Last of the Summer Wine: Uncle of the Bride
In the second TV movie outing for Roy Clarke's beloved characters, Wesley and Edie's daughter Glenda is getting married to hapless Barry and Clegg and Compo make a new friend in Edie's brother Seymour. They are soon roped in to wedding preparations, which go about as well as could be expected...
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Episodes Merry Christmas Father Christmas (Christmas Special 1986) It's Christmas 1986, and Seymour attempts to instil some magic into the festive season by dressing a reluctant Compo as Father Christmas. Why Does Norman Clegg buy Ladies' Elastic Stockings Howard persuades a reluctant Clegg to take a message to Marina in the store where she works. Clegg buys random items, including ladies' stockings, in order to explain his extended presence in the store while he waits for a chance to pass the message. Seymour invents a drill and uses it in an attempt to find oil, with unhappy results. The Heavily Reinforced Bottom Compo takes up canoeing, with disastrous results. Dried Dates and Codfanglers Seymour invents a high-security door lock, which fails miserably. Compo has lost a prized possession – a date Nora Batty threw at him! The Really Masculine Purse After Compo claims that any man who uses a purse is effeminate, Seymour tries to invent a strictly masculine purse. Who's Feeling Ejected Then? Seymour builds an ejector seat, which Compo is persuaded to test. The Ice-Cream Man Cometh Seymour misses the good old days, and decides to promote the old tradition of bicycling ice-cream men. Set the People Free Howard and Wally have both been confined to quarters, and it's up to the trio to try to break them free. Go with the Flow Seymour volunteers the trio to help the Vicar and they are assigned to sell tickets for a production of Beatrix Potter – but all he succeeds in doing is getting himself thrown out of the local pub. Will Compo fare any better? Jaws Seymour invents a new waste disposal unit for Edie. Edie and the Automobile Edie is having driving lessons – no-one is safe! Wind Power Seymour's invents wind-powered rollerskates. When You take a Good Bite, Yorkshire Tastes Terrible Clegg receives word that an old friend in America, Bill Henry Duffield, died six months earlier. The trio relive some happy memories as a tribute. Big Day at Dream Acres (Christmas Special 1987) There's a big fete at Dream Acres. But why is a tramp so interested in one of the donkeys?
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- Director
- Alan J.W. Bell
- Starring
- Peter Sallis, Bill Owen, Michael Aldridge, Thora Hird, Gordon Wharmby
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