Last of the Summer Wine (series 8) Last of the Summer Wine (series 8) Last of the Summer Wine's eighth series originally aired on BBC1 between 30 December 1984 and 17 March 1985. All episodes from this series were written by Roy Clarke and produced and directed by Alan J. W. Bell. The eighth series was released on DVD in region 2 as a combined box set with series 7 on 3 March 2008. The trio in this series consisted of: Crusher "Milburn" (1984-1987) Howard (1985-2010) Pearl (1985-2010) Marina (1985-2010) Foggy (1976-1985, 1990-1997) Christmas Special (1984) Regular series The box set for series 7 and 8 was
Last of the Summer Wine (series 9) (1986) Regular series Christmas Special (1987) When recordings were "repackaged" for overseas sale, UK series 9 (12 episodes) was split into "Season 9" and "Season 10" (each of 6 episodes), with all subsequent "seasons" being renumbered accordingly. As a result, (for example) "Series 27" in the UK may be referred to as "Season 28" in the USA. The box set for series nine was released by Universal Playback in May 2008, mislabelled as a box set for series 9 & 10. Last of the Summer Wine (series 9) Last of the Summer Wine's ninth series originally aired on BBC1 between