Roy Clarke
Director
Last of the Summer Wine (1973)
Specials
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.
Released Jan. 4, 1973
Episode 30 min
14+
Genres: Comedy
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Production Companies: BBC
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S0E1 - Small Tune on a Penny Wassail (1978 Christmas Special)
It's Christmas Day and the usual festivities are underway. Compo becomes interested in a skateboard.
Dec. 26, 1978, midnight
S0E2 - And a Dewhurst Up a Fir Tree (1979 Christmas Special)
Foggy decides to beat the Christmas rush - in the middle of summer. He ends up being conned by Big Eric who sells him 100 Christmas trees for 10. A bargain? Not when they are crawling with insects!
Dec. 27, 1979, midnight
S0E3 - Whoops (1981 Christmas Special)
Christmas isn't what it used to be, so the trio decide to look for two old school chums to help recapture the spirit of their youth.
Dec. 25, 1981, midnight
S0E4 - All Mod Conned (1982 Christmas Special)
Wanting to take a break from the comercial side of Christmas Foggy books a seaside caravan for himself, Compo and Clegg.
Dec. 25, 1982, midnight
S0E5 - The Funny Side of Christmas
[Not part of the LotSW series, entry here is in error but removal will upset all numbering for those who use TMDB for Kodee or similar media players]
in 'The Funny Side of Christmas' is a Christmas special broadcast by BBC1 on 27 December 1982. Presented by Frank Muir, it comprised one comedy sketch each from 10 contemporaneous English comedy series: Butterflies, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, Last of the Summer Wine, The Les Dawson Show, Only Fools and Horses, Open All Hours, Smith and Jones, Sorry!, Three of a Kind, and Yes Minister.
Dec. 27, 1982, midnight
S0E6 - Getting Sam Home (1983 Christmas Special)
After Sam's inconsiderate demise at the home of Lily-Bless-Her, our trio are faced with the task of explaining to his wife about his wet feet and fluffy suit.
Dec. 27, 1983, midnight
S0E7 - The Loxley Lozenge (1984 Christmas Special)
Wesley has discovered an old racing car. Compo, Clegg and Foggy offer to help him transport it back to his shed, not reckoning on its condition.
Dec. 30, 1984, midnight
S0E8 - Uncle of the Bride (1986 New Year's Special)
The day of Barry and Glenda's wedding brings new gossip to town, and also introduces her uncle Seymour as the new third man of the group.
Jan. 1, 1986, midnight
S0E9 - Merry Christmas, Father Christmas (1986 Christmas Special)
Seymour plans to put some magic back into Christmas and Santa back where he belongs-on the rooftops not on a bicycle.
Dec. 28, 1986, midnight
S0E10 - Big Day at Dream Acres (1987 Christmas Special)
It's the annual garden fete at Dream Acres, featuring Nora as VIP waitress and a tramp who has taken a special interest in one particular donkey.
Dec. 31, 1987, midnight
S0E11 - Crums (1988 Christmas Special)
Barry has a secret - he wants to get Glenda a water-bed for Christmas.
Dec. 24, 1988, midnight
S0E12 - What's Santa Brought for Nora Then? (1989 Christmas Special)
Compo is desperate to buy a present for Nora, and a visit to Auntie Wainwright's may provide the answer.
Dec. 23, 1989, midnight
S0E13 - Barry's Christmas (1990 Christmas Special)
Is Barry taking the spirit of Christmas too far when he's found "sleeping it off" in the pub wearing a Santa suit?
Dec. 27, 1990, midnight
S0E14 - Situations Vacant (1991 Christmas Special)
The trio start a courier service. Wesley fails to keep clean.
Dec. 22, 1991, midnight
S0E15 - Welcome to Earth (1993 Christmas Special)
Compo, Clegg and Foggy encounter a stranger from the Heckmondwike Extraterrestrial Club who foresees aliens landing in Yorkshire.
Dec. 27, 1993, midnight
S0E16 - The Man Who Nearly Knew Pavarotti (1995 New Year's Special)
Wesley gets Foggy, Norman and Compo to help him move a Piano for Auntie Wainwright almost running into Billy Ingleton, who takes a shine to the instrument. Foggy wants credit as the concert promoter for Billy. Howard and Marina wear, what they think are, disguises. Eli conducts The Holme Band at the concert. Compo saves the show.
Jan. 1, 1995, midnight
S0E17 - A Leg Up for Christmas (1995 Christmas Special)
A depressed Howard tries to build himself up but, under Foggy's instruction, ends up breaking his leg. Auntie Wainwright has Smiler testing a Triumph Motorcycle, after she rents him the riding gear. Foggy intends to sneak Marina past Pearl and into Norman's house so that Howard can come over to see her. Meanwhile, the ladies morning coffee group plan to give Howard a surprise visit that same evening to cheer him up during his recovery.
Dec. 25, 1995, midnight
S0E18 - Extra! Extra! (1996 Christmas Special)
All types of strange creatures seem to be parading themselves through town. The reason? A new film's being made. All the locals get involved on the production of the film. Pearl puts a secret electric device on Howard's bycicle, so she can track him down, when he escapes her.
Dec. 29, 1996, midnight
S0E19 - There Goes the Groom (1997 Christmas Special)
Compo, Clegg and Truly chase a reluctant groom all through the village and beyond to stop him from escaping his wedding. Meanwhile, hungover best man Barry is frantically trying to locate the missing wedding ring.
Dec. 28, 1997, midnight
S0E20 - Last Post And Pigeon (2000 New Year's Special)
Compo is selected to travel to France with a group of local WWII veterans, only to have the offer withdrawn when the organisers realize how scruffy he looks. The local ladies take pity on him and collect enough money for him to go, and Truly and Clegg join him for the trip.
Meanwhile, Edie's long-estranged sister Ros shows up in town, ready to make amends with Edie and possibly settle down again. Edie, angry at her for leaving her husband and devastating their mother, isn't interested in reconnecting. In France, the trio has two goals: to release Billy Hardcastle's homing pigeon and to revisit a spot Compo and some of his fellow soldiers camped overnight after a gruelling escape from the Germans. There's just one snag: Compo doesn't remember where it is.
Jan. 2, 2000, midnight
S0E21 - Potts in Pole Position (2001 Christmas Special)
Tom intends to to give Howard a "going fishing" excuse. Truly, Clegg and Billy meet a polar explorer with a domineering wife. Marina and Auntie Wainwright tart-up the explorer's wife. Pearl and Glenda go hunting for fishermen.
Dec. 30, 2001, midnight
S0E22 - A Musical Passing for a Miserable Muscroft (2002 Christmas Special)
When Nora Batty books Billy Ingleton's organ for a charity fair, she badly underestimates how much of an attraction it will be... Marina declines to go out with Howard because she's caught the showbiz bug, and is rehearsing a play at the local church. Howard asks the trio to help him think of something "showbizzy" they can do together.
Dec. 29, 2002, midnight
S0E23 - Thirty Years of Last of the Summer Wine (2003 Documentary)
A guide to 30 Years Of Last Of The Summer Wine, the 2003 BBC One TV documentary. A celebration of the world's longest-running comedy series.
April 13, 2003, midnight
S0E24 - A Short Blast of Fred Astaire (2003 Christmas Special)
Norman has been roped into performing a humorous monologue for the Christmas Concert. Pearl plans to force Howard to mime a recording of Nelson Eddy. Glenda plans to force Barry to perform as a magician. Billy wants to give an archery demonstration. Alvin is practicing as a one-man-band. Entwistle hypnotizes Smiler into knowing how to dance.
Dec. 21, 2003, midnight
S0E25 - Variations on a Theme of the Widow Winstanley (2004 Christmas Special)
Feeling too old for a bicycle, Howard purchases a "secret" car. Barry is having a spiritual crisis.
Dec. 19, 2004, midnight
S0E26 - Merry Entwistle and Jackson Day (2005 Christmas Special)
Truly and Norman are drawn into Howard's latest escape plan. Auntie Wainwright dresses Smiler as Father Christmas and Tom as an elf. Glenda tries to help Barry get over a negative reflective mood. The local police think the men are a gang trying to dispose of a body.
Dec. 18, 2005, midnight
S0E27 - A Tale of Two Sweaters (2006 Christmas Special)
Alvin has Truly and Norman over for a Holiday dinner. Glenda invited a man to dinner that Barry does not like. Pearl and Marina each give Howard a sweater vest, so he wears them both... at the same time. Auntie Wainwright gives Tom and Smiler a dinner that is actually nice, and then empties their pockets in a card game.
Dec. 28, 2006, midnight
S0E28 - I Was a Hitman for Primrose Dairies (2008 Christmas Special)
Luther 'Hobbo' Hobdyke, a retired milkman with strong links to MI5, arrives in the village. Very soon, calling upon his experiences on numerous dangerous missions overseas as a master spy, he forms a small team of reluctant volunteers, consisting of Alvin and Entwistle, ready to react to any emergency in the village. Finding that Hobbo has moved in next door, Clegg and Truly recall that he was never much of a milkman, but have to admit that his needlework is always exemplary.
Dec. 31, 2008, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 8070 min.
Released: Jan. 4, 1973
Last Air Date: Aug. 29, 2010, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-14 / 14+
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