Last of the Summer Wine Barry trying to better himself (at the insistence of Glenda), and Tom trying to stay one step ahead of the repo man. "Last of the Summer Wine" is the longest-running comedy programme in Britain, and the longest running situation comedy in the world. Each series has between six and twelve episodes; most were thirty minutes in length, with some specials running longer. There were 295 episodes and 31 series between 1973 and 2010, counting the pilot, all episodes of the series, specials, and two films. In 1978, the BBC commissioned a "Last of the Summer Wine" Christmas special instead of
Four in the Morning (TV series) Four in the Morning (TV series) Four in the Morning is a Canadian television comedy-drama series, which premiered on CBC Television on August 26, 2016. Starring Lola Tash, Michelle Mylett, Daniel Maslany and Mazin Elsadig, the series focuses on four friends in their 20s who regularly get together at 4 a.m. The series was produced by Serendipity Point Films, on a low budget model of $300,000 per episode. The series was not renewed for a second season. Creator and show-runner Ira Parker wrote the pilot script, which was meant to feel like a play, when he was in grad school