Summer Winos

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Well, Lord – it's been a funny old year. I'd predict what you've in store for us next go round, but when has presuming to speak on your behalf ever gone well? No, I'll turn in and see if Emma is up for any J-J-Jamaican ginger cake. Or whatever the kids are calling it these days.

Secret's out – my authorised biography of Sir Roy Clarke (Last of the Summer Wine, Keeping Up Appearances, Open All Hours) is to be published by Ten Acre Books in 2026. Getting to know Roy over the years has been a joy and it's a honour to be entrusted with telling his story.

The Summer Winos with SIR Roy Clarke... about time!

The Summer Winos took a trip yesterday... but we don't recognise this part of Holmfirth...

As part of our ongoing revamp of the site, which involves re-adding all of our previous articles, stuntman Stuart Fell's extensive 2017 interview about his time with Last of the Summer Wine is back in action. summerwinos.co.uk/stuart-fell

November 21st 1993 is a day that will live in infamy. "Stop That Bath" ensured that 'Last of the Summer Wine' would forever be remembered by many as that show where old people go down hills in baths. It can't take all the credit – Vic & Bob have to share blame too #ClarkeADay

Following a period of hibernation, the Summer Winos site is slowly rumbling back into life. Between now and the new year, our previous work will be republished – starting with our reviews of the show's first series, revised and expanded! summerwinos.co.uk/series-one

I've just been listening to PATCHWUFF, the beautiful new audio play from @mulgraveaudio. A love letter to Bagpuss starring Valerie Singleton, with a soundtrack by Bagpuss composer Sandra Kerr, it's a touching tale about ageing and memory loss. Pre-order: mulgraveaudio.co.uk

The story of the world's longest running sitcom begins in Summer Winos: Volume One – a comprehensive companion to the early years of Roy Clarke's Last of the Summer Wine. Stocks are almost gone! bobfischer.bigcartel.com/product/summer…

Roy Clarke, Britain's most prolific television writer, turns 95 years old today. They say never meet your heroes, but they've never met the creator of Last of the Summer Wine, Keeping Up Appearances, Open All Hours, Rosie, The Misfit, Potter, First of the Summer Wine and more.

Playing catchup with #clarkeaday due to other adventures, so starting with 24 Feb 1985 we have Last of the Summer Wine's "Enter the Phantom"

A showcase for the post-Compo characters in “The Frenchies are Coming”, an episode of Last of the Summer Wine's 24th series broadcast on 23rd Feb 2003 #clarkeaday

On the 20th February 1976, the first proper episode of Open All Hours aired on BBC2. This was the first time we heard the familiar theme, saw the familiar location, or met Lynda Baron as Nurse Gladys Emmanuelle – all were different in the 1973 pilot #clarkeaday

Today is one of those rare days that doesn't match up with the broadcast or premiere of a Roy Clarke script, so here is a photo of Roy and Bill Owen during production of Last of the Summer Wine instead. #clarkeaday

Second only to the infamous bath rolling down a hill, "From Wellies To Wet Suit" surely has to feature the most repeated sequence from all of Last of the Summer Wine? First shown on February the 15th, 19882. #clarkeaday

A polaroid snap of a disgruntled looking Bill Owen on location for "The Waist Land" – a Last of the Summer Wine episode first shown on the 13th Feb 1983. A treasure-trove of previously unpublished images from this shoot can be found in the magazine in the comments. #clarkeaday

Last of the Summer Wine – "The Most Powerful Eyeballs in West Yorkshire” – broadcast on the 12th of Feb 1995 #clarkeaday

The magnificent beast that was Paul Luty in all his glory from Rosie, "The Cheese and Wine" – broadcast on the 9th of Feb, 1977. The wrestler turned actor also appeared in two 1976 Last of the Summer Wine episodes as Malcolm. #clarkeaday