Last of the Summer Wine: Series 6

Season overview

The sixth series of Last of the Summer Wine originally aired on BBC1 between 4 January and 15 February 1982. All episodes from this sixth series were written by Roy Clarke, and produced and directed by Alan J. W. Bell. The sixth series was subsequently released on DVD in region 2 as a combined box set with series 5 on 5 March 2007. The television series itself is a British sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke and originally broadcast by the BBC from 1973 to 2010. It is described as the BBC's longest running comedy series, the longest running comedy Britain has produced, and the world's longest-running sitcom, having clocked up over 30 series as well as several Christmas specials. The show is set in Yorkshire and follows senior citizens who are unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, and who spend their days speculating about their fellow townsfolk and thinking up adventures not usually favored by the elderly.