Thanks Pearl, there's some really interesting information there I didn't know! I do know that Peter Sallis did the first ever Wallace & Grommit as a favour for a young student for about £50 fee. I'm sure no one had any idea at that...
Yes I think Mike Grady has pretty much washed his hands of it all together which is a shame, Peter said he earned more money doing Wallace than he ever did doing Summer Wine and if you read Kathy Staffs autobiography she barely mentions...
Although we love the show, I think there is a degree of pragmatism to the loyalty too. The acting profession is extremely precarious and actors generally spend more time 'resting' than they do working. Also add into this that most...
There was something that some of the Last of the Summer Wine actors found addictive about working on the show.
We've recently discussed how Michael Aldridge loved the show, and really didn't want to leave.
Bill Owen is the most obvious...