12 Series & 73 Episodes

So commissioned for two more series takes the show up to the 73 episodes count by 2017.
Airing series 12 up to 29 years since first broadcast.

Will that make Dwarf in the top three “UK made Primetime TV Sitcoms” with the most series?

My Family ended series 11. I can only find evidence that the revived Birds of a Feather (also commissioned and currently about to shoot a 12th series) matches it by the time of air dates.
Of course the mammoth 31 series + specials of Last of The Summer Wine, massively surpasses 12. (I’m deliberately not comparing Dwarf to any children’s time slot sitcom style show in this, the chuckle brothers etc can all fuck off.)

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29 years from first transmission to most recent new episode. Would that then place it second only to Summer Wine in years? (Birds of a Feather started the year after Dwarf so wouldn’t catch up during their continued on-going production periods hitting 27 or 28). Fools and Horses managed bridging 22 years, unless you bring spin offs into it or the Sport Relief sketch into play and claim that’s a span up to 31 years. (I’m also not allowing Yes [Prime] Minister shows, as 2013 was remake/reboot not a continuation.)

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73 episodes of Dwarf it would not yet quite reach the most episodes top ten.

Last Of The Summer Wine – 295
My Family – 120
Birds Of A Feather – 118
The Upper Hand – 94
The Liver Birds – 86
‘Allo ‘Allo! – 85
Dad’s Army – 80
Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps – 80
The Goodies – 77

Bread – 74
On the Buses – 74

Red Dwarf – 73

Terry and June – 65
Only Fools and Horses – 64

It would sit somewhere just outside the all time top ten, (plus a couple of black and white sitcoms I’ve taken out of that list, due to episode recordings no longer existing now.) But the show is about to overtake Only Fools and Horses and Terry and June. (On that point, Jon now falls off his deckchair like a plonker.)

Or anyone think I’ve missed any show? We should set Cat onto The Birds of Feather and scare them off now!!