The picturesque Pennine village of Holmfirth in the Yorkshire Dales is the setting for this vintage comedy, which first began life in 1973. This is Brontë country - miles and miles of unspoilt moorland - and a breath-taking backdrop to the antics of our ageing delinquents and their demented friends.

Last of the Summer Wine has a strong ensemble cast of characters, though there has always been a central trio. For many years, the two stalwarts were: Compo (Bill Owen), a lovable scruff with a mischievous chuckle on a lifelong quest to win the heart of the formidable Nora Batty. Clegg (Peter Sallis), a timid chap, terrified of women, with a wry sense of humour and a philosophical approach to life. Filling their time with all kinds of (grey) harebrained schemes, our incorrigible senior citizens gallivant through the village and across the Dales, giggling with glee and behaving like a trio of truant schoolboys.