Last of the Summer Wine (series 14)
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The Last of the Summer Wine
s fourteenth series aired on BBC One
. All of the episodes were written by Roy Clarke
and produced and directed by Alan J. W. Bell
.
Last of the Summer Wine
Last of the Summer Wine is a British sitcom written by Roy Clarke that was broadcast on BBC One. Last of the Summer Wine premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse on 4 January 1973 and the first series of episodes followed on 12 November 1973. From 1983 to 2010, Alan J. W. Bell produced and...
s fourteenth series aired on BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
. All of the episodes were written by Roy Clarke
Roy Clarke
Roy Clarke OBE is an English comedy writer.-Career:Clarke is best known for creating BBC Sitcoms; Last of the Summer Wine, Open All Hours and Keeping Up Appearances...
and produced and directed by Alan J. W. Bell
Alan J. W. Bell
Alan J. W. Bell is a British television producer and director. He has produced and/or directed many BBC series since the early 1970s, most notably Last of the Summer Wine, Ripping Yarns and the TV adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy...
.
Outline
The trio in this series consisted of:| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Bill Owen | Compo |
| Peter Sallis Peter Sallis Peter Sallis, OBE is an English actor and entertainer, well-known for his work on British television. Although he was born and brought up in London, his two most notable roles require him to adopt the accents and mannerisms of a Northerner.Sallis is best known for his role as the main character... |
Clegg |
| Brian Wilde Brian Wilde Brian George Wilde was an English actor, best known for his roles in television comedy, including Mr Barrowclough in Porridge and "Foggy" Dewhurst in Last of the Summer Wine... |
Foggy |
List of episodes
| Title | Airdate | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| By The Magnificent Thighs of Ernie Burniston | 25 October | Howard asks Clegg to deliver a birthday card to Marina, and Foggy decides that it's time Compo got fit. | Auntie Wainwright becomes a regular character from this episode onwards. |
| Errol Flynn Used to Have a Pair Like That | 1 November | Compo finds out that Nora likes a man in horse-riding gear. | |
| The Phantom of the Graveyard | 8 November | An old school teacher of the trio has died, so the lads are off to his funeral. | |
| The Self-Propelled Salad Strainer | 15 November | Wesley has plans for a ride-on lawnmower. He's going to adapt it for the purpose of cleaning windows. | |
| Ordeal by Trousers | 22 November | Ivy and Nora are looking for volunteers for the church concert, and, suspicious about the truthfulness of Foggy's war stories, Compo and Clegg use an old school challenge to root out liars on him. | Jim Bowen Jim Bowen Jim Bowen is an English stand-up comedian and TV personality. He is best known as the host of the ITV gameshow Bullseye, which he hosted between 1981 and 1995.-Early life:... guest stars for the second time |
| Happy Birthday, Howard | 29 November | 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. | Jim Bowen Jim Bowen Jim Bowen is an English stand-up comedian and TV personality. He is best known as the host of the ITV gameshow Bullseye, which he hosted between 1981 and 1995.-Early life:... guest stars for the third and final time |
| Who's Got Rhythm? | 6 December | Compo is short of money, but after a flash of inspiration (and a visit to Auntie Wainwrights), he becomes a one-man band. | Trevor Bannister Trevor Bannister Trevor Gordon Bannister was an English actor best known for playing the womanising junior salesman Mr. Lucas in the sitcom Are You Being Served? from 1972 to 1979, and for his role as Toby Mulberry Smith in the longest-running sitcom Last of the Summer Wine, from 2003 until it ended its run in 2010... guest stars. He would later reappear as the Golf Captain 9 years later. |
| Camera Shy | 13 December | Foggy buys a camcorder from Auntie Wainwright, and practices filming in the hills. He wants to watch it back, but doesn't have a video player. Luckily Pearl steps in and offers the use of her TV and video, but will it be lucky for Howard? Has Foggy captured more than just the countryside on tape? | |
| Wheelies | 20 December | Foggy invents a new form of transport...a giant wheel. Compo finds himself volunteered to test drive it. | |
Christmas episode 1992
| Title | Airdate | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stop That Castle | 26 December | The trio visit Auntie Wainwright, to rent a bouncy castle for the Christmas parade. | |
DVD release
It was released on DVD in October 2009| The Complete Series 15 & 16 | ||||
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