howard joined last of the summer wine in 1985.
howard joined last of the summer wine in 1985.
when did howard join last of the summer wine?
1985
last of the summer wine (series 8)









































last of the summer wine's eighth series originally aired on bbc1 between 30 december 1984 and 17 march 1985. all episodes from this series were written by roy clarke and produced and directed by alan j. w. bell.









































the eighth series was released on dvd in region 2 as a combined box set with series 7 on 3 march 2008.









































section::::outline.









































the trio in this series consisted of: 









































section::::first appearances.









































crusher "milburn" (1984-1987)









































howard (1985-2010)









































pearl (1985-2010)









































marina (1985-2010)









































section::::last appearances.









































foggy (1976-1985, 1990-1997)









































section::::list of episodes.









































christmas special (1984)









































regular series
last of the summer wine (series 8)
a spin-off prequel show, "first of the summer wine", premiered on bbc1 in 1988. the new programme was written by roy clarke and used different actors to follow the activities of the principal characters from "last of the summer wine" in the months leading up to world war ii. unlike its mother show, "first of the summer wine" was not filmed in holmfirth. period music was used instead of ronnie hazlehurst's score to create a more world war ii era atmosphere. new supporting characters were added to those from "last of the summer wine". peter sallis and jonathan linsley were the only actors from the original series to appear in the spin-off: sallis played the father of his own character from the original show and linsley appeared during the second series as a different character.
last of the summer wine