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TV series

Last of the Summer Wine

1973TV-1431 seasons7.2 / 10

The BBC's longest running comedy series.

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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Synopsis

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 Man From Oswestry

30m

Compo is bored. Since Cyril Blamire left for Oswestry, to live with a woman, things have been a bit too calm for him in town. But soon, Clegg brings the solution to all their boredom. A letter from Blamire asking them to welcome home an old fried of his, called Foggy Dewhurst, and help him cope with the sudden changes in his life, after he was more or less forced to retire. Compo and Clegg meet with the new "third man", the war hero Foggy Dewhurst, who because of his peculiar life and his endless wartime stories soon makes his presence noted around town. His military posture, and his "murderous" impulses only get him in a fight with Big Malcolm, and his military precision doesn't seem to be a great help, when the trio tries to carry Foggy's heavy wartime luggage up a hill.

Episode credits

Directed by Sydney LotterbyWritten by Roy Clarke

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Episode 2

Mending Stuart's Leg

30m

Mr Wainwright is back in town, and quickly throws the trio out of the library. The trio goes back to the cafe, where Ivy is having the usual battle of wits with Sid. There they meet with Stuart, and old man who's having a strange click in his leg. Later the trio helps Sid to mend a whole in the roof of the cafe with the usual disastrous results. Meanwhile Wainwright dates the new female librarian.

Episode credits

Directed by Sydney LotterbyWritten by Roy ClarkeGuest stars Blake Butler, Reginald Barratt, Roy Sampson, Kate Brown

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Episode 3

The Great Boarding House Bathroom Caper

30m

The trio takes takes a little holiday in Scarborough, but what's the deal with Compo's cardboard box?

Episode credits

Directed by Ray ButtWritten by Roy ClarkeGuest stars Philip Jackson

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Episode 4

Cheering Up Gordon

30m

When the trio notices Compo's nephew Gordon is depressed, they come up with various ways of cheering him up.

Episode credits

Directed by Ray ButtWritten by Roy ClarkeGuest stars Philip Jackson

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Episode 5

The Kink In Foggy's Niblick

30m

When Foggy discovers his old golf clubs in the attic of his home, he takes Compo, Clegg and Sid for a little practice of "the noble sport".

Episode credits

Directed by Sydney LotterbyWritten by Roy Clarke

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Episode 6

Going To Gordon's Wedding

30m

It's Gordon's wedding day and, as always, problems are near. this time they appear with a face and a name: Big Malcolm. As always it's up to the trio to see that the wedding ends properly, but not without some incidents in between.

Episode credits

Directed by Sydney LotterbyWritten by Roy ClarkeGuest stars Philip Jackson, Liz Goulding, Margaret Burton, Joan Scott, John Barrard, Paul Luty, Barry Hart, Brian Pettifer

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Episode 7

Isometrics And After

30mfinale

Foggy decides Compo and Clegg are not as fit as they should be. The path back to physical fitness is isometrics-or is it? Maybe... not.

Episode credits

Directed by Sydney LotterbyWritten by Roy ClarkeGuest stars Blake Butler, Kate Brown

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Episode information updated Jul 25, 2026

More about Last of the Summer Wine

Cast

Peter SallisClegg
Frank ThorntonTruly
Jane FreemanIvy
Kathy StaffNora Batty
Joe GladwinWally
John ComerSid
Jean FergussonMarina
Brian WildeFoggy

Credits

Created by
Roy Clarke
Written by
Roy Clarke

Production details

Status
Ended
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
269
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • BBC OneUnited Kingdom
  • BBCUnited Kingdom

Themes

british farcefriendshusband wife relationshipinfidelitymischiefnorthern englandretirementrural area