5/5 Endearing...
  by Dibs (Newport, NC)
...that's how I find the series Last of the Summer Wine and that quality I suspect is one of the reasons the series has lasted for so long. The thirty minute shows are centered around a trio of retired men in the winter of their lives, and with nothing to do but to attempt to recreate their boyhoods.

Centered in a small Yorkshire village, the trio interact daily with a varied cast of geriatric characters. It's not slapstick comedy, or societal comedy it's quiet, feel good british humor with the trio; rolling down hills in abandoned tires, trying to jump a small stream without getting wet, breaking a sick friend out of his house away from his wife to visit his girlfriend, chasing a huge balloon of a woman across fields and streams, and helping one of the trio woo the woman of his dreams. Just a small sample of the picadillos they find themselves in, the trio is always up to it's eyeballs in scrapes.

The scenery is beautiful and peaceful, the music sweet, and the characters the most loveable you can meet.

Roy Clarke has been writing the thirty minute sitcom for over thirty years and it has yet to reach the point where the characters or show are stale! It is obviously a labor of love.

My only complaint? That more of the series is not available on DVD. If offered I would purchase the entire series.

Dibs
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1/5 Last of the Summer Wine
  by Marco (Oakland, California USA)
I can barely give it one star. It was slow and boring, crude and uninteresting. It is really hard to figure out how some people can give this somewhat of a positive rating. It just wasn't funning and lacked originality. Serviously, I would not advise anyone to spend their money on this program when there are others that are so much better.

1/5 disappointed
  by jdbbrz (IL)
I'm sorry but I didn't realize that you could not watch this in the usa and I was very sorry and disappointed because I was really looking forward to seeing it They should sell it so the usa can watch it and if it is available in that way where can I get it also How do I return it at least then someone who can watch it should be able to enjoy it. It's a shame because it is such a funny show but I've never seen the first shows so I was looking forward to it.

Thanks anyway

Billie

5/5 Good price for hard to find title
  by C. Reed (Maine)
Bought this for my mother, who loves it. It contains episodes from different series over the years, and 1 feature-length film. I thought the cover looked photocopied at first, but the quality of the DVD is high, with excellent playback.

4/5 Last of the Summer Wine
  by Jon D. Book (Kansas City, KS)
Since I have seen virtually All of the 35 + years of production of this series on PBS, this collection is good, but there are many more episodes and some of them are better than what is included here. I hope some one from the BBC makes more of this great TV comedy series available in the near future.