Recent content by DrewTheWino

There are some plans in mind, but there probably wont be any news on that front for a few months.

Not complete episodes – but there is unfilmed material within their pages. The book will also feature details of other Roy Clarke scripts that never made it into production.

Here's a mini piece of news. In the process of rooting through the archives in preparation for the book, several Last of the Summer Wine scripts have been unearthed – in Roy's own handwriting, no less.

Yep, I can also vouch for the quality of a Geordie Banger... and not just because I'm a Geordie.

That's great – thank you for the heads up!

Shortly before the new year, my publisher (Ten Acre Books) revealed that a project has been working on for a long time now is set to be unleashed onto the world later this year. There is a lot more information to come – including the proper title – but at some point in 2026 the first ever...

Coming out of posting retirement to say I am more than happy to contribute. A place like this needs to keep going. PM on its way.

Sadly, the BBC do not hold a copy of It's Only Me, Whoever I Am in their archives. Unless someone out their has an early home recording, it is likely to have been lost to the ages. Very frustrating!

Not great picture quality, but this BBC News report does a decent job of explaining.

When Algarve was produced it was shot entirely on 16mm and Super16mm film. This was then edited and transferred to video tape for broadcast. The result is a standard definition video tape master with the inherent issues of its era – zoomed in shots, colour variations, occasional tape dropouts...

Yes, expect an email over the weekend :)

I can confirm that – all being well – this will be the version that Richard Latto and I remastered from the original camera elements. It will look better than it has ever done before. We'd love to do the other two feature films and more, but can only make a case for that if as many people as...

I loved this series, though didn't think much of the recent special. It was fine, but didn't really add anything that we hadn't seen of the characters before. At its best, it is perfect, gently, thought-provoking, comfort television for me.

Barry very kindly made these photos available to me in order to prepare the Summer 1982 magazine which was on sale in Holmfirth. If you'd like your own copies of the the photos, then there are currently about 25 copies left before the print run runs out for good. I don't think they'll be made...

A quick update on this. Those who backed should all have received an email or message with the first eight minutes of the episode in unrestored form. My plan is to make a short clip available to everybody tomorrow via the Summer Winos Youtube channel, then it will be time to press on with...