A quiet start to the weekend at "Riverbend" with the sort of grey and overcast weather so often seen in "Last of the Summer Wine", the longest-running British sitcom set in Yorkshire created and written by Roy Clarke and originally broadcast by the BBC from 1973 to 2010.
After all the blood and murder in "Death in Paradise" and "Midsummer Murders" - not to mention the recently binge-watched "NCIS" which I had never heard of until Padma introduced me to it - "Last of the Summer Wine" brings a layer of calmness and contentment to life which is sometimes hard to find these days. Add all that beautiful scenery, and you have a masterpiece. Whenever I watch this show, it makes the world a gentler and simpler place. As Clegg remarks, "Suddenly, life is like first-class mail. There doesn't seem to be any urgency anymore."
There are quite a few of the altogether 295 episodes of "Last of the Summer Wine" on YouTube, although not all of the finest vintage, and you may prefer to buy your own DVDs - or do as I did and track them down at your local Vinnies where I found the complete series 11 and 12.
And then there are the books that take you behind the scenes: "Last of the summer wine : the inside story of the world's longest-running comedy programme"; "Last of the summer wine - the finest vintage"; and "Last of the Summer Wine - The best scenes, jokes and one-liners"
Here again is the famous theme song. You are allowed to sing along!
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