Series: 12 November 1973 (1973-11-12)–17 December 1973 (1973-12-17)
Additional information
Filming dates
Pilot: 1972
Series 1: 1973
Series chronology
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List of episodes
Last of the Summer Wine's first series originally aired on BBC1 between 4 January 1973 and 17 December 1973.[1] All episodes from this series were written by Roy Clarke and produced and directed by James Gilbert.[2]
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.[3] The pilot received a positive enough reaction that the BBC ordered a full series of episodes, premiering on 12 November 1973.[4]
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