the last of the summer wine finished on september 2014.
the last of the summer wine finished on september 2014.
when did the last of the summer wine finish?
september 2014
last of the summer wine is a british sitcom created and written by roy clarke and originally broadcast by the bbc from 1973 to 2010. it 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 directed all episodes of the show. the bbc confirmed on 2 june 2010 that "last of the summer wine" would no longer be produced and the 31st series would be its last. subsequently, the final episode was broadcast on 29 august 2010. since its original release, all 295 episodes, comprising thirty-one series — including the pilot and all films and specials — have been released on dvd. repeats of the show are broadcast in the uk on gold, yesterday, and drama. it is also seen in more than twenty-five countries, including various pbs stations in the united states and on visiontv in canada. "last of the summer wine" is the longest-running comedy programme in britain and the longest-running sitcom in the world.
last of the summer wine
a spin-off prequel show, "first of the summer wine", premiered on bbc1 in 1988. the new programme was written by roy clarke and used different actors to follow the activities of the principal characters from "last of the summer wine" in the months leading up to world war ii. unlike its mother show, "first of the summer wine" was not filmed in holmfirth. period music was used instead of ronnie hazlehurst's score to create a more world war ii era atmosphere. new supporting characters were added to those from "last of the summer wine". peter sallis and jonathan linsley were the only actors from the original series to appear in the spin-off: sallis played the father of his own character from the original show and linsley appeared during the second series as a different character.
last of the summer wine