde returned to do the next seven years of the show.
When Brian Wilde left the series for the second time in 1997 Frank Thornton replaced him as the new third man on the trio as Truly Truelove of the Yard, an ex-police officer who's always remembering his past, both in the police force and in his former marriage to the former Mrs Truelove. When Bill Owen passed away, his son Tom joined the series, replacing him for the rest of the season as Compo's long lost son, Tom. Compo's permanent replacement would come the next year when Keith Clifford joined the cast as Billy Hardcastle, a man who fancies himself the descendant of Robin Hood.
In 2003, the traditional trio became a quartet with the addition of Brian Murphy as Alvin Smedley, Nora Batty's new next door neigbour. With the addition of Alvin, an element of physical humour missing since Compo's death returned to the series. The quartet once again became a trio when Keith Clifford left the series in 2006. In 2009, the series was once again redesigned to allow Sallis and Thornton a reduced role on the series. A new third man was introduced in the form of Hobbo Hobdyke (Russ Abbott), a former milkman who fancies himself a former MI-5 agent. By combining Hobbo with Alvin and the electrical repairman, Entwistle (Burt Kwouk), a new trio was formed, proving once again the ability of the show to redesign itself over time. The main cast has always been surrounded by some amazing supporting cast throughout the run of the series, who helped to mantain the series as fresh today as it was when it premiered on the BBC.… Expand

Genre(s): Comedy

Season 2 Episodes

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S2:E7. Northern Flying Circus
Air Date: April 16, 1975
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S2:E6. Ballad For Wind Instruments And Canoe
Air Date: April 9, 1975
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S2:E5. A Quiet Drink
Air Date: April 2, 1975

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drlowdon

Apr 7, 2020

Last of the Summer Wine’s delayed second season saw the show demonstrating an increasingly broad, and often physical based, form of comedy. As with season one however it’s never particularly funny, and jokes about old men looking up ladies skirts may have got a laugh in the 70’s but aren’tLast of the Summer Wine’s delayed second season saw the show demonstrating an increasingly broad, and often physical based, form of comedy. As with season one however it’s never particularly funny, and jokes about old men looking up ladies skirts may have got a laugh in the 70’s but aren’t considered quite as ‘charming’ these days...… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Season 31

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  Air Date: July 25, 2010
Season 30

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  Air Date: April 19, 2009
Season 29

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  Air Date: June 22, 2008
Season 28

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  Air Date: July 15, 2007
Season 27

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  Air Date: March 5, 2006
Season 26

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  Air Date: March 13, 2005
Season 25

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  Air Date: February 8, 2004
Season 24

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  Air Date: January 5, 2003
Season 23

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  Air Date: January 6, 2002
Season 22

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  Air Date: April 1, 2001
Season 21

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  Air Date: April 2, 2000
Season 20

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  Air Date: April 18, 1999
Season 19

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  Air Date: January 4, 1998
Season 18

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  Air Date: April 20, 1997
Season 17

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  Air Date: September 3, 1995
Season 16

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  Air Date: January 1, 1995
Season 15

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  Air Date: October 24, 1993
Season 14

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  Air Date: October 25, 1992
Season 13

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  Air Date: October 18, 1991
Season 12

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  Air Date: September 2, 1990
Season 11

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  Air Date: October 15, 1989
Season 10

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  Air Date: October 16, 1988
Season 9

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  Air Date: January 4, 1986
Season 8

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  Air Date: March 10, 1985
Season 7

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  Air Date: January 30, 1983
Season 6

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  Air Date: January 4, 1982
Season 5

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  Air Date: September 18, 1979
Season 4

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  Air Date: November 9, 1977
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: October 27, 1976
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: March 5, 1975
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  S2:E7. Northern Flying Circus
  Air Date: April 16, 1975
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  S2:E6. Ballad For Wind Instruments And Canoe
  Air Date: April 9, 1975
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  S2:E5. A Quiet Drink
  Air Date: April 2, 1975
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  S2:E4. Some Enchanted Evening
  Air Date: March 26, 1975
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  S2:E3. The Changing Face Of Rural Blamire
  Air Date: March 19, 1975
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  S2:E2. Who's That Dancing With Nora Batty?
  Air Date: March 12, 1975
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  S2:E1. Forked Lightning
  Air Date: March 5, 1975
Season 1

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  Air Date: November 12, 1973