Summer Wine On-line

Welcome to the official web site of the Summer Wine Appreciation Society, in partnership with Holmfirth Web. This is our tribute to the world's longest-running TV comedy series which is filmed in the Holme Valley, and surrounding villages.
 

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The Clive Eardley Page
Stills from the Brand New 2007 series, filmed in Holmfirth and surrounding Valley area summer 2006.

Summer Wine Diary - Scroll down for the photos!

June- July 2006

Exciting surprises in store this year see guest appearances from Eric Sykes of Sykes fame as he plays Doggie Wilkinson and Mark Curry a Yorkshire lad remembered from his stint on Blue Peter as a man looking for flying saucers in Holmfirth.

The following stills show filming of the first production block of the first five episodes that completed location filming in July of this year.

The first 5 episodes are now in the can using state of the art technology with the new technology of hi definition using a Viper camera.

This will be the second year that the programme has used hi def quality.

August 2006

The 2nd block of filming will cover episodes 6 through to 10 and a very special Christmas episode to be shown over the Christmas period with a Christmas theme.

September 2006

The event of the decade as no one will want to miss the opportunity to meet the cast and crew of Last of the Summer Wine as they all gather to celebrate the programme in style at Pinewood studios on Sunday 24th September this includes a buffet lunch, auction and an opportunity to meet the stars of the show.

Summer Wine Appreciation Society member gets a reduced entrance by £10.

November 2006

In November Peter Sallis launches his autobiography Fading Into The Limelight: The Autobiography.

A very special event in the summer wine calendar



Back to the Clive Eardley Collection 
Who is this character? Clive Eardley of course, President of the Summer Wine Appreciation Society,
snapped on location at the BBC Base Camp.
 
Filming out at Fulstone. What are Barry and Glenda up to? All will be revealed in the new series.
Having a Butcher's? Filming at one of the pubs used a lot in the past The Butchers Arms for episode 2
 
Filming out at Fulstone with Barry and Glenda
Getting the Scene right at Fulstone.
 
Brian has his picture taken whilst filming in Marsden.
Alan J.W Bell makes sure the set up is ok for the next scene as Holmfirth park is used for a closing shot for one of the new episodes.
Above and following two photos: Getting to grips with the new technology out in Marsden as the crew film episode 1 and 4 of the new series. What is Howard up to with Miss Davenport?
 

More Photos Coming Soon - Keep Checking your Summer Wine website! 

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