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Nora..."OOOHH...I WOULD NEVER MARRY A GERMAN !!!"... Wally..."YER NEVER EVEN TRIED !!!!"....

Not necessarily the worst guest star, but I thought the character of Eva played by Sally Anne Field didn't feel Summer Wineish.

Then Gordon went through a period of time which can be characterized as "self-doubt" and a traumatic period of growth as an actor. Alan Bell hung in there with him and eventually Gordon came to an understanding and self-realization.

According to my TV Times there is a New series starting with the first episode on Monday night at 21.25

Would this be the right thread for a 'knit one, pearl one' reference :P

Norman Wisdom. No disrespect meant to Norman, but he was too famous and behaved too much like Norman Wisdom, and took over. Which was a shame, because Norman could actually do a bit of a straight acting.

I think he had a thing for anything wearing a skirt.

Wow!! This is really great!!

IIRC he had a thing for any woman working in the library!

I stopped video editing to watch the first episode properly; on the sofa with a cuppa. I think that episode gets better with every viewing.

Worse still, most of the cast are sadly gone.

The showing of the Pilot episode is more unnerving and shocking 52 years ago :13::eek: last month . 52 years !!!!! :eek:

I was thinking about Peter , how many actors can say not only were they in the longest running comedy show from episode 1 to the very final one but also part of team who won an Oscar and attended the Oscar ceremony itself . There are...

I have to agree that the Sallis autobio is a bit dull.

I did think that about Peter's book too, almost like he was distancing himself from his Summer Wine work, but then I realised the fact that he chose to be laid to rest where he spent so many years working on SW, the show must have been...