Category: Series

This is the latest episode of my YouTube Series “Summer Wine Decanted”, available on my YouTube channel.

One family probably had more vehicles between them than all the other regular characters put together. When Wesley Pegden was introduced in series six, he came with a literal motorcade of vehicles, some he owned and others he was fixing up for other people.

Here is every Land Rover Wesley drove, nearly every other car he drove, and the invention he created! Plus, a parade of son-in-law Barry’s cars.

Episode 7 of my YouTube Series “Summer Wine Decanted” is on my YouTube channel.

A new family came to be regulars in the show in the December 1986 special “Uncle of the Bride”. We had already met Wesley Pegden four years earlier, but now his wife Edie, their daughter Glenda, and son-in-law Barry complete the family.

The year 2023 marks 50 years since the pilot and first series of “Last of the Summer Wine” were broadcast. This series of videos is filmed in many of the well-known, and some less well-known, locations seen in the programme.

The fifth episode of my YouTube Series “Summer Wine Decanted”.

In the early series the Trio are joined by four regular characters; Sid and Ivy, the owners of the local café and Compo’s next-door neighbours, Nora and Wally Batty. Join me in the Yorkshire countryside and re-trace their parts in this record-breaking TV sitcom.

The year 2023 marks 50 years since the pilot and first series of “Last of the Summer Wine” were broadcast. This series of videos is filmed in many of the well-known, and some less well-known, locations seen in the programme.

The fourth episode of my YouTube Series “Summer Wine Decanted” is now on my YouTube channel.

Our main characters seem to need a leader, a “Third Man” to take command. Over time this function was fulfilled by several Third Men.

The year 2023 marks 50 years since the pilot and first series of “Last of the Summer Wine” were broadcast. Join me in the Yorkshire countryside and re-trace their parts in this record-breaking TV sitcom.

Bill Owen appeared as William “Compo” Simmonite in the Pilot and 185 episodes of “Last of the Summer Wine” from 1973 until his death in 1999.

The year 2023 marks 50 years since the pilot and first series were broadcast. Join me in the Yorkshire countryside and re-trace his part in this record-breaking TV sitcom.

Peter Sallis appeared as Norman Clegg in all 295 episodes of “Last of the Summer Wine” and all episodes of the prequel “First of the Summer Wine”. Join me in the Yorkshire countryside and re-trace 37 years of his part in this record-breaking TV sitcom.

The year 2023 marks 50 years since the pilot and first series were broadcast. This series of videos is filmed in many of the well-known, and some less well-known, locations seen in the programme.

This is the first episode in my YouTube series, Summer Wine Decanted.

The year 2023 marks 50 years since the pilot and first series were broadcast.

This is the story of the BBC TV sitcom “Last of the Summer Wine”, from its humble start to becoming a world-wide favourite and the longest running situation comedy in the world.

This series of videos is filmed in many of the well-known, and some less well-known, locations seen in the programme.