Last of the Summer Wine (series 4)

Last of the Summer Wine Series 4

Last of the Summer Wine Series 3 & 4 DVD
Country of origin UK
No. of episodes 9
Broadcast
Original channel BBC1
Original run 29 November 1977 –
4 January 1978
Home video release
DVD release date 26 July 2004

Last of the Summer Wine's fourth series originally aired on BBC1 between 29 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.

Outline

The trio in this series consisted of:

Actor Role
Bill Owen Compo
Peter Sallis Clegg
Brian Wilde Foggy

List of episodes

Title Airdate Description Notes
Ferret Come Home 9 November 1977 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.
Flower Power Cut 30 November Clegg tries to persuades the others that flowers have feelings and will respond to music.
  • Guest Appearance of Frances Cox
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?
Greenfingers 21 December Foggy is disappointed in the size of the vegetables being sold in the market, so searches out some bigger examples.
A Merry Heatwave 1 January 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.
  • Guest Appearance of the late Pete Postlethwaite
  • First Christmas themed episode, although actually set in the middle of Summer.
  • Thirty five minute long episode.
  • There is some confusion as to whether this episode was originally intended to be a Christmas Special or not, as it was broadcast in the usual place within a series, but it also happened to be within the Christmas and New Year holidays.
The Bandit From Stoke-on-Trent 4 January Why has "Laugh a Minute" Amos Hames returned to town? Foggy is suspicious.

Christmas episodes (1978)

There were no new series commissioned in 1978 as Peter Sallis was starring in another sitcom Leave It To Charlie.

Title Airdate Description Notes
Small Tune on a Penny Wassail 26 December 1978 Christmas arrives and the trio visit a friend in hospital, before opening their presents.
  • Guest Appearance of Teddy Turner
  • Included On Series 5 & 6 Boxset

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[3]
  • 15 episodes
  • 4-disc set
  • Language: English
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]

Notes

  1. ↑ Bright and Ross (2000), pp. 172–174
  2. ↑ Bright and Ross (2000), p. 164
  3. ↑ "Last of the Summer Wine Series 3 & 4". BBC Shop. Retrieved 24 May 2008.
  4. ↑ Lambert, David (8 May 2008). "World's Longest-Running Sitcom Gets a New DVD Release This Fall". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved 22 May 2008.

See also

References

Bright, Morris; Robert Ross (2000). Last of the Summer Wine: The Finest Vintage. London: BBC Worldwide Ltd. ISBN 0-563-55151-8.

External links