Last of the Summer Wine | |
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Series 7 | |
No. of episodes | 8 |
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Original network | BBC1 |
Original release | 25 December 1982 – 27 December 1983 |
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Series chronology | |
Last of the Summer Wine's seventh series originally aired on BBC1 between 25 December 1982 and 27 December 1983. [1] All episodes from this series were written by Roy Clarke and produced and directed by Sydney Lotterby, [2] except for "Getting Sam Home", which is produced and directed by Alan J.W. Bell.
The seventh series was released on DVD in region 2 as a combined box set with series 8 on 3 March 2008.
The trio in this series consisted of:
Actor | Role |
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Bill Owen | Compo |
Peter Sallis | Clegg |
Brian Wilde | Foggy |
Christmas Special (1982)
Title | Airdate | Description | Notes |
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All Mod Conned | 25 December | Deciding to abandon the commercialised side of Christmas, Foggy books a caravan for the trio. |
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Regular series
Title | Airdate | Description | Notes |
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The Frozen Turkey Man | 30 January | Compo and Clegg decide that Foggy needs a woman, and they persuade a barmaid that he is a Millionaire. |
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The White Man's Grave | 6 February | Deciding that Wally needs a break from Nora, the trio decide to swap Clegg with Wally. | |
The Waist Land | 13 February | Foggy hits upon a money making idea – Selling junk food to people from the local health club. |
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Cheering Up Ludovic | 20 February | Ludovic has bought a tatty old van, but is too drunk to drive it. So it's up to Clegg to test drive it. |
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The Three Astaires | 27 February | Foggy volunteers the trio to help out at a church concert party, but Compo can't resist trying on a suit of armour |
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The Arts of Concealment | 6 March | Foggy demonstrates his army camouflage techniques, to the dismay of a group of cyclists. |
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Christmas Special (1983)
Title | Airdate | Description | Notes |
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Getting Sam Home | 27 December | The lads visit Sam in hospital, and agree to his request that he wants to spend one last night with his 'other woman', Lily Bless'er. Unfortunately, while at Lily's, Sam dies. It's up to Foggy, Compo, Clegg and Sid to get him back home in such a way that his wife Sybil thinks he died in his own bed. But that's not the end of their troubles, and worse still, Ivy is determined to find out what the four are up to. |
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The box set for series 7 and 8 was released by Universal Playback in March 2008.
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Release Date | ||
Region 2 | ||
3 March 2008 |
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Bright, Morris; Robert Ross (2000). Last of the Summer Wine: The Finest Vintage . London: BBC Worldwide Ltd. ISBN 0-563-55151-8.