Biography

Andrew Wilde was born on August 13, 1962 in Stepney, London, England, UK. He is an editor, known for Last of the Summer Wine (1973), Casualty (1986) and Britain's Favourite 70s Sitcoms (2023).

Son of actor, Brian Wilde and actress, Eva Stuart.

Last of the Summer Wine (1973) did I think finish up being the longest running comedy series in the World when it ended in 2010, and it was still pulling in strong viewing figures for the day then. My father was not involved throughout its run, as he finally departed in 1997. I do remember him liking the Loxley Lozenge episode.

I spoke to Peter Sallis a fair bit when visiting the set, he was always very kind and I remember had a very wry sense of humor.

As all the editing took place away from the location/studio I rarely worked directly with my father. However when we needed to re-record dialogue that was affected by intrusive background noise I was then involved in these post-sync recording sessions and then worked with him directly.

I started helping out in the film cutting room at BBC TV Centre where Last of the Summer Wine (1973) was edited and then a few months later began working as an assistant film editor in nearby Shepherd's Bush, at one of the edit facilities that took over-spill work from the BBC.

Robert Fyfe who played Howard was also great company and interested in what went on back in the edit room.