The Last of the Summer Wine

Last of the Summer Wine

Last of the Summer Wine is a British sitcom written by Roy Clarke that was broadcast on BBC One. Last of the Summer Wine premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse on 4 January 1973 and the first series of episodes followed on 12 November 1973. From 1983 to 2010, Alan J. W. Bell produced and...

s thirteenth series aired on BBC One

BBC One

BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...

. All of the episodes were written by Roy Clarke

Roy Clarke

Roy Clarke OBE is an English comedy writer.-Career:Clarke is best known for creating BBC Sitcoms; Last of the Summer Wine, Open All Hours and Keeping Up Appearances...

 and produced and directed by Alan J. W. Bell

Alan J. W. Bell

Alan J. W. Bell is a British television producer and director. He has produced and/or directed many BBC series since the early 1970s, most notably Last of the Summer Wine, Ripping Yarns and the TV adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy...

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Notably, this series of the show was shot entirely on videotape. Prior to this, the show had used videotape for studio scenes and film for location footage. From the following series until 2004, the show moved to being shot entirely on film.

Outline

The trio in this series consisted of:

Actor	Role
Bill Owen	Compo
Peter Sallis Peter Sallis Peter Sallis, OBE is an English actor and entertainer, well-known for his work on British television. Although he was born and brought up in London, his two most notable roles require him to adopt the accents and mannerisms of a Northerner.Sallis is best known for his role as the main character...	Clegg
Brian Wilde Brian Wilde Brian George Wilde was an English actor, best known for his roles in television comedy, including Mr Barrowclough in Porridge and "Foggy" Dewhurst in Last of the Summer Wine...	Foggy

List of episodes

Title	Airdate	Description	Notes
Quick, Quick, Slow	18 October	Nora has taken Smiler in as her lodger, and Compo is depressed about it.
Give Us a Lift	25 October	Compo is convinced the hills are getting steeper, so Foggy invents a chair lift.
Was That Nora Batty Singing?	1 November	Compo believes he can hear Nora singing, and is convinced that she and Smiler are having an affair.
Cash Flow Problems	8 November	Compo is skint, but remembers that he's owed money from an old schoolfriend, so the trio set off to track him down.
Passing the Earring	15 November	Howard asks Clegg if he can return an earring to Marina.
Pole Star	29 November	Compo is depressed because he's too short to help Nora hang her washing line, but Foggy suggests that she'd be impressed if he could vault up onto the wall.

Christmas episode 1991

Title	Airdate	Description	Notes
Situation Vacant	22 December	Foggy decides to start up a motorbike courier service.	Tom Owen guest stars in this episode as a different character, before returning as Tom Simmonite 9 years later. Last episode to use the video tape effect. From the next series onward the film effect returns but this time it is shot entirely on film. This was the last episode to be recorded at BBC Television Centre.