Last of the Summer Wine ''Last of the Summer Wine'' is a British sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke and originally broadcast by the BBC from 1973 to 2010. It premiered as an episode of '' Comedy Playhouse'' on 4 January 1973, and the first series of episodes f ...

's twenty-second series aired on

BBC One BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, ...

. All of the episodes were written by

Roy Clarke Royston Clarke OBE (born 28 January 1930), usually known as Roy Clarke, is an English comedy writer best known for creating the sitcoms ''Last of the Summer Wine'', ''Keeping Up Appearances'', ''Open All Hours'' and its sequel series, ''Stil ...

and produced and directed by Alan J. W. Bell.

Outline

The trio in this series consisted of:

First appearances

* Herman Teesdale (The Repo Man) (2001–2005, 2007–2010) * Toby Mulberry Smith (The Captain) (2001–2006, 2008–2010)

Last appearances

* Mrs Avery (2000–2001) *

Nora Batty Nora Batty (née Renshaw) is a fictional character in the world's longest-running sitcom, ''Last of the Summer Wine''. Nora became a national icon, recognised by her wrinkled stockings, pinny and distinctive style of hair curlers. She appeared in ...

(1973–2001, 2003–2008)

List of episodes

DVD release

The box set for series twenty two was released by Universal Playback in April 2012, mislabelled as a box set for series 23 & 24.

Outline

First appearances

Last appearances

List of episodes

DVD release

References

See also