Last of the Summer Wine (series 5) on DVD in region 2 as a combined box set with series 6 on 5 March 2007. The trio in this series consisted of: Regular series Christmas Special (1979) The box set for series 5 and 6 was released by Universal Playback in March 2007. Last of the Summer Wine (series 5) Last of the Summer Wine's fifth series originally aired on BBC1 between 18 September and 30 October 1979. All episodes from this series were written by Roy Clarke and produced and directed by Sydney Lotterby. The fifth series was something of a departure; it was the first to
Last of the Summer Wine of episodes following the 30th series and their indecision regarding a possible one-off special. However, on 26 June 2009, the BBC announced that it had recommissioned the show for a 31st series with Bell continuing as producer and director. Composer and conductor Ronnie Hazlehurst, who also produced themes for such series as "Are You Being Served?", "Yes Minister", and "Only Fools and Horses", created the theme for the show. The BBC initially disliked Hazlehurst's theme, feeling it was not proper for a comedy programme to have such mellow music. He was asked to play the music faster for more comedic