Last of the Summer Wine (series 13)

Last of the Summer Wine Series 13
Country of origin UK
No. of episodes 7
Release
Original network BBC1
Original release 18 October – 22 December 1991
Season chronology

The Last of the Summer Wines thirteenth series aired on BBC1. All of the episodes were written by Roy Clarke and produced and directed by Alan J. W. Bell.

Notably, this series of the show was shot entirely on videotape. Prior to this, the show had used videotape for studio scenes and film for location footage. From the following series until 2004, when it started being shot digitally in High-Definition, the show moved to being shot entirely on film, although the laughter track is still included, respectively. The completed shows were still assembled on videotape (with credit and title captions being added during this stage) until the 1995 series.

Outline

The trio in this series consisted of:

Actor Role
Bill Owen Compo
Peter Sallis Clegg
Brian Wilde Foggy

List of episodes

'Regular series

Title Airdate Description Notes
Quick, Quick, Slow 18 October Nora has taken Smiler in as her lodger, and Compo is depressed about it.
Give Us a Lift 25 October Compo is convinced the hills are getting steeper, so Foggy invents a chair lift.
Was That Nora Batty Singing? 1 November Compo believes he can hear Nora singing, and is convinced that she and Smiler are having an affair.
Cash Flow Problems 8 November Compo is skint, but remembers that he's owed money from an old schoolfriend, so the trio set off to track him down.
Passing the Earring 15 November Howard asks Clegg if he can return an earring to Marina.
Pole Star 29 November Compo is depressed because he's too short to help Nora hang her washing line, but Foggy suggests that she'd be impressed if he could vault up onto the wall.

Christmas Special (1991)

Title Airdate Description Notes
Situations Vacant 22 December Foggy decides to start up a motorbike courier service.
  • Tom Owen guest stars in this episode as a different character, before returning as Tom Simmonite 9 years later.
  • This was the last episode to be entirely shot on Videotape.
  • From the next series onward, the series was shot entirely on film.
  • This was also the last episode to be recorded at the BBC Television Centre.

DVD release

The box set for series thirteen was released by Universal Playback in December 2008, mislabelled as a box set for series 13 & 14.

The Complete Series 13 & 14
Set Details[1]
  • 15 episodes
  • 3-disc set
  • Language: English
Release Date
Region 2
26 December 2008

References

  1. ↑ "Last of the Summer Wine Series 13 & 14". Amazon. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
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