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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...

seventh series originally aired on BBC One

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between 30 January 1983 and 6 March 1983. All episodes from this series 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 Sydney Lotterby

Sydney Lotterby

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The seventh series was released on DVD

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in region 2

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as a combined box set with series 8 on 3 March 2008.

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
The Frozen Turkey Man	30 January 1983	Compo and Clegg decide that Foggy needs a woman, and they persuade a barmaid that he is a Millionaire.	This episode had ratings of 15.95 million viewers, making it the 5th most watched program of the year.
The White Man's Grave	6 February 1983	Deciding that Wally needs a break from Nora, the trio decide to swap Clegg with Wally.
The Waist Land	13 February 1983	Foggy hits upon a money making idea - Selling junk food to people from the local health club.
Cheering Up Ludovic	20 February 1983	Ludovic has bought a tatty old van, but is too drunk to drive it. So it's up to Clegg to test drive it.
The Three Astaires	27 February 1983	Foggy volunteers the trio to help out at a church concert party, but Compo can't resist trying on a suit of armour
The Arts of Concealment	6 March 1983	Foggy demonstrates his army camouflage techniques, to the dismay of a group of cyclists.

Christmas specials 1983 - 1984

There was no regular series during 1984 other than a Christmas special; a full series resumed in 1985.

Title	Airdate	Description	Notes
Getting Sam Home	27 December 1983	The lads visit Sam in hospital, and agree to his request that he wants to spend one last night with his 'other woman', Lilly Bless'er. Unfortunately, while at Lily's, Sam passes away. It's up to Foggy, Compo and Clegg to get him back home in such a way that his wife Sybil thinks he died in his own bed.	This was a 90 minute special, a film made for television. This episode made television comedy history due to being the first comedy show on British tv to be longer than 60 mins. Shows such as Only Fools and Horses Only Fools and Horses Only Fools and Horses is a British sitcom, created and written by John Sullivan. Seven series were originally broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom between 1981 and 1991, with sporadic Christmas specials until 2003... would later follow suit. This was the first episode to have no laughter track. Based upon Roy Clarke's Last of the Summer Wine Novel. The title 'Getting Sam Home' is not given onscreen, but is used in all reference books and television listings. This was the final appearance of Sid. John Comer John Comer John Comer was a British actor best known for his comedy roles in the television series I Didn't Know You Cared, Last of the Summer Wine and All Our Saturdays.-Early life:... 's voice was affected by illness, and so his lines were dubbed over by another actor, Tony Melody. Comer died 6 weeks after the broadcast. This is the second occasion when the title music, with added lyrics, was sung by a choir. First appearance of Ken Kitson Ken Kitson Kenneth "Ken" Kitson is a British actor who has been active on British television since the early 1970s.... playing a policeman. Norris Fairburn played by David Williams appears in this episode, then reprises his role in "Will Stella Find True Love with Norris Fairburn?" in the 2009 Last of the Summer Wine (series 30) Last of the Summer Wine (series 30) Last of the Summer Wine's thirtieth series originally aired 19th April 2009. All eleven episodes in series thirty were thirty minutes in length. A New Years Special aired on 31 December 2008. All of the episodes were written by Roy Clarke and directed by Alan J. W... , 26 years later. Included on the Series 7 & 8 boxset.
The Loxely Lozenge	30 December 1984	Wesley needs some help. He's found an old racing car, and wants the lads to help him get it back home.	First appearance of Crusher, however his introduction appears in the next series. Note that, for unexplained reasons, in some airings of this episode, Jonathan Linsley's appearance as Crusher has been edited out. Included on the Series 7 & 8 boxset.

DVD release

The box set for series 7 and 8 was released by Universal Playback

Universal Playback

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in March 2008.

The Complete Series 7 & 8
Set Details
15 episodes 3-disc set Language: English
Release Date
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3 March 2008

External links

Series 7 at TV.com
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Series 7 at the Internet Movie Database
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