Last of the Summer Wine (series 1) episodes, however the pilot still was not included in the re-release. The pilot episode was released on the final boxset series 31 & 32 as an extra on disc four on 15 August 2016. 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
In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great series was directed by David Wallace. Episode one: Son of God Macedonia to Turkey First broadcast 14 July 1998 Episode two: Lord of Asia Zagros to Persepolis First broadcast 21 July 1998 Episode three: Across the Hindu Kush The golden road to Samarkand First broadcast 28 July 1998 Episode four: To The Ends of the Earth Pakistan to Babylon First broadcast 4 August 1998 In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great was a BBC documentary television series first shown during 1998. It was written and presented by British historian and broadcaster Michael Wood.