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Season of television series
Last of the Summer Wine
Series 12
No. of episodes11
Release
Original networkBBC1
Original release2 September (1990-09-02) –
27 December 1990 (1990-12-27)
Additional information
Filming dates
  • Series 12: 1990
  • Christmas Special: 1990
Series chronology
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Last of the Summer Wine's twelfth series aired on BBC1. All of the episodes were written by Roy Clarke and produced and directed by Alan J. W. Bell.

With the departure of Michael Aldridge who had left to nurse his ill wife, the character of Foggy Dewhurst returned to the fold.

Outline

The trio in this series consisted of:

Actor Role
Michael Aldridge Seymour
Bill Owen Compo
Peter Sallis Clegg
Brian Wilde Foggy
  1. only appeared briefly in Return of the Warrior

Returning this series

Last appearances

List of episodes

Regular series

Title Airdate Description Notes
Return of the Warrior 2 September Compo and Clegg see Seymour off, ready to take up a post of headmaster, and ponder what they will do with their lives now he has gone; they just keep missing a returning Foggy, until they finally bump into him.
  • Final appearance of Seymour Utterthwaite. Aldridge appears in the first 5 minutes only, before Seymour leaves town on a bus to take up a new teaching post
  • Foggy returns, having been absent since Series 8 in 1985.
  • First episode featuring two of the 'third men', but they never meet.
  • When Compo and Clegg inform Seymour that the caning of children is now illegal, Seymour is clearly disappointed by this news, despite already being aware of the fact, having mentioned it himself in the 1987 feature-length episode Big Day at Dream Acres
  • Despite his new post being only an hour away, Seymour is never seen again.
Come In, Sunray Major 9 September After a miscommunication leads to Foggy getting split up from Compo and Clegg while out walking, he comes up with an idea – portable radios.
The Charity Balls 16 September Compo, Clegg, Foggy and Howard take part in sponsored football dribble for charity.
  • This episode includes the second and final appearance of Bert Parnaby as Jack Harry Teesdale.
Walking Stiff Can Make You Famous 23 September Foggy is tired of not receiving what he perceives as sufficient gravitas for his position and dreams up a suitably high-profile game befitting his status within the community: bicycle polo.
  • Rare appearance of Foggy's house.
That's Not Captain Zero 30 September After meeting Captain Zero, the human cannonball, the trio take him to the pub while his van is fixed. Unfortunately, when he gets arrested for being drunk, it is up to Compo to take his place.
  • Guest Appearance Trevor Peacock (Captain Zero)
  • The last appearances of Clegg and Howard's original respective homes.
Das (Welly) Boot 7 October Foggy decides to restore an old boat, and Compo knows who he wants to take on the first trip...Nora Batty, but how can they lure her on board with him? Foggy has a plan yet again.
  • Clegg and Howard move into new homes, still next-door neighbours.
  • They would remain there for the rest of the series, until the show's end.
  • Episode title is a spoof on the film Das Boot
The Empire That Foggy Nearly Built 14 October After seeing an argument over a parking space, Foggy decides that there must be money to be made out of car parking.
The Last Surviving Maurice Chevalier Impression 21 October In another attempt to woo Nora Batty, Compo decides to go on a local television programme with his Maurice Chevalier impression, but unfortunately decides it's also a good idea to bring along his lucky ferret
Roll On 28 October The trio train for a barrel- rolling event.
A Landlady For Smiler 4 November The lads do their best to find a new place to live for a returning Smiler, without much luck, until they strike upon the idea of the widow Nora Batty, though Compo is not too keen for another man to live with "his bird".
  • Guest appearance of Chris Breeze
  • Second guest appearance of Smiler before he becomes a regular from 1991 until 2007.

Christmas Special (1990)

Title Airdate Description Notes
Barry's Christmas 27 December It's Christmas 1990, and 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
  • There is no on-screen title for this episode
  • Uniquely, the open and close of this episode feature a fade to sepia
  • Last appearance of Barry, who returns 6 years later in the 1996 Christmas Special "Extra! Extra!" as Mike Grady left to pursue other TV projects of work at the time.
  • This was the last episode to use 16mm film for outdoor scenes until series 14. The next series was shot entirely on video tape.

DVD release

The box set for series twelve was released by Universal Playback in December 2008, mislabelled as a box set for series 13 & 14.

The Complete Series 13 & 14
Set Details
  • 15 episodes
  • 3-disc set
  • Language: English
Release Date
Region 2
26 December 2008

References

  1. "Last of the Summer Wine Series 13 & 14". Amazon. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
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