aimed at a younger audience, but the show remained too popular for cancellation; even repeats received ratings of as much as five million viewers per episode. The show came 14th in a high-profile 2004 BBC poll to find Britain's Best Sitcom, and was praised for portraying older people in a non-stereotypical, positive, and active manner. It was also praised for its clever and at times philosophical writing, and for being a family-friendly show.Last of the Summer Wine'' was nominated numerous times for two British television industry awards. The show was proposed five times between 1973 and 1985 for the British Academy Film Awards, twice for the Best Situation Comedy Series award (in 1973 and 1979) and three times for the Best Comedy Series award (in 1982, 1983, and 1985). The show was also considered for the National Television Awards four times since 1999 (in 1999, 2000, 2003, and 2004), each time in the Most Popular Comedy Programme category. In 1999 the show won the National Television Award for Most Popular Comedy Programme. See also List of British comedy series by episode count List of longest-running TV shows by category Yorkshire dialect Notes References External links Last of the Summer Wine at Drama Last of the Summer Wine at Gold 1973 British television series debuts 2010 British television series endings 1970s British sitcoms 1980s British sitcoms 1990s British sitcoms 2000s British sitcoms 2010s British sitcoms BBC television sitcoms Comedy Playhouse English-language television shows Fictional trios Holmfirth Television series about old age Television series produced at Pinewood Studios Television shows set in West Yorkshire Television shows set in Yorkshire Television series by BBC Studios Television shows adapted into novels Television shows filmed in the United Kingdom