Last of the Summer Wine series 1
Season of television series
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The first series of Last of the Summer Wine originally aired on BBC1 between 4 January 1973 and 17 December 1973.[1] All episodes were written by Roy Clarke, and produced and directed by James Gilbert.[2]
- Pilot:
4 January 1973 - Series:
12 November 1973–17 December 1973
- Pilot: 1972
- Series 1: 1973
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Last of the Summer Wine Series 1 & 2 DVD | |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
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| Original network | BBC1 |
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The pilot episode, alternatively 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 thirteenth 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 |
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| Michael Bates | Blamire |
| Bill Owen | Compo |
| Peter Sallis | Clegg |
First appearances
- Compo Simmonite (1973–2000)
- Norman Clegg (1973–2010)
- Cyril Blamire (1973–1975)
- Sid (1973–1983)
- Ivy (1973–2010)
- Nora Batty (1973–2001, 2003–2008)
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | ||||||||
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| Comedy Playhouse pilot | ||||||||||||
| 1 | "Of Funerals and Fish" | James Gilbert | Roy Clarke | 4 January 1973 | ||||||||
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| 2 | "Short Back and Palais Glide" | James Gilbert | Roy Clarke | 12 November 1973 | ||||||||
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At the library, Clegg and Blamire turn Compo upside down to rid him of evil spirits and are thrown out by Mr Wainwright. | ||||||||||||
| 3 | "Inventor of the Forty Foot Ferret" | James Gilbert | Roy Clarke | 19 November 1973 | ||||||||
| 4 | "Pâté and Chips" | James Gilbert | Roy Clarke | 26 November 1973 | ||||||||
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The trio decide to visit a local stately home with Compo's nephew, Chip, and his family. | ||||||||||||
| 5 | "Spring Fever" | James Gilbert | Roy Clarke | 3 December 1973 | ||||||||
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Nora Batty is panic-stricken when Compo cleans his house rather than go to the library with Clegg and Blamire. | ||||||||||||
| 6 | "The New Mobile Trio" | James Gilbert | Roy Clarke | 10 December 1973 | ||||||||
| 7 | "Hail Smiling Morn or Thereabouts" | James Gilbert | Roy Clarke | 17 December 1973 | ||||||||
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Blamire decides to take up photography and Clegg suggests they camp out and photograph the sunrise. | ||||||||||||
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 re-release of the box set in 2011 had the altered episodes restored to original episodes, but the pilot was still not included. The pilot episode was released on the final boxset series 31 & 32 as an extra on disc four on 15 August 2016.[5]
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| 2 September 2002 | ||
