Does anyone remember The First of the Summer Wine?!
Question: It was filmed after The Last of the Summer Wine with different actors who portrayed the characters when they were young. I believe that Peter Sallis was cast as his own character's father, but no one I speak to seems to remember it.
Answers: It was filmed after The Last of the Summer Wine with different actors who portrayed the characters when they were young. I believe that Peter Sallis was cast as his own character's father, but no one I speak to seems to remember it.
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First of the Summer Wine
Format Comedy
Created by Roy Clarke
Written by Roy Clarke
Directed by Mike Stephens
Gareth Gwenlan
Starring (listed in no order)
David Fenwick
Paul Wyett
Richard Lumsden
Paul McLain
Peter Sallis
Linda Davidson
Gary Whitaker
Helen Patrick
Paul Oldham
Joanne Heywood
Sarah Dangerfield
Maggie Ollerenshaw
Derek Benfield
Theme music composer Al Bowlly
Opening theme "Sweet and Lovely"
Country of origin United Kingdom
Language(s) English
No. of series 2
No. of episodes 13
Production
Producer(s) Mike Stephens
Gareth Gwenlan
Running time 30 minutes per episode
Broadcast
Original channel BBC One
Original run 3 January 1988 – 8 October 1989
Chronology
Related shows Last of the Summer Wine
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary
First of the Summer Wine was a sitcom written by Roy Clarke. The series was a prequel to one of Clarke's long running series, Last of the Summer Wine, and follows some of the characters from the original series as they revel in antics in their youth.
First of the Summer Wine ran for two series of thirteen episodes between 1988 and 1989. Though the BBC has never shown repeats of the series, repeats do occasionally appear in the UK on satellite station UKTV Gold.[1], The show was broadcast in Australia on the ABC network in the early 1990s.[2]
1988 - 89, just Googled it. UKTV Gold, do it sometimes
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094465
Yeah I remember that, It was funny.
I vaguely remember being disappointed cos it wasn't as good as 'Last of....' - I'd love another chance to see it though
well Compo was Bill Owen
Clegg was the actor in porridge
antiques woman was jean Alexander
Nora Batty was Kathy Staff
Marina who always fancied Howard
Norman was Peter Sallis