List of Last of the Summer Wine home video releases

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The following is a list of DVDs of BBC sitcom Last of the Summer Wine.

Region 1

Last of the Summer Wine was originally released on DVD in the United States in 2003 from BFS Entertainment in a set which contains a set of select episodes from Series 1 and 2, and two specials. After which, BBC Video acquired the rights for home distribution of the series. They released every series (including the specials), besides the original pilot, the complete first and second series, which have yet to be released in the U.S.

DVD title Series Release date Features
Last of the Summer Wine Compilation 25 March 2003
  • 4-disc compilation set
  • 1983 Christmas special - "Getting Sam Home -" (disc 1)
  • "Last of the Summer Wine" special (disc 2)
  • Series 2, episodes 1-3 (disc 3)
  • Series 1, episodes 5-7 (disc 4)
Vintage 1976 Series 3 11 March 2008
  • Interview with Brian Wilde & Peter Sallis
Vintage 1977 Series 4 9 September 2008
  • In Conversation - A rare 1977 interview with show Creator/Writer Roy Clarke
Vintage 1979 Series 5 9 June 2009
Christmas Specials Specials 13 October 2009
  • 1978 Christmas Special - "Small Tune on a Penny Wassail",
  • 1979 Christmas Special - "And A Dewhurst Up A Fir Tree",
  • 1981 Christmas Special - "Whoops" and
  • 1982 Christmas Special - "All Mod Conned"
Vintage 1982–1983 Series 6 & 7 27 April 2010
Vintage 1985 Series 8 7 September 2010
  • 1983 Christmas Special - "Getting Sam Home" and
  • 1984 Christmas Special - "The Loxley Lozenge". The Loxley Lozenge present on this release contains the scene with Crusher, which is notably cut from the region 2 release.
Vintage 1987 Series 9 18 January 2011
  • 1986 New Year Special - "Uncle of the Bride",
  • 1986 Christmas Special - "Merry Christmas, Father Christmas" and
  • 1987 Christmas Special - "Big Day at Dream Acres"
Vintages 1988 and 1989 Series 10 & 11 12 April 2011
Vintage 1990 Series 12 12 July 2011
  • 1990 Christmas Special - "Barry's Christmas"
Holiday Specials 1986–1989 Specials 18 October 2011
  • 1986 Christmas Special - "Merry Christmas, Father Christmas",
  • 1987 Christmas Special - "Big Day at Dream Acres",
  • 1988 Christmas Special - "Crums" and
  • 1989 Christmas Special - "What's Santa Brought for Nora Then?"
Vintage 1991 Series 13 21 February 2012
  • 1991 Christmas Special - "Situations Vacant"
Vintage 1992 Series 14 17 April 2012
  • 1992 Christmas Special - "Stop That Castle"
Vintage 1993 Series 15 18 September 2012
  • 1993 Christmas Special - "Welcome to Earth"
Vintage 1995 Reserve Series 16 16 October 2012
  • 1995 New Year Special - "The Man who Nearly Knew Pavarotti"
Vintage 1995 Series 17 15 June 2004
  • 1995 Christmas Special - "A Leg Up For Christmas"
  • The Funny Side of Christmas Short - "How to Ignore Christmas"
  • Biographies
  • 30 Years Of Last Of The Summer Wine
  • A Tribute to Dame Thora Hird (includes interviews with Kathy Staff and Peter Sallis).
Vintage 1997 Series 18 15 January 2013
  • 1997 Christmas Special - "There Goes the Groom"
Vintage 1998 Series 19 16 April 2013
Vintage 1999 Series 20 9 July 2013
  • 2000 New Year Special - "Last Post and Pigeon"
Vintage 2000 Series 21 15 October 2013
Vintage 2001 Series 22 14 January 2014
  • 2001 Christmas Special - "Potts in the Pole Position"
Vintage 2002 Series 23 11 November 2014
  • 2002 Christmas Special - "A Musical Passing for a Miserable Muscroft"
Vintage 2003 Series 24 3 February 2015
  • 2003 Christmas Special - "A Short Blast of Fred Astaire"
Vintage 2004 Series 25 2 June 2015
  • 2004 Christmas Special - "Variations on a Theme of the Widow Winstanley"
Vintage 2005 Series 26 6 October 2015
Vintage 2006 Series 27 21 June 2016
Vintage 2007 Series 28 6 June 2017
Vintage 2008 Series 29 19 June 2018
Vintage 2009 Series 30 2 April 2019
Vintage 2010 Series 31 18 June 2019

Region 2

Title Featured series Episodes Released Specials Included BBFC rating
Series 1 & 2 13 September 2, 2002
 12 
Series 3 & 4 15 July 24, 2004
 PG 
Series 5 & 6 17 March 5, 2007 * 1978 Christmas Special - "Small Tune on a Penny Wassail"
* 1979 Christmas Special - "And A Dewhurst Up A Fir Tree"
* 1981 Christmas Special - "Whoops"
 PG 
Series 7 & 8 15 March 3, 2008 * 1982 Christmas Special - "All Mod Conned"
* 1983 Christmas Special - "Getting Sam Home"
* 1984 Christmas Special - "The Loxley Lozenge"
 PG 
Series 9 & 10 Series 9 15 May 5, 2008 * 1986 New Year Special - "Uncle of the Bride"
* 1986 Christmas Special - "Merry Christmas, Father Christmas"
* 1987 Christmas Special - "Big Day at Dream Acres"
 PG 
Series 11 & 12 Series 10 & 11 15 September 22, 2008 * 1988 Christmas Special - "Crums"
* 1989 Christmas Special - "What's Santa Brought for Nora Then?"
 PG 
Series 13 & 14 Series 12 & 13 18 December 26, 2008 * 1990 Christmas Special - "Barry's Christmas"
* 1991 Christmas Special - "Situations Vacant"
 PG 
Series 15 & 16 Series 14 & 15 20 October 26, 2009 * 1992 Christmas Special - "Stop the Castle"
* 1993 Christmas Special - "Welcome to Earth"
 12 
Series 17 & 18 Series 16 & 17 20 December 27, 2010 * 1995 New Year Special - "The Man who Nearly Knew Pavarotti"
* 1995 Christmas Special - "A Leg Up For Christmas"
 PG 
Series 19 & 20 Series 18 & 19 22 February 7, 2011 * 1996 Christmas Special - "Extra! Extra!"
* 1997 Christmas Special - "There Goes the Groom"
 PG 
Series 21 & 22 Series 20 & 21 21 March 26, 2012 * 2000 New Year Special - "Last Post and Pigeon"
 PG 
Series 23 & 24 Series 22 & 23 22 April 23, 2012 * 2001 Christmas Special - "Potts in Pole Position"
* 2002 Christmas Special - "A Musical Passing for a Miserable Muscroft"
 12 
Series 25 & 26 Series 24 & 25 22 September 29, 2014 * 2003 Christmas Special - "A Short Blast of Fred Astaire"
* 2004 Christmas Special - "Variations on a Theme of the Widow Winstanley"
 PG 
Series 27 & 28 Series 26 & 27 21 October 5, 2015 * 2005 Christmas Special - "Merry Entwhistle and Jackson Day"
* 2006 Christmas Special - "A Tale of Two Sweaters"
 12 
Series 29 & 30 Series 28 & 29 21 May 16, 2016
 PG 
Series 31 & 32 Series 30 & 31 18 August 15, 2016 * 2008 New Year Special - "I Was a Hitman for Primrose Dairies"
* The Pilot Episode - "Of Funerals and Fish"
 12 
Complete Collection Series 1-32 Complete Collection Series 1-31 295 December 4, 2017[1] * The Comedy Playhouse Pilot episode, The Complete twenty-three Christmas Specials, from 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. The Complete three New Year Specials from: 1995, 2000, and 2008.
 12 

Note: A major flaw occurred when the set titled "Series 9 & 10" only contained the complete ninth series, while the three specials included on the set were released as the tenth series. The following set, "Series 11 & 12" contains the tenth and eleventh series. All subsequent sets have the series mistakenly released in this order.

Region 4

In Australia, the entire series have been release on DVD from 4 April 2004 to 19 July 2017 and was distributed by Roadshow.

  • Series 1–4 April 2004
  • Series 2–6 April 2006
  • Series 3 & 4–6 March 2008
  • Series 5 & 6–2 January 2009
  • Series 7 & 8–2 July 2009
  • Series 9 & 10–30 April 2010
  • Series 11 & 12–3 March 2011
  • Series 13 & 14–7 July 2011
  • Series 15 & 16–1 March 2012
  • Series 17 & 18–5 July 2012
  • Series 19 & 20–2 January 2013
  • Series 21 & 22–6 March 2013
  • Series 23 & 24–1 May 2013
  • Series 25 & 26–24 February 2015
  • Series 27 & 28–17 February 2016
  • Series 29 & 30–14 June 2017
  • Series 31 & 32–19 July 2017

UK VHS Releases

Between 1984 and 1999, numerous episodes from the 1970s and 1980s seasons of Last of the Summer Wine have been released in the UK on video cassettes by the BBC.

VHS Title Catalogue Number Release Date Episodes BBFC rating
Last of the Summer Wine BBCV 7028
(pre-cert release)
5 November 1984
  • "Short Back and Palais Glide"
  • "Inventor of the Forty Foot Ferret"
  • "Paté and Chips"
 PG 
Last of the Summer Wine: Getting Sam Home BBCV 7055 12 April 1986
  • "Getting Sam Home"
 PG 
Last of the Summer Wine
(Re-Release)
WHS 4438
(PG rated
re-release)
5 November 1990
  • "Short Back and Palais Glide"
  • "Inventor of the Forty Foot Ferret"
  • "Paté and Chips"
 PG 
Last of the Summer Wine: Spring Fever BBCV 4626 3 June 1991
  • "Spring Fever"
  • "The New Mobile Trio"
  • "Hail Smiling Morn or Thereabouts"
 PG 
Last of the Summer Wine: Forked Lightning" BBCV 4627 3 June 1991
  • "Forked Lightning"
  • "Who's That Dancing with Nora Batty Then?"
  • "The Changing Face of Rural Blamire"
 PG 
Last of the Summer Wine:
A Quiet Drink
BBCV 4718 3 February 1992
  • "A Quiet Drink"
  • "Ballad for Wind Instruments and Canoe"
  • "Northern Flying Circus"
 PG 
The Complete
Last of the Summer Wine:
Series One
BBCV 4935 5 April 1993 Part 1
  • "Short Back and Palais Glide"
  • "Inventor of the Forty Foot Ferret"
  • "Paté and Chips"
Part 2
  • "Spring Fever"
  • "The New Mobile Trio"
  • "Hail Smiling Morn or Thereabouts"
 PG 
Last of the Summer Wine:
The Finest Vintage
BBCV 5207 7 March 1994
  • "The Kink in Foggy's Niblick"
  • "Mending Stuart's Leg"
  • "A Bicycle Made for Three"
  • "The Loxely Lozenge"
  • "From Wellies To Wet Suit"
 PG 
Last of the Summer Wine:
Uncle of the Bride
BBCV 5363 1 August 1994
  • "Uncle of the Bride"
 U 
Last of the Summer Wine:
Three Men and a Mangle
BBCV 5571 3 April 1995
  • "Three Men and a Mangle"
  • "Wind Power"
  • "The Treasure of the Deep"
 PG 
Last of the Summer Wine:
The Heavily
Reinforced Bottom
BBCV 5614 12 June 1995
  • "The Heavily Reinforced Bottom"
  • "Who's Feeling Ejected Then?"
  • "Jaws"
 PG 
The Very Best of
Last of the Summer Wine
BBCV 5681 16 October 1995
  • "Spring Fever"
  • "Who's That Dancing with Nora Batty Then?"
  • "A Quiet Drink"
  • "The Kink in Foggy's Niblick"
  • "Three Men and a Mangle"
 PG 
The Complete
Last of the Summer Wine:
Series Two
BBCV 5810 1 April 1996 Part 1
  • "Forked Lightning"
  • "Who's That Dancing with Nora Batty Then?"
  • "The Changing Face of Rural Blamire"
Part 2
  • "Some Enchanted Evening"
  • "A Quiet Drink"
  • "Ballad for Wind Instruments and Canoe"
  • "Northern Flying Circus"
 PG 
Last of the Summer Wine:
Ferret Come Home
BBCV 5910 7 October 1996
  • "Ferret Come Home"
  • "Getting on Sidney's Wire"
  • "Jubilee"
 PG 
Last of the Summer Wine:
Flower Power Cut
BBCV 6109 6 May 1997
  • "Flower Power Cut"
  • "Who Made a Bit of a Splash in Wales Then?"
  • "Greenfingers"
 PG 
Last of the Summer Wine: The Man from Oswestry BBCV 6164 1 September 1997
  • "The Man from Oswestry"
  • "The Great Boarding House Bathroom Caper"
  • "Cheering Up Gordon"
 PG 
Last of the Summer Wine:
A Merry Heatwave
BBCV 6444 2 March 1998
  • "A Merry Heatwave"
  • "The Bandit from Stoke-on-Trent"
  • "Small Tune on a Penny Wassail"
 PG 
Last of the Summer Wine:
Full Steam Behind
BBCV 6586 7 September 1998
  • "Full Steam Behind"
  • "The Flag and its Snag"
  • "The Flag and Further Snags"
 PG 
Last of the Summer Wine:
Deep in the Heart
of Yorkshire
BBCV 6758 1 February 1999
  • "Deep in the Heart of Yorkshire"
  • "Earnshaw Strikes Again"
  • "Here We Go into the Wild Blue Yonder"
  • "Here We Go Again into the Wild Blue Yonder"
 PG 

Between 2002 and 2004, Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd and Playback Video with exclusive under license from BBC Worldwide Ltd released two video boxsets containing the first four series of Last of the Summer Wine on two separate videos in each boxset.

VHS Title Catalogue Number Release Date Episodes BBFC rating
Last of the Summer Wine:
Series 1
9027399 2 September 2002 Tape 1
  • "Short Back and Palais Glide"
  • "Inventor of the Forty Foot Ferret"
  • "Paté and Chips"
Tape 2
  • "Spring Fever"
  • "The New Mobile Trio"
  • "Hail Smiling Morn or Thereabouts"
 12 
Last of the Summer Wine:
Series 2
9067953 2 September 2002 Tape 1
  • "Forked Lightning"
  • "Who's That Dancing with Nora Batty Then?"
  • "The Changing Face of Rural Blamire"
  • "Some Enchanted Evening"
Tape 2
  • "A Quiet Drink"
  • "Ballad for Wind Instruments and Canoe"
  • "Northern Flying Circus"
 PG 
Last of the Summer Wine:
Series 3 & 4
8226690 26 July
2004
Tape 1
  • "The Man from Oswestry"
  • "Mending Stuart's Leg"
  • "The Great Boarding House Bathroom Caper"
  • "Cheering Up Gordon"
  • "The Kink in Foggy's Niblick"
Tape 2
  • "Going to Gordon's Wedding"
  • "Isometrics and After"
  • "Ferret Come Home"
  • "Getting on Sidney's Wire"
  • "Jubilee"
Tape 3
  • "Flower Power Cut"
  • "Who Made a Bit of a Splash in Wales Then?"
  • "Greenfingers"
  • "A Merry Heatwave"
  • "The Bandit From Stoke-on-Trent"
 PG 

References

  1. ^ "Last of the Summer Wine: Series 1-32 DVD". Amazon UK. Amazon UK. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.