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 - Why Does Norman Clegg Buy Ladies' Elastic Stockings?
Release Date: 1987-01-04Clegg has to deliver a note to Marina in the supermarket. Can Seymour invent something highly original to justify all the security?
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Episode 2 - The Heavily Reinforced Bottom
Release Date: 1987-01-11A rotting old boat is made to float... sometimes most unsuccessfully.
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Episode 3 - Dried Dates And Codfanglers
Release Date: 1987-01-18Why has Compo just thrown something of great sentimental value into Seymour's pond?
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Episode 4 - The Really Masculine Purse
Release Date: 1987-01-25After Compo claims that any man who uses a purse is effeminate, Seymour tries to invent a strictly masculine purse.
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Episode 5 - Who's Feeling Ejected Then?
Release Date: 1987-02-01Will Seymour's car safety device really make him rich and famous? His "guinea pig" may not agree.
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Episode 6 - The Ice-cream Man Cometh
Release Date: 1987-02-08Remember when you could buy ice cream from the man on the tricycle? This episode will refresh your memories for sure.
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Episode 7 - Set The People Free
Release Date: 1987-02-15The trio devise a plan to "spring" Howard and Wally for a few hours of freedom.
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Episode 8 - Go With The Flow
Release Date: 1987-02-22It's rather difficult selling tickets for the church's Beatrix Potter evening - until someone comes up with an idea to set Compo scurrying.
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Episode 9 - Jaws
Release Date: 1987-03-01Seymour insists Edie must be up to date with his latest design in waste disposal.
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Episode 10 - Edie And The Automobile
Release Date: 1987-03-08Edie learns to drive, so obvious disaster is expected.
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Episode 11 - Wind Power
Release Date: 1987-03-15How can Seymour harness the power of the wind for the benefit of mankind? Once again, Compo is the test pilot.
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Episode 12 - When You Take A Good Bite, Yorkshire Tastes Terrible.
Release Date: 1987-03-22Old chum Bill Henry dies in America, which prompts Clegg to take Compo and Seymour on a sentimental journey.
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Episode 13 - Merry Christmas, Father Christmas
Release Date: 1986-12-28Seymour plans to put some magic back into Christmas and Santa back where he belongs - on the rooftops, not on a bicycle.
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Episode 14 - Big Day At Dream Acres
Release Date: 1987-12-31It'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. "Movie length" 90 minute Christmas Special.