Last of the Summer Wine (1973)
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.
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Episode 1 - The Love Mobile
Release Date: 1997-04-20The trio comes across a mobile lonely hearts agency. This time it seems it's the owners of the agency who need a bit of marital advice. Smiler tries to get rid of a tandem Auntie Wainright sold him. He ends up being the perfect client for the lonely hearts agency.
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Episode 2 - A Clean Sweep
Release Date: 1997-04-27Howard's fears that there may be a spider hiding in his cap affects his relationship with Marina. A lucky wedding chimney sweep is down on his luck and depressed. Foggy insists on being his manager. Norman and Compo follow along to watch.
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Episode 3 - The Mysterious C. W. Northrop
Release Date: 1997-05-04Ivy's getting some love letters from a mysterious man that calls himself C. W Northrop. The trio wants to know who this person really is, and end up having a little surprise.
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Episode 4 - A Double For Howard
Release Date: 1997-05-11When Pearl's "security" at home becomes too much for Howard to handle and Pearl starts suspecting his furtive encounters with Marina, the trio tries to find a double for Howard, so Pearl can see them together, and think she was mistaken all these years regarding Howard's secret love.
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Episode 5 - How To Create A Monster
Release Date: 1997-05-18The trio tries to make Smiler become more aggressive, so he can stand up to Auntie Wainwright, but they end up getting a little more than they asked for.
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Episode 6 - Deviations With Davenport
Release Date: 1997-05-25The trio gets lost in the woods with Mr Davenport, a man in search of wisdom.
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Episode 7 - According To The Prophet Bickerdyke
Release Date: 1997-06-01Glenda forces Barry to ask Wesley to "listen" to the car engine. Foggy, Norman and Compo meet a man who is obsessed with an end of the world prophecy. Auntie Wainwright send Smiler out to stalk a customer that escaped her shop without purchasing anything.
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Episode 8 - Next Kiss Please
Release Date: 1997-06-08Compo bets Foggy he can get Nora Batty to kiss him before sunset. Will he manage to win the bet?
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Episode 9 - Destiny And Six Bananas
Release Date: 1997-06-15When a primate is said to be loose in the local woods, Foggy organises a search party, accompanied of course with the right uniform and military discipline.
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Episode 10 - A Sidecar Named Desire
Release Date: 1997-06-22Remembering Nora used to enjoy a ride on a motorbike and sidecar when her husband was alive, Compo hires a motorbike from Auntie Wainwright, and invites Nora for a ride. Wesley tries to fix Barry's car (again), with disastrous results.
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Episode 11 - There Goes The Groom
Release Date: 1997-12-29Compo and Clegg are getting ready to attend the stag night of Edie Pegden's Niece's husband to be, but when Compo's ferret, Stella, gets lose, they need to turn their attentions to making sure Compo's front door is on securely! Arriving late, Compo and Clegg find that the majority of the crowd have already had quite a lot to drink and one of the few still standing is Herbert Truelove, former policeman recently returned from his time in London back to his roots in Yorkshire. Clegg receives a phone call from Foggy who has been taken away to Blackpool by the post lady and is now, engaged quite by accident, to be married.