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
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