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
The World of Wodehouse The World of Wodehouse The World of Wodehouse was a comedy television series, based on the "Blandings Castle" and "Ukridge" comedy stories by P. G. Wodehouse. The series, which followed "The World of Wooster", was shown on BBC Television during 1967 ("Blandings Castle", 6 episodes) and 1968 ("Ukridge", 7 episodes). Apart from one or more extracts from a solitary episode of "Blandings Castle" ("Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend") broadcast in February 1967 all episodes of both series are lost. (See Wiping.) "The World of Wodehouse" was created as a result of the success of "The World of Wooster". Michael