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Last of the Summer Wine
Season 1
Last of the Summer Wine Series 1 & 2 DVD
No. of episodes6
Release
Original networkBBC1
Original release
  • Pilot:
    4 January 1973 (1973-01-04)
  • Series:
    12 November 1973 (1973-11-12)–17 December 1973 (1973-12-17)
Series chronology
Next →
2
List of episodes

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.[2]

The pilot episode, alternately known as "The Last of the Summer Wine" and "Of Funerals and Fish," originally premiered on the BBC's Comedy Playhouse on 4 January 1973 "The Last of the Summer Wine" was the first episode of that show's fourteenth series.[3] The pilot received a positive enough reaction that the BBC ordered a full series of episodes, premiering on 12 November 1973.[4]

Outline

The trio in this series consisted of:

Actor Role
Michael Bates Blamire
Bill Owen Compo
Peter Sallis Clegg

First appearances

Episodes

No. No. in
series		 Original title (top)
Alternative title (bottom)		 Original airdate Prod. code Disc
114011
(Pilot)		"The Last of the Summer Wine"
"Of Funerals and Fish"		4 January 1973 (1973-01-04)TBA4*
Compo, Clegg and Blamire go around town, discussing life and death, watching their fellow townspeople with their problems in the process.[5]
21"Short Back and Palais Glide"
"The Lost Key"		12 November 1973 (1973-11-12)LLC1042E1
32"Inventor of the 40-foot Ferret"
"Compo goes to Church"		19 November 1973 (1973-11-19)LLC1044S1
43"Paté and Chips"
"They don't make sandwiches like that any more"		26 November 1973 (1973-11-26)LLC1043Y1
54"Spring Fever"
"Compo's Suit"		3 December 1973 (1973-12-03)LLC1045L2
65"The New Mobile Trio"
"The 30s car"		10 December 1973 (1973-12-10)LLC1163H2
76"Hail Smiling Morn or Thereabouts"
"The Art of Photography"		17 December 1973 (1973-12-17)LLC1046F2

1Comedy Playhouse episode number.

DVD release

The first and second series were released by Universal Playback as a combined box set in September 2002. The pilot episode is not included and some episodes have been altered from their original broadcast, prompting criticism from the show's fan base, however a rerelease of the box set in 2011 had the altered episodes restored to original episodes, however the pilot still was not included in the rerelease. The pilot episode was released on the final boxset series 31 & 32 as an extra on disc four on 15 August 2016.[6]

The Complete Series 1 & 2
Set Details[7]
  • 13 episodes
  • 4-disc set
  • Language: English
Release Date
Region 2
2 September 2002

Notes

  1. ^ Bright and Ross (2000), pp. 165–167
  2. ^ Bright and Ross (2000), p. 164
  3. ^ Bright and Ross (2000), p. 16
  4. ^ Bright and Ross (2000), p. 17
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Bright and Ross 165 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Last of the Summer Wine Series 31 & 32 [DVD]". Amazon. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Last of the Summer Wine Series 1 & 2 [DVD]". Amazon. Retrieved 21 August 2016.

References

Bright, Morris; Robert Ross (2000). Last of the Summer Wine: The Finest Vintage. London: BBC Worldwide Ltd. ISBN 0-563-55151-8.

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