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Last of the Summer Wine is a British sitcom set in Yorkshire created and written by Roy Clarke and originally broadcast by the BBC from 1973 to 2010. It premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse on 4 January 1973, and the first series of episodes followed on 12 November 1973.
As of 29 August 2010 (the very last day of transmission), a total of 295 episodes of Last of the Summer Wine have aired. This includes the Comedy Playhouse pilot, twenty-four Christmas Specials, three New Year Specials and a Millennium Special (but not the short Christmas sketch, a comedy trial or the 25 Year and 30 Year Documentaries). Some of ...
While Aldridge played Seymour, actor Paul McLain played the younger version of the same character in First of the Summer Wine. When Aldridge left the series in 1990 for personal reasons, Seymour was last seen leaving on a bus to take up a new job as interim headmaster at a private school—just as Foggy returned. [7]
Last of the Summer Wine 's first series originally aired on BBC1 between 4 January 1973 and 17 December 1973. [1] All episodes from this series were written by Roy Clarke and produced and directed by James Gilbert.
Last of the Summer Wine's twelfth series aired on BBC1.All of the episodes were written by Roy Clarke and produced and directed by Alan J. W. Bell.. With the departure of Michael Aldridge who had left to nurse his ill wife, the character of Foggy Dewhurst returned to the fold.
Last of the Summer Wine's fourteenth series aired on BBC1 in 1992. All of the episodes were written by Roy Clarke and produced and directed by Alan J. W. Bell.. This was the first series to be shot entirely on film, although the complete episode was still assembled on videotape.
Title Airdate Description Notes Jurassic – No Parking 8 February Barry wins a contest and receives more prize than Glenda can handle. From this episode onward (until the end), Norman Clegg is given gradually reduced roles due to Peter Sallis' health; however, he occasionally has slightly larger roles.
[1] [7] Songs of Praise from Holmfirth aired on 29 August, the day the last ever episode was broadcast. [8] That final episode, "How Not to Cry at Weddings", was dubbed "The Very Last of the Summer Wine" in the Radio Times edition dated 28 August – 3 September 2010. However, that title modification was not used when the episode was transmitted.