Last of the Summer Wine

Season 1

Last of the Summer Wine's first series originally aired on BBC1 between 12 November 1973 and 17 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 at 8:00 p.m. "The Last of the Summer Wine" was the first episode of that show's fourteenth series. The pilot warranted a positive enough that the BBC ordered a full series of episodes which premiered on 12 November 1973.

The first series was released on DVD in region 2 as a combined box set with series 2 on 2 September 2002.
7 Episodes
  • Of Funerals and Fish (pilot)
    E1
    Of Funerals and Fish (pilot)Episode 1
  • Short Back And Palais Glide
    E2
    Short Back And Palais GlideEpisode 2
  • Inventor Of The 40-Foot Ferret
    E3
    Inventor Of The 40-Foot FerretEpisode 3
  • Pâté And Chips
    E4
    Pâté And ChipsEpisode 4
  • Spring Fever
    E5
    Spring FeverEpisode 5
  • The New Mobile Trio
    E6
    The New Mobile TrioEpisode 6
  • Hail Smiling Morn Or Thereabouts
    E7
    Hail Smiling Morn Or ThereaboutsEpisode 7
Cast of Season 1
  • Peter SallisClegg
  • Bill OwenCompo
  • Michael BatesCyril Blamire
  • Jane FreemanIvy
  • John ComerSid

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