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 Black Adder (pilot episode) the location filming of the first series, being instead all shot on interior sets, again in a similar fashion to the second series onwards of "Blackadder". In 2010, "The Guardian" reflected on this, noting that it was "an interesting example of getting it right first time": The episode has not been broadcast on television, nor is it available on DVD, although some scenes were featured in the 25th anniversary special "Blackadder Rides Again". However, various bootleg copies exist and footage is often seen online. The Black Adder (pilot episode) The Black Adder is the unaired pilot episode of the BBC