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Last of the Summer Wine — Season 12

The Last of the Summer Wines 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 Dewhirst returned to the fold.

Episodes

  • E01 Return Of The Warrior

    Sep 2, 1990 · 30m

    Seymour leaves to look after a school. Will life be boring for Compo and Clegg? Not for long, as Foggy Dewhirst returns to the fold.

  • E02 Come In, Sunray Major

    Sep 9, 1990 · 30m

    Foggy has an idea to use portable radios to improve communications.

  • E03 The Charity Balls

    Sep 16, 1990 · 30m

    When Foggy hears about an athletic charity drive, he enters Compo and Clegg despite their wishes. An "injured" Howard drops out of the race and stops to recover in this young lady's refreshment stand. How refreshed can one man get?

  • E04 Walking Stiff Can Make You Famous

    Sep 23, 1990 · 30m

    Foggy is upset because he's not famous for anything, so he invents the sport of bicycle polo.

  • E05 That's Not Captain Zero

    Sep 30, 1990 · 30m

    Our trio helps Captain Zero when his vehicle breaks down, but don't reckon on him getting drunk.

  • E06 Das (Welly) Boot

    Oct 7, 1990 · 30m

    Ivy lets Foggy fix her toaster, and it goes to his flippin' head. Now he thinks he can restore the tatty sunken boat he's found at the bottom of the lake. He actually accomplishes even this, so Compo decides he must get Nora Batty into the boat alone with him. But surely Nora knows better - she'll have to be tricked.

  • E07 The Empire That Foggy Nearly Built

    Oct 14, 1990 · 30m

    After a heated encounter with two motorists, Foggy decides there must be money to be made providing parking spaces.

  • E08 The Last Surviving Maurice Chevalier Impression

    Oct 21, 1990 · 30m

    To stop Nora taking him for granted, Compo becomes a TV star for the day doing his legendary impression.

  • E09 Roll On

    Oct 28, 1990 · 30m

    Having learned absolutely nothing from "The Charity Balls" just a few episodes back, Foggy tries to assert the boys' athletic prowess yet again, this time in a downhill barrel-rolling competition.

  • E10 A Landlady For Smiler

    Nov 4, 1990 · 30m

    Compo is more than a little concerned when Smiler moves in as Nora Batty's lodger.

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