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Summer Wine" is a song written by Lee Hazlewood. Hazlewood originally performed it with Suzi Jane Hokom, but it was his 1967 version with Nancy Sinatra that would prove more successful. In 1969 Lee Hazlewood performed the song on Swedish television with Swedish singer Siw Malmkvist on the Together programme, which was also was shown at Montreux ...
Kathy Staff (born Minnie Higginbottom; 12 July 1928 – 13 December 2008) was an English actress known for her work on British television.She is best known for her portrayal of Nora Batty in Last of the Summer Wine, the longest running sitcom in the world.
William Simmonite, better known by his nickname of Compo (from unemployment compensation, as in the phrase "he's on the compo", according to series writer Roy Clarke), [1] was a character in the world's longest-running sitcom, Last of the Summer Wine.
While Aldridge played Seymour, actor Paul McLain played the younger version of the same character in First of the Summer Wine. When Aldridge left the series in 1990 for personal reasons, Seymour was last seen leaving on a bus to take up a new job as interim headmaster at a private school—just as Foggy returned. [7]
Robert Douglas Fyfe (25 September 1930 – 15 September 2021) was a Scottish actor, best known for his role as Howard in the long-running British sitcom Last of the Summer Wine from 1985 to 2010. [ 2 ]
Norman Clegg was born in 1920, the only child of builder and decorator David Clegg (also Peter Sallis) and his rather volatile wife Violet (Maggie Ollerenshaw).David, a war veteran, was very quiet and rarely interacted with his family, much to the concern of Norman, who thought his father didn't like him (Violet felt the same way).
Trevor Gordon Bannister (14 August 1934 – 14 April 2011) [2] was a British actor best known for having played the womanising and wisecracking junior salesman Mr Lucas in the sitcom Are You Being Served? from 1972 to 1979, and for his role as Toby Mulberry Smith in the long-running sitcom Last of the Summer Wine, from 2003 until it ended its run in 2010.
Nora Batty (née Renshaw) is a fictional character in the world's longest-running sitcom, Last of the Summer Wine. Nora became a national icon, recognised by her wrinkled stockings, pinny and distinctive style of hair curlers. She appeared in 243 of the 295 episodes. [1] [2]