Last of the Summer Wine's first series originally aired on BBC1 between 12 November 1973 and 17 December 1973. All episodes from this series were written by Roy Clarke and produced and directed by James Gilbert.
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 at 8:00 p.m. "The Last of the Summer Wine" was the first episode of that show's fourteenth series. The pilot warranted a positive enough that the BBC ordered a full series of episodes which premiered on 12 November 1973.
The first series was released on DVD in region 2 as a combined box set with series 2 on 2 September 2002.
Release Date
Jan 4, 1973
Episodes
7 episodes
EPISODES
2
Short Back And Palais Glide
Nov 12, 1973
3
Inventor Of The 40-Foot Ferret
Nov 19, 1973
4
Pâté And Chips
Nov 26, 1973
5
Spring Fever
Dec 3, 1973
6
The New Mobile Trio
Dec 10, 1973
7
Hail Smiling Morn Or Thereabouts
Dec 17, 1973
1
Of Funerals and Fish (pilot)
Jan 4, 1973
Details
Language
English
Country
Production
Companies
Network
Metadata
TMDB ID
12467