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 score for each episode until his death in 2007, Hazlehurst spent an average of ten hours per episode watching scenes and making notes for music synchronisation. Hazlehurst then recorded the music using an orchestra consisting of a guitar, harmonica, two violins, a viola, cello, accordion, horn, bass, flute, and percussion. The distinctive harmonica was played by Harry Pitch, who had featured in the 1970 one-hit-wonder "Groovin With Mr Bloe". Despite numerous cast and production changes over the years, "Last of the Summer Wine" continued to be popular with viewers and was renewed year after year despite reports to the contrary.