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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Alvin:
Every morning we get this flurry of wind stirring up the dust, and it's you.

Nora:
Well, I'm a flurry in a hurry. It's time you were dressed and gone.

Alvin:
Why don't you slip into something more comfortable? Like a good mood.

Nora:
Oh.

Alvin:
Sit down. Join me.

Nora:
Alone? With a man in his dressing gown? Never!

Alvin:
It's tea and toast. It doesn't mean we have to get married.

Nora:
I used to see my husband in his dressing gown, *only* when he was poorly. That's what dressing gowns are for, not for flaunting about in front of respectable widows.

Alvin:
Whi! It's not much of a flaunt. I'm sorry if it's getting you all emotional. You'll find things get easier once the fires in the flesh have died down.

Nora:
They die down very quick when the only fuel is men.

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