'' Last of the Summer Wine's'' eighth series originally aired on

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between 30 December 1984 and 17 March 1985. All episodes from this series were written by

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and produced and directed by Alan J. W. Bell.Bright and Ross (2000), p. 164 The eighth series was released on

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in region 2 as a combined box set with series 7 on 3 March 2008.

Outline

The trio in this series consisted of:

First appearances

* Crusher (1984–1987) * Howard Sibshaw (1985–2010) * Pearl Sibshaw (1985–2010) * Marina (1985–2010)

Returning this series

* Wesley Pegden (1982, 1984–2002)

Last appearances

* Foggy Dewhurst (1976–1985, 1990–1997)

List of episodes

Christmas Special (1984) Regular series

DVD release

The box set for series 7 and 8 was released by Universal Playback in March 2008. The region 2 DVD contains edited episodes for The Loxley Lozenge and Catching Digby's Donkey. Both episodes are unedited on the region 1 DVD release.

Notes

References

External links

Series 8
at the

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