Last Of The Summer Wine Volume 1

Compo, Foggy and Clegg wreak havoc in four vintage episodes from the world's longest-running comedy series.  Only a man with a ferret down his trousers could love Nora Batty. So lock up your ferrets (and Nora Batty!), here come Yorkshire's hilarious adventurers - three pensioners in four classic capers from the BBC television series which kept the nation laughing for more than twenty-five years. Nora goes on the rampage when one of Compo's ferrets escapes into her house, Sid decides to install a new bell in the cafe, Clegg communicates with plants, and Foggy s interest with a Welsh widow makes the lads too curious to stay put. They may be as wrinkled as Nora's stockings, but their humour is as fresh as the Yorkshire air! The episodes are 'Ferret Come Home', ' Getting on Sydney s Wire', ' Flower Power Cut' and ' Who Made a Bit of a Splash in Wales, Then?' Starring Bill Owen as Compo, Peter Sallis as Clegg and Brian Wilde as Foggy.

Roy Clarke

Peter Coke

Juliet Cooke

Bob Grant

Heather Stoney

Full Cast

Ben Kingsley

Robert Powell

The Events at Black Tor & The 17-Jewelled Shockproof Swiss-Made Bomb

Two vintage thrillers, written by award-winning writer Roy Clarke and directed by Alan Ayckbourn 
 
Acclaimed radio and TV dramatist Roy Clarke is well known for his hit sitcoms Last of the Summer Wine, Open All Hours and Keeping Up Appearances. But before he came to fame, he penned two hugely entertaining six-part thriller serials - both directed by a struggling radio producer who would become one of the most renowned playwrights in the world: Alan Ayckbourn... 
 
The Events at Black Tor - When young policeman Jamie is posted to a small village in the Yorkshire Moors, he and his wife Pam are anticipating a nice, quiet life. But the arrival of a curious letter sparks a terrifying chain of events. Aided by Fr Probert, a Dominican friar, the duo come face-to face with the forces of darkness, as they investigate a sinister cult of murderous devil-worshippers... Brian Peck, Juliet Cooke and On the Buses star Bob Grant are among the cast of this spine-chilling thriller with supernatural undercurrents. 
 
The 17-Jewelled Shockproof Swiss-Made Bomb - History teacher Johnny Shields is hoping for a romantic evening, but when his date is scuppered by a mysterious man in a raincoat, he finds himself unexpectedly recruited for a dangerous Continental mission. Tasked with infiltrating a highly-organised smuggling gang, will he survive long enough to expose them? This diverting comedy-thriller was Roy Clarke's first radio play, and features Paul Temple star Peter Coke, Bob Grant, Robert Powell and Ben Kingsley. 
 
Cast and credits 
Written by Roy Clarke 
Theme music composed and played by Trevor Holroyd 
Produced and directed by Alan Ayckbourn 
 
The language and attitudes in these programmes reflect the era in which they were first broadcast and may not reflect current attitudes 
 
The Events at Black Tor 
Pam - Juliet Cooke 
Jamie - Brian Peck 
Sergeant - James Beck 
Probert - Bob Grant 
Radio Voice - Heather Stoney 
Vicar - Robert Wallace 
Maggie - Ella Atkinson 
Coroner - Laurence Bould 
Brown - Colin Edwynn 
Man - Chris Canavan 
Woman - Mavis Rogerson 
Tramp - Harry Markham 
Superintendent - David Mahlowe 
Chief Inspector - Ronald Harvi 
Spider One - Douglas Fielding 
Spider Two/Palmer - John Nettles 
Spider Three - Colin Bell 
Dog handler - Robert Powell 
 
First broadcast BBC Radio 2, 18 April-6 May 1968 
 
The 17-Jewelled Shockproof Swiss-Made Bomb 
Shields - Peter Coke 
Major/Leppi/Vittorio - Bob Grant 
Greta - Veronica Doran 
Doreen - Sylvia Brayshay 
Tadpole - Derrick Gilbert 
Muff/Daniels/Marco - Robert Powell 
Jean Hogg - Heather Stoney 
Alfie - Peter Stephens 
Vera - Elizabeth Ashton 
Mrs Beckett - Barbara Greenhalgh 
Julie - Anne Stallybrass 
Bruno - David Mahlowe 
Karl/Walter/Sergeant/Pete - Ben Kingsley 
Karen - Cynthia Grenville 
Gino - Ronald Harvi 
Foster - Michael Stirrup 
Slip - Colin Edwynn 
 
First broadcast BBC Radio 2, 18 January-5 February 1968 
 
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