| Last of the Summer Wine Series 4 | |||
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Last of the Summer Wine Series 3 & 4 DVD |
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| Country of origin | UK | ||
| No. of episodes | 9 | ||
| Broadcast | |||
| Original channel | BBC1 | ||
| Original run | 9 November 1977 – 4 January 1978 |
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| Home video release | |||
| DVD release date | 26 July 2004 | ||
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Last of the Summer Wine's fourth series originally aired on BBC1 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 was released for region 1 on 9 September 2008.
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The trio in this series consisted of:
| Actor | Role |
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| Bill Owen | Compo |
| Peter Sallis | Clegg |
| Brian Wilde | Foggy |
| Title | Airdate | Description | Notes |
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| Ferret Come Home | 9 November | One of Compo's ferrets escapes into Nora's house. Can Wally retrieve it? | |
| Getting on Sidney's Wire | 16 November | Sid is installing a doorbell in the cafe, and the trio decide to help him. | |
| Jubilee | 23 November | It's the Queen's Silver Jubilee, and Foggy decides that the trio should help the vicar's parade. |
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| Flower Power Cut | 30 November | Clegg tries to persuades the others that flowers have feelings and will respond to music. |
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| Who Made a Bit of a Splash in Wales Then? | 7 December | Foggy is visiting a lady friend in Wales, but what will happen when Compo and Clegg intrude? |
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| Greenfingers | 14 December | Foggy is disappointed in the size of the vegetables being sold in the market, so searches out some bigger examples. | |
| The Bandit From Stoke-on-Trent | 04 January 1978 | Why has "Laugh a Minute" Amos Hames returned to town? Foggy is suspicious. |
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There were no new series commissioned in 1978 as Roy Clarke has further commitments with Open All Hours, and Peter Sallis was starring in another sitcom Leave It To Charlie.
| Title | Airdate | Description | Notes |
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| A Merry Heatwave | 01 January 1978 | Nora's brother, who lives in Australia, is unlikely to see another British Christmas. Foggy decides to film an old fashioned Christmas to send to him, unfortunately where do you find holly in the middle of a summer heatwave. |
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| Small Tune on a Penny Wassail | 26 December | Christmas arrives and the trio visit a friend in hospital, before opening their presents. |
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The box set for series 3 and 4 was released by Universal Playback in March 2004.
| The Complete Series 3 & 4 | ||||
| Set Details[3] | ||||
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| Release Date | ||||
| Region 2 | ||||
| 26 July 2004 | ||||
In addition, Last of the Summer Wine: Vintage 1977 has been released on 9 September 2008 and included all episodes from the fourth series including a rare 1977 interview with Roy Clarke.[4]
Bright, Morris; Robert Ross (2000). Last of the Summer Wine: The Finest Vintage. London: BBC Worldwide Ltd. ISBN 0563551518.
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