Last of the Summer Wine

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British television sitcom

Last of the Summer Wine is a long-running British television sitcom set in rural Yorkshire, following the humorous misadventures of a group of elderly friends.

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First of the Summer Wine 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British television sitcom ⓘ
broadcastFormat half-hour episodes ⓘ
broadcastOn BBC ⓘ
composerOfThemeMusic Ronnie Hazlehurst ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfSetting England ⓘ
creator Roy Clarke ⓘ
filmingLocation Holmfirth ⓘ
West Yorkshire ⓘ
firstAired 1973 ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
sitcom ⓘ
hasSpecials Christmas specials ⓘ
hasSpinOff Last of the Summer Wine self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: First of the Summer Wine
lastAired 2010 ⓘ
mainCharacter Compo Simmonite ⓘ
Foggy Dewhurst ⓘ
Howard Sibshaw ⓘ
Ivy ⓘ
Marina ⓘ
Nora Batty ⓘ
Norman Clegg ⓘ
Seymour Utterthwaite ⓘ
Truly Truelove ⓘ
Wesley Pegden ⓘ
narrativeFocus humorous misadventures ⓘ
notableFor longest-running sitcom in the world by original run length ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes over 290 ⓘ
numberOfSeries 31 ⓘ
originalChannel BBC One ⓘ
surface form: BBC1
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork BBC One ⓘ
originalRunDuration about 37 years ⓘ
pilotAired 1973 ⓘ
pilotEpisodeTitle Of Funerals and Fish ⓘ
portrays elderly friends ⓘ
producedBy Alan J. W. Bell ⓘ
BBC ⓘ
setIn Holmfirth ⓘ
Yorkshire ⓘ
settingType rural town ⓘ
targetAudience family ⓘ
theme friendship in old age ⓘ
gentle humour ⓘ
rural life ⓘ
writer Roy Clarke ⓘ

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Last of the Summer Wine → hasSpinOff → Last of the Summer Wine self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: First of the Summer Wine
Norman Wisdom → notableWork → Last of the Summer Wine ⓘ