Last of the Summer Wine (1973)

Season 17

Last of the Summer Wine's seventeenth series aired on BBC1. All of the episodes were written by Roy Clarke and produced and directed by Alan J. W. Bell.

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

IMDb 3234

7.1

/4019/

Trakt

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TMDb

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Roy Clarke
Director

Peter Sallis
Clegg

Frank Thornton
Truly

Brian Murphy
Alvin

Russ Abbot
Hobbo

Burt Kwouk
Entwistle

Jane Freeman
Ivy

Robert Fyfe
Howard

Sarah Thomas
Glenda

S17E1 - Leaving Home Forever, Or Till Teatime

This time's for real! Howard's had enough of Pearl and decides to leave home forever. It's up to the trio to get the couple back together, when it's visible that Howard misses Pearl more than he thought he would.

Sept. 3, 1995, midnight

S17E2 - Bicycle Bonanza

Foggy thinks the trio should be more in touch with the wilderness, so he thinks of the ideal plan, counting with Auntie Wainwright's bicycle bonanza, a map, and a basket of sandwiches.

Sept. 10, 1995, midnight

S17E3 - The Glamour Of The Uniform

Marina leaves Howard for good this time. He suspects that she has been seeing another man, and asks for the help of the trio to get her back. Foggy feels that what Howard needs is a bit of "the glamour of the uniform". Auntie Wainwright's new established costume department might be just the perfect place to find it.

Sept. 17, 1995, midnight

S17E4 - The First Human Being To Ride A Hill

When Pearl starts getting suspicious of Howard's affair once again, she locks his bicycle. It's now up to the trio to come up with a secret bicycle for Howard, which turns out to be a little more secret than they'd have thought.

Sept. 24, 1995, midnight

S17E5 - Captain Clutterbuck's Treasure

When word comes around that there's a treasure buried in town, it's up to the trio to go and find it. To do so they need the help of the one man that has the *only* map, Lieutenant Commander Willoughby (Royal Navy, retired). It's up to Foggy to pay the 30 pounds the map's worth. The problem is... how many maps were sold in the first place? Foggy vows not to be near one cash dispenser again...

Oct. 1, 1995, midnight

S17E6 - Desperate For A Duffield

When Compo reaches a crucial point in his "relationship" with Nora Batty, and realises he's not going anywhere with her, he decides to go looking for his old "girlfriends" from his school days, with whom he expects to get a more "personal" relationship. It turns out he wasn't really ready for some of the surprises he encounters after all these years... people DO change sometimes.

Oct. 8, 1995, midnight