List of Last of the Summer Wine episodes

The following is an episode list for the long-running BBC One sitcom Last of the Summer Wine which was broadcast from 4 January 1973 to 29 August 2010.

Overview

The pilot episode aired as an episode of Comedy Playhouse on 4 January 1973 and the first full series of episodes premiered on 12 November the very same year. The 31st series started broadcasting on 25 July 2010. Every episode was written by Roy Clarke.
As of 29 August 2010, a total of 295 episodes of Last of the Summer Wine have aired. This includes the Comedy Playhouse pilot, twenty-four Christmas Specials, three New Year Specials and a Millennium Special. Some of these have been regular episodes, others have been dedicated festive stories. Some of these specials have also been feature-length. All episodes are 30 minutes long, unless otherwise stated.

Series overview

Episodes

Series 1 (1973)

The pilot episode, known as either "The Last of the Summer Wine" or "Of Funerals and Fish", which originally premiered on the BBC's Comedy Playhouse, was included as a special feature on the Series 31 & 32 disc 4 which was released on 15 August 2016.

Series 9 (1986–1987)

Series 17 (1995)

Series 25 (2003–2004)

Series 26 (2004–2005)

Episodes in Series 26 were broadcast out of sequence. "Who's That Mouse in the Poetry Group?" was due to be broadcast on 3 April 2005, but was postponed to 17 April 2005, due to a last-minute schedule change. "Hermione " was broadcast as originally planned on 10 April 2005, as the TV listings magazines had already been published for that week's programmes.