Last of the Summer Wine - Series 7 & 8

**Last of the Summer Wine - Series 7 & 8** is a UK DVD set by Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd with under exclusive license for BBC Worldwide Ltd by 2 Entertain Video Ltd on 3rd March 2008. It consists of 12 episodes and 3 Christmas specials in Seasons 7 and 8 of the extremely-popular longest-running Yorkshire-countryside-themed TV comedy show "*Last of the Summer Wine*" including all 6 Season 8 episode since their original transmissions on BBC1 from 30th January to 30th October in 1983, all 6 Season 7 episodes since their original transmissions on BBC1 from 10th February to 17th March in 1985, the 1982 Christmas special "All Mod Conned" since its original transmission on BBC1 on 25th December 1982, the 1983 feature-length Christmas special "Getting Sam Home" since its original transmission on BBC1 on 27th December 1983 and the 1984 Christmas special "The Loxley Lozenge" since its original transmission on BBC1 on 30th December 1984 together as single episode on three separate discs in the DVD set.

## Credits

Here are the credits to the 1982 Christmas special episode of Last of the Summer Wine called "*All Mod Conned*" which is featured on disc 3 of this DVD set.

#### **"All Mod Conned"**

* Written by Roy Clarke.
* Starring Bill Owen as Compo, Peter Sallis as Clegg, Brian Wilde as Foggy, John Comer as Sid,
Jane Freeman as Ivy, Kathy Staff as Nora Batty, Joe Gladwin as Wally Batty,
Gordon Stalkilld as the Man in the station waiting room #1,
Norman Robbins as the man in the station waiting room #2,
Frank Malborough as the man in the station waiting room #3,
David Hanson as the man in the station waiting room #4,
Linda James as the woman in the station waiting room and Stuart Fell as the lorry driver.
* Costume Designer: Jackie Southern.
* Make-up Artist: Dorka Nieradzik.
* Visual Effects by Chris Lawson.
* Production Assistants: Judy Loe and Sally Gimber.
* Assistant Floor Manager: Neil Banks.
* Properties Buyer: John Watts.
* Film Cameraman: Max Samett.
* Film Recordist: John Gatland.
* Film Editing by Frances Parker.
* Studio Lighting by Ron Bristow.
* Studio Sound by Mike Felton.
* Vision Mixing by Angela Beveridge.
* Senior Cameraman: Peter Ware.
* Production Manager: Mandie Fletcher.
* Video Tape Editing by Steve Newnham.
* Music by Ronnie Hazlehurst.
* Designed by Tim Gleeson.
* Produced and Directed by Sydney Lotterby.
* © BBC 1982.

Here are the credits to all six episodes in Season 7 of Last of the Summer Wine which are all featured on disc 1 of this DVD set.

#### **"The Frozen Turkey Man"**

* Written by Roy Clarke.
* Starring Bill Owen as Compo, Peter Sallis as Clegg, Brian Wilde as Foggy, John Comer as Sid,
Jane Freeman as Ivy, Kathy Staff as Nora Batty, Joe Gladwin as Wally Batty,
Gaye Brown as the Barmaid and Johnny Allan as the man with the rubik's cube at the pub.
* Costume Designer: Jackie Southern.
* Make-Up Artist: Dorka Nieradzik.
* Production Assistant: Judy Loe.
* Assistant Floor Manager: Neil Banks.
* Film Cameraman: Max Samett.
* Film Recordist: John Gatland.
* Film Editing by Frances Parker.
* Studio Lighting by Ron Bristow.
* Studio Sound by Mike Felton.
* Vision Mixing by Angela Beveridge.
* Production Manager: Mandie Fletcher.
* Video Tape Editing by Howard Dell.
* Music by Ronnie Hazlehurst.
* Designed by Tim Gleeson.
* Produced by Sydney Lotterby.
* © BBC 1982.

#### **"The White Man's Grave"**

* Written by Roy Clarke.
* Starring Bill Owen as Compo, Peter Sallis as Clegg, Brian Wilde as Foggy, John Comer as Sid,
Jane Freeman as Ivy, Kathy Staff as Nora Batty and Joe Gladwin as Wally Batty.
* Costume Designer: Jackie Southern.
* Make-up Artist: Dorka Nieradzik.
* Visual Effects by Chris Lawson.
* Production Assistants: Judy Loe and Sally Gimber.
* Associate Floor Manager: Neil Banks.
* Film Cameraman: Max Samett.
* Film Recordist: John Gatland.
* Film Editing by Frances Parker.
* Studio Lighting by Ron Bristow.
* Studio Sound by Bob Foley.
* Vision Mixing by Shirley Coward.
* Video Tape Editing by Dave Rixon.
* Music by Ronnie Hazlehurst.
* Production Assistant: Mandie Fletcher.
* Designed by Tim Gleeson.
* Produced by Sydney Lotterby.
* © BBC 1982.

#### **"The Waist Land"**

* Written by Roy Clarke.
* Starring Bill Owen as Compo, Peter Sallis as Clegg, Brian Wilde as Foggy, John Comer Sid,
Jane Freeman as Ivy, Kathy Staff as Nora Batty, Hugh Lloyd as Alex, Linda Polan as the Nurse,
Brian Hawkins as the Instructor, John Barrad as Lapaley and Gilda Perry as Celia.
* Costume Designer: Jackie Southern.
* Make-up Artist: Dorka Nieradzik.
* Visual Effects by Chris Lawson.
* Production Assistants: Judy Loe and Sally Gimber.
* Film Cameraman: Max Samett.
* Film Recordist: John Gatland.
* Film Editing by Frances Parker.
* Studio Lighting by Ron Bristow.
* Studio Sound by Bob Foley.
* Vision Mixing by Angela Beveridge.
* Production Manager: Mandie Fletcher.
* Video Tape Editing by Chris Wadsworth.
* Music by Ronnie Hazlehurst.
* Designed by Tim Gleeson.
* Produced by Sydney Lotterby.
* © BBC 1982.

#### **"Cheering Up Ludovic"**

* Written by Roy Clarke.
* Starring Bill Owen as Compo, Peter Sallis as Clegg, Brian Wilde as Foggy, Bryan Pringle as Ludovic,
Kathy Staff as Nora Batty and Joe Gladwin as Wally Batty.
* Costume Designer: Jackie Southern.
* Make-up Artist: Dorka Nieradzik.
* Visual Effects by Chris Lawson.
* Production Assistants: Judy Loe and Sally Gimber.
* Assistant Floor Manager: Neil Banks.
* Film Cameraman: Max Samett.
* Film Recordist: John Gatland.
* Film Editing by Frances Parker.
* Studio Lighting by Ron Bristow.
* Studio Sound by Mike Felton.
* Vision Mixing by Angela Beveridge.
* Production Manager: Mandie Fletcher.
* Video Tape Editing by Howard Dell.
* Music by Ronnie Hazlehurst.
* Designed by Tim Gleeson.
* Produced by Sydney Lotterby.
* © BBC 1982.

#### **"The Three Astires"**

* Written by Roy Clarke.
* Starring Bill Owen as Compo, Peter Sallis as Compo, Brian Wilde as Foggy, Kathy Staff as Nora Batty,
Joe Gladwin as Wally Batty, John Horsley as the Vicar, Dilys Hamlett as Lydia
and Joolia Cappleman as Miss Hare.
* Costume Designer: Jackie Southern.
* Make-up Artist: Dorka Nieradzik.
* Visual Effects by Chris Lawson.
* Production Assistants: Judy Loe and Sally Gimber.
* Assistant Floor Manager: Neil Banks.
* Film Cameraman: Max Samett.
* Film Recordist: John Gatland.
* Film Editing by Frances Parker.
* Studio Lighting by Ron Bristow.
* Studio Sound by Mike Felton.
* Vision Mixing by Angela Beveridge.
* Production Manager: Mandie Fletcher.
* Video Tape Editing by Howard Dell.
* Music by Ronnie Hazlehurst.
* Designed by Tim Gleeson.
* Produced by Sydney Lotterby.
* © BBC 1982.

#### **"The Arts of Concealment"**

* Written by Roy Clarke.
* Starring Bill Owen as Compo, Peter Sallis as Clegg, Brian Wilde as Foggy, John Comer as Sid,
Jane Freeman as Ivy, Kathy Staff as Nora Batty, Joe Gladwin as Wally Batty, Peter Hughes as Harold
and Phyllida Hewart as Phoebe.
* Costume Designer: Jackie Southern.
* Make-up Artist: Dorka Nieradzik.
* Visual Effects by Chris Lawson.
* Production Assistants: Judy Loe and Sally Gimber.
* Assistant Floor Manager: Neil Banks.
* Film Cameraman: Max Samett.
* Film Recordist: John Gatland.
* Film Editing by Mike Robotham.
* Studio Lighting by Ron Bristow.
* Studio Sound by Bob Foley.
* Vision Mixing by Shirley Coward.
* Production Manager: Mandie Fletcher.
* Video Tape Editing by Dave Rixon.
* Music by Ronnie Hazlehurst.
* Designed by Tim Gleeson.
* Produced by Sydney Lotterby.
* © BBC 1982.

Here are the credits to the 1983 feature length TV Christmas special "*Getting Sam Home*" which is featured on disc 3 of this Last of the Summer Wine DVD set.

#### **"Getting Sam Home"**

* Adapted from his novel by Roy Clarke.
* Starring Bill Owen as Compo, Peter Sallis as Clegg, Brian Wilde as Foggy, Lynda Baron as Lily Bless Her,
John Comer as Sid, Jane Freeman as Ivy, Joe Gladwin as Wally Batty, Kathy Staff as Nora Batty,
Olive Pendleton as Sybil, Peter Russell as Sam, David Williams as Mr. Fairburn, Randal Herley as the Drunk,
Jim Marsh as Dadsy, Muriel Rogers as Mamsy, Ken Kitson as the Police Constable
and Paula Randell as the Pub Singer.
* Music by Ronnie Hazlehurst with The Mike Sammes Singers.
* Make-Up Designer: Eileen Mair.
* Visual Effects Designer: John Brace.
* Properties Buyer: Bill Bonner.
* Graphic Designer: Stewart Austin.
* Lighting Cameraman: Fred Hamilton.
* Lighting Gaffer: Dave Mason.
* Sound Recordist: Ron Keightley.
* Dubbing Mixer: Ken Hains.
* Film Editing by Tariq Anwar.
* Dubbing Mixer: Mashiro Hirakubo.
* Production Team: Nikki Cockcroft, Vicky Pugh, Jane Redman and Charles Beeson.
* Designed by Tim Gleeson.
* Production Manager: Michael Cager.
* Produced and Directed by Alan J.W. Bell.
* Cast: Lynda Baron as Lily Bless Her, Olive Pendleton as Sybil, Peter Russell as Sam,
Muriel Rogers as Mamsy, Jim Marsh as Dadsy, John Comer as Sid, Jane Freeman as Ivy,
Joe Gladwin as Wally Batty, Kathy Staff as Nora Batty, David Williams as Mr. Fairburn,
Johnny Leeze as 'Our Kid' Colin, Maxton Beesley as Colin's mate, Christine Cox as Cousin Olive,
Anthony Benson as the Undertaker, Randal Herley as the Drunk, Ken Kitson as the Police Constable,
Bill Croasdale as the Police Sergeant, Igor Gridneff as Mr. Zapojinski, Paula Randell as the Pub Singer,
Bill Owen as Compo, Peter Sallis as Clegg and Brian Wilde as Foggy.
* © BBC 1983.

Here are the credits to the 1984 Christmas special episode "*The Loxley Lozenge*" which is featured on disc 3 of this Last of the Summer Wine DVD set.

#### **"The Loxley Lozenge"**

* Written by Roy Clarke.
* Starring Bill Owen as Compo, Peter Sallis as Clegg, Brian Wilde as Foggy, Jane Freeman as Ivy,
Kathy Staff as Nora Batty, Joe Gladwin as Wally Batty, Gordon Wharmby as Wesley
and Ashley Jackson as the Artist.
* Music by Ronnie Hazlehurst.
* Costume Designer: Pip Bryce.
* Make up Designer: Ann Ailes-Stevenson.
* Visual Effects by Chris Lawson.
* Properties Buyer: Paul Woods.
* Film Cameraman: Alan Stevens.
* Film Sound by David Brinicombe.
* Film Editing by John Wilkinson.
* Camera Supervisor: Colin Reed.
* Visual Mixing by Angela Beveridge.
* Video Tape Editing by Malcolm Warner.
* Studio Lighting by Alan Jeffery.
* Technical Co-ordinator: Derek Martin.
* Studio Sound by Alan Stokes.
* Music Recording by Keith Gunn.
* Production Assistants: Peter R.Lovell, Evan King and Michael Cager.
* Assistant Floor Managers: Dee Dragisic and Paul Carney.
* Production Assistant: Bernadette Darnell.
* Designed by Stephen Fawcett.
* Produced and Directed by Alan J.W. Bell.
* © BBC 1984.

Here are the credits to all six episodes in Season 8 of Last of the Summer Wine which are all featured on disc 2 in the DVD set.

#### **"The mysterious feet of Nora Batty"**

* Written by Roy Clarke.
* Starring Bill Owen as Compo, Peter Sallis as Clegg, Brian Wilde as Foggy, Joe Gladwin as Wally Batty,
Kathy Staff as Nora Batty, Jane Freeman as Ivy and James Duggan as the Landlord.
* Music by Ronnie Hazlehurst.
* Costume Designer: Pip Bryce.
* Make up Designer: Ann Ailes-Stevenson.
* Visual Effects by Chris Lawson.
* Properties Buyer: Paul Woods.
* Graphic Design by Lisa Linder.
* Film Cameraman: Alan Stevens.
* Film Sound by David Brinicombe.
* Film Editors: John Wilkinson and Robert Poole.
* Camera Supervisor: Colin Reid.
* Vision Mixing by Angela Beveridge.
* Video Tape Editing by Malcolm Warner.
* Studio Lighting by Alan Jeffery.
* Technical Co-ordinator: Derek Martin.
* Studio Sound by Alan Stokes.
* Music Recording by Richard Chamberlain.
* Production Managers: Peter R. Lovell, Evan King and Michael Cager.
* Assistant Floor Managers: Dee Dragsic and Paul Garney.
* Production Assistant: Bernadette Darnell.
* Designed by Stephen Fawcett.
* Produced and Directed by Alan J.W. Bell.
* © BBC 1985.

#### **"Keeping Britain Tidy"**

* Written by Roy Clarke.
* Starring Bill Owen as Compo, Peter Sallis as Clegg, Brian Wilde as Foggy, Jane Freeman as Ivy,
Joe Gladwin as Wally Batty, Kathy Staff as Nora Batty, Brian Glover as Oggie Buttercluff,
Jonathan Lindley as 'Crusher' Milburn and Derek Ware as tne Cyclist.
* Music by Ronnie Hazlehurst.
* Costume Designer: Pip Bryce.
* Make-up Designer: Anna Ailes-Stevenson
* Visual Effects by Chris Lawzon.
* Property Buyer: Paul Woods.
* Film Cameraman: Alan Stevens.
* Lighting by John Collins.
* Film Sound by David Brinicombe.
* Film Editing by John Wilkinson.
* Camera Supervisor: Colin Reid.
* Vision Mixing by Angela Beveridge.
* Video Tape Editing by Caroline Judson.
* Studio Lighting by Alan Jeffery.
* Technical Co-ordinator: Derek Martin.
* Studio Sound by Alan Stokes.
* Music Recording by Keith Gunn.
* Production Managers: Peter R. Lovell, Evan King and Michael Cager.
* Assistant Floor Managers: Dee Dragsic and Paul Carney.
* Production Assistant: Bernadette Darnell.
* Designed by Stephen Fawcett.
* Produced and Directed by Alan J.W. Bell.
* © BBC 1985.

#### **"Enter the Phantom"**

* Written by Roy Clarke.
* Starring Bill Owen as Compo, Peter Sallis as Clegg, Brian Wilde as Foggy, Joe Gladwin as Wally Batty,
Kathy Staff as Nora Batty, Jane Freeman as Ivy and Jonathan Linsley as 'Crusher' Milburn.
* Music by Ronnie Hazlehurst.
* Costume Designer: Pip Bryce.
* Make up Designer: Ann Alies-Stevenson.
* Visual Effects by Chris Lawson.
* Properties Buyer: Paul Woods.
* Film Cameraman: Alan Stevens.
* Film Sound by David Brinicombe.
* Film Editing by John Wilkinson.
* Camera Supervisor: Colin Reid.
* Vision Mixing by Angela Beveridge.
* Video Tape Editing by Malcolm Warner.
* Studio Lighting by Alan Jeffery.
* Technical Co-ordinator: Derek Martin.
* Studio Sound by Alan Stokes.
* Music Recording by Richard Chamberlain.
* Production Assistants: Peter R. Lovell, Evan King and Michael Cager.
* Assistant Floor Managers: Dee Dragisic and Paul Carney.
* Production Assistant: Bernadette Darnell.
* Designed by Stephen Fawcett.
* Produced and Directed by Alan J.W. Bell.
* © BBC 1985.

#### **"Catching Digby's Donkey"**

* Written by Roy Clarke.
* Starring Bill Owen as Compo, Peter Sallis as Clegg, Brian Wilde as Clegg, Jane Freeman as Ivy,
Joe Gladwin as Wally Foggy, Jonathan Linsley as 'Crusher' Milburn, Nora Batty as Nora Batty,
John Evitts as Digby, Jean Fergusson as Marina, Robert Fyfe as Howard, David Hatton as the Drunk
and Juliette Kaplan as Pearl.
* Music by Ronnie Hazlehurst.
* Costume Designer: Pip Bryce.
* Make up Designer: Ann Ailes-Stevenson.
* Properties Buyer: Paul Woods.
* Film Cameraman: Alan Stevens.
* Film Sound by David Brinicombe.
* Film Editing by John Wilkinson.
* Camera Supervisor: Colin Reid.
* Vision Mixing by Angela Beveridge.
* Video Tape Editing by Caroline Judson.
* Studio Lighting by Alan Jeffery.
* Technical Co-ordinator: Derek Martin.
* Studio Sound by Alan Stokes.
* Music Recording by Keith Gunn.
* Production Managers: Peter R. Lovell, Evan King and Michael Cager.
* Assistant Floor Managers: Dee Dragisic and Paul Carney.
* Production Assistant: Bernard Darnell.
* Designed by Stephen Fawcett.
* Produced and Directed by Alan J.W. Bell.
* © BBC 1985.

#### **"The Woolenmills Of Your Mind"**

* Written by Roy Clarke.
* Starring Bill Owen as Compo, Peter Sallis as Clegg, Brian Wilde as Foggy, Jane Freeman as Ivy,
Joe Gladwin as Wally Batty, Jonathan Linsley as 'Crusher' Milburn, Kathy Staff as Nora Batty,
Jean Fergusson as Marina, Robert Fyne as Howard, Juliette Kaplan as Pearl, Steve Collins as the Vicar
and Sylvia Stoker as the lady trying to cross the street.
* Music by Ronnie Hazlehurst.
* Costume Designer: Pip Bryce.
* Make up Designer: Ann Ailes-Stevenson.
* Visual Effects by Chris Lawson.
* Properties Buyer: Paul Woods.
* Graphic Design by Lisa Linder.
* Film Cameraman: Alan Stevens.
* Film Sound by David Brinicombe.
* Film Editors: John Wilkinson and Robert Poole.
* Camera Supervisor: Colin Reid.
* Vision Mixing by Angela Beveridge.
* Video Tape Editing by Caroline Judson.
* Studio Lighting by Alan Jeffery.
* Technical Co-ordinator: Derek Martin.
* Studio Sound by Alan Stokes.
* Music Recording by Richard Chamberlain.
* Production Managers: Peter R. Lovell, Evan King and Michael Cager.
* Assistant Floor Managers: Dee Dragisic and Paul Carney.
* Production Assistant: Bernadette Darnell.
* Designed by Stephen Fawcett.
* Produced and Directed by Alan J.W. Bell.
* © BBC 1985.

#### **"Who's looking after the cafe then?"**

* Written by Roy Clarke.
* Starring Bill Owen as Compo, Peter Sallis as Clegg, Brian Wilde as Foggy, Jane Freeman as Ivy,
Joe Gladwin as Wally Batty, Kathy Staff as Nora Batty, Jonathan Linsley as 'Crusher' Milburn,
Gil Morris as Mr. Crabtree, Gordon Wharmby as Wesley, Geoffrey Colvile as the Husband,
Margaret Stallard as the Wife, Geoffrey Wilkinson as Foggy's customer
and David Williams as Haberdasher.
* Music by Ronnie Hazlehurst.
* Costume Designer: Pip Bryce.
* Make up Designers: Ann Ailes-Stevenson and Suzanne Jansen.
* Visual Effects by Chris Lawson.
* Properties Buyer: Paul Woods.
* Film Cameraman: Alan Stephens.
* Lighting Gaffer: John Woods.
* Film Sound by David Brinicombe.
* Film Editing by John Wilkinson.
* Camera Supervisor: Colin Reid.
* Vision Mixing by Shirley Coward.
* Video Tape Editing by Malcolm Warner.
* Studio Lighting by Alan Jeffery.
* Technical Co-ordinator: Derek Martin.
* Studio Sound by Alan Stokes.
* Production Assistants: Peter Lovell, Evan King and Michael Cager.
* Assistant Floor Managers: Dee Dragisic and Paul Carney.
* Production Assistant: Bernadette Darnell.
* Designed by Stephen Fawcett.
* Produced and Directed by Alan J.W. Bell.
* © BBC 1984.