Last of the Summer Wine — Season 26
The BBC's longest running comedy series.
About this season
Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire Dales. They spend their days speculating about their fellow townsfolk and thinking up adventures not usually favored by the elderly. Last of the Summer Wine premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse in 1973. The show ran for 295 episodes until 2010. It is the longest running comedy Britain has produced and the longest running sitcom in the world.
Episodes (10)
1. The Swan Man Of Ilkley
Aired 13 March 2005 • 30 min
Lennie from the pickle factory, who has visions of sailing the canals in a swan boat, unwisely allows Clegg, Truly, Alvin and Billy to help him on his way. But a passing narrowboat puts paid to his dream.
2. Watching the Clock
Aired 20 March 2005 • 30 min
Clegg climbs an old tree to prove that the town clock from a nearby village can be seen from its height. scared of heights, Truly, Alvin, Billy and Howard have to get him down.
3. Has Anyone Seen a Peruvian Wart?
Aired 27 March 2005 • 30 min
Nora Batty finds herself the target of a notorious womaniser after she garners his attention with her baked goods.
4. Hermione (The Short Course)
Aired 10 April 2005 • 30 min
Smiler is more miserable than usual. He's pining for Hermione, a woman he met the night before.
5. Who's That Mouse in the Poetry Group?
Aired 17 April 2005 • 30 min
Smiler pretends to be an intellectual in an attempt to enchant Marina. Howard, a simple thinker, wants to keep an eye on them at the poetry group without being seen so, foolishly, he goes along with Truly's idea.
6. Available for Weddings
Aired 24 April 2005 • 30 min
After Clegg ends up with his foot in a plaster and an arm in a sling after a bike trip with Billy & Alvin, Truly and the Boys try to invent a bike that also an ATV. Barry gets bit by the camping bug.
7. The McDonaghs of Jamieson Street
Aired 1 May 2005 • 30 min
Smiler regrets never having taken up the offer from Mavis McDonagh to look her up sometime. Truly, Alvin and Billy go on the trail to track her down. With the help Nora and Ivy, they find out that the woman had lived in Jamieson Street, now renamed Pepworth Street. So they go knocking on doors.
8. The Afterthoughts of a Co-op Manager
Aired 8 May 2005 • 30 min
Clegg is trying to remember the name of a particularly obnoxious superior of his, from his days working in the Co-op.
9. Lot Number 8
Aired 15 May 2005 • 30 min
Overcome by the smell of a real bargain, Auntie Wainwright has made a successful bid at the auction rooms.
10. Little Orphan Howard
Aired 29 May 2005 • 30 min
Truly leads the enquiries into the whereabouts of a Co-op Manager who was a tyrant when Clegg worked there.