Peter Sallis: The Man Who Brought Norman Clegg to Life | Summer Wine Decanted

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  • čas přidán 14. 05. 2023
  • Peter Sallis appeared as Norman Clegg in all 295 episodes of “Last of the Summer Wine” and all episodes of the prequel “First of the Summer Wine”. Join me in the Yorkshire countryside and re-trace 37 years of his part in this record-breaking TV sitcom.
    The year 2023 marks 50 years since the pilot and first series of “Last of the Summer Wine” were broadcast. This series of videos is filmed in many of the well-known, and some less well-known, locations seen in the programme.
    To help me make these videos, you can donate at: ko-fi.com/upstagedbyadog
    The "Summer Wine Decanted" book is available on Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CLMCRY5C and many online book sellers - and now from the Wrinkled Stocking Tearoom, Holmfirth.
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  • @goodiesguy
    @goodiesguy Před 7 měsíci +9

    Everyone tends to like Compo the best, but Clegg's always been my favourite.

    • @upstagedbyadog
      @upstagedbyadog  Před 7 měsíci +2

      Roy Clarke gave Clegg a modest and understated character, but despite his protestations and misgivings, he was almost always persuaded to get involved!

    • @EnthusiasticChrysanthemu-of7iv
      @EnthusiasticChrysanthemu-of7iv Před měsícem

      Hard to say who was the best compo and clegg were both great and in my opinion the best 3rd man was Michael bates who played blamire

  • @lindahill7059
    @lindahill7059 Před 7 měsíci +7

    How can you miss someone you’ve never met? Yet I miss Norman Clegg.

    • @upstagedbyadog
      @upstagedbyadog  Před 7 měsíci +2

      Having spent about 30 days over the period of a year filming in the Holmfirth area, I definitely miss them!

  • @pjbabmail
    @pjbabmail Před rokem +21

    Clegg (and Peter Sallis) is an absolute favourite of mine, held in great affection, and this episode was just lovely. I wish I could like this video more than once.

  • @evanmarney4621
    @evanmarney4621 Před rokem +14

    Great video
    RIP Peter Sallis 🙏 he was a legend. Norman Clegg is one of the best characters ever written.

  • @milliesmith5068
    @milliesmith5068 Před rokem +7

    Peter was my very favorite he seemed special to me.

  • @davidsauls9542
    @davidsauls9542 Před rokem +9

    Thank You Sir ! ! ! This is the best video about that most wonderful show. Summer wine seems like a family. They helped me get through many terrible times. You do the show justice with this history of the show. Again, thank you.

  • @stephenchecksfield632
    @stephenchecksfield632 Před rokem +6

    The late Peter Sallis aka Norman Clegg and the late Bill Owen aka Compo Simmonite made the show last of the summer wine as a huge fan of Last of the Summer Wine and having every episode on DVD my thoughts are the show could never be the same without them both though all the actress's and actors were equally good it was Bill Owen and Peter Sallis that made the show so successful and enjoyable and funny too both late iconic actors may they both rest in peace 🕊️✌️😊

  • @ghunt9146
    @ghunt9146 Před rokem +13

    Another great episode. Keep 'em coming. Thanks.

  • @Scotty19
    @Scotty19 Před rokem +9

    Nice video it was amazing that Clegg was there from 1973 all the way till 2010 😊

  • @SoRTs6233
    @SoRTs6233 Před 10 měsíci +4

    Thanks Leigh for that special episode on 'Cleggy', my favourite character from the show! Peter Sallis was just perfect in that role. (His characterization of 'Wallace' was great too!)
    I'm watching the whole series on UKTV Play, so now I couple your videos as well. Thanks again! (LotSW superfan)

  • @richardyarwood2747
    @richardyarwood2747 Před rokem +8

    Very well presented and insightful documentary, I thoroughly enjoyed it

  • @eveb446
    @eveb446 Před rokem +6

    This documentary is fascinating as it is about a show which I love, Last Of The Summer Wine. Thank you for sharing.

  • @markstramtrainbuscapades1729

    I remember back in the seventies, Peter Sallis appeared in many series, being one of the regular faces on TV, often, but not exclusively, connected with the North. Of course, it was Clegg which would stick in the public's mind, a quiet, philosophical observer of he more mundane aspects of life! Marvellous performance throughout!

  • @DMfilmfan
    @DMfilmfan Před rokem +9

    We love this show here in the U.S. "The Secret Birthday of Norman Clegg" in Season 24 was a long-overdue episode in which Norman was the central character. I can't think of any other two actors (excluding husbands and wives lol) who worked together for so long and are buried next to each other. Must've been a great friendship in Peter's opinion, to chose to be buried next to Bill.

  • @irishmike3514
    @irishmike3514 Před rokem +5

    I always enjoyed this program!

  • @AlexWilliams-qf3rp
    @AlexWilliams-qf3rp Před rokem +3

    To the lovely gent making these beautiful videos, saying thanks in truly insufficient. And you seem to reference my favorite episodes. What an absolutely lovely gesture. I am enjoying these reminisces. Thank you so very much. Oh I do miss them. ❤😊

  • @colinwaite697
    @colinwaite697 Před 9 měsíci +2

    They'll never mek another like Cleggy, tha' knorrs. Thank you Mr Sallis.

  • @terryansell6641
    @terryansell6641 Před rokem +3

    Again these videos are excellent thank you from NZ😊😊😊😊😊

  • @gerardlacey9384
    @gerardlacey9384 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Lovely video thank you so much, I ve been a fan of Last of the summer wine for donkeys years and was lucky enough to have visited Holmfirth in 2000 and paid my respects to Compo. I never copped that Auntie Wainwright's shop is the same building as the Co op in First of the summer wine. I hope to get back sometime to pay my respects to Cleggy. He died on 2nd of June 2017, by coincidence the great guitarist Andres Segovia died on the same day in 1987. Many thanks again and best wishes. Gérard lacey in Ireland.

    • @upstagedbyadog
      @upstagedbyadog  Před 11 měsíci +1

      Thank you Gerard. The location scenes for the Co-op in First of the Summer Wine were shot at the Post Office in the village of Netherthong, which does feature in a couple of episodes of my series.

  • @davyd5629
    @davyd5629 Před měsícem +1

    Fantastic videos loved last of the somner wine shame it had to end

    • @upstagedbyadog
      @upstagedbyadog  Před měsícem

      Hi Davy, thank you! It would have been good to see how Hobbo and the guys continued!!

    • @davyd5629
      @davyd5629 Před měsícem +1

      Yes it would have been fun

  • @peterclark9677
    @peterclark9677 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I've been to to the village twice a beautiful part of the world ,there was a museum there, worth a visit .another great video cheers

    • @upstagedbyadog
      @upstagedbyadog  Před 2 měsíci

      Thanks, Peter! It is certainly picturesque in that area... The museum and shop lease is for sale, we can only hope it remains as a tribute to Roy Clarke and his creation.

  • @EnthusiasticChrysanthemu-of7iv

    Thanks for another video of the best show EVER ❤❤ X

    • @upstagedbyadog
      @upstagedbyadog  Před měsícem +1

      Thanks Chrysanthemum!

    • @EnthusiasticChrysanthemu-of7iv
      @EnthusiasticChrysanthemu-of7iv Před měsícem +1

      I've actually got the complete box set of all episodes very often sit and watch it it's a programme you never tire of watching

    • @upstagedbyadog
      @upstagedbyadog  Před měsícem

      @@EnthusiasticChrysanthemu-of7iv Sometimes, it's just nice to have something on in the background that you don't have to concentrate on, but you know you'll hear something funny in between whatever else you're doing!

  • @desiatheron3881
    @desiatheron3881 Před rokem +2

    I am about to watch episode 1. Thank you, from an avid fan in South Africa.😊

  • @gunnerdownunner570
    @gunnerdownunner570 Před rokem +2

    Keep up thy Stella work my son, 👏👏👏👏👏, cheers from new🥝🥝🥝zealand 🍻🍻🍻

  • @jackkrag
    @jackkrag Před rokem +2

    THANK YOU all so, k

  • @michaelasroft3403
    @michaelasroft3403 Před měsícem +1

    Compo, Foggy and Clegg was the definitive line up for me. I watched First of the Summer Wine in its entirety the other day for the first time and the actor who played a young Foggy was absolutely top notch

    • @upstagedbyadog
      @upstagedbyadog  Před měsícem +1

      Hi Michael. Compo, Foggy and Clegg seem to be most people's definitive Trio! I thought all the young actors in First of the Summer Wine were excellent, especially as, for most of them, it was their first professional acting role after drama school.

    • @michaelasroft3403
      @michaelasroft3403 Před měsícem +1

      @@upstagedbyadog I agree. Even Crusher made an appearance playing a bully , but I barely recognised him he'd lost that much weight

    • @upstagedbyadog
      @upstagedbyadog  Před měsícem +1

      @@michaelasroft3403 Very different, but still very menacing!

  • @barbaragolliday1531
    @barbaragolliday1531 Před rokem +1

    Great Job!! Thank you

  • @alansmith1989
    @alansmith1989 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Norman Clegg is a character who changed a lot more than most people realise. In the early episodes, he is both `sardonic` and even `insults` Nora Batty. He deliberately smokes in the Library and later threatens a young lad on a driving simulator. Compare this to the much later Norman Clegg, who is afraid of his own shadow, Marina, Howard`s `schemes, and absolutely anything that might involve `any` sort of risk. The Norman Clegg of the final season, bears only faint resemblance to how he started.

    • @upstagedbyadog
      @upstagedbyadog  Před 9 měsíci +1

      As Norman was literally there from start to finish he has a much bigger, and sometimes more obvious, character arc. I think some of the changes are just how a person develops over time - and some were side-effects of requirements for the stories. There are cultural changes: all of the original Trio smoked, and did so in the Library, there were even ashtrays in the café, it was the 1970s! We only knew Blamire for a short time, so we didn't get to see his development. Although Compo was around for over 20 years, he was fairly stable as the child-like layabout!

    • @alansmith1989
      @alansmith1989 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@upstagedbyadog It happens with `Soap` characters often. Start off with one persona; then over a few years metamorphose into another. The contrast in Norman Clegg can best be seen when the repeats (On Channel 20 freeview) get to the end of series 31, then we`re back to the early days. Norman in those- just so different (Certainly, to me) from who he eventually became.

  • @jessestreet2549
    @jessestreet2549 Před rokem +1

    i've watched every episode several times. as my own years advance i've begun to consider every character a friend. the joke are still funny, even though i know all the setups and punchlines.
    would it be possible to explain the differences in dialects in such a small town?

  • @FrancoiseBonnefoy1
    @FrancoiseBonnefoy1 Před rokem +1

    Oh this was so sweet. Many thanks.

  • @MagiTailWelkin
    @MagiTailWelkin Před 6 měsíci

    The girl interested in Norman Clegg in First of the Summer Wine was named Anita Pilsworth.

    • @upstagedbyadog
      @upstagedbyadog  Před 6 měsíci

      That is correct; but in Last of the Summer Wine her name is not mentioned, and the only girl Clegg mentions that could be the one that walked him home was Ruby Milburn in series 17 “Desperate for a Duffield”, written about 7 years after the prequel.

  • @giantputt7066
    @giantputt7066 Před rokem +2

    I thought Cleggy had a cousin

    • @upstagedbyadog
      @upstagedbyadog  Před rokem +1

      He does, but he is just a guest appearance in two episodes.

  • @mulberrybushfilmfan
    @mulberrybushfilmfan Před rokem

    What the Location of Cleggs First House the one with the Camping Equipment Outside? Cheers

    • @upstagedbyadog
      @upstagedbyadog  Před rokem +2

      Despite a lot of research, looking at maps and comparing what you can see in the show to houses in the area, there is no definitive answer. A lot of people do think it's the same house as the next few times we see Clegg's home, but it is clearly different. However I have not given up trying to find out!

    • @mulberrybushfilmfan
      @mulberrybushfilmfan Před rokem

      Looks Different to me. I was told it was behind the corner house cafe but not sure as I have never been to Holmfirth. Hoping to go either,later this year or next.

    • @upstagedbyadog
      @upstagedbyadog  Před rokem +1

      @@mulberrybushfilmfan Those people are mistaking it for the house used later that is in St Anne's Square. Wait for a later video to see it better!

    • @mulberrybushfilmfan
      @mulberrybushfilmfan Před rokem +1

      Will do Thank You

  • @markthomas9568
    @markthomas9568 Před rokem +2

    I loved the show growing up but never liked Howard and Marina.