List of Last of the Summer Wine episodes
The following is an episode list for the long-running BBC One sitcom Last of the Summer Wine which was broadcast from 4 January 1973 to 29 August 2010.
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Series: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18 · 19 · 20 · 21 · 22 · 23 · 24 · 25 · 26 · 27 · 28 · 29 · 30 · 31 |
Overview
The pilot episode aired as an episode of Comedy Playhouse on 4 January 1973 and the first full series of episodes premiered on 12 November the very same year. The 31st (and final) series started broadcasting on 25 July 2010.[1]Every episode was written by Roy Clarke.
As of 29 August 2010 (the very last day of transmission), a total of around 295 episodes of Last of the Summer Wine have aired. This includes the Comedy Playhouse pilot, twenty-four Christmas Specials, three New Year Specials and a Millennium Special (but not the short Christmas sketch, a comedy trial or the 25 Year and 30 Year Documentaries). Some of these have been regular episodes (often held over from the previous series, or taken from the forthcoming series), others have been dedicated festive stories. Some of these specials have also been feature-length. All episodes are 30 minutes long, unless otherwise stated.
Series overview
| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| Pilot | 4 January 1973 | ||||
| 1 | 6 | 12 November 1973 | 17 December 1973 | ||
| 2 | 7 | 5 March 1975 | 16 April 1975 | ||
| 3 | 7 | 27 October 1976 | 8 December 1976 | ||
| 4 | 9 | 9 November 1977 | 4 January 1978 | ||
| 5 | 8 | 18 September 1979 | 30 October 1979 | ||
| 6 | 8 | 4 January 1982 | 15 February 1982 | ||
| 7 | 8 | 30 January 1983 | 6 March 1983 | ||
| 8 | 7 | 10 February 1985 | 17 March 1985 | ||
| 9 | 15 | 4 January 1987 | 22 March 1987 | ||
| 10 | 7 | 16 October 1988 | 20 November 1988 | ||
| 11 | 8 | 15 October 1989 | 23 November 1989 | ||
| 12 | 11 | 2 September 1990 | 4 November 1990 | ||
| 13 | 7 | 18 October 1991 | 22 November 1991 | ||
| 14 | 10 | 25 October 1992 | 20 December 1992 | ||
| 15 | 10 | 24 October 1993 | 19 December 1993 | ||
| 16 | 9 | 1 January 1995 | 25 February 1995 | ||
| 17 | 11 | 3 September 1995 | 5 November 1995 | ||
| 18 | 11 | 20 April 1997 | 22 June 1997 | ||
| 19 | 11 | 4 January 1998 | 8 March 1998 | ||
| 20 | 10 | 18 April 1999 | 27 June 1999 | ||
| 21 | 11 | 2 April 2000 | 4 June 2000 | ||
| 22 | 10 | 1 April 2001 | 3 June 2001 | ||
| 23 | 11 | 6 January 2002 | 10 March 2002 | ||
| 24 | 11 | 5 January 2003 | 16 March 2003 | ||
| 25 | 11 | 8 February 2004 | 18 April 2004 | ||
| 26 | 11 | 13 March 2005 | 29 May 2005 | ||
| 27 | 11 | 5 March 2006 | 30 April 2006 | ||
| 28 | 10 | 15 July 2007 | 23 September 2007 | ||
| 29 | 11 | 22 June 2008 | 31 August 2008 | ||
| 30 | 11 | 19 April 2009 | 21 June 2009 | ||
| 31 | 6 | 25 July 2010 | 29 August 2010 | ||
Episodes
Series 1 (1973)
The pilot episode, alternately known as "The Last of the Summer Wine" and "Of Funerals and Fish," which originally premiered on the BBC's Comedy Playhouse was included as an Extra feature on Series 31 & 32 on disc 4 which was released on 15 August 2016.
| Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | First broadcast | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comedy Playhouse pilot | ||||||||||||
| 1 | "Of Funerals and Fish" | James Gilbert | Roy Clarke | 4 January 1973 | ||||||||
| Compo, Clegg, and Blamire go around town, discussing life and death, watching their fellow townspeople with their problems. | ||||||||||||
| Regular series | ||||||||||||
| 2 | "Short Back and Palais Glide" | James Gilbert | Roy Clarke | 12 November 1973 | ||||||||
| At the library, Blamire and Clegg turn Compo upside down to rid him of evil spirits and are thrown out by Mr. Wainright. | ||||||||||||
| 3 | "Inventor of the Forty Foot Ferret" | James Gilbert | Roy Clarke | 19 November 1973 | ||||||||
| Blamire tries to persuade atheist Compo to visit church, and is challenged to sit there for 5 minutes without saying anything. | ||||||||||||
| 4 | "Paté and Chips" | James Gilbert | Roy Clarke | 26 November 1973 | ||||||||
| The trio decide to visit a local Stately Home with Compo's nephew, Chip, and his family. | ||||||||||||
| 5 | "Spring Fever" | James Gilbert | Roy Clarke | 3 December 1973 | ||||||||
| Nora is panic-stricken when Compo cleans his house rather than go to the library with Clegg and Blamire. | ||||||||||||
| 6 | "The New Mobile Trio" | James Gilbert | Roy Clarke | 10 December 1973 | ||||||||
| Clegg buys a car from a man named Walter who attempted to teach a dog how to ride a bicycle. | ||||||||||||
| 7 | "Hail Smiling Morn or Thereabouts" | James Gilbert | Roy Clarke | 17 December 1973 | ||||||||
| Blamire decides to take up photography and Clegg suggests they camp out and photograph the sunrise. | ||||||||||||
Series 2 (1975)
| Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | First broadcast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | "Forked Lightning" | Bernard Thompson | Roy Clarke | 5 March 1975 | |
| After Clegg has several extremely embarrassing accidents on his bicycle, he decides to have it repaired. | |||||
| 9 | "Who's That Dancing With Nora Batty Then?" | Bernard Thompson | Roy Clarke | 12 March 1975 | |
| Compo's neighbour, Gloria, is emigrating to Australia, so he decides to throw her a farewell party at Sid's Café. | |||||
| 10 | "The Changing Face of Rural Blamire" | Bernard Thompson | Roy Clarke | 19 March 1975 | |
| Blamire decides to get a job and is hired on by ShinyGlow Products, owned by a Welshman named Oswald Green. | |||||
| 11 | "Some Enchanted Evening" | Bernard Thompson | Roy Clarke | 26 March 1975 | |
| Compo's request for "Some Enchanted Evening" is played on the radio, dedicated to Nora. | |||||
| 12 | "A Quiet Drink" | Bernard Thompson | Roy Clarke | 2 April 1975 | |
| The trio visit the Clothier's Arms, where one of the regulars is "Mouse" - renowned for never buying a drink for anyone. | |||||
| 13 | "Ballad for Wind Instruments and Canoe" | Bernard Thompson | Roy Clarke | 9 April 1975 | |
| After Arnpepper falls out of his canoe, the trio help him retrieve it. They decide to buy it from him, but soon lose it after trying it out. | |||||
| 14 | "Northern Flying Circus" | Bernard Thompson | Roy Clarke | 16 April 1975 | |
| Compo takes up motorcycling much to the surprise of Blamire and Clegg and suffers a series of mishaps trying to test it out. | |||||
Series 3 (1976)
| Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | First broadcast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | "The Man from Oswestry" | Sydney Lotterby | Roy Clarke | 27 October 1976 | |
| Compo is depressed following Blamire's departure. They soon receive a letter, asking them to help one of their old classmates, Foggy. | |||||
| 16 | "Mending Stuart's Leg" | Sydney Lotterby | Roy Clarke | 3 November 1976 | |
| After being thrown out of the library by Mr. Wainwright, the trio go to the café to find Sid is in trouble with Ivy for not fixing the roof. | |||||
| 17 | "The Great Boarding House Bathroom Caper" | Ray Butt | Roy Clarke | 10 November 1976 | |
| The trio, along with Sid and Ivy, crowd in Compo's nephew, Gordon's, van for a trip to Scarborough for the weekend. | |||||
| 18 | "Cheering Up Gordon" | Ray Butt | Roy Clarke | 17 November 1976 | |
| In the conclusion to the two-parter, the trio get kicked out of a church after Compo's ferrets get loose. | |||||
| 19 | "The Kink in Foggy's Niblick" | Sydney Lotterby | Roy Clarke | 24 November 1976 | |
| After a game of football, Foggy experiences a pain and says his real forte is playing golf, although he admits not playing since 1939. | |||||
| 20 | "Going to Gordon's Wedding" | Sydney Lotterby | Roy Clarke | 1 December 1976 | |
| The trio go to Gordon's wedding and Compo buys him an alarm clock as a wedding present. | |||||
| 21 | "Isometrics and After" | Sydney Lotterby | Roy Clarke | 8 December 1976 | |
| Deciding that the three of them are unfit, Foggy instructs Clegg and Compo in a method of exercise called "isometrics." | |||||
Series 4 (1977-78)
| Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | First broadcast | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | "Ferret Come Home" | Sydney Lotterby | Roy Clarke | 9 November 1977 | ||||||||
| One of Compo's ferrets escapes into Nora's house. Can Wally retrieve it? | ||||||||||||
| 23 | "Getting on Sidney's Wire" | Sydney Lotterby | Roy Clarke | 16 November 1977 | ||||||||
| Sid is installing a doorbell in the cafe, and the trio decide to help him. | ||||||||||||
| 24 | "Jubilee" | Sydney Lotterby | Roy Clarke | 23 November 1977 | ||||||||
| It is the Queen's Silver Jubilee, and Foggy decides that the trio should help the vicar's parade. | ||||||||||||
| 25 | "Flower Power Cut" | Sydney Lotterby | Roy Clarke | 30 November 1977 | ||||||||
| Clegg tries to persuades the others that flowers have feelings and will respond to music. | ||||||||||||
| 26 | "Who Made a Bit of a Splash in Wales Then?" | Sydney Lotterby | Roy Clarke | 7 December 1977 | ||||||||
| Foggy is visiting a lady friend in Wales, but what will happen when Compo and Clegg intrude? | ||||||||||||
| 27 | "Greenfingers" | Sydney Lotterby | Roy Clarke | 21 December 1977 | ||||||||
| Foggy is disappointed in the size of the vegetables being sold in the market, so searches out some bigger examples. | ||||||||||||
| 28 | "A Merry Heatwave" | Sydney Lotterby | Roy Clarke | 1 January 1978 | ||||||||
| Nora's brother is unlikely to see another British Christmas, but unfortunately where do you find holly in the middle of a summer heatwave. | ||||||||||||
| 29 | "The Bandit From Stoke-on-Trent" | Sydney Lotterby | Roy Clarke | 4 January 1978 | ||||||||
| Why has "Laugh a Minute" Amos Hames returned to town? Foggy is suspicious. | ||||||||||||
| Christmas special | ||||||||||||
| 30 | "Small Tune on a Penny Wassail" | Sydney Lotterby | Roy Clarke | 26 December 1978 | ||||||||
| Christmas arrives and the trio visit a friend in hospital, before opening their presents. | ||||||||||||
Series 5 (1979)
| Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | First broadcast | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | "Full Steam Behind" | Sydney Lotterby | Roy Clarke | 18 September 1979 | ||||||||
| Foggy takes Compo and Clegg to the reopening of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. Compo accidentally starts the engine so the trio try to catch it. When they finally do catch it, Foggy then insists on driving the engine back where they found it. | ||||||||||||
| 32 | "The Flag and Its Snags" | Sydney Lotterby | Roy Clarke | 25 September 1979 | ||||||||
| Foggy has a plan to erect a huge flag in the hills, but first they'll have to get the flagpole up there. | ||||||||||||
| 33 | "The Flag and Further Snags" | Sydney Lotterby | Roy Clarke | 2 October 1979 | ||||||||
| Foggy collects his flag, and achieves his dream... for a little while. | ||||||||||||
| 34 | "Deep In The Heart of Yorkshire" | Sydney Lotterby | Roy Clarke | 9 October 1979 | ||||||||
| What are Sid and Wally doing in the woods? The trio promise Ivy and Nora to find out. | ||||||||||||
| 35 | "Earnshaw Strikes Again" | Sydney Lotterby | Roy Clarke | 16 October 1979 | ||||||||
| Foggy upsets the others by denying the existence of the ancient Yorkshire gods. | ||||||||||||
| 36 | "Here We Go Into The Wild Blue Yonder" | Sydney Lotterby | Roy Clarke | 23 October 1979 | ||||||||
| Compo wants to impress Nora by taking up hanggliding, so the trio ask Wally to build a hangglider for them. | ||||||||||||
| 37 | "Here We Go Again Into The Wild Blue Yonder" | Sydney Lotterby | Roy Clarke | 30 October 1979 | ||||||||
| Wally has finished the hangglider and it's ready to test. | ||||||||||||
| Christmas special | ||||||||||||
| 38 | "And a Dewhirst Up A Fir Tree" | Sydney Lotterby | Roy Clarke | 27 December 1979 | ||||||||
| Foggy decides to start his shopping early, but is surprised the shops aren't selling Christmas cards in the summer. He then takes up an offer of buying some Christmas trees. | ||||||||||||
Series 6 (1982)
| Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | First broadcast | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christmas special | ||||||||||||
| 39 | "Whoops" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 25 December 1981 | ||||||||
| The trio decide to look up some old school friends, to try and recapture the spirit of Christmas from the past. | ||||||||||||
| Regular series | ||||||||||||
| 40 | "In the Service Of Humanity" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 4 January 1982 | ||||||||
| Foggy decides to start up a rescue service, and Wally is a perfect customer. | ||||||||||||
| 41 | "Car and Garter" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 11 January 1982 | ||||||||
| After meeting car enthusiast Wesley Pegden, Compo volunteers to test drive his car, in order to impress Nora Batty. | ||||||||||||
| 42 | "The Odd Dog Men" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 18 January 1982 | ||||||||
| Foggy decides to open up a dog walking service. | ||||||||||||
| 43 | "A Bicycle Made For Three" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 25 January 1982 | ||||||||
| After the trio ride, and crash, Clegg's bike, they decide that they need a bike each. | ||||||||||||
| 44 | "One Of The Last Few Places Unexplored By Man" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 1 February 1982 | ||||||||
| Compo wants to have his photograph taken in Nora Batty's bedroom. | ||||||||||||
| 45 | "Serenade For Tight Jeans and Metal Detector" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 8 February 1982 | ||||||||
| Foggy persuades Compo to buy a new pair of trousers, and Clegg to buy a Metal Detector. | ||||||||||||
| 46 | "From Wellies To Wet Suit" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 15 February 1982 | ||||||||
| Compo buys Sid's wet suit and, after a go at snorkeling, he is persuaded to take up water-skiing. | ||||||||||||
Series 7 (1983)
| Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | First broadcast | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christmas special | ||||||||||||
| 47 | "All Mod Conned" | Sydney Lotterby | Roy Clarke | 25 December 1982 | ||||||||
| Deciding to abandon the commercialised side of Christmas, Foggy books a caravan for the trio. | ||||||||||||
| Regular series | ||||||||||||
| 48 | "The Frozen Turkey Man" | Sydney Lotterby | Roy Clarke | 30 January 1983 | ||||||||
| Compo and Clegg decide that Foggy needs a woman, and they persuade a barmaid that he is a millionaire. Compo looks for a Treacle tin he buried as a kid, with help from two boys' scooters. | ||||||||||||
| 49 | "The White Man's Grave" | Sydney Lotterby | Roy Clarke | 6 February 1983 | ||||||||
| Deciding that Wally needs a break from Nora, the trio decide to swap Clegg with Wally. | ||||||||||||
| 50 | "The Waist Land" | Sydney Lotterby | Roy Clarke | 13 February 1983 | ||||||||
| Foggy hits upon a money making idea - Selling junk food to people from the local health club. | ||||||||||||
| 51 | "Cheering Up Ludovic" | Sydney Lotterby | Roy Clarke | 20 February 1983 | ||||||||
| Ludovic has bought a tatty old van, but is too drunk to drive it. So it's up to Clegg to drive them home. some mishaps lead to Clegg, Wally and Nora trying to catch the now driverless van. | ||||||||||||
| 52 | "The Three Astaires" | Sydney Lotterby | Roy Clarke | 27 February 1983 | ||||||||
| Foggy volunteers the trio to help out at a church concert party, but Compo can't resist trying on a suit of armour. | ||||||||||||
| 53 | "The Arts of Concealment" | Sydney Lotterby | Roy Clarke | 6 March 1983 | ||||||||
| Foggy demonstrates his army camouflage techniques, to the dismay of a group of cyclists. | ||||||||||||
| Christmas special | ||||||||||||
| 54 | "Getting Sam Home" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 27 December 1983 | ||||||||
| The lads visit Sam in hospital, and agree to help him spend one last night with his 'other woman', Lilly Bless'er. the trio, and Sid, then have to move Sam several times before his funeral, But Ivy is suspicious of their activity. | ||||||||||||
Series 8 (1985)
| Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | First broadcast | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christmas special | ||||||||||||
| 55 | "The Loxley Lozenge" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 30 December 1984 | ||||||||
| Wesley needs some help. He's found an old racing car, and wants the lads to help him get it home. | ||||||||||||
| Regular series | ||||||||||||
| 56 | "The Mysterious Feet of Nora Batty" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 10 February 1985 | ||||||||
| Foggy and Compo have a disagreement about the size of Nora's feet, so they set out to find out the truth. | ||||||||||||
| 57 | "Keeping Britain Tidy" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 17 February 1985 | ||||||||
| Foggy decides to embark upon a campaign to clean up the countryside, starting with an old mattress. | ||||||||||||
| 58 | "Enter The Phantom" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 24 February 1985 | ||||||||
| Compo transforms himself into 'The Phantom', a daredevil motorcyclist. Will this impress Nora? | ||||||||||||
| 59 | "Catching Digby's Donkey" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 3 March 1985 | ||||||||
| Foggy offers to help Digby catch his Donkey. | ||||||||||||
| 60 | "The Woollen Mills of your Mind" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 10 March 1985 | ||||||||
| Compo comes up with yet another plan to impress Nora - entering a marathon. | ||||||||||||
| 61 | "Who's Looking After The Cafe, Then?" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 17 March 1985 | ||||||||
| Foggy volunteers to look after Ivy's Cafe, while she goes out. | ||||||||||||
Series 9 (1987)
| Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | First broadcast | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Specials | ||||||||||||
| 62 | "Uncle of the Bride" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 1 January 1986 | ||||||||
| Glenda, Edie and Wesley's daughter, is marrying the hapless but kind-hearted Barry. | ||||||||||||
| 63 | "Merry Christmas Father Christmas" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 28 December 1986 | ||||||||
| Seymour attempts to instil some magic into the festive season by dressing a reluctant Compo as Father Christmas. | ||||||||||||
| Regular series | ||||||||||||
| 64 | "Why Does Norman Clegg buy Ladies' Stockings" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 4 January 1987 | ||||||||
| Howard persuades Clegg to buy a pair of ladies' stockings for Marina. After a fruitless search for oil, Seymour sets out to invent a drill. | ||||||||||||
| 65 | "The Heavily Reinforced Bottom" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 11 January 1987 | ||||||||
| Compo takes up canoeing, with disastrous results. | ||||||||||||
| 66 | "Dried Dates and Codfanglers" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 18 January 1987 | ||||||||
| Seymour invents a high-security door lock, which fails miserably. Compo has lost a prized possession- a date Nora Batty threw at him! | ||||||||||||
| 67 | "The Really Masculine Purse" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 25 January 1987 | ||||||||
| After Compo claims that any man who uses a purse is effeminate, Seymour tries to invent a strictly masculine purse. | ||||||||||||
| 68 | "Who's Feeling Ejected Then?" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 1 February 1987 | ||||||||
| Seymour builds an ejector seat, which Compo is persuaded to test. | ||||||||||||
| 69 | "The Ice-Cream Man Cometh" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 8 February 1987 | ||||||||
| Seymour misses the good old days, and decides to promote the old tradition of bicycling ice-cream men. | ||||||||||||
| 70 | "Set the People Free" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 15 February 1987 | ||||||||
| Howard and Wally have both been confined to quarters, and it's up to the trio to try to break them free. | ||||||||||||
| 71 | "Go With The Flow" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 22 February 1987 | ||||||||
| Seymour volunteers the trio to help the Vicar and they are assigned to sell tickets for a production of Beatrix Potter. | ||||||||||||
| 72 | "Jaws" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 1 March 1987 | ||||||||
| Seymour invents a new waste disposal unit for Edie. | ||||||||||||
| 73 | "Edie and the Automobile" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 8 March 1987 | ||||||||
| Edie is having driving lessons - no-one is safe! | ||||||||||||
| 74 | "Wind Power" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 15 March 1987 | ||||||||
| Seymour invents wind-powered rollerskates. | ||||||||||||
| 75 | "When You take a Bite, Yorkshire Tastes Terrible" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 22 March 1987 | ||||||||
| Clegg receives word that an old friend has died in America. The trio relive some happy memories as a tribute. | ||||||||||||
| Christmas special | ||||||||||||
| 76 | "Big Day at Dream Acres" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 27 December 1987 | ||||||||
| There's a big fete at Dream Acres, But why is a tramp so interested in one of the donkeys? | ||||||||||||
Series 10 (1988)
| Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | First broadcast | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | "The Experiment" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 16 October 1988 | ||||||||
| Compo wonders why blood rushes to your head when you're upside down. Seymour sets up an experiment to explain. | ||||||||||||
| 78 | "The Treasure of the Deep" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 23 October 1988 | ||||||||
| After finding a valuable-looking object in a stream, Seymour is convinced it's part of robbers' swag, and sets out to recover the rest of the stolen items, by having Compo search the river in a homemade submarine. | ||||||||||||
| 79 | "Dancing Feet" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 30 October 1988 | ||||||||
| Compo has hard skin on his feet, and in desperation, he buys a herbal remedy from a gypsy. the cure doesn't go down well with the other guests at the Church luncheon that afternoon | ||||||||||||
| 80 | "That Certain Smile" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 6 November 1988 | ||||||||
| Smiler is in hospital, and missing his beloved dog. The trio attempt to smuggle her into the hospital. | ||||||||||||
| 81 | "Downhill Racer" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 13 November 1988 | ||||||||
| Seymour would love to go skiing, but in the absence of snow, he decides they should try sliding downhill on dinner trays. | ||||||||||||
| 82 | "The Day of the Welsh Ferret" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 20 November 1988 | ||||||||
| The trio go to a funeral, but Compo insists on bringing along a pet ferret. | ||||||||||||
| Christmas special | ||||||||||||
| 83 | "Crums" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 24 December 1988 | ||||||||
| Barry intends to buy Glenda a water bed, the trio dress as Father Christmases for a charity event, and Howard looks for someone to guard Auntie Wainwright's shop. | ||||||||||||
Series 11 (1989)
| Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | First broadcast | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84 | "Come Back, Jack Harry Teesdale" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 15 October 1989 | ||||||||
| After getting a lift from Jack Harry Teesdale and his wife, the trio offer to help solve a marriage problem - parking their caravan. | ||||||||||||
| 85 | "The Kiss and Mavis Poskitt" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 22 October 1989 | ||||||||
| Clegg is in hiding, after Nora, Ivy and the rest of the ladies, want to fix him up with a timid woman who he knew at school. | ||||||||||||
| 86 | "Oh Shut Up and Eat Your Choc Ice" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 29 October 1989 | ||||||||
| After knocking a bale of hay down the hill, how will they get it back into place? | ||||||||||||
| 87 | "Who's That Bloke With Nora Batty Then?" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 5 November 1989 | ||||||||
| Compo is filled with jealousy when he spots Nora with a man. | ||||||||||||
| 88 | "Happy Anniversary Gough And Jessie" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 12 November 1989 | ||||||||
| The lads are at a friend’s golden wedding anniversary, and decide that it's time for him to sample some of the other pleasures of life. | ||||||||||||
| 89 | "Getting Barry Higher in the World" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 19 November 1989 | ||||||||
| Seymour designs a kite for Compo, but doesn't count on Wesley mixing the measurements up. | ||||||||||||
| 90 | "Three Men and a Mangle" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 23 November 1989 | ||||||||
| Nora asks Compo to deliver her mangle to a friend. What can possibly go wrong? | ||||||||||||
| Christmas special | ||||||||||||
| 91 | "What's Santa Brought for Nora Then?" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 23 December 1989 | ||||||||
| Compo is trying to earn some money to buy Nora a Christmas present. Surely Auntie Wainwright will have something suitable. | ||||||||||||
Series 12 (1990)
| Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | First broadcast | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92 | "Return of the Warrior" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 2 September 1990 | ||||||||
| Compo and Clegg see Seymour off, ready to take up a post of headmaster. They then just keep missing a returning Foggy. | ||||||||||||
| 93 | "Come In, Sunray Major" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 9 September 1990 | ||||||||
| After Compo and Clegg sneak off without Foggy realising while out walking, he comes up with an idea - portable radios. Compo breaks one, so Clegg schemes up a heroic explanation - Compo will "break" it, while "rescuing" Marina. | ||||||||||||
| 94 | "The Charity Balls" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 16 September 1990 | ||||||||
| Compo, Clegg, Foggy, and Howard take part in sponsored football dribble for charity. | ||||||||||||
| 95 | "Walking Stiff Can Make You Famous" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 23 September 1990 | ||||||||
| Foggy has come up with another idea, bicycle polo. | ||||||||||||
| 96 | "That's Not Captain Zero" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 30 September 1990 | ||||||||
| After meeting Captain Zero, the human cannonball, the trio take him to the pub while his van is fixed. When Captain Zero is arrested for drunk driving, Compo stands in, but Foggy doesn't use enough gunpowder in the cannon. | ||||||||||||
| 97 | "Das Welly Boot" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 7 October 1990 | ||||||||
| Foggy decides to restore an old boat, and Compo knows who he wants to take on the first trip...Nora Batty. Barry looks for his Car engine, not knowing Wesley has put it in the boat. | ||||||||||||
| 98 | "The Empire That Foggy Nearly Built" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 14 October 1990 | ||||||||
| After seeing an argument over a parking space, Foggy decides there must be money to be made out of car parking. Compo fails as a parking attedant, so Foggy tries valet parking, with Clegg as the valet. | ||||||||||||
| 99 | "The Last Surviving Maurice Chevalier Impression" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 21 October 1990 | ||||||||
| Compo goes on a local TV program with his Maurice Chevalier impression. | ||||||||||||
| 100 | "Roll On" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 28 October 1990 | ||||||||
| The trio train for a barrel rolling event. | ||||||||||||
| 101 | "A Landlady for Smiler" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 4 November 1990 | ||||||||
| The lads help Smiler find a new place to live. | ||||||||||||
| Christmas special | ||||||||||||
| 102 | "Barry's Christmas" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 27 December 1990 | ||||||||
| Glenda's so upset because Barry didn't come home the night before. The trio find him dressed as Santa Claus, under a table in the local pub. they then try to help Barry sober up before Glenda finds out. Foggy's Christmas present to himself, a bleeper, doesn't help matters when the ladies start following the signal. | ||||||||||||
Series 13 (1991)
| Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | First broadcast | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 103 | "Quick, Quick, Slow" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 18 October 1991 | ||||||||
| Nora has taken Smiler in as her lodger, and Compo is depressed about it. | ||||||||||||
| 104 | "Give Us a Lift" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 25 October 1991 | ||||||||
| Compo is convinced the hills are getting steeper, so Foggy invents a chair lift. | ||||||||||||
| 105 | "Was That Nora Batty Singing?" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 1 November 1991 | ||||||||
| Compo believes he can hear Nora singing, and is convinced that she and Smiler are having an affair. | ||||||||||||
| 106 | "Cash Flow Problems" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 8 November 1991 | ||||||||
| Compo is skint, but remembers that he's owed money from an old schoolfriend, so the trio set off to track him down. | ||||||||||||
| 107 | "Passing the Earring" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 15 November 1991 | ||||||||
| Howard asks Clegg if he can return an earring to Marina. | ||||||||||||
| 108 | "Pole Star" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 22 November 1991 | ||||||||
| Compo is depressed because he's too short to help Nora hang her washing line, but Foggy suggests that she'd be impressed if he could vault up onto the wall. | ||||||||||||
| Christmas special | ||||||||||||
| 109 | "Situations Vacant" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 22 December 1991 | ||||||||
| Foggy decides to start up a motorbike courier service. | ||||||||||||
Series 14 (1992)
| Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | First broadcast | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 110 | "By The Magnificent Thighs of Ernie Burniston" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 25 October 1992 | ||||||||
| Howard asks Clegg to deliver a birthday card to Marina, and Foggy decides that it's time Compo got fit. | ||||||||||||
| 111 | "Errol Flynn Used to Have a Pair Like That" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 1 November 1992 | ||||||||
| Compo finds out that Nora likes a man in horse-riding gear. When Nora wants to see Compo on a horse, Foggy settles on a plan involving Smiler and a pair of coconuts. | ||||||||||||
| 112 | "The Phantom of the Graveyard" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 8 November 1992 | ||||||||
| An old school teacher of the trio has died, so the lads are off to his funeral. | ||||||||||||
| 113 | "The Self-Propelled Salad Strainer" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 15 November 1992 | ||||||||
| Wesley has plans for a ride-on lawnmower. He's going to adapt it for the purpose of cleaning windows. | ||||||||||||
| 114 | "Ordeal by Trousers" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 22 November 1992 | ||||||||
| Suspicious about the truthfulness of Foggy's war stories, Compo and Clegg use an old school challenge to root out liars on him. Compo performs in the Church concert, with Clegg and Foggy as his backing singers. Foggy then starts dancing to try and get rid of the Beetle in his trousers. | ||||||||||||
| 115 | "Happy Birthday, Howard" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 29 November 1992 | ||||||||
| Marina asks Clegg to deliver a birthday present to Howard. It'd be an easier job, if the present weren't a giant cuddly panda. | ||||||||||||
| 116 | "Who's Got Rhythm?" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 6 December 1992 | ||||||||
| Compo is short of money, but after a flash of inspiration (and a visit to Auntie Wainwrights), he becomes a one-man band. | ||||||||||||
| 117 | "Camera Shy" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 13 December 1992 | ||||||||
| Foggy buys a camcorder from Auntie Wainwright, and practices filming in the hills. Pearl offers her video machine to watch the footage. Howards thinks Foggy might have caught him and Marina on film, so pays Compo to distract everyone. | ||||||||||||
| 118 | "Wheelies" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 20 December 1992 | ||||||||
| Foggy invents a new form of transport... a giant wheel. After getting the giant wheel to Wesley's, Compo finds himself volunteered to test drive it. | ||||||||||||
| Christmas special | ||||||||||||
| 119 | "Stop That Castle" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 26 December 1992 | ||||||||
| The trio visit Auntie Wainwright, to rent a bouncy castle for the Christmas parade. The ladies are reluctant to take part, Smiler makes a very unhappy Noddy, and Howard, dressed as a sheep, looks for his "Bo Peep", and gets a shock when he does! | ||||||||||||
Series 15 (1993)
| Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | First broadcast | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120 | "How To Clear Your Pipes" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 24 October 1993 | ||||||||
| Foggy puts Compo and Clegg through an exhaustive training course that leaves them trapped inside sewer pipes. | ||||||||||||
| 121 | "Where There's Smoke, There's Barbecue" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 31 October 1993 | ||||||||
| The trio gets a gas grill from Auntie Wainwright, but its alarming potency brings an explosive touch to their barbecue. | ||||||||||||
| 122 | "The Black Widow" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 7 November 1993 | ||||||||
| Too much home brew at a funeral tea leaves Compo and Foggy having to rescue Clegg from the arms of an amorous widow. | ||||||||||||
| 123 | "Have You Got A Light Mate?" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 14 November 1993 | ||||||||
| Smiler is selling security lights. Howard is determined to buy Marina a china shepherdess-if he can persuade Clegg to visit Auntie Wainwright's. | ||||||||||||
| 124 | "Stop That Bath" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 21 November 1993 | ||||||||
| The trio finds they are involved in yet another of Howard's schemes to get a present to Marina-this time a cast iron bath! | ||||||||||||
| 125 | "Springing Smiler" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 28 November 1993 | ||||||||
| Smiler is sick of living in misery with Nora Batty and will hand over 50 quid to anyone who will help him move out and live in misery someplace else. | ||||||||||||
| 126 | "Concerto For Solo Bicycle" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 5 December 1993 | ||||||||
| Foggy comes up with the crazy idea of bicycle safety underwear after he collides with Compo riding his old bike. | ||||||||||||
| 127 | "There Are Gypsies At The Bottom Of Our Garden" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 12 December 1993 | ||||||||
| Dewhirst's "Nature Tours" are launched by Foggy after he believes he's discovered the nesting place of a giant woodpecker. | ||||||||||||
| 128 | "Aladdin Gets On Your Wick" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 19 December 1993 | ||||||||
| After seeing a man on a sailboard, Foggy has the idea of inventing a three-man version. | ||||||||||||
| Christmas special | ||||||||||||
| 129 | "Welcome to Earth" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 27 December 1993 | ||||||||
| The trio join Darren's friend in expecting a visitation from outer space (or maybe even Huddersfield). | ||||||||||||
Series 16 (1995)
| Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | First broadcast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 130 | "The Man Who Nearly Knew Pavarotti" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 1 January 1995 | |
| After Wesley almost runs over Billy Ingleton. Foggy gets to prove his talents as a concert promoter. | |||||
| 131 | "The Glory Hole" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 8 January 1995 | |
| While out in the hills one day, Foggy sees a hole in the road that reminds him of a World War II slit trench. | |||||
| 132 | "Adopted by a Stray" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 15 January 1995 | |
| The trio meet Mr Broadbent, who is giving up everything to find the wilderness. | |||||
| 133 | "The Defeat of the Stoneworm" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 22 January 1995 | |
| Howard says he has stoneworm in his cellar, so the trio try to convince everyone that stoneworm are real. | |||||
| 134 | "Once in a Moonlit Junkyard" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 29 January 1995 | |
| Compo has a visit from a mysterious motorcyclist and eventually realises it could be Babs, one of his old girlfriends. | |||||
| 135 | "The Space Ace" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 5 February 1995 | |
| Stanley Pocklington is training to be an astronaut, but when he gets drunk, Foggy devises a whole training programme for him. | |||||
| 136 | "The Most Powerful Eyeballs in West Yorkshire" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 12 February 1995 | |
| The trio have a go at hypnotherapy to help Howard take control over Pearl, but Foggy ends up hypnotising himself. | |||||
| 137 | "The Dewhursts of Ogleby Hall" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 19 February 1995 | |
| Foggy believes he could be related to the Dewhursts of Ogleby Hall. Compo buys Nora Batty a hat. | |||||
| 138 | "The Sweet Smell of Excess" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 26 February 1995 | |
| Compo uses his bed as a trampoline to get up to Nora Batty's window, but ends up getting stuck in the bed springs. | |||||
Series 17 (1995)
| Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | First broadcast | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 139 | "Leaving Home Forever or Till Teatime" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 3 September 1995 | ||||||||
| This time it's for real: Howard's had enough of Pearl and decides to leave home forever. | ||||||||||||
| 140 | "Bicycle Bonanza" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 10 September 1995 | ||||||||
| The trio hire some bicycles from Auntie Wainwright and have an "off-road" ride through the hills. | ||||||||||||
| 141 | "The Glamour of the Uniform" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 17 September 1995 | ||||||||
| When Marina's affections turn to a traffic policeman, and boyhood bully, Foggy takes Howard under his wing to help him win her back. | ||||||||||||
| 142 | "The First Human Being to Ride a Hill" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 24 September 1995 | ||||||||
| Pearl has confiscated Howard's bicycle, so Wesley builds him a new "secret" one. | ||||||||||||
| 143 | "Captain Clutterbuck's Treasure" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 1 October 1995 | ||||||||
| The trio meet Lieutenant Commander Willoughby who tells them all about the famous Yorkshire pirate, Captain Clutterbuck. | ||||||||||||
| 144 | "Desperate for a Duffield" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 8 October 1995 | ||||||||
| Compo tries to find one of his old girlfriends, Audrey Duffield but after hearing she moved to Canada, he decides to stay with Nora Batty. | ||||||||||||
| 145 | "The Suit That Turned Left" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 15 October 1995 | ||||||||
| The trio meet a man who wants to find the centre of magnetism in Yorkshire. | ||||||||||||
| 146 | "Beware of the Elbow" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 22 October 1995 | ||||||||
| The trio meet a man who wants to show the world that he likes fat people & obesity and that he is dead against slimming and weight loss. | ||||||||||||
| 147 | "The Thing in Wesley's Shed" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 29 October 1995 | ||||||||
| Just what is the secret invention that Wesley has built? The trio try to find out. | ||||||||||||
| 148 | "Brushes at Dawn" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 5 November 1995 | ||||||||
| Compo is shocked to find Nora Batty in a cupboard with another man, and so he challenges him to a duel. | ||||||||||||
| Christmas special | ||||||||||||
| 149 | "A Leg up for Christmas" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 25 December 1995 | ||||||||
| While trying to get himself fit for Christmas, Howard ends up with a broken leg and can't leave the house. | ||||||||||||
Series 18 (1997)
| Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | First broadcast | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christmas special | ||||||||||||
| 150 | "Extra! Extra!" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 29 December 1996 | ||||||||
| When the trio persistently interrupt spoof horror film in the area, the director has them recruited as extras, and they soon find they are in good company. | ||||||||||||
| Regular series | ||||||||||||
| 151 | "The Love Mobile" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 20 April 1997 | ||||||||
| A mobile dating agency is in the area and Smiler has a date with the owner's wife. | ||||||||||||
| 152 | "A Clean Sweep" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 27 April 1997 | ||||||||
| An unlucky chimney sweep is in town and Foggy finds him a good old fashioned chimney to sweep. | ||||||||||||
| 153 | "The Mysterious C. W. Northrop" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 5 May 1997 | ||||||||
| Smiler has a crush on Ivy, but pretends it's C.W. Northrop so Ivy won't know it's him. | ||||||||||||
| 154 | "A Double For Howard" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 11 May 1997 | ||||||||
| The trio help Howard to find somebody who might look like him from a distance to stand in for him on his date with Marina. | ||||||||||||
| 155 | "How To Create A Monster" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 18 May 1997 | ||||||||
| Foggy decides to train Smiler to help him become more confident and lose his deepest fears. | ||||||||||||
| 156 | "Deviations With Davenport" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 25 May 1997 | ||||||||
| The trio meet Mr. Davenport, a hapless hiker who aspires to write a guidebook, but Foggy gets them completely lost. | ||||||||||||
| 157 | "According To The Prophet Bickerdyke" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 1 June 1997 | ||||||||
| The prophet Bickerdyke has predicted that the world is coming to an end. Clegg wonders if this information should be trusted. | ||||||||||||
| 158 | "Next Kiss Please" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 8 June 1997 | ||||||||
| Foggy bets that Nora Batty will kiss Compo by the end of the day. | ||||||||||||
| 159 | "Destiny And Six Bananas" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 15 June 1997 | ||||||||
| A mysterious beast has been spotted in the woods. The trio & Wesley try to capture it. | ||||||||||||
| 160 | "A Sidecar Named Desire" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 22 June 1997 | ||||||||
| Compo hires a motorbike and sidecar from Auntie Wainwright and takes Nora Batty for a ride in it. | ||||||||||||
Series 19 (1998)
| Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | First broadcast | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christmas special | ||||||||||||
| 161 | "There Goes the Groom" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 28 December 1997 | ||||||||
| Barry is best man at a friend's wedding, but when the groom doesn't want to get married, Truly, Compo & Clegg try to convince him of the advantages of a good married life. | ||||||||||||
| Regular series | ||||||||||||
| 162 | "Beware of the Oglethorpe" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 4 January 1998 | ||||||||
| Compo, Clegg and Truly run into a tired, gloomy old school chum, Coggy Duckworth. | ||||||||||||
| 163 | "Tarzan of the Towpath" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 11 January 1998 | ||||||||
| The trio ends up rolling down a hill but their age proves to speak louder than their will for adventure. | ||||||||||||
| 164 | "Truly and the Hole Truth" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 19 January 1998 | ||||||||
| Truly becomes jealous of people who get their picture in the paper for performing selfless acts of bravery. | ||||||||||||
| 165 | "Oh Howard, We Should Get One of Those" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 25 January 1998 | ||||||||
| Wesley's new creation meets with great success – particularly with Compo – who wants to be the first one to try it. | ||||||||||||
| 166 | "The Suit That Attracts Blondes" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 1 February 1998 | ||||||||
| Glenda gives one of Barry's old suits to the jumble sale, because she thinks it attracts blondes. | ||||||||||||
| 167 | "The Only Diesel-Powered Saxophone in Captivity" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 8 February 1998 | ||||||||
| Barry buys a new saxophone from Auntie Wainwright. Glenda doesn't let him play indoors, so he has to find a spot outside to practise. | ||||||||||||
| 168 | "Perfection - Thy Name is Ridley" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 15 February 1998 | ||||||||
| When the local ladies start to gain some interest for a man named Walter Ridley, it's up for the trio to try to find out why. | ||||||||||||
| 169 | "Nowhere Particular" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 22 February 1998 | ||||||||
| Howard buys a new van, as part of his new scheme to be left in peace with Marina. | ||||||||||||
| 170 | "From Audrey Nash to the Widow Dilhooley" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 1 March 1998 | ||||||||
| Truly hears an old girlfriend of his is coming back to town, and he tries to meet her dressed as he was the last time they saw each other. | ||||||||||||
| 171 | "Support Your Local Skydiver" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 8 March 1998 | ||||||||
| Compo finds out that Nora Batty is getting post cards sent from the Canary Islands. | ||||||||||||
Series 20 (1999)
| Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | First broadcast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 172 | "The Pony Set" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 18 April 1999 | |
| Compo decides to take up horse riding to impress Nora Batty, and it's up to Clegg and Truly to help him thanks to Auntie Wainwright's special horse-riding promotion. | |||||
| 173 | "How Errol Flynn Discovered the Scar of Nora Batty" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 25 April 1999 | |
| The trio come across Billy Hardcastle, a man who believes he is a direct descendant of Robin Hood. | |||||
| 174 | "Who's Thrown her Tom Cruise Photos Away?" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 2 May 1999 | |
| Marina finally gets fed up with Howard and swears off men entirely. | |||||
| 175 | "What's Happened to Barry's Nose?" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 16 May 1999 | |
| Truly tries to help Barry become more confident, but things turn nasty leading to some damage to Barry's nose. | |||||
| 176 | "Optimism in the Housing Market" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 23 May 1999 | |
| Smiler injures his foot while selling door to door for Auntie Wainwright. | |||||
| 177 | "Will Barry go Septic Listening to Classical Music?" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 30 May 1999 | |
| Compo, Clegg and Truly are intrigued when they meet a man testing for earthquakes. | |||||
| 178 | "Beware the Vanilla Slice" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 6 June 1999 | |
| Compo tries to revive interest in the childhood game of "thumpy-dub" and Truly tries to sell his useless lawn-mower. | |||||
| 179 | "Howard Throws a Wobbler" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 13 June 1999 | |
| Howard seethes with jealousy when he becomes positive that Pearl is having an affair. | |||||
| 180 | "The Phantom Number 14 Bus" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 20 June 1999 | |
| Truly investigates the curious case of 'The Phantom Number 14 Bus' which disappeared between stops. | |||||
| 181 | "Ironing Day" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 27 June 1999 | |
| Smiler gets drunk and adventurous on Auntie Wainwright's homemade wine, and Truly and Compo attempt to keep him under control. | |||||
Series 21 (2000)
| Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | First broadcast | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millennium Special | ||||||||||||
| 182 | "Last Post and Pigeon" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 2 January 2000 | ||||||||
| Compo is selected to travel to France with a group of local WWII veterans, only to have the offer withdrawn when the organisers realise how scruffy he looks. | ||||||||||||
| Regular series | ||||||||||||
| 183 | "Lipstick and Other Problems" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 2 April 2000 | ||||||||
| When Glenda finds Barry covered in lipstick he needs assistance from the trio to explain it away. | ||||||||||||
| 184 | "Under the Rug" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 9 April 2000 | ||||||||
| Clegg finds himself having to model Howard's new wig after Pearl becomes suspicious. | ||||||||||||
| 185 | "Magic and the Morris Minor" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 16 April 2000 | ||||||||
| The trio finds a married couple stranded in a field trying to contact ancient civilizations with a Morris Minor hubcap. | ||||||||||||
| 186 | "Elegy for Fallen Wellies" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 23 April 2000 | ||||||||
| Nora, in "sexy" costume for a church pageant, takes a dare from Ivy to call Compo's bluff and present herself on his doorstep. Compo ends up having a fatal heart attack, passing away in the hospital. As everyone mourns, Truly comes up with a way for them all to say farewell. | ||||||||||||
| 187 | "Surprise at Throstlenest" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 30 April 2000 | ||||||||
| Clegg and Truly find out a few unexpected things about Compo as they take his ferrets to their new home. | ||||||||||||
| 188 | "Just a Small Funeral" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 7 May 2000 | ||||||||
| As the funeral approaches, Compo's lady friend Regina is in desperate need of an appropriate dress. | ||||||||||||
| 189 | "From Here to Paternity" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 14 May 2000 | ||||||||
| Nora intercepts a letter from Compo's son, Tom, who Compo didn't know about until shortly before he died. | ||||||||||||
| 190 | "Some Vans Can Make you Deaf" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 21 May 2000 | ||||||||
| While others unite in the effort to repair his tatty van, Tom does his best to avoid lifting a finger to help. | ||||||||||||
| 191 | "Waggoner's Roll" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 28 May 2000 | ||||||||
| Tom decides Babs is destined for showbiz, even though Babs herself wants nothing to do with it.Tom manages to get his niece, Babs, on the road to stardom with a lunchtime booking at a pub. | ||||||||||||
| 192 | "I Didn't Know Barry Could Play" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 4 June 2000 | ||||||||
| Picking up "music" for Babs turns out to be a deceptively simple-sounding task for Clegg, Truly and Barry. | ||||||||||||
Series 22 (2001)
| Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | First broadcast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 193 | "Getting Barry's Goat" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 1 April 2001 | |
| Barry tries to return Tom's goat after it has been left in his garage. | |||||
| 194 | "The Art of the Shorts Story" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 8 April 2001 | |
| Howard gets into a panic when he cannot find his shorts and is questioned about them by Pearl. | |||||
| 195 | "The Missing Bus of Mrs. Avery" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 15 April 2001 | |
| Howard is cheerful and Pearl is suspicious. Mrs. Avery is flustered to drive the ladies on their outing. | |||||
| 196 | "Hey! Big Vendor" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 22 April 2001 | |
| Wesley's latest invention should prove a big hit at the jumble sale, if only the rude noises it makes could be quietened down! | |||||
| 197 | "Enter the Hawk" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 29 April 2001 | |
| Barry is interested in a pinstripe suit that he feels will help him look like managerial material. | |||||
| 198 | "Gnome and Away" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 6 May 2001 | |
| Howard recruits Truly and Clegg to hide his latest gift for Marina until he can give it to her. | |||||
| 199 | "A Hair of the Blonde That Bit You" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 13 May 2001 | |
| Pearl finds a single blonde hair on one of Howard's shirts. | |||||
| 200 | "A White Sweater and a Solicitor's Letter" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 20 May 2001 | |
| A solicitor's letter arrives, addressed to Compo. Is it good or bad news? | |||||
| 201 | "Why is Barry at an Angle?" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 27 May 2001 | |
| Barry has the undesirable task of collecting on a customer's late payment. | |||||
| 202 | "The Coming of the Beast" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 3 June 2001 | |
| Wesley's new toy gives Barry a chance to prove his usefulness in overalls. | |||||
Series 23 (2002)
| Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | First broadcast | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christmas special | ||||||||||||
| 203 | "Potts in Pole Position" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 30 December 2001 | ||||||||
| Truly, Clegg and Billy meet a polar explorer with a domineering wife. | ||||||||||||
| Regular series | ||||||||||||
| 204 | "A Brief Excursion in the Fast Lane" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 6 January 2002 | ||||||||
| Glenda begins to worry when Barry becomes interested in a life in the fast lane. | ||||||||||||
| 205 | "The Mystical Squeak of Howard's Bicycle" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 13 January 2002 | ||||||||
| Howard seeks a way to deal with a psychic phenomenon. | ||||||||||||
| 206 | "Mervyn Would be Proud" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 20 January 2002 | ||||||||
| A dedicated groupie follows Billy, who stages a moving demonstration of his inherited skill with a bow and arrow. | ||||||||||||
| 207 | "The Incredible Ordeal of Norman Clegg" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 27 January 2002 | ||||||||
| When Howard leaves some picnic items at Clegg's for safekeeping he fails to mention that it includes Marina. | ||||||||||||
| 208 | "Beware of the Hot Dog" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 3 February 2002 | ||||||||
| Wesley brings culinary ingenuity to the Yorkshire wilderness as Howard decides to surveil Pearl and Ros during their day out. | ||||||||||||
| 209 | "In Search of Childlike Joy and the Farthest..." | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 10 February 2002 | ||||||||
| Both a reluctant Smiler and the police feel the need for speed, and Barry's legs may hold the key to the trio's enlightenment. | ||||||||||||
| 210 | "A Chaise Longue Too Far" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 17 February 2002 | ||||||||
| Barry's rejected romantic gift becomes the only method by which Howard can counter Marina's ultimatum. | ||||||||||||
| 211 | "Exercising Father's Bicycle" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 24 February 2002 | ||||||||
| After successfully dodging a bill collector, Tom learns of the storied past of Compo's bicycle and wishes to help the legend live on. | ||||||||||||
| 212 | "Sadly, Madly, Bradley" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 3 March 2002 | ||||||||
| Billy must spend the day with his brother-in-law Bradley, who can't stop spreading around his gloomy mood. | ||||||||||||
| 213 | "It All Began With an Old Volvo Headlamp" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 10 March 2002 | ||||||||
| The trio latches on to the distraught Kevin, who in response to his being dumped by his girlfriend, wants to become a "Wise Man of the Woods". | ||||||||||||
Series 24 (2003)
| Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | First broadcast | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christmas special | ||||||||||||
| 214 | "A Musical Passing for a Miserable Muscroft" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 29 December 2002 | ||||||||
| Billy Ingleton has acquired a mobile pipe organ, the use of which the ladies feel appropriate for a charity pageant. | ||||||||||||
| Regular series | ||||||||||||
| 215 | "The Lair of the Cat Creature" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 5 January 2003 | ||||||||
| A new adventurer lands in town, eager to make a name for himself; luckily for him, the trio has in mind a heroic test of mettle. | ||||||||||||
| 216 | "Ancient Eastern Wisdom: An Introduction" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 12 January 2002 | ||||||||
| Truly and Clegg meet an inscrutable bearer of ancient Eastern wisdom whom they recruit to help Tom deal with the repo man. | ||||||||||||
| 217 | "A Pick-Up of the Later Ming Dynasty" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 19 January 2003 | ||||||||
| After helping Entwistle fix his truck, the trio are recruited to lay hands on Smiler's cart. | ||||||||||||
| 218 | "The Secret Birthday of Norman Clegg" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 26 January 2003 | ||||||||
| Clegg wants to celebrate his birthday with a quiet lunch with Truly at a posh hotel, but Marina invites herself on the way. They then discover that everybody else is at a wedding reception - at the same hotel. | ||||||||||||
| 219 | "In Which Gavin Hinchcliffe Loses the Gulf Stream" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 2 February 2003 | ||||||||
| An old schoolmate's preparations for global warming are hampered by a drunk girlfriend and one very nervous driver. | ||||||||||||
| 220 | "The Miraculous Curing of Old Goff Helliwell" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 9 February 2003 | ||||||||
| Clegg, Truly and Billy need to put a spark back in the life of an old chum. | ||||||||||||
| 221 | "The Frenchies are Coming" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 23 February 2003 | ||||||||
| Billy assembles a band of archers to defend against French invaders, and Pearl finds a way to keep tabs on Howard's comings and goings. | ||||||||||||
| 222 | "The Man Who Invented Yorkshire Funny Stuff" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 2 March 2003 | ||||||||
| The trio are on the hunt for a green-fingered man whose reputation as a ladies' man has bred contempt among his old flames. | ||||||||||||
| 223 | "The Second Husband and the Showgirls" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 9 March 2003 | ||||||||
| Curiosity abounds when the new husband of the former Mrs. Truelove arrives in town. | ||||||||||||
| 224 | "All of a Florrie" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 16 March 2003 | ||||||||
| Everyone lends a hand in helping Truly rid himself of an old next-door neighbour with misguided affections. | ||||||||||||
Series 25 (2004)
| Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | First broadcast | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christmas special | ||||||||||||
| 225 | "A Short Blast of Fred Astaire" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 21 December 2003 | ||||||||
| Preparations for the Christmas concert are in full swing, but some of the assembled acts lack confidence. | ||||||||||||
| Regular series | ||||||||||||
| 226 | "Jurassic - No Parking" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 8 February 2004 | ||||||||
| Barry wins a contest and receives more prize than Glenda can handle. | ||||||||||||
| 227 | "The General's Greatest Battle" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 15 February 2004 | ||||||||
| Clegg, Truly, and the others end up destroying a mannequin that is supposed to ride with Nora in the holiday float. | ||||||||||||
| 228 | "Spores" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 29 February 2004 | ||||||||
| Truly and Billy aid a woman in finding her "Lionel" while Alvin tries to get a photograph of Nora Batty. | ||||||||||||
| 229 | "Happy Birthday Robin Hood" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 7 March 2004 | ||||||||
| When he sees Marina wearing a wedding dress and being driven through town, Howard becomes distraught. | ||||||||||||
| 230 | "Who's That With Barry and Glenda?" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 14 March 2004 | ||||||||
| Glenda is concerned about Barry and his suitcase, and decides to follow him to see if another woman is involved. | ||||||||||||
| 231 | "An Apple a Day" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 21 March 2004 | ||||||||
| Nora Batty informs Alvin that he has volunteered to take some old-timers out for the day. | ||||||||||||
| 232 | "Barry Becomes a Psychopathic Killer" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 28 March 2004 | ||||||||
| Smiler needs to get rid of an unwanted admirer who thinks he has money. Clegg, and then Barry, are recruited to dampen her enthusiasm. | ||||||||||||
| 233 | "Things To Do When Your Wife Runs Off..." | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 4 April 2004 | ||||||||
| Barry unwittingly becomes the friend of a lonely man whose wife has deserted him. | ||||||||||||
| 234 | "Beware of Laughing at Nora's Hats" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 11 April 2004 | ||||||||
| Clegg, Truly, Alvin and Billy unite to help end a long running feud between Nora and Audrey Craig. | ||||||||||||
| 235 | "Yours Truly - If You're Not Careful" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 18 April 2004 | ||||||||
| Truly thinks his ex-wife the "former Mrs Truelove" is keen to get in touch with him and visit. | ||||||||||||
Series 26 (2005)
| Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | First broadcast | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christmas special | ||||||||||||
| 236 | "Variations on a Theme of the Widow Winstanley" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 19 December 2004 | ||||||||
| Truly, Alvin, and Billy Hardcastle scheme to match the notoriously woman-shy Clegg up with a widow. | ||||||||||||
| Regular series | ||||||||||||
| 237 | "The Swan Man of Ilkley" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 13 March 2005 | ||||||||
| A stranger is planning to float to Ilkley using an inflatable swan and it's up to Entwistle to ensure the man completes his journey. | ||||||||||||
| 238 | "Watching the Clock" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 20 March 2005 | ||||||||
| Clegg climbs an old tree to prove that the town clock from a nearby village can be seen from its height. scared of heights, Truly, Alvin, Billy and Howard have to get him down. | ||||||||||||
| 239 | "Has Anyone Seen a Peruvian Wart?" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 27 March 2005 | ||||||||
| Nora Batty finds herself the target of a notorious womaniser after she garners his attention with her baked goods. | ||||||||||||
| 240 | "Hermione (The Short Course)" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 10 April 2005 | ||||||||
| A "Do Not Disturb" sign on Clegg's door rouses curiosity and worry among his friends; Smiler finds himself yearning for a lost love | ||||||||||||
| 241 | "Who's That Mouse in the Poetry Group?" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 17 April 2005 | ||||||||
| In an attempt to improve his appeal, Smiler transforms himself into an "intellectual" to both Marina's delight and Howard's chagrin. | ||||||||||||
| 242 | "Available for Weddings" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 24 April 2005 | ||||||||
| After Clegg breaks his leg attempting a steep hill, the Yorkshire countryside becomes a test track for Truly's experimental studded bicycle tyres. | ||||||||||||
| 243 | "The McDonaghs of Jamieson Street" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 1 May 2005 | ||||||||
| When Smiler tells the boys about the "girl who got away", they along with Nora, Glenda and Tom venture out to track her down and play Cupid. | ||||||||||||
| 244 | "The Afterthoughts of a Co-op Manager" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 8 May 2005 | ||||||||
| Truly heads a search for a manager Clegg worked under in his youth, finding that even the tyrannous can harbour virtue. | ||||||||||||
| 245 | "Lot Number 8" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 15 May 2005 | ||||||||
| Auntie Wainwright acquires a mystery Lot (four useful containers) at an auction and sends Tom and Smiler to pick it up. Truly, Billy, Alvin and Entwhistle try to find a use for the "Containers" other than their intended one. | ||||||||||||
| 246 | "Little Orphan Howard" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 29 May 2005 | ||||||||
| Howard falls into a depression after Clegg devilishly convinces him that he's an orphan. | ||||||||||||
Series 27 (2006)
| Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | First broadcast | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christmas special | ||||||||||||
| 247 | "Merry Entwistle and Jackson Day" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 18 December 2005 | ||||||||
| Auntie Wainwright dresses Smiler as Father Christmas and Tom as an elf. | ||||||||||||
| Regular series | ||||||||||||
| 248 | "Follow That Bottle" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 5 March 2006 | ||||||||
| Intrigued by a note in a bottle floating down the river, Clegg, Truly, Billy and Alvin recruit Entwistle to help them intercept it. | ||||||||||||
| 249 | "How To Remove A Cousin" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 12 March 2006 | ||||||||
| Truly, Billy and Alvin join forces to help Clegg encourage his overbearing cousin to go home. | ||||||||||||
| 250 | "Has Anyone Seen Barry's Midlife Crisis?" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 19 March 2006 | ||||||||
| As Barry frets to Glenda about wanting a mid-life crisis, the foursome attempts to break Howard out of his 24-hour house arrest. | ||||||||||||
| 251 | "The Genuine Outdoors Robin Hood Barbi" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 26 March 2006 | ||||||||
| Billy's expertise in all things outdoors is called into question, and Barry acquires the services of Tom and Smiler in an attempt to impress the Captain. | ||||||||||||
| 252 | "Barry In Danger From Reading and Aunt Jessie" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 2 April 2006 | ||||||||
| Alvin devises a scheme to spark Nora's jealousy; meanwhile, Barry's trip to the library might end up put him off reading entirely. | ||||||||||||
| 253 | "Who's That Merry Man with Billy, Then?" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 9 April 2006 | ||||||||
| Billy is excited after learning he has recruited a new member for his Merry Men | ||||||||||||
| 254 | "Who's That Talking To Lenny?" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 16 April 2006 | ||||||||
| Lenny hears a voice from above and decides he must wait patiently for more information. The gang makes sure he is well equipped to receive messages. | ||||||||||||
| 255 | "Oh Look! Mitzi's Found Her Mummy" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 23 April 2006 | ||||||||
| Howard agrees to look after a friend's dog but soon passes the job on to Clegg, in whose hands the dog inexplicably becomes ferocious. | ||||||||||||
| 256 | "Plenty Of Room In The Back" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 30 April 2006 | ||||||||
| When Smiler and Tom go to collect Auntie Wainright's new company vehicle, they find it certainly has "plenty of room in the back". But is it really up to the job? | ||||||||||||
| Christmas special | ||||||||||||
| 257 | "A Tale of Two Sweaters" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 28 December 2006 | ||||||||
| When Howard is given sweaters by both Pearl and Marina he is forced to master the art of quick changing in order to stay out of trouble. | ||||||||||||
Series 28 (2007)
| Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | First broadcast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 258 | "The Second Stag Night of Doggy Wilkinson" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 15 July 2007 | |
| An old friend – Doggy – is getting remarried and invites Clegg, Truly, Alvin, Entwistle and Howard to his stag night at a local inn. | |||||
| 259 | "What Happened to the Horse?" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 29 July 2007 | |
| When Alvin observes that a particular strip of woodland looks as if it could be haunted, they soon convince him of its authenticity. | |||||
| 260 | "Variations on a Theme of Road Rage" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 5 August 2007 | |
| Howard purchases a used car, not knowing that the previous owner still has a claim to it. | |||||
| 261 | "In Which Howard Gets Double Booked" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 12 August 2007 | |
| Howard agrees to take Pearl out on the same night that he's promised to take Marina out as well. | |||||
| 262 | "Will the Nearest Alien Please Come In" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 19 August 2007 | |
| Truly and Alvin look for alien life. | |||||
| 263 | "Elegy for Small Creature..." | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 26 August 2007 | |
| Clegg reluctantly agrees to let Howard bring his new bicycle in to his house out of sight from Pearl, but is dismayed when he finds that it is a track bike. | |||||
| 264 | "The Crowcroft Challenge" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 2 September 2007 | |
| Alvin and Howard agree to take up the Crowcroft Challenge, not realizing what it entails. | |||||
| 265 | "Must Be Good Dancer" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 9 September 2007 | |
| Alvin, Tom and Truly try to persuade Smiler to dance. | |||||
| 266 | "In Which Howard Remembers Where He Left..." | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 16 September 2007 | |
| Howard bumps into an old flame. | |||||
| 267 | "Sinclair and the Wormley Witches" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 23 September 2007 | |
| Sinclair wants to be exorcised but doesn't bargain for Smiler doing the exorcising. | |||||
Series 29 (2008)
| Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | First broadcast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 268 | "Enter the Finger" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 22 June 2008 | |
| Barry's fitness-mad neighbour annoyingly outshines him in all things physical. | |||||
| 269 | "Will the Genuine Racer Please Stand Up?" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 29 June 2008 | |
| Howard decides to disguise himself from Pearl but discovers it is not as easy as he thought. | |||||
| 270 | "A Short Introduction to Cooper's Rules" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 6 July 2008 | |
| Just as PCs Cooper and Walsh master the art of fighting crime from the rear, Barry spoils it all by taking a retired vicar out for the day. | |||||
| 271 | "Is Jeremy Quite Safe?" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 13 July 2008 | |
| A retired jewel thief regales Marina and Miss Davenport with fanciful stories of his past exploits in the South of France. | |||||
| 272 | "All That Glitters Is Not Elvis" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 20 July 2008 | |
| When Alvin and Entwistle see Lance trying to convince his wife that Elvis is still alive, they feel a duty to help the King make an appearance. | |||||
| 273 | "Eva's Back In Town" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 27 July 2008 | |
| Eva, an old acquaintance of Alvin's makes an appearance, and proves to be just the woman to make Howard's life more complicated. | |||||
| 274 | "In Which Romance Isn't Dead – Just Incompetent" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 3 August 2008 | |
| Barry has a lonely neighbour on his hands and takes it upon himself to find him a girlfriend. | |||||
| 275 | "The Mischievous Tinkle in Howard's Eyes" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 10 August 2008 | |
| Howard discovers there are better ways than the mobile phone to contact 'certain acquaintances', and quite openly, too - morris dancing bells. | |||||
| 276 | "Of Passion and Pizza" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 17 August 2008 | |
| Mervyn is deeply in love with 'Her' at the pizza take-away, but lacking the courage to tell her himself. | |||||
| 277 | "It's Never Ten Years" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 24 August 2008 | |
| Clegg and Truly reminisce fondly about their old friend Compo, who suffered at the hands of Nora Batty - and them, thus teaching Alvin a thing or two. | |||||
| 278 | "Get Out of That, Then" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 31 August 2008 | |
| Lenny, heavily-chained, is determined that he has a showbusiness future as an escapologist. Sidekick Cliff is not as enthusiastic. | |||||
Series 30 (2009)
| Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | First broadcast | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Year's special | ||||||||||||
| 279 | "I Was A Hitman For Primrose Dairies" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 31 December 2008 | ||||||||
| Retired milkman Luther 'Hobbo' Hobdyke calls upon his MI5 experience to form a band of reluctant volunteers, to react to any emergency. | ||||||||||||
| Regular series | ||||||||||||
| 280 | "Adventures of the Inventor of the Mother Stitch" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 19 April 2009 | ||||||||
| Hobbo discovers that Morton is lonely and depressed, what else should a former milkman and undercover spy do, but find him a good friend. | ||||||||||||
| 281 | "The Mother of All Mistakes—Or Is It?" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 26 April 2009 | ||||||||
| Adopted as a baby, former milkman and undercover secret agent Hobbo is determined to trace his natural mother. | ||||||||||||
| 282 | "Will Howard Cross the Atlantic Single Handed?" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 3 May 2009 | ||||||||
| Hobbo is still having trouble getting Nelly to admit that she is his natural birth mother. | ||||||||||||
| 283 | "Who's That Looking Sideways At Nelly?" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 10 May 2009 | ||||||||
| Hobbo discovers the danger of exercising when his neck locks solid while doing some simple head movements. | ||||||||||||
| 284 | "Nobody Messes with Tony the Throat" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 17 May 2009 | ||||||||
| Howard is deeply concerned when Pearl starts going out every day with Nelly, and she will not say where. | ||||||||||||
| 285 | "Will Stella Find True Love with Norris Fairburn?" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 24 May 2009 | ||||||||
| When 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. | ||||||||||||
| 286 | "Will Randolph Make a Good Impression?" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 31 May 2009 | ||||||||
| Hobbo turns up at the river wall with Randolph, who he hopes will bring romance into Stella's life. | ||||||||||||
| 287 | "In Which Romance Springs A Leak" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 7 June 2009 | ||||||||
| Toby is beginning to realise that the benefits of going back to his ex-wife far outweigh the advantages of living alone. | ||||||||||||
| 288 | "Variations On A Theme Of Father's Day" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 14 June 2009 | ||||||||
| In order that Hobbo can find out more about Nelly, his supposed mother, he has Howard eavesdrop on her when she is visiting Pearl. | ||||||||||||
| 289 | "Goodnight Sweet Ferret" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 21 June 2009 | ||||||||
| Hobbo and his army of volunteers, namely Alvin and Entwistle, go and visit an old friend who needs help. | ||||||||||||
Series 31 (2010)
| Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | First broadcast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 290 | "Behind Every Bush There is Not Necessarily a Howard" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 25 July 2010 | |
| Hobbo enlists the services of his 'team' to help Toby win back the affections of his ex-wife. | |||||
| 291 | "Happy Camping" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 1 August 2010 | |
| Pearl throws Howard out of the house, but when he goes to Clegg's for sympathy it falls on deaf ears. | |||||
| 292 | "The Rights of Man (Except for Howard)" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 8 August 2010 | |
| Hobbo decides that the still-homeless Howard needs to show Pearl who's boss, but after Pearl slams the door in his face, Howard is despondent. | |||||
| 293 | "Howard and the Great Outdoors" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 15 August 2010 | |
| Attempting to persuade Pearl to take her errant husband back, Howard's friends try to convince her he has become a tramp. | |||||
| 294 | "Look Whose Wheel's Come Off" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 22 August 2010 | |
| Wondering if Pearl still loves him, Howard asks Hobbo to give her a peck on the cheek from him. | |||||
| 295 | "How Not to Cry at Weddings" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 29 August 2010 | |
| Alvin flirts with Stella, Toby tries to smarten himself up in a bid to win back Monica, and Clegg worries that he's forgotten something important. | |||||
Miscellaneous
| Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | Duration | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Funny Side of Christmas | ||||||||||||
| - | "How to Ignore Christmas (aka Christmas in November)" | Sydney Lotterby | Roy Clarke | 27 December 1982 | 10 minutes | |||||||
| Clegg and Foggy are determined to avoid Christmas joys and so pretend it is November, but Compo is reluctant and even brings three women around as a Christmas treat. | ||||||||||||
| Documentaries | ||||||||||||
| - | "25 Years of Last of the Summer Wine" | TBA | TBA | 30 March 1997 | 50 minutes | |||||||
| Documentary looking back at 25 years of Yorkshire-based tomfoolery in Last of the Summer Wine. | ||||||||||||
| - | "30 Years of Last of the Summer Wine" | TBA | TBA | 13 April 2003 | 60 minutes | |||||||
| A celebration of the world's longest-running comedy series. | ||||||||||||
| The Paul O'Grady Show | ||||||||||||
| - | "The Bill For the Summer Wine" | TBA | Paul O'Grady and Harry Hill | 15 November 2010 | 5 minutes | |||||||
| Features the return of Alvin and Entwistle, as well as guest starring Graham Cole as Tony Stamp, Paul O'Grady and Harry Hill as themselves. | ||||||||||||
| Spin-off Media | ||||||||||||
| - | "Cooper and Walsh" | Alan J. W. Bell | Roy Clarke | 2014 | 5 minutes | |||||||
| A small filmed pilot for "Cooper & Walsh". It was released online, it starred Ken Kitson and Louis Emerick as PC Cooper and PC Walsh. | ||||||||||||
Notes
- The DVD boxset issued on this date is labelled series 9 & 10. However, it contains only the twelve episodes listed for series 9 below plus the three Specials. It contains none of the episodes listed for series 10. The six series 10 episodes were released along with the seven of series 11 and two Specials in a boxset labelled Series 11 & 12. The ten Series 12 episodes were released along with the six Series 13 episodes and two Specials in another boxset labelled series 13 & 14. The nine series 14 episodes were released along with the nine series 15 episodes and two specials in another boxset labelled series 15 & 16 released on 26 October 2009. The eight series 16 episodes were released along with the ten series 17 episodes and two specials in another boxset labelled series 17 & 18 released on 27 December 2010. The ten series 18 episodes were released along with the ten series 19 episodes and two specials in another boxset labelled series 19 & 20 on 7 February 2011. The ten series 20 episodes were released along with the ten series 21 episodes and the Millennium special in another boxset labelled series 21 & 22 on 26 March 2012. The ten series 22 episodes were released along with the ten series 23 episodes and two specials in another boxset labelled series 23 & 24 on 23 April 2012. The ten series 24 episodes were released along with the ten series 25 episodes and two specials in another boxset labelled series 25 & 26 on 29 September 2014. The ten series 26 episodes were released along with the nine series 27 episodes and two specials in another boxset labelled series 27 & 28 on 5 October 2015. The ten series 28 episodes were released along with the eleven series 29 episodes in another boxset labeled series 29 & 30 on 16 May 2016. The ten series 30 episodes were released along with the six series 31, the 2008 New Year special and an extra feature of the Comedy Playhouse Pilot episode Of Funerals and Fish in a final boxset labelled series 31 & 32 on 15 August 2016. All 295 episodes were cleared by the BBFC.
The first three episodes of series 1 were edited together on the DVD in what appeared to be a straight transfer from the video release in the 1980s. "Pâté & Chips" ended with credits for all three episodes plus the original BBC Video ident, however a re-release of series 1 & 2 in 2011 put all three episodes with their start and end credits back on them, on the same re-release the scene from the series 2 episode "Some Enchanted Evening" which was missing on the original release has been put back into the episode. Over the years there has been a number of edits on DVD releases in all regions with region 1 having certain music edits on the DVD releases. Region 2 DVDs have some edits such as Milburn not appearing in "The Loxley Lozenge" as he did on original transmission and "Uncle of the Bride" and "Big Day at Dream Acres" on the DVD release being only 1 of 3 versions of each episode, "Elegy for Fallen Wellies" on the region 2 DVDs is the alternate version on DVD and not the original transmission version, another episode edited was on the re-release of series 3 & 4 in 2010 when a line was removed from "The Kink in Foggy's Niblick" when the lady golfers go walking past Compo and Clegg. Apart from "Elegy for Fallen Wellies" there doesn't appear to be much editing on the later releases in region 2 so far.
References
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