Last of the Summer Wine

Last of the Summer Wine1973

Director: James Gilbert
Last of the Summer Wine is a British sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke and originally broadcast by the BBC from 1973 to 2010. It premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse on 4 January 1973, and the first series of episodes followed on 12 No… more »



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Billy:
I saw Gavin Hinchcliffe yesterday. [pause] There's no need to get excited.

Tom:
Yesterday I was interviewing a bank manager.

Truly:
You, in a bank? Huh. Must have been a river bank.

Billy:
I bet I haven't seen Gavin Hinchcliffe since we were at school.

Truly:
Huh.

Billy:
He looked just the same.

Clegg:
Does it suit him, still being in short trousers?

Billy:
No, nervous and twitchy. He must have jumped three foot in the air when I clapped him on the back and said, "How do, Gavin?"

Truly:
I can understand that. It'd scare me on a sudden appearance, and I've got nerves of steel.

Clegg:
Pass.

Truly:
What I can't understand is what was Tom doing in a bank.

Tom:
I often go to a bank.

Truly:
Could one ask what for? It's not as if you had any chance of getting any money.

Tom:
It's like Wembley; you go for the atmosphere.

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