| Plot |
The longest running comedy series in the world started out, as many British comedy successes did, with a 1973 episode of the BBC series "Comedy Playhouse". The basis was simple but complex at the same time. It tells us the stories of three old men, who in all essence couldn't be more young at heart. The original trio consisted of Bill Owen, as Compo Simmonite, the scruffiest man in Yorkshire, with only two passions in life: his ferrets and Nora Batty (Kathy Staff). The second man of the group, Norman Clegg, played by Peter Sallis, was from the beginning shown as the most timid of the group, and also the one who gets carried away by the crazy ideas and schemes of his companions, which always seem to get him in trouble. Initially the third man of the group was Blamire, played by Michael Bates, but he was soon replaced by Foggy Dewhurst (Brian Wilde) who always seems to have a scheme or a story that somehow leads to his old days as a war hero... or so he says. In 1986 Bri |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Comedy; Drama; Soap |
| Series |
Last Of The Summer Wine |
| Movie Release Date |
1976 |
| Country |
 USA
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| Language |
English |
| Running Time |
0 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Episodes |
| Episode 1 |
The Man From Oswestry
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 precison doesn't seem to be a great help, when the trio tries to carry Foggy's heavy war time luggage up a hill.
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| Episode 2 |
Mending Stuart's Leg
Mr Wainright is back in town, and quickly throws the trio out of the library. the trio goes back to the Café, where Ivy is having the usual battle of witts 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 Café, with the usual disastrous results. Meanwhile Wainright dates the new female librarian
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| Episode 3 |
The Great Boarding House Bathroom Caper
the trio takes takes a little holiday in Scarborough, but what's the deal with Compo's cardboard box?
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| Episode 4 |
Cheering Up Gordon
when the trio notices Compo's nephew Gordon is depressed they come up with various ways of cheering him up
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| Episode 5 |
The Kink In Foggy's Niblick
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""
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| Episode 6 |
Going To Gordon's Wedding
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
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| Episode 7 |
Isometrics And After
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
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| Edition Details |
| Region |
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Region 1 |
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| Format |
DVD |
| No. of Discs/Tapes |
1 |
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| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
1500 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
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