 It was confirmed on 26 June 2009 that a 31st series of 6 episodes had been commissioned for transmission in 2010 . However , on 2 June 2010 , the BBC announced that it would not renew Last of the Summer Wine after its thirty @-@ first series was broadcast during the summer of 2010 . The final episode of the show , " How Not to Cry at Weddings " , was subsequently broadcast on 29 August 2010 . 
