Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire Dales. They spend their days speculating about their fellow townsfolk and thinking up adventures not usually favored by the elderly. Last of the Summer Wine premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse in 1973. The show ran for 295 episodes until 2010. It is the longest running comedy Britain has produced and the longest running sitcom in the world.
Ti år er gået siden slutningen af Bakumatsu, en æra af krig, der oplevede borgernes oprør mod Tokugawa-shogunatet. De revolutionære ønskede at skabe en tid med fred og et blomstrende land fri for undertrykkelse. Meijis nye tidsalder er kommet, men fred er endnu ikke opnået. Sværd er forbudt, men folk myrdes stadig i gaderne. Forældreløse børn af krigsveteraner har ingen steder at tage hen, mens regeringen synes tilfreds med bare at fylde deres lommer med penge.