Product Details

• Actors: Peter Sallis, Robert Fyfe
• Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: BBC Worldwide
• DVD Release Date: September 7, 2010
• Run Time: 299 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B003PIUIOM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,752 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

"The world’s longest-running sitcom is back with more adventures from everyone’s favorite geriatrics! The year is 1985. Among many other things, Compo, Clegg and Foggy attempt to settle a question involving Nora Battys feet, an old mattress dumped in the countryside prompts Foggy to institute the Dewhirst Campaign for a Cleaner Countryside, and with the assistance of Comp & Clegg, Foggy sets out to show Digby’s donkey who's the boss. "

Customer Reviews

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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still they come... but still too slow a schedule!, June 5, 2010

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Howie (Arkansas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Last of the Summer Wine: Vintage 1985 (DVD)

I've written about this series several times and will repeat some of my previous comments on the show in general.

Don't be surprised if you are lukewarm to LOTSW on first viewing. This show grows on you over time. The first time I saw LOTSW I was underwhelmed... it was slow and seemed almost without a plot. But after watching a few more episodes I was hooked!

Only 8 episodes this time... BUT the Christmas Specials are included!!

From the press release:

"The world's longest-running sitcom is back with more adventures from everyone's favorite geriatrics! The year is 1985. Among many other things, Compo, Clegg and Foggy attempt to settle a question involving Nora Batty's feet, an old mattress dumped in the countryside prompts Foggy to institute the Dewhirst Campaign for a Cleaner Countryside, and with the assistance of Comp & Clegg, Foggy sets out to show Digby's donkey who's the boss."

Episodes are:

Season 7
Episode 7 (aka - Christmas Special): Getting Sam Home
Original Air Date--27 December 1983

Season 8
Episode 0 (aka - Christmas Special): The Loxley Lozenge
Original Air Date--30 December 1984
Episode 1: The Mysterious Feet of Nora Batty
Original Air Date--10 February 1985
Episode 2: Keeping Britain Tidy
Original Air Date--17 February 1985
Episode 3: Enter the Phantom
Original Air Date--24 February 1985
Episode 4: Catching Digby's Donkey
Original Air Date--3 March 1985
Episode 5: The Woollenmills of Your Mind
Original Air Date--10 March 1985
Episode 6: Who's Looking After the Cafe Then?
Original Air Date--17 March 1985

FINALLY!!! The "Christmas Special" episodes are included!!

I maintain my plea to Warner/BBC:
Get on with it! At the current release rate of 2 series per year we'll see the successor to Blu-ray come to market before all series are out on standard DVD! For a program with a over 30 year run, 2 per year is entirely too slow a release rate!

Note: If Warners continues the current chronological release schedule, the next, series 9 - from 1986, should have 15 episodes if the Christmas Specials are included. I can hardly wait!

Observasion: Why do British series from BBC/Warner cost so much per episode?!? Based on typical American sit-com series this should go for half the current SRP.

*ANNOUNCEMENT*
I just learned the BBC and Warner Home Video have announced that "Last of the Summer Wine: Vintage 1987" is coming to DVD on January 18th, 2011!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of the Brits, July 21, 2010

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T J From Pa "T J" (dillsburg, pa United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Last of the Summer Wine: Vintage 1985 (DVD)

This has got to be the best series ever from BBC. I have everything they offered up to now. Also i watch it every day on PBS. Wish they'd speed it up a bit. I'm ready for some of the episodes with Robin Hood. If ya like the brits try some short run shows like Mulberry, Good Neighbors or Open All Hours. Great shows that got cut to soon. Another good one to preorder is Waiting for God. Amazon has a preorder price for that set also.

Enjoy the Brits,

T J

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Summer Wine at it's finest, September 20, 2010

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Plane Lover (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Last of the Summer Wine: Vintage 1985 (DVD)

I purchased this DVD and love it. It is one of the best yet. I own all currently available and if you like Last of the Summer Wine: Vintage 1985, this is a must for your collection.