Last of the Summer Wine — Season 12
The BBC's longest running comedy series.
About this season
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 (10)
1. Return Of The Warrior
Aired 2 September 1990 • 30 min
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.
2. Come In, Sunray Major
Aired 9 September 1990 • 30 min
Foggy has an idea to use portable radios to improve communications.
3. The Charity Balls
Aired 16 September 1990 • 30 min
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?
4. Walking Stiff Can Make You Famous
Aired 23 September 1990 • 30 min
Foggy is upset because he's not famous for anything, so he invents the sport of bicycle polo.
5. That's Not Captain Zero
Aired 30 September 1990 • 30 min
Our trio helps Captain Zero when his vehicle breaks down, but don't reckon on him getting drunk.
6. Das (Welly) Boot
Aired 7 October 1990 • 30 min
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.
7. The Empire That Foggy Nearly Built
Aired 14 October 1990 • 30 min
After a heated encounter with two motorists, Foggy decides there must be money to be made providing parking spaces.
8. The Last Surviving Maurice Chevalier Impression
Aired 21 October 1990 • 30 min
To stop Nora taking him for granted, Compo becomes a TV star for the day doing his legendary impression.
9. Roll On
Aired 28 October 1990 • 30 min
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.
10. A Landlady For Smiler
Aired 4 November 1990 • 30 min
Compo is more than a little concerned when Smiler moves in as Nora Batty's lodger.