Last of the Summer Wine (series 13)

Last of the Summer Wine's thirteenth series aired on BBC1 in 1991. All of the episodes were written by Roy Clarke and produced and directed by Alan J. W. Bell.

Last of the Summer Wine
Series 13
Country of originUK
No. of episodes7
Release
Original networkBBC1
Original release18 October (1991-10-18) –
22 December 1991 (1991-12-22)
Series chronology

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 Following on from A Landlady for Smiler, Nora still has Smiler in as her lodger, and Compo is depressed about it considering her "his bird", Clegg and Foggy try a variety of things to snap him out of the mood.
Give Us A Lift 25 October Compo is convinced the hills are getting steeper, so Foggy sets out to invent a chair lift to make their lives easier enrolling Wesley Pegden to assist with the contraption, meanwhile Howard takes Marina birdwatching.
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 and does everything in his power to get to the bottom of things and separate the pair.
  • Cameo appearance of Johnny Leeze
  • The bus seen in this episode, Yorkshire Rider 6299(PUA299W), has been a cafe in Hastings for several years still in commemorative Huddersfield livery.
Cashflow Problems 8 November Compo is skint and will do anything for some money in his pocket when he remembers that he's owed money from an old schoolfriend, so the trio set off to track him down.
  • Guest appearances of Roger Grainger, Hope Johnstone, Ian Fairbairn and Alan Starkey
Passing The Earring 15 November Howard finds one of Marina's earrings caught in his jumper and is desperate to get it out of the house before Pearl sees it. The trio, with the help of Smiler, try their best to help.
  • Cameo Appearance Chris Breeze
Pole Star 29 November Compo is envious of Smiler because Nora Batty has asked him to help around the house. Foggy thinks that he can break Compo out of a pouty mood by teaching him pole-vaulting to impress the ladies.
  • Cameo Appearance Tony Nelson

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.
  • Last episode to be entirely shot on Videotape.
  • From the next series onward, the series was shot entirely on film.
  • This was the last episode to have its interior scenes recorded in front of a studio audience at 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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