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Last of the Summer Wine (originally The Last of the Summer Wine in the pilot episode), is a British National Television Award winning sitcom which airs on BBC One and is written by Roy Clarke and produced and directed by Alan J. W. Bell. Last of the Summer Wine originally premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse on January 4, 1973, with the first series of episodes following on November 12, 1973. The 28th series, which aired on Sunday nights at 6:20 p.m., concluded on September 23, 2007. As of November 2007, a 29th series is in production to premiere in 2008. Reruns of the show currently air in the UK on satellite stations UKTV Gold and UKTV Drama and in over twenty-five countries, including various PBS stations in the United States.

Set and filmed in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, England, the plot centers around a trio of older men, the lineup of whom has changed over the years, but originally consisted of the scruffy and child-like Compo, deep-thinking and meek Clegg, and authoritarian and snobbish Blamire, who was replaced by the quirky war veteran Foggy after two series in 1976. The three never seem to grow up, reveling in youthful stunts, and always finding a unique perspective on their equally eccentric fellow townspeople. (read more . . . )