Overview
Release Date:
12 November 1973 (UK)
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Plot:
Three old men from Yorkshire who have never grown up face the trials of their fellow town citizens and everyday life and stay young by reminiscing about the days of their youth and attempting feats not common to the elderly.
Awards:
1 win
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8 nominations
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User Comments:
I was always a big fan of this series its a Gem
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 | Peter Sallis | ... | Norman Clegg / ... (266 episodes, 1973-2007) |
 | Jane Freeman | ... | Ivy (245 episodes, 1973-2007) |
 | Kathy Staff | ... | Nora Batty / ... (227 episodes, 1973-2007) |
 | Robert Fyfe | ... | Howard (195 episodes, 1985-2007) |
 | Juliette Kaplan | ... | Pearl (191 episodes, 1985-2007) |
 | Bill Owen | ... | William 'Compo' Simmonite / ... (185 episodes, 1973-2000) |
 | Jean Fergusson | ... | Marina (185 episodes, 1985-2007) |
 | Sarah Thomas | ... | Glenda / ... (179 episodes, 1986-2007) |
 | Thora Hird | ... | Edie Pegden / ... (148 episodes, 1986-2003) |
 | Jean Alexander | ... | Auntie Wainwright / ... (145 episodes, 1988-2007) |
 | Gordon Wharmby | ... | Wesley Pegden / ... (133 episodes, 1982-2002) |
 | Stephen Lewis | ... | Smiler / ... (129 episodes, 1988-2007) |
 | Mike Grady | ... | Barry / ... (126 episodes, 1986-2007) |
 | Brian Wilde | ... | Foggy Dewhirst / ... (116 episodes, 1976-1997) |
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| Simone Dawson | .... | first assistant director (30 episodes, 2003-2005) |
| Haley Burnett | .... | third assistant director (20 episodes, 2001-2002) |
| Lisa Thornton | .... | second assistant director (20 episodes, 2004-2005) |
| Philip Hartley | .... | first assistant director (19 episodes, 2000-2001) |
| Matthew Forrest | .... | second assistant director (16 episodes, 2001-2003) |
| Sarah Lowe | .... | second assistant director (10 episodes, 2001) |
| Tracie Wright | .... | second assistant director (9 episodes, 2000) |
| Sally Harrison | .... | third assistant director (8 episodes, 2004) |
| Julie Heskin | .... | third assistant director (7 episodes, 2006) |
| Simon Hinkly | .... | first assistant director (5 episodes, 2002) |
| David Decio | .... | third assistant director (5 episodes, 2007) |
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| Jill Hallowell | .... | second assistant director (unknown episodes) |
| Ben Kellett | .... | first assistant director (unknown episodes) |
| Peter Laskie | .... | first assistant director (unknown episodes) |
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| Doug Newton | .... | grip (50 episodes, 2001-2005) |
| Gavin Wilson | .... | focus puller (30 episodes, 2002-2004) |
| Darren Ravenscroft | .... | clapper loader (24 episodes, 2001-2003) |
| Jim Cuthbert | .... | gaffer / lighting gaffer (22 episodes, 2000-2002) |
| Willie Cadden | .... | gaffer / lighting gaffer (20 episodes, 2004-2005) |
| Tony Haughey | .... | grip (20 episodes, 2004-2005) |
| Peter Meakin | .... | focus puller / clapper loader (19 episodes, 2000-2001) |
| Richard Evans | .... | clapper loader (19 episodes, 2004-2005) |
| Adge Smith | .... | gaffer / lighting gaffer (17 episodes, 2000-2003) |
| Steve Marles | .... | focus puller (10 episodes, 2005) |
| Nick Race | .... | focus puller (9 episodes, 2000) |
| Steve Sheppard | .... | grip (9 episodes, 2000) |
| Rene Adefarasin | .... | focus puller (5 episodes, 2001) |
| Mark Jones | .... | grip (3 episodes, 2004) |
| Louise Ben-Nathan | .... | clapper loader (2 episodes, 2005) |
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| Julian Charrington | .... | focus puller (unknown episodes) |
| Richard Lawson | .... | clapper loader (unknown episodes) |
| Peter Myslowski | .... | grip (unknown episodes) |
| Michael Quinn | .... | grip (unknown episodes) |
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| Dionne Fletcher | .... | script supervisor (26 episodes, 2003-2005) |
| Christine Mellor | .... | script supervisor (24 episodes, 2000-2003) |
| Sylvia Sutherland | .... | location manager (20 episodes, 2003-2004) |
| Antonia Castle | .... | stage manager (20 episodes, 2004-2005) |
| Sarah Hitchcock | .... | production executive (18 episodes, 2004-2005) |
| Honor Newton | .... | finance associate (16 episodes, 2003-2004) |
| Neil MacCabee | .... | finance associate (10 episodes, 2002) |
| Bernadette Darnell | .... | script supervisor / continuity (9 episodes, 2000-2001) |
| Sylvia Kendall | .... | location manager (9 episodes, 2005) |
| Robert Crossley | .... | stage manager (7 episodes, 2000) |
| Paul Rehman | .... | production accountant (7 episodes, 2005) |
| Dominic Barlow | .... | location manager (5 episodes, 2002) |
| Juliette Kaplan | .... | choreographer (1 episode, 2000) |
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| Ben Kellett | .... | assistant floor manager (unknown episodes) |
| Katie Wilkinson | .... | production secretary (unknown episodes) |
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Additional Details
Also Known As:
The Library Mob (UK) (working title)
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Runtime:
30 min
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1
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MOVIEmeter: 
3% since last week
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Trivia:
Officially announced by Buckingham Palace in 1996 as being Her Majesty the Queen's favourite television series. Currently in its 30th year, recognized as "the longest-running comedy series in the world".
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Quotes:
Walter "Foggy" Dewhurst:
[
trying to get Howard in shape by leaping small walls] It's people like you who make this country so rich in idiots.
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I was a big fan of this series before i appeared in it. I still get letters and cards from fans despite leaving the show in 1988. Roy Clarke is one of the greatest comedy writers of his generation, he explores the British class system, old age, and the relationships between Yorshiremen and the Women they love brilliantly. The early shows were about boredom, retirement, life in Yorkshire and friendship between men of differing backgrounds. When the show was taken over by Alan J W Bell ,who produced and directed all the episodes i appeared in, the comedy broadened. Wonderful slapstick and unlikely romance became the strong central themes. In 1987 the show regularly had viewing figures just below 20 Million, and it continues to have a cult following to this day. I made some wonderful friends on the series too, Jane Freeman (who played my Auntie Ivy), Bill Owen (who i sadly miss) Peter Sallis (who taught me so much when we worked on stage together) Thora Hird (who told great stories of her early life in the Co-op as a sales assistant) Joe Gladwyn (who told me the most wonderful tales of early music hall and variety shows) to name just a few... I think one of the best qualities of this show is that anyone of any age can watch it and find something amusing, popular family entertainment is rare these days and this is a gem.