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Yeah, I know about the Blue Peter angle but its also interesting because they made her unusually accurate for the role. Specifically, her hair. There was a Crusher episode where Compo refers to his "colored bird" girlfriend and then explains that her hair is different colors. They actually...

That's pretty much Alan Bell's explanation in his book for why they didn't bring the character forward. If you watch, they were even making him look bigger then he was in some scenes, where he towers over Compo because they had him standing on something. I don't think Bell could see the...

Sid's Cafe on Facebook had this linked tonight: The last greengrocer in Holmfirth who was best friends with Last of the Summer Wine stars - YorkshireLive (examinerlive.co.uk)

It's confusing because of the first series Foggy appears in. When he is introduced we are told he's moving back to an empty house. The show is mostly consistent with this. However, in that same series we have the golf episode, where there is a reference to a landlady and the implication that...

Here's a bit of trivia - that's not Bill Owen in that scene where they are sneaking the pigeon in. They filmed that after he died using a body double. You never actually see his face. The scene with the French hotel owner is using a green screen version of the final scene of the episode...

In an interview Jonathan Linsely said he made way more money doing those commercials then he ever made on Summer Wine.

I agree, but they tried to do it a few times according to Bell's book. Brian Wilde was supposed to return as a guest in the Seymour years and both he and Bell didn't feel Clarke's script pulled it off. That episode got changed to become the excellent "CRUMS" Christmas special. Still, I do...

That's not really Alan Bell's version of events in his later book and can't really be accurate anyway. Remember, Wilde refused to work with Bell after Series 6 and that's why Lotterby returned to direct and produce Series 7. Wilde did work with Bell on "Getting Sam Home" and Series 8 and as...

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I was watching an interesting documentary on Amazon the other night about an interview Patrick McGoohan did in 1984 where he discussed "The Prisoner." The documentary had a lot of unused footage from the attempts to get that interview done. At any rate, they also had a bit of an overview of...

I doubt it, because when Foggy throws his tantrum in the waiting room and throws everyone else's luggage out, the golf clubs are included. Honestly, having Clegg with clubs has always struck me as a mistake. He's clearly very anti-Golf in the "Kink in . . . " episode. Its possible that...

Bill Owen's 1950s movie career was an attempt on the part of the studio to make him a kind of James Cagney-esque leading man from what I've read. Of course Owen dressed pretty smartly in real life, as did Kathy Staff. They wanted to make sure their beloved characters weren't the only thing...

Yes, and the location filming in Scarborough was the first thing they filmed that series so it would have been Brian Wilde's first work on the show. Andrew Vine's book says that Michael Bates realized he wasn't healthy enough to film the series when he read the scene where Foggy is running...

Being in the US, I didn't know most of the actors history when I started watching Summerwine. Over the years I've had a lot of enjoyment in exploring those histories. A few years ago I did deep dive into Tony Capstick's musical career and listened to a long audio only interview he did later...

I don't believe he was dropped from the show. He died after his final series appearance was filmed but before they started filming the next series. It is interesting that the one reference to him after simply indicates the character transferred to Huddersfield. And technically the...

I'm not sure I'd call him a bit part actor, though I guess that applies to later in his career. From what I understand he was a very popular young actor for a time when he joined Freewheelers. As for why Tom Simmonite didn't work, I think the character wasn't well received. If you read...

Somebody posted photos from a recent visit to Holmfirth and there was laundry on the line in at least one of those photos. It was out in front of the house they used later for Clegg, Howard, etc. I live in a small town and laundry on the line is a very rare sight. Nobody hand washes their...

The early episodes are pretty "modern" in the context of when they aired with a lot of references that made sense to audiences then that we don't have any reference for. Even Google hasn't come up with answers to some of the names that are dropped. "Summerwineland" came later and Clarke...

In later years he doesn't even have his license anymore, but they also ignore that sometimes as well. The same is true of other characters. Billy and Truly are both seen driving in their first appearances, but neither can drive later. As has been noted, there was a lack of consistency in...

It starts to change when Marina enters the picture in Series 8 and evolves relatively quickly during the Seymour years, although there are episodes where he seems to revert to a more confident figure. Although I know that Clarke didn't really plan a lot of things out deeply, it does seem like...