Roy Clarke

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Open All Hours: Inside Out TrailerComedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances TrailerLast Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs Trailer

Royston Clarke OBE, usually known as Roy Clarke, is an English comedy writer best known for creating the sitcoms Last of the Summer Wine, Keeping Up Appearances, Open All Hours and its sequel series, Still Open All Hours.

Most Popular Roy Clarke Trailers

Total trailers found: 16

Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs Trailer (2022)

05 March 2022

This new special reveals the secrets of the long-running sitcom's extraordinary success. Helped by former cast and crew members, families of the stars no longer with us, and celebrity fans, we learn the secrets of this comedy classic and get to see previously unseen interviews and rare behind-the-scenes archive footage.

Will Amelia Quint Continue Writing 'A Gnome Called Shorthouse'? Trailer (1971)

29 September 1971

They write so many innocent words, but what are the authors of your children's stories really like?

Hawks Trailer (1988)

05 August 1988

Two terminally ill patients in a hospital yearn for relief from their predicament. With little or no friends, they form an uneasy alliance and plot an escape for one last wild time.

The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket Trailer (1997)

20 May 1997

Daisy and Onslow find the secret diary of Hyacinth and start reading in it. The rest of this TV-special are clips from prevous episodes.

Rosebud Trailer (1975)

24 March 1975

In a bold coup a Palestinian terrorist group captures the yacht Rosebud and kidnaps the millionaires five daughters on it.

The Bass Player and the Blonde Trailer (1977)

14 June 1977

George Mangham is a former composer and bass player in a band struggling for money. Stuck in an engagement with Mrs Merino, a wealthy older woman, while on the run and owing money to gangsters who are after him for debts he owes them, life is not great for George.

A Foreign Field Trailer (1993)

10 September 1993

Nostalgic comic drama in which Cyril and Amos, two veterans of the Normandy landings, return to France to visit the grave of their wartime buddy.

Young Hyacinth Trailer (2016)

02 September 2016

Set in the 1950s, this prequel to Keeping Up Appearances looks at the life, relationships, and aspirations of 18-year-old Hyacinth.

Getting Sam Home Trailer (1983)

27 December 1983

Three old chums agree to take the ailing Sam on one last trip to see his flousy girl-friend, Lily Bless Her, in the middle of the night.

Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances Trailer (2023)

14 January 2023

Keeping Up Appearances remains one of Britain's best loved series. Running for 5 years throughout the 90s, millions of viewers tuned in to watch the delightfully monstrous Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced Bouquet) as she attempted to climb the social ladder, only to be endlessly let down by her family.

That Sinking Feeling Trailer (1973)

13 November 1973

At the gathering of a North Country wedding, the prospective husband starts to have doubts about going ahead as he observes what marriage has done to the guests.

Cry of the Innocent Trailer (1980)

15 June 1980

An American insurance executive, who sees his wife and children die when a plane crashes into their vacation cottage on the Irish coast, uncovers a series of suspicious clues indicating that it was no accident after a pretty financial reporter who resembles his dead wife turns up.

The World of Eddie Weary Trailer (1990)

01 January 1990

Alex Conway is an actor who plays the part of 'Eddie Weary', a sympathetic, down-at-heel, shabby, Northern, working-class private detective, in a TV show.

Open All Hours: Inside Out Trailer (2026)

07 May 2026

Retrospective celebrating the shop sitcom, including a new short scene starring David Jason. Also features Diane Morgan, Johnny Vegas, Tim Healy and Charlotte Barker.

The Funny Side of Christmas Trailer (1982)

27 December 1982

Skits from: "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"; "The Les Dawson Show"; "Yes Minister"; "Only Fools and Horses"; "Three of a Kind"; "Last of the Summer Wine"; "Sorry!"; "Butterflies"; "Smith and Jones"; and "Open All Hours".

The Chemist Trailer (1990)

22 April 1990

Vernon Duxley, a Yorkshire chemist, confesses the traumatic, intimate secrets of his marital life to his video camera.