Last of the Summer Wine Last of the Summer Wine 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
Last of the Summer Wine (series 3) play this role twice: between 1976 and 1985 and then again from 1990 until 1997, when he was forced to leave due to health problems. The third series was released on DVD in region 2 as a combined box set with series 4 on 26 July 2004. A box set featuring just series 3 was released for region 1 on 11 March 2008. The trio in this series consisted of: Foggy (1976-1985, 1990-1997) Gordon Simmonite (1976) (Only made a few appearances in this series) Miss Moody (1976) (Only series this character appeared in) Big Malcolm Simmonite (Only series this character