Last of the Summer Wine (series 4)

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Last of the Summer Wine Series 4

Last of the Summer Wine Series 3 & 4 DVD
Series Last of the Summer Wine
Country of origin UK
Network BBC One
Original run 9 November 1977 –
4 January 1978
No. of episodes 8
DVD release date 26 July 2004 (Boxset)
Previous season 3
Next season 5

Last of the Summer Wine's fourth series originally aired on BBC One between 9 November 1977 and 4 January 1978.[1] All episodes from this series were written by Roy Clarke and produced and directed by Sydney Lotterby.[2]

The fourth series was released on DVD in region 2 as a combined box set with series 3 on 26 July 2004. A box set featuring just series 4 will be released for region 1 on 9 September 2008.

Contents

[edit] List of episodes

# Original title Original airdate Prod. code
21 - 401 "Ferret Come Home"  9 November 1977 LLCF952J
[3] 
22 - 402 "Getting on Sidney's Wire"  16 November 1977 LLCF951P
[4] 
23 - 403 "Jubilee"  23 November 1977 LLCF953D
[5] 
24 - 404 "Flower Power Cut"  30 November 1977 LLCF955R
[6] 
25 - 405 "Who's Made a Bit of a Splash in Wales Then?"  7 December 1977 LLCF956K
[7] 
26 - 406 "Greenfingers"  14 December 1977 LLCF957E
[8] 
27 - 407 "A Merry Heatwave"  1 January 1978 LLC1504K
[9] 
28 - 408 "The Bandit from Stoke-On-Trent"  4 January 1978 LLCF954X
[10] 
Special - S1 "Small Tune on a Penny Wassail"  26 December 1978 LLC1575S
[11] 

[edit] DVD release

The box set for series 3 and 4 was released by Universal Playback in March 2004.

The Complete Series 3 & 4
Set Details[12]
  • 15 episodes
  • 4-disc set
  • Language: English
Release Date
Region 2
26 July 2004

In addition, Last of the Summer Wine: Vintage 1977 is to be released on 9 September 2008 and will include all episodes from the fourth series and include a rare 1977 interview with Roy Clarke.[13]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Bright and Ross (2000), pp. 172–174
  2. ^ Bright and Ross (2000), p. 164
  3. ^ Bright and Ross (2000), p. 172
  4. ^ Bright and Ross (2000), p. 172
  5. ^ Bright and Ross (2000), p. 172
  6. ^ Bright and Ross (2000), pp. 172
  7. ^ Bright and Ross (2000), pp. 172–173
  8. ^ Bright and Ross (2000), p. 173
  9. ^ Bright and Ross (2000), pp. 173–174
  10. ^ Bright and Ross (2000), p. 174
  11. ^ Bright and Ross (2000), p. 173
  12. ^ Last of the Summer Wine Series 3 & 4. BBC Shop. Retrieved on 2008-05-24.
  13. ^ Lambert, David. "World's Longest-Running Sitcom Gets a New DVD Release This Fall", TVShowsOnDVD.com, 2008-05-08. Retrieved on 2008-05-22. 

[edit] Reference

Bright, Morris; Robert Ross (2000). Last of the Summer Wine: The Finest Vintage. London: BBC Worldwide Ltd. ISBN 0563551518. 

[edit] See also

List of Last of the Summer Wine episodes

[edit] External links