Last of the Summer Wine enjoyed the show. The programme was nominated for numerous awards and won the National Television Award for Most Popular Comedy Programme in 1999. There were twenty-one Christmas specials, three television films and a documentary film about the series. "Last of the Summer Wine" inspired other adaptations, including a television prequel, several novelisations, and stage adaptations. In 1972, Duncan Wood, the BBC's Head of Comedy, watched a comedy on television called "The Misfit". Impressed by writer Roy Clarke's ability to inject both comedy and drama into the sitcom, Wood offered Clarke the opportunity to write a sitcom. Clarke nearly turned the
Last of the Summer Wine (series 31) having a loyal fan base. To commemorate the show's final appearance, the BBC broadcast "Songs of Praise" from Holmfirth, and a special of "Countryfile" about Holmfirth and the surrounding area (where the series was primarily filmed). The "Countryfile" special aired on 25 July straight after the first episode of the final series. "Songs of Praise" from Holmfirth aired on 29 August, the day the last ever episode was broadcast. That final episode, "How Not to Cry at Weddings" was dubbed "The Very Last of the Summer Wine" in the "Radio Times" edition dated 28 August - 3 September 2010. That