Last of the Summer Wine Last of the Summer Wine Last of the Summer Wine is a British sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke and originally broadcast by the BBC from 1973 to 2010. It premiered as an episode of "Comedy Playhouse" on 4 January 1973, and the first series of episodes followed on 12 November 1973. From 1983 to 2010, Alan J. W. Bell produced and directed all episodes of the show. The BBC confirmed on 2 June 2010 that "Last of the Summer Wine" would no longer be produced and the 31st series would be its last. Subsequently, the final episode was
Broadcast to the Empire Broadcast to the Empire Broadcast to the Empire is the fourth (and final) Christmas Night with the Stars sketch of the British television comedy series "Dad's Army" that was originally transmitted on Monday 25 December 1972. A full-length radio version was also made, entitled "Ten Seconds From Now" (This was the last radio episode made). The platoon are very excited as they have been chosen to take part in the BBC Radio Christmas Broadcast "To Absent Friends", in which they are due to perform a short dramatised presentation about their duty as members of the Home Guard, just before The