Last of the Summer Wine(1973)

Name: Last of the Summer Wine
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1973-01-04
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Peter Sallis, Frank Thornton, Jane Freeman, Jean Fergusson, Robert Fyfe

The BBC's longest running comedy series.

★ 7.2(41)30m269 episodesEnded

Comedy

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.

Created by:: Roy Clarke
First aired:: 1973-01-04
Country:: GB
Network:: BBC One

Episodes

1. Return Of The Warrior
1990-09-02 · 30m
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.
2. Come In, Sunray Major
1990-09-09 · 30m
Foggy has an idea to use portable radios to improve communications.
3. The Charity Balls
1990-09-16 · 30m
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?
4. Walking Stiff Can Make You Famous
1990-09-23 · 30m
Foggy is upset because he's not famous for anything, so he invents the sport of bicycle polo.
5. That's Not Captain Zero
1990-09-30 · 30m
Our trio helps Captain Zero when his vehicle breaks down, but don't reckon on him getting drunk.
6. Das (Welly) Boot
1990-10-07 · 30m
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.
7. The Empire That Foggy Nearly Built
1990-10-14 · 30m
After a heated encounter with two motorists, Foggy decides there must be money to be made providing parking spaces.
8. The Last Surviving Maurice Chevalier Impression
1990-10-21 · 30m
To stop Nora taking him for granted, Compo becomes a TV star for the day doing his legendary impression.
9. Roll On
1990-10-28 · 30m
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.
10. A Landlady For Smiler
1990-11-04 · 30m
Compo is more than a little concerned when Smiler moves in as Nora Batty's lodger.