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-seventh series aired on

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. 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 quartet in this series consisted of:

First appearances

* Nelly (2005–2010)

Last appearances

* Billy Hardcastle (1999–2006)

List of Episodes

Christmas Special (2005) Regular series Christmas Special (2006)

DVD release

The box set for series 27 was released by Universal Playback in October 2015, mislabelled as a box set for series 27 & 28.

Outline

First appearances

Last appearances

List of Episodes

DVD release

References

See also