[Merged] Last of the Summer Wine

[Media Boy UK]

The BBC has call time in its long-running Comedy show ''Last of the Summer Wine''.

Confirmed on link below. (You might wish to turn your speakers down before clicking. )

http://www.juliettekaplan.com/

Info from DS Forums.

[Maggy]

About time too.;)

[Taf]

After the elections we can expect much TV coverage of The Summer Whine....

[colin25]

After the elections we can expect much TV coverage of The Summer Whine....

Damn..i was thinking of using that line :)

[v0id]

Aren't they all dead anyway?

[lucy-lou]

Awww, I like watching BBC programmes,
only because they dont play that stupid Go-Compare advertisment every 15 minutes

[Stuart]

Aren't they all dead anyway?

Good idea for a programme link up.. Most Haunted visiting the village where Last Of The Summer Wine is filmed..


Actually, beyond the jokes, has anyone actually heard an announcement or anything official from the BBC? That site appears to be saying that another series may or may not be commissioned based on the performance of the current series, but that *is* standard procedure at the BBC.

Even Doctor Who (arguably one of the BBC's most successful programmes) has only been renewed for 2 years.

[Gavin-D]

Long-running BBC comedy Last of the Summer Wine is to be axed after 37 years, the BBC has announced. Jay Hunt, controller of BBC One, said the final series to be shown this summer will be a "fitting farewell" to the well-loved characters. It will feature Peter Sallis as Norman Clegg alongside several other cast members including Russ Abbott as Hobbo and Brian Murphy, who plays Alvin. BBC One will celebrate the end of the long-running series with special editions of Countryfile and Songs Of Praise. Both will come from Holmfirth, the village in Yorkshire where the series has been filmed since it began in 1973.

Full Story Here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainmen ... 218448.stm