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Reviews"Alan produced and directed Last of the Summer Wine for 29 years, and his account of that time is a MUST READ for all Summer Wine Lovers. Alan's knowledgeable direction and ability to discover so many beautiful locations in Yorkshire created a great atmosphere in which to work." -- June Whitfield, Alan produced and directed Last of the Summer Wine for 29 years, and his account of that time is a MUST READ for all Summer Wine Lovers. Alan's knowledgeable direction and ability to discover so many beautiful locations in Yorkshire created a great atmosphere in which to work. -- June Whitfield
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SynopsisRoy Clarke's Last of the Summer Wine was the longest running TV comedy series in the world, largely due to the passion, dedication and creativity of its producer/director - ALAN J W BELL. It has been broadcast in the United States on PBS for years and has become one of PBS' most successful British programs. In this book, Alan takes us on the set and into the studio to get up close and personal with the series and its actors. You will laugh out loud, cry in places and also guffaw as your jaw drops at reading these astonishing anecdotes, all told as only Alan can - from the inside Last of the Summer Wine - From the Director's Chair provides a powerful critique of BBC management style from the man who was the very last in the long line of traditional comedy producer/directors who made programs with little or no executive interference. The series is finished, but in this memoir we can still relive that little bit of Yorkshire held so dear to the viewing public., Roy Clarke's Last of the Summer Wine was the longest running TV comedy series in the world, largely due to the passion, dedication and creativity of its producer/director - ALAN J W BELL. It has been broadcast in the United States on PBS for years and has become one of PBS' most successful British programs. In this book, Alan takes us on the set and into the studio to get up close and personal with the series and its actors. You will laugh out loud, cry in places and also guffaw as your jaw drops at reading these astonishing anecdotes, all told as only Alan can - from the inside! Last of the Summer Wine - From the Director's Chair provides a powerful critique of BBC management style from the man who was the very last in the long line of traditional comedy producer/directors who made programs with little or no executive interference. The series is finished, but in this memoir we can still relive that little bit of Yorkshire held so dear to the viewing public.