Last of the Summer Wine
The BBC's longest running comedy series.
Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire Dales. They spend their days speculating about their fellow townsfolk and thinking up adventures not usually favored by the elderly. Last of the Summer Wine premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse in 1973. The show ran for 295 episodes until 2010. It is the longest running comedy Britain has produced and the longest running sitcom in the world.
Episodes
The Last of the Summer Wines twelfth series aired on BBC1. All of the episodes were written by Roy Clarke and produced and directed by Alan J. W. Bell. With the departure of Michael Aldridge who had left to nurse his ill wife, the character of Foggy Dewhirst returned to the fold.
1Return Of The Warrior
30 minSep 2, 1990
Seymour leaves to look after a school. Will life be boring for Compo and Clegg? Not for long, as Foggy Dewhirst returns to the fold.
2Come In, Sunray Major
30 minSep 9, 1990
Foggy has an idea to use portable radios to improve communications.
3The Charity Balls
30 minSep 16, 1990
When Foggy hears about an athletic charity drive, he enters Compo and Clegg despite their wishes. An "injured" Howard drops out of the race and stops to recover in this young lady's refreshment stand. How refreshed can one man get?
4Walking Stiff Can Make You Famous
30 minSep 23, 1990
Foggy is upset because he's not famous for anything, so he invents the sport of bicycle polo.
5That's Not Captain Zero
30 minSep 30, 1990
Our trio helps Captain Zero when his vehicle breaks down, but don't reckon on him getting drunk.
6Das (Welly) Boot
30 minOct 7, 1990
Ivy lets Foggy fix her toaster, and it goes to his flippin' head. Now he thinks he can restore the tatty sunken boat he's found at the bottom of the lake. He actually accomplishes even this, so Compo decides he must get Nora Batty into the boat alone with him. But surely Nora knows better - she'll have to be tricked.
7The Empire That Foggy Nearly Built
30 minOct 14, 1990
After a heated encounter with two motorists, Foggy decides there must be money to be made providing parking spaces.
8The Last Surviving Maurice Chevalier Impression
30 minOct 21, 1990
To stop Nora taking him for granted, Compo becomes a TV star for the day doing his legendary impression.
9Roll On
30 minOct 28, 1990
Having learned absolutely nothing from "The Charity Balls" just a few episodes back, Foggy tries to assert the boys' athletic prowess yet again, this time in a downhill barrel-rolling competition.
10A Landlady For Smiler
30 minNov 4, 1990
Compo is more than a little concerned when Smiler moves in as Nora Batty's lodger.
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