Last of the Summer Wine (series 1) Last of the Summer Wine (series 1) Last of the Summer Wine's first series originally aired on BBC1 between 4 January 1973 and 29 December 1973. All episodes from this series were written by Roy Clarke and produced and directed by James Gilbert. The pilot episode, alternately known as "The Last of the Summer Wine" and "Of Funerals and Fish," originally premiered on the BBC's "Comedy Playhouse" on 4 January 1973 "The Last of the Summer Wine" was the first episode of that show's fourteenth series. The pilot received a positive enough reaction that the BBC ordered a full series
The Saint in New York to the character of Inspector Fernack; the spelling of his name was changed to Farnack and remained so for all future film appearances. In 1987, a television pilot for a potential new "Saint" TV series was broadcast on CBS. Entitled "The Saint in Manhattan", the pilot was not directly based upon the novel but did feature the character of Inspector Farnack. A copy of the novel "The Saint in New York" was featured prominently in an episode of the Canadian sitcom "Corner Gas" in 2004. In the episode "Comedy Night", the show's lead character, Brent Leroy, attempts to sway a