<P> In 2010, it was announced that long - time supporting cast members Ken Kitson and Louis Emerick would spin their characters off into their own stage adaptation, titled An Arresting Night . Kitson and Emerick, who appeared together on Last of the Summer Wine as Police Constables Cooper and Walsh from 2003 to 2010, reprised their roles in an improvised stage play . While some elements of the series will be used, the majority of the play was improvised, with Kitson and Emerick each deriving their cues of what to do from the audience . The play was successfully performed in Holmfirth, after which dates were announced in Emerick's hometown on the Wirral Peninsula . </P> <P> Coronet Books released a novelisation of Last of the Summer Wine in 1974 . Written by Roy Clarke as an unbroadcast original story, the novel featured Compo, Clegg and Blamire helping their friend, Sam, enjoy one last night with a glam girl . The book became the basis for the Last of the Summer Wine film, "Getting Sam Home", with Blamire being replaced by Foggy . In the late 1980s, Roy Clarke wrote novels featuring Compo, Clegg and Seymour . The books were published by Penguin Books under the series heading Summer Wine Chronicles, and included such titles as Gala Week and The Moonbather . Clarke later adapted The Moonbather into a stage play . </P> <P> In the early 1980s, a daily comic strip based on the show was drawn by Roger Mahoney and appeared in the Daily Star . A compilation of these strips, published by Express Books, was released in 1983 . </P> <P> In 1993, the Summer Wine Appreciation Society asked their members for their favourite musical themes from Last of the Summer Wine . Ronnie Hazlehurst used the resulting list for an independently released CD collection, which was released under the name Last of the Summer Wine: Music from the TV Show . BBC Radio released audio - only versions of episodes starting in 1995 . Peter Sallis provided narration to compensate for the loss of the televised visual elements . All twelve audio episodes were released in CD format . </P>

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