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between 4 January 1973 and 17 December 1973. All episodes from this series were written by

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and produced and directed by James Gilbert. The pilot episode, alternately known as "The Last of the Summer Wine" and "

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Outline

The trio in this series consisted of:

First appearances

Compo Simmonite William Simmonite, better known by his nickname of Compo (from unemployment compensation, as in the phrase "he's on the compo", according to series writer Roy Clarke), was a character in the world's longest-running sitcom, ''Last of the Summer W ...

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(1973–2010) * Cyril Blamire (1973–1975) * Sid (1973–1983) *

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(1973–2010) * Nora Batty (1973–2001, 2003–2008)

Episodes

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DVD release

The first and second series were released by Universal Playback as a combined box set in September 2002. The pilot episode is not included and some episodes have been altered from their original broadcast, prompting criticism from the show's fan base, however a rerelease of the box set in 2011 had the altered episodes restored to original episodes, however the pilot still was not included in the rerelease. The pilot episode was released on the final boxset series 31 & 32 as an extra on disc four on 15 August 2016.

Notes

References

External links

Series 1
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