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 show's 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.