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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 116281" data-attributes="member: 23">Series Eight is well underway. Summer Wine is now part of the pattern of my day - with at least one episode per day. And a very enjoyable part it is, too.John Comer&#039;s Sid has disappeared. A little Googling tells me he&#039;d died between series and the character is mentioned as having died some years later. He&#039;s a great loss to the series as I very much enjoyed his character&#039;s collusion with the trio and the sparring between Sid and Ivy. He&#039;s been replaced by Ivy&#039;s nephew, Crusher who is likeable enough but also very much a caricature in comparison. Crusher is bringing out some interesting new colours in Ivy, but the series has lost a special something with Sid. I still have Sid&#039;s last episode to watch, and Crusher&#039;s first since the two specials with these milestones have again been placed, non-consecutively, at the end of Series Seven and Eight.Other new arrivals are milquetoast Howard, his mousy wife Pearl and the object of his affection, the brassy Marina. Even just two appearances in, the new characters are already working well and the dynamic an established one, right down to Marina&#039;s barely concealed desire for &quot;Norman Clegg as was&quot;.Brian Glover - among other things the voice of Tetley and Hovis - fitted in very well in his one-off episode.I&#039;m laughing out loud regularly. The Mysterious Feet Of Nora Batty tickled me more than most - particularly the ladder stunt at the end which I didn&#039;t see coming. The physical comedy is a very enjoyable part of this series, and even accounting for the occasional stunt person, the three leads seem to throw themselves wholeheartedly into whatever needs doing.The scenery in the series seems to get more stunningly beautiful with each passing episode. Based on it I&#039;m hoping to visit Holmfirth later in the year, since it&#039;s a part of Yorkshire I&#039;ve never been to.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 116281, member: 23"] Series Eight is well underway. [I]Summer Wine [/I]is now part of the pattern of my day - with at least one episode per day. And a very enjoyable part it is, too. John Comer's Sid has disappeared. A little Googling tells me he'd died between series and the character is mentioned as having died some years later. He's a great loss to the series as I very much enjoyed his character's collusion with the trio and the sparring between Sid and Ivy. He's been replaced by Ivy's nephew, Crusher who is likeable enough but also very much a caricature in comparison. Crusher is bringing out some interesting new colours in Ivy, but the series has lost a special something with Sid. I still have Sid's last episode to watch, and Crusher's first since the two specials with these milestones have again been placed, non-consecutively, at the end of Series Seven and Eight. Other new arrivals are milquetoast Howard, his mousy wife Pearl and the object of his affection, the brassy Marina. Even just two appearances in, the new characters are already working well and the dynamic an established one, right down to Marina's barely concealed desire for "Norman Clegg as was". Brian Glover - among other things the voice of Tetley and Hovis - fitted in very well in his one-off episode. I'm laughing out loud regularly. [I]The Mysterious Feet Of Nora Batty [/I]tickled me more than most - particularly the ladder stunt at the end which I didn't see coming. The physical comedy is a very enjoyable part of this series, and even accounting for the occasional stunt person, the three leads seem to throw themselves wholeheartedly into whatever needs doing. The scenery in the series seems to get more stunningly beautiful with each passing episode. Based on it I'm hoping to visit Holmfirth later in the year, since it's a part of Yorkshire I've never been to. [/QUOTE]

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