Country of origin United Kingdom Original network BBC1 | No. of episodes 15 | |
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Original release 1 January 1986 – 27 December 1987 | ||
Last of the Summer Wine's ninth series originally aired on BBC1 between 1 January 1986 and 27 December 1987. All episodes from this series were written by Roy Clarke and produced and directed by Alan J. W. Bell.
Contents
The ninth series was released on DVD in region 2 as a box set on 5 May 2008.
Outline
The trio in this series consisted of:
First appearances
Seymour (1986–1990)
Edie (1986–2003)
Barry (1986-1990, 1996–2010)
Glenda (1986–2010)
Eli (1987–2002)
PC Walsh (1986–2010) (aka Second Policeman)
Last appearances
Wally Batty (1975, 1976–1987)
"Crusher" Milburn (1984–1987)
List of episodes
New Year Special (1986)
Christmas Special (1986)
Regular series
Christmas Special (1987)
When recordings were "repackaged" for overseas sale, UK series 9 (12 episodes) was split into "Season 9" and "Season 10" (each of 6 episodes), with all subsequent "seasons" being renumbered accordingly. As a result, (for example) "Series 27" in the UK may be referred to as "Season 28" in the USA.
DVD release
The box set for series nine was released by Universal Playback in May 2008, mislabelled as a box set for series 9 & 10.