Last of the Summer Wine (series 13) on videotape (with credit and title captions being added during this stage) until the 1995 series. The trio in this series consisted of: 'Regular series Christmas Special (1991) The box set for series thirteen was released by Universal Playback in December 2008, mislabelled as a box set for series 13 & 14. Last of the Summer Wine (series 13) The Last of the Summer Wines thirteenth series aired on BBC1. All of the episodes were written by Roy Clarke and produced and directed by Alan J. W. Bell. Notably, this series of the show was shot entirely on videotape. Prior
Last of the Summer Wine hated this at first and insisted that it remain a temporary working title, while the cast worried that viewers would forget the name of the show. The working title was changed later to "The Library Mob", a reference to one of the trio's regular haunts early in the show. Clarke switched back to his original preference shortly before production began, a title that was shortened to "Last of the Summer Wine" after the pilot show. "The Last of the Summer Wine" premiered as an episode of BBC's "Comedy Playhouse" on 4 January 1973. The pilot, "Of Funerals and Fish", received