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Dame Thora on shortlist for TV award

Veteran actress Dame Thora Hird is up for another award at the annual Royal Television Society Programme Awards later this month. Read

The show must go on - so Nora Batty stays

HOLMFIRTH-BASED TV comedy The Last of the Summer Wine is to carry on - despite speculation that the long-running programme would end. Read

We'll miss Kathy, say valley folk

NORA Batty, the wrinkled stockinged object of Compo's affection, is leaving Last of the Summer Wine with many memories - and many people in the Holme Valley have fond memories of her, too. Read

'The man who had enough fame to share it with me'

THE love affair between Bill Owen and this part of Yorkshire was unlikely. Read

The real Bill Owen

On the day when Bill Owen was being buried in a private ceremony in Holmfirth VAL JAVIN went public on the man who was more than just Compo and in real life far removed in character and dress sense from his most famous role, the one that he played non-stop since 1973. Read

Family's tribute at funeral of Summer Wine Star - Television actor was 'a great mate to us all'

THE son of actor Bill Owen paid tribute to a ``great mate to us all'' after his father was laid to rest in the Holme Valley yesterday (Monday July 19, 1999). Read

'A dream come true' for Summer Wine devotee

A WOMAN who paid £14,000 to be an extra in the TV comedy series Last Of The Summer Wine has had her dream come true. Read

Tom Owen

Compo mementoes

FANS of the late Summer Wine actor Bill Owen can now own a lasting memory of his character Compo. Read

Nora to quit Summer Wine

Actress Kathy Staff, 71, plans to hang up her wrinkled stockings after 26 years with the award-winning BBC comedy, filmed mainlyaround the Holme Valley. Read

Compo statue put on hold

PLANS for a Compo statue in Holmfirth as a tribute to Last Of The Summer Wine actor Bill Owen have been put on hold after his widow objected to the idea. Read

Nora may hang up her baggy stockings

NORA BATTY, television's most unlikely sex symbol, is thinking of hanging up her baggy stockings for good, it emnerged today. Read

Nora may hang up her baggy stockings

NORA BATTY, television's most unlikely sex symbol, is thinking of hanging up her baggy stockings for good, it emnerged today. Read

The show must go on after Compo

A new run of the hit comedy Last Of The Summer Wine starts on BBC1 next Sunday. The first episode deals with the funeral of Compo and the arrival of the character's long-lost son, Tom Simmonite, played by Owen's own son, Tom. Examiner reporter ROSEY HAMILTON speaks to the stars about the new series. Read

Touch of sadness in comedy

ANOTHER series of the hit comedy Last Of The Summer Wine is about to hit our screens. Read

Preview tribute to 'Compo'

EPISODES of comedy series Last Of The Summer Wine dealing with the death and funeral of its star Compo are to be previewed in Holmfirth. Read

Dame Thora on shortlist for TV award

Veteran actress Dame Thora Hird is up for another award at the annual Royal Television Society Programme Awards later this month. Read

The show must go on - so Nora Batty stays

HOLMFIRTH-BASED TV comedy The Last of the Summer Wine is to carry on - despite speculation that the long-running programme would end. Read

We'll miss Kathy, say valley folk

NORA Batty, the wrinkled stockinged object of Compo's affection, is leaving Last of the Summer Wine with many memories - and many people in the Holme Valley have fond memories of her, too. Read

'The man who had enough fame to share it with me'

THE love affair between Bill Owen and this part of Yorkshire was unlikely. Read

The real Bill Owen

On the day when Bill Owen was being buried in a private ceremony in Holmfirth VAL JAVIN went public on the man who was more than just Compo and in real life far removed in character and dress sense from his most famous role, the one that he played non-stop since 1973. Read

Family's tribute at funeral of Summer Wine Star - Television actor was 'a great mate to us all'

THE son of actor Bill Owen paid tribute to a ``great mate to us all'' after his father was laid to rest in the Holme Valley yesterday (Monday July 19, 1999). Read

'A dream come true' for Summer Wine devotee

A WOMAN who paid £14,000 to be an extra in the TV comedy series Last Of The Summer Wine has had her dream come true. Read

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