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 sixteenth series aired on BBC1. All of the episodes were written by Roy Clarke and produced and directed by Alan J. W. Bell.
1The Glory Hole
30 minJan 8, 1995
Foggy grows dafter and is lately only interested in standing in a pit at a construction site because it reminds him of a foxhole in the war. Compo and Clegg get roped into his plans to recreate a battle scene. Are they headed for triumph, or is Triumph headed for them?
2Adopted By A Stray
30 minJan 15, 1995
In the pub, the trio run across a scruffy old man looking for the wilderness. Foggy tries to avoid him, certain he's looking for a handout, but a curious Compo and Clegg learn it's just the opposite... he wants to abandon all his worldly possessions! They quickly take him up on the offer, not realizing that among those possessions is the man's wife. Their horror mounts as she follows them wordlessly around town.
3The Defeat Of The Stoneworm
30 minJan 22, 1995
Howard, proving that idiots aren't necessarily bereft of imagination in extreme circumstances, invents a local pest called a "stoneworm" in one of his lamest efforts yet to fool Pearl. But wonders will never cease - soon people all around town are wondering if their homes are infested.
4Once In A Moonlit Junkyard
30 minJan 29, 1995
Compo briefly casts Nora aside for a biker. But is he ready to cast aside his ragged trousers for a pair of leather chaps? Meanwhile, Clegg thinks he might just have escaped the clutches of Auntie Wainwright... but she turns up in the most unexpected places.
5The Space Ace
30 minFeb 5, 1995
Well, the trio was about due for a run-in with another village idiot. The latest one tumbles down hills in a trashbin. He wants to become an astronaut - the trio just gets him drunk instead.
6The Most Powerful Eyeballs In West Yorkshire
30 minFeb 12, 1995
After seeing Howard fail in his attempts at hypnotism, Foggy becomes convinced he's a master at the art. But his attempts to practice on strangers backfire totally.
7The Dewhirsts Of Ogleby Hall
30 minFeb 19, 1995
Foggy's become interested in his lineage and is positive he's related to the Dewhirsts living on a big estate nearby. Compo spots Nora eyeing some hats in a shop window and concludes that a hat is his ticket to winning Nora's heart. Foggy offers to help buy one if Compo assists him in his scheme to make a good impression on the Dewhirsts of Ogleby Hall. Also in this plot-heavy episode, Marina is looking for love with a taller man, but a note declaring her intentions gets misrouted.
8The Sweet Smell Of Excess
30 minFeb 26, 1995
Compo's inexpert attempt at constructing a homemade trampoline sets off a series of unfortunate mishaps.
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