Last of the Summer Wine: Series 7

Season overview

The seventh series of Last of the Summer Wine originally aired on BBC1 between 30 January and 6 March 1983. All episodes from this series were written by Roy Clarke and produced and directed by Sydney Lotterby, with the exception of the episode Getting Sam Home, which was produced and directed by Alan J.W. Bell. The seventh series was later released on DVD in region 2 as a combined box set with series 8 on 3 March 2008. The overarching programme is a British sitcom set in Yorkshire created and written by Roy Clarke and originally broadcast by the BBC from 1973 to 2010. It is an affectionate comedy about people in the autumn of their years, specifically three senior citizens who are unencumbered by wives, jobs, or any other responsibilities. These men spend their days speculating about their fellow townsfolk and thinking up adventures not usually favored by the elderly. The series premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse in 1973 before the first series of episodes followed later that year.