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 0 - I Was a Hitman for Primrose Dairies
Release Date: 2008-12-31Luther '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.
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Episode 1 - Some Adventures of the Inventor of the Mother Stitch
Release Date: 2009-04-19Hobbo tries to find a friend for Morton and Barry is depressed when Toby moves next door.
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Episode 2 - The Mother of All Mistakes - Or Is It?
Release Date: 2009-04-26Adopted as a baby, former milkman and undercover secret agent Hobbo is determined to trace his natural mother.
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Episode 3 - Will Howard Cross the Atlantic Single Handed?
Release Date: 2009-05-03Hobbo is still having trouble getting Nelly to admit that she is his natural birth mother. To get the proof he needs, he fits Howard up with an eavesdropping wire to pick up Nelly talking to Pearl.
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Episode 4 - Who's That Looking Sideways At Nelly?
Release Date: 2009-05-10Hobbo is ready for any dangerous situation - and going round telling everyone that Nelly is his mother is one. Another danger arises when he demonstrates his gift of diguise, and finds himself the new recipient of Marina's affections.
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Episode 5 - Nobody Messes with Tony the Throat
Release Date: 2009-05-17Howard is deeply concerned when Pearl starts going out every day with Nelly, and she will not say where. Hobbo comes to his aid, and heads a surveillance party to follow Pearl and Nelly. When the women go into a Hell's Angels club, they decide not to be hasty, and confront them later.
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Episode 6 - Will Stella Find True Love with Norris Fairburn?
Release Date: 2009-05-24When Clegg and Truly tell Hobbo that local serial groom Norris Fairburn is free again, he decides that Norris would be an ideal husband for Stella.
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Episode 7 - Will Randolph Make a Good Impression?
Release Date: 2009-05-31Hobbo turns up at the river wall with Randolph, who he hopes will bring romance into Stella's life. Randolph seems to lack any of the requirements of a potential suitor, and is limp and unattractive, especially after Hobbo drops him in the river.
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Episode 8 - In Which Romance Springs a Leak
Release Date: 2009-06-07Toby is beginning to realise that the benefits of going back to his ex-wife far outweigh the advantages of living alone in a sparsely furnished house with no-one to cook or clean for him.
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Episode 9 - Variations on a Theme of Father's Day
Release Date: 2009-06-14In order that Hobbo can find out more about Nelly, his supposed mother, he has Howard eavesdrop on her when she is visiting Pearl.
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Episode 10 - Goodnight Sweet Ferret
Release Date: 2009-06-21When word goes around town that Old Heptonstall is looking for volunteers, Hobbo and his army of volunteers, namely Alvin and Entwistle, go and visit him without a second thought.