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IF you search the threads , there are still members on here who cannot bring themselves to watch those episodes because they are so emotional which is testimony to the compassionate way Roy Clarke handled Bill's passing, the episodes...

Agree with you that the Compo trilogy episodes can really pull on the heart strings. Goes to show how good the other actors and writing really are to be able to handle Bill's passing as a much loved actor and character.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to reply, I have always looked at Summer Wine as a distraction from "edgy" comedy shows, I am not a prude, but, I enjoyed the gentle and silly humour, I realise no actor should ever be bigger than...

Has said, you've made it this far so you might as well carry on. Form your own opinion and let us know what you think, Hobbo is a marmite character so you won't really get a consistent answer but I know I'd be very interested in your...

Roy Clarke wrote an unmade pilot episode for a Basildon Bond series, called “008 – The Real James Bond”.

I would definitely continue may as well see the show through to its conclusion before it was cancelled , Russ Abbot simply plays himself from the time when he was a huge success with his TV series a bit like Smiler who was Blakey...

Apparently the availability of new DVDs (as well as everything else on the site) on the whole have taken a hit. I feel bad about complaining in the past that it was nothing but crime shows.

I think its the washing line , discoloured by the weather and grime , that Gordon Stackpole returned and got his money back Arkwright put it there as a sort of tribute to the only person who he gave a refund to and perhaps as a warning...

I think it is to low for a drop wire Leigh, and no pole opposite, the shop is feed from a pole on the corner of Scarth Ave, the rest of the street is fed from the corner of Clarence Ave

You can also see it at the start of the episodes if you look carefully but it's not as noticeable. I don't know what it's for.

I have just seen the story on BBC Breakfast , it is an epic piece of sculpture up there with the Angel of the North . One of the Project people was saying its volunteer funding , the construction team haven't been fully paid yet so...

You can see it especially on Peter's face how difficult it was but I think adding humor was the right thing to do, I know especially " up North " humor is a big part of funerals, it's how the grief is dealt with.

I think its the washing line , discoloured by the weather and grime , that Gordon Stackpole returned and got his money back Arkwright put it there as a sort of tribute to the only person who he gave a refund to and perhaps as a warning...

You can also see it at the start of the episodes if you look carefully but it's not as noticeable. I don't know what it's for.

I think it's simply a phone drop wire... lighting conditions, lens and focus will affect how noticeable it is.