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Last of the Summer Wine - Season 5

"The BBC's longest running comedy series."

Last of the Summer Wine's fifth series originally aired on BBC1 between 18 September and 30 October 1979. All episodes from this series were written by Roy Clarke and produced and directed by Sydney Lotterby. The fifth series was something of a departure; it was the first to include two-part episodes and introduced a small number of new characters such as Compo's oft-mentioned but never seen nephew and was also notable for an increase in the more physical comedy for which the programme would become more well-known latterly. The fifth series was released on DVD in region 2 as a combined box set with series 6 on 5 March 2007.

Seasons

Top Cast

  • Peter Sallis

    Peter Sallis

    Clegg

  • Frank Thornton

    Frank Thornton

    Truly

  • Jane Freeman

    Jane Freeman

    Ivy

  • Jean Fergusson

    Jean Fergusson

    Marina

  • Robert Fyfe

    Robert Fyfe

    Howard

  • Juliette Kaplan

    Juliette Kaplan

    Pearl

  • Sarah Thomas

    Sarah Thomas

    Glenda

  • Jean Alexander

    Jean Alexander

    Auntie Wainwright

  • Mike Grady

    Mike Grady

    Barry

Overview

Last of the Summer Wine's fifth series originally aired on BBC1 between 18 September and 30 October 1979. All episodes from this series were written by Roy Clarke and produced and directed by Sydney Lotterby. The fifth series was something of a departure; it was the first to include two-part episodes and introduced a small number of new characters such as Compo's oft-mentioned but never seen nephew and was also notable for an increase in the more physical comedy for which the programme would become more well-known latterly. The fifth series was released on DVD in region 2 as a combined box set with series 6 on 5 March 2007.

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