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The Best Episodes of Last of the Summer Wine

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The Best Episodes of Last of the Summer Wine

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...
  1. Background image for Just A Small Funeral
    9.0/10(95 votes)

    #1 - Just A Small Funeral

    S21:E6

    It's Compo's funeral day, and all his friends come to pay their last respects to the "little scruffy one". Even Auntie Wainwright closes the shop to attend his funeral.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Roy Clarke
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    8.8/10(93 votes)

    #2 - Elegy For Fallen Wellies

    S21:E4

    After seeing Nora Batty dressed in a "sexy" outfit, Compo's heart doesn't live up to the excitement. He dies a happy man! His friends show him their respects, and 200 pairs of white overalls provide an ideal goodbye to Compo...

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    Writer:Roy Clarke
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    8.7/10(82 votes)

    #3 - Full Steam Behind

    S5:E1

    Foggy takes Compo and Clegg on a nostalgic trip to the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.

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    8.6/10(74 votes)

    #4 - Who's Made A Bit Of A Splash In Wales Then?

    S4:E5

    Foggy visits a lady friend in Wales, but trouble is soon at the door when Compo and Clegg go after him.

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    8.6/10(74 votes)

    #5 - Return Of The Warrior

    S12:E1

    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.

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    Writer:Roy Clarke
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    8.5/10(65 votes)

    #6 - From Wellies To Wetsuit

    S6:E7

    Compo buys a wet suit from Sid and decides to take up water skiing.

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    Writer:Roy Clarke
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    8.5/10(56 votes)

    #7 - The Last Surviving Maurice Chevalier Impression

    S12:E8

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Roy Clarke
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    8.4/10(97 votes)

    #8 - The Man From Oswestry

    S3:E1

    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 precision doesn't seem to be a great help, when the trio tries to carry Foggy's heavy wartime luggage up a hill.

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    8.4/10(79 votes)

    #9 - Greenfingers

    S4:E6

    The British vegetable is in deterioration due to a lack of good honest "muck" - where can the trio get hold of good fresh vegetables?

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    8.4/10(75 votes)

    #10 - A Merry Heatwave

    S4:E7

    Nora's brother is near to death and not likely to see another Christmas. So Foggy decides to re-create an old-fashioned Christmas-in the middle of a sweltering hot summer.

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    8.4/10(66 votes)

    #11 - Here We Go Again Into The Wild Blue Yonder

    S5:E7

    Compo gets his hang-glider-courtesy of Wally Batty.

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    8.4/10(67 votes)

    #12 - Car And Garter

    S6:E2

    Compo enters a car race to impress Nora. Will Wesley's old banger ever start?

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    Writer:Roy Clarke
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    8.4/10(69 votes)

    #13 - The Frozen Turkey Man

    S7:E1

    Compo convinces a barmaid that Foggy is an eccentric millionaire.

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    8.4/10(58 votes)

    #14 - The Day Of The Welsh Ferret

    S10:E6

    The trio attend a funeral.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Roy Clarke
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    8.3/10(83 votes)

    #15 - The Changing Face Of Rural Blamire

    S2:E3

    Thinking they have too much free time on their hands, the trio decides to find some kind of occupation. They come across a dodgy bankrupt dealer who persuades them to sell his new product, with disastrous results, particularly for Blamire.

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    8.3/10(97 votes)

    #16 - The Great Boarding House Bathroom Caper

    S3:E3

    The trio takes takes a little holiday in Scarborough, but what's the deal with Compo's cardboard box?

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    Director:Ray Butt
    Writer:Roy Clarke
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    8.3/10(88 votes)

    #17 - Cheering Up Gordon

    S3:E4

    When the trio notices Compo's nephew Gordon is depressed, they come up with various ways of cheering him up.

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    Director:Ray Butt
    Writer:Roy Clarke
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    8.3/10(85 votes)

    #18 - The Kink In Foggy's Niblick

    S3:E5

    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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    8.3/10(63 votes)

    #19 - A Bicycle Made For Three

    S6:E4

    Foggy convinces his companions to design a bicycle that fits each of their personalities.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Roy Clarke
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    8.3/10(61 votes)

    #20 - The Mysterious Feet of Nora Batty

    S8:E1

    Foggy says Nora has big feet, thus upsetting Compo, so they set out to find out whether it is true or not.

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    Writer:Roy Clarke
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    8.3/10(59 votes)

    #21 - Edie And The Automobile

    S9:E10

    Edie learns to drive, so obvious disaster is expected.

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    Writer:Roy Clarke
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    8.3/10(61 votes)

    #22 - Three Men And A Mangle

    S11:E7

    Compo wants to help Nora Batty with a troublesome chore, but Seymour ends up taking over and fouling up the entire operation. Howard tests out a series of lame disguises.

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    Writer:Roy Clarke
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    8.3/10(54 votes)

    #23 - Das (Welly) Boot

    S12:E6

    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.

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    Writer:Roy Clarke
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    8.3/10(54 votes)

    #24 - Roll On

    S12:E9

    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.

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    Writer:Roy Clarke
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    8.3/10(55 votes)

    #25 - A Landlady For Smiler

    S12:E10

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

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    Writer:Roy Clarke

Best Episodes Summary

"Just A Small Funeral" is the best rated episode of "Last of the Summer Wine". It scored 9/10 based on 95 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Roy Clarke, it aired on 5/7/2000. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Elegy For Fallen Wellies".