Last of the Summer Wine - A Quiet Drink

**Last of the Summer Wine - A Quiet Drink** is a UK VHS release by BBC Enterprises Ltd on 2nd March 1992. It has got the last three classic episodes in Season 2 from the so ever-populat Yorkshire-Dales-themed TV comedy programme "*Last of the Summer Wine*" to which they include the 5th episode "A Quiet Drink" since its original BBC1 debut on 2nd April 1975, the 6th episode "Ballad for Wind Instruments and Canoe" since its original BBC1 debut on 9th April 1975 and the 7th and final episode "Northern Flying Circus" since its original BBC1 debut on 16th April 1975 together as separate episodes on this one single video.

## Credits

Here are the credits to these three episodes on this Last of the Summer Wine video.

#### **"A Quiet Drink"**

* Written by Roy Clarke.
* Starring Michael Bates as Blamire, Bill Owen as Compo, Peter Sallis as Clegg,
Larry Noble as Mouse, George Malpas as Harry, Jean Burgess as Tina,
Alan Curtis as Danny, Diana Berriman as Marion, Brian Grellis as Ted
and John Rapley, Gordon Bilboe, Norman Robbins and Chris Sanders as the Cardplayers.
* Music composed and conducted by Ronnie Hazlehurst.
* Film Cameraman: A.A. Englander.
* Film Sound by Peter Edwards.
* Film Edited by John Griffith.
* Costumes by Valerie Spooner.
* Make-up by Jackie Fitz-Maurice.
* Studio Lighting by Ritchie Richardson.
* Studio Sound by Clive Gifford.
* Production Assistants: Evan King and Michael Cager.
* Designed by Andy Dimond.
* Produced by Bernard Thompson.
* Production by BBC Colour. © BBC 1975.

#### **"Ballard for Wind Instruments and Canoe"**

* Written by Roy Clarke.
* Starring Michael Bates as Blamire, Bill Owen as Compo, Peter Sallis as Clegg,
Jon Comer as Sid, Jane Freeman as Ivy and John F. Landry as Arnpepper.
* Music composed and conducted by Ronnie Hazlehurst.
* Fim Cameraman: A.A. Englander and Reg Pope.
* Film Edited by John Griffith.
* Film Sound by Peter Edwards and Graham Hare.
* Costumes by Valerie Spooner.
* Make-up by Jackie Fitzgerald.
* Studio Lighting by Ritchie Richardson.
* Studio Sound by Clive Gifford.
* Produced Assistant: Michael Cager and Evan King.
* Designed by Andy Diamond.
* Produced by Sydney Lotterby.
* Production by BBC Colour. © BBC 1975.

#### **"Northern Flying Circus"**

* Written by Roy Clarke.
* Starring Michael Bates as Blamire, Bill Owen as Compo, Peter Sallis as Clegg, John Comer as Sid,
Jane Freeman as Ivy, Marjorie Sudell as Annie Aubrey and Robert Vahey as the Traffic Warden.
* Music composed and conducted by Ronnie Hazlehurst.
* Film Cameramen: A.A. Englander and Reg Pope.
* Film Edited by John Griffith.
* Film Sound by Peter Edwards and Graham Hare.
* Costumes by Valerie Spooner.
* Make-up by Jackie Fitz-Maurice.
* Studio Lighting by Ritchie Richardson.
* Studio Sound by Clive Gifford.
* Production Assistants: Evan King and Michael Cager.
* Designed by Andy Dimond.
* Produced by Bernard Thompson.
* Production by BBC Colour. © BBC 1975.

## Opening

* BBC Video tracking control warning (1991-1997)
* BBC Video copyright warning (1991-1997) (1991-1995 version)
* BBC Video 1991-1997 ident (opening version)
* BBC Video slide (1: "*Only Fools and Horses - Big Brother*", 2: "*Till Death Us Do Part*"
and 3: "*Steptoe and Son - The Seven Steptoerai")*
* Last of the Summer Wine opening titles
* Start of A Quiet Drink (1975)

## Closing

* End of Northern Flying Circus (1975)
* Last of the Summer Wine closing credits
* BBC Video 1991-1997 ident (closing version with 1992 copyright stamp)
* BBC Video copyright warning (1991-1997) (1991-1995 version)

## Trailers and info

A slide showing three comedy titles which are 1: "Only Fools and Horses - Big Brother", 2: "Till Death Us Do Part"
and 3: "Steptoe and Son - The Seven Steptoerai", all which are also available from BBC Video.