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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Last of the Summer Wine Season 0 Episode 6 - Getting Sam Home (1983 Christmas Special)
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    S0:E6

    After Sam's inconsiderate demise at the home of Lily-Bless-Her, our trio are faced with the task of explaining to his wife about his wet feet and fluffy suit.

    Director:Alan J.W. Bell
    Writer:Roy Clarke

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  2. Last of the Summer Wine Season 0 Episode 8 - Uncle of the Bride (1986 New Year's Special)
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S0:E8

    The day of Barry and Glenda's wedding brings new gossip to town, and also introduces her uncle Seymour as the new third man of the group.

    Director:Alan J.W. Bell
    Writer:Roy Clarke

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  3. Last of the Summer Wine Season 0 Episode 10 - Big Day at Dream Acres (1987 Christmas Special)
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S0:E10

    It's the annual garden fete at Dream Acres, featuring Nora as VIP waitress and a tramp who has taken a special interest in one particular donkey.

    Director:Alan J.W. Bell
    Writer:Roy Clarke

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  4. Last of the Summer Wine Season 0 Episode 1 - Small Tune on a Penny Wassail (1978 Christmas Special)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S0:E1

    It's Christmas Day and the usual festivities are underway. Compo becomes interested in a skateboard.

    Director:Sydney Lotterby
    Writer:Roy Clarke

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  5. Last of the Summer Wine Season 0 Episode 2 - And a Dewhurst Up a Fir Tree (1979 Christmas Special)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S0:E2

    Foggy decides to beat the Christmas rush - in the middle of summer. He ends up being conned by Big Eric who sells him 100 Christmas trees for 10. A bargain? Not when they are crawling with insects!

    Director:Sydney Lotterby
    Writer:Roy Clarke

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  6. Last of the Summer Wine Season 0 Episode 3 - Whoops (1981 Christmas Special)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S0:E3

    Christmas isn't what it used to be, so the trio decide to look for two old school chums to help recapture the spirit of their youth.

    Director:Alan J.W. Bell
    Writer:Roy Clarke

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  7. Last of the Summer Wine Season 0 Episode 4 - All Mod Conned (1982 Christmas Special)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S0:E4

    Wanting to take a break from the comercial side of Christmas Foggy books a seaside caravan for himself, Compo and Clegg.

    Director:Alan J.W. Bell
    Writer:Roy Clarke

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  8. Last of the Summer Wine Season 0 Episode 5 - The Funny Side of Christmas
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S0:E5

    [Not part of the LotSW series, entry here is in error but removal will upset all numbering for those who use TMDB for Kodee or similar media players] in 'The Funny Side of Christmas' is a Christmas special broadcast by BBC1 on 27 December 1982. Presented by Frank Muir, it comprised one comedy sketch each from 10 contemporaneous English comedy series: Butterflies, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, Last of the Summer Wine, The Les Dawson Show, Only Fools and Horses, Open All Hours, Smith and Jones, Sorry!, Three of a Kind, and Yes Minister.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Last of the Summer Wine Season 0 Episode 7 - The Loxley Lozenge (1984 Christmas Special)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S0:E7

    Wesley has discovered an old racing car. Compo, Clegg and Foggy offer to help him transport it back to his shed, not reckoning on its condition.

    Director:Alan J.W. Bell
    Writer:Roy Clarke

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  10. Last of the Summer Wine Season 0 Episode 9 - Merry Christmas, Father Christmas (1986 Christmas Special)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S0:E9

    Seymour plans to put some magic back into Christmas and Santa back where he belongs-on the rooftops not on a bicycle.

    Director:Alan J.W. Bell
    Writer:Roy Clarke

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  11. Last of the Summer Wine Season 0 Episode 11 - Crums (1988 Christmas Special)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S0:E11

    Barry has a secret - he wants to get Glenda a water-bed for Christmas.

    Director:Alan J.W. Bell
    Writer:Roy Clarke

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  12. Last of the Summer Wine Season 0 Episode 12 - What's Santa Brought for Nora Then? (1989 Christmas Special)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S0:E12

    Compo is desperate to buy a present for Nora, and a visit to Auntie Wainwright's may provide the answer.

    Director:Alan J.W. Bell
    Writer:Roy Clarke

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  13. Last of the Summer Wine Season 0 Episode 13 - Barry's Christmas (1990 Christmas Special)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S0:E13

    Is Barry taking the spirit of Christmas too far when he's found "sleeping it off" in the pub wearing a Santa suit?

    Director:Alan J.W. Bell
    Writer:Roy Clarke

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  14. Last of the Summer Wine Season 0 Episode 14 - Situations Vacant (1991 Christmas Special)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S0:E14

    The trio start a courier service. Wesley fails to keep clean.

    Director:Alan J.W. Bell
    Writer:Roy Clarke

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  15. Last of the Summer Wine Season 0 Episode 15 - Welcome to Earth (1993 Christmas Special)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S0:E15

    Compo, Clegg and Foggy encounter a stranger from the Heckmondwike Extraterrestrial Club who foresees aliens landing in Yorkshire.

    Director:Alan J.W. Bell
    Writer:Roy Clarke

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  16. Last of the Summer Wine Season 0 Episode 16 - The Man Who Nearly Knew Pavarotti (1995 New Year's Special)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S0:E16

    Wesley gets Foggy, Norman and Compo to help him move a Piano for Auntie Wainwright almost running into Billy Ingleton, who takes a shine to the instrument. Foggy wants credit as the concert promoter for Billy. Howard and Marina wear, what they think are, disguises. Eli conducts The Holme Band at the concert. Compo saves the show.

    Director:Alan J.W. Bell
    Writer:Roy Clarke

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  17. Last of the Summer Wine Season 0 Episode 17 - A Leg Up for Christmas (1995 Christmas Special)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S0:E17

    A depressed Howard tries to build himself up but, under Foggy's instruction, ends up breaking his leg. Auntie Wainwright has Smiler testing a Triumph Motorcycle, after she rents him the riding gear. Foggy intends to sneak Marina past Pearl and into Norman's house so that Howard can come over to see her. Meanwhile, the ladies morning coffee group plan to give Howard a surprise visit that same evening to cheer him up during his recovery.

    Director:Alan J.W. Bell
    Writer:Roy Clarke

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  18. Last of the Summer Wine Season 0 Episode 18 - Extra! Extra! (1996 Christmas Special)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S0:E18

    All types of strange creatures seem to be parading themselves through town. The reason? A new film's being made. All the locals get involved on the production of the film. Pearl puts a secret electric device on Howard's bycicle, so she can track him down, when he escapes her.

    Director:Alan J.W. Bell
    Writer:Roy Clarke

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  19. Last of the Summer Wine Season 0 Episode 19 - There Goes the Groom (1997 Christmas Special)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S0:E19

    Compo, Clegg and Truly chase a reluctant groom all through the village and beyond to stop him from escaping his wedding. Meanwhile, hungover best man Barry is frantically trying to locate the missing wedding ring.

    Director:Alan J.W. Bell
    Writer:Roy Clarke

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  20. Last of the Summer Wine Season 0 Episode 20 - Last Post And Pigeon (2000 New Year's Special)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S0:E20

    Compo is selected to travel to France with a group of local WWII veterans, only to have the offer withdrawn when the organisers realize how scruffy he looks. The local ladies take pity on him and collect enough money for him to go, and Truly and Clegg join him for the trip. Meanwhile, Edie's long-estranged sister Ros shows up in town, ready to make amends with Edie and possibly settle down again. Edie, angry at her for leaving her husband and devastating their mother, isn't interested in reconnecting. In France, the trio has two goals: to release Billy Hardcastle's homing pigeon and to revisit a spot Compo and some of his fellow soldiers camped overnight after a gruelling escape from the Germans. There's just one snag: Compo doesn't remember where it is.

    Director:Alan J.W. Bell
    Writer:Roy Clarke

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  21. Last of the Summer Wine Season 0 Episode 21 - Potts in Pole Position (2001 Christmas Special)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S0:E21

    Tom intends to to give Howard a "going fishing" excuse. Truly, Clegg and Billy meet a polar explorer with a domineering wife. Marina and Auntie Wainwright tart-up the explorer's wife. Pearl and Glenda go hunting for fishermen.

    Director:Alan J.W. Bell
    Writer:Roy Clarke

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  22. Last of the Summer Wine Season 0 Episode 22 - A Musical Passing for a Miserable Muscroft (2002 Christmas Special)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S0:E22

    When Nora Batty books Billy Ingleton's organ for a charity fair, she badly underestimates how much of an attraction it will be... Marina declines to go out with Howard because she's caught the showbiz bug, and is rehearsing a play at the local church. Howard asks the trio to help him think of something "showbizzy" they can do together.

    Director:Alan J.W. Bell
    Writer:Roy Clarke

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  23. Last of the Summer Wine Season 0 Episode 23 - Thirty Years of Last of the Summer Wine (2003 Documentary)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S0:E23

    A guide to 30 Years Of Last Of The Summer Wine, the 2003 BBC One TV documentary. A celebration of the world's longest-running comedy series.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Last of the Summer Wine Season 0 Episode 24 - A Short Blast of Fred Astaire (2003 Christmas Special)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S0:E24

    Norman has been roped into performing a humorous monologue for the Christmas Concert. Pearl plans to force Howard to mime a recording of Nelson Eddy. Glenda plans to force Barry to perform as a magician. Billy wants to give an archery demonstration. Alvin is practicing as a one-man-band. Entwistle hypnotizes Smiler into knowing how to dance.

    Director:Alan J.W. Bell
    Writer:Roy Clarke

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  25. Last of the Summer Wine Season 0 Episode 25 - Variations on a Theme of the Widow Winstanley (2004 Christmas Special)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S0:E25

    Feeling too old for a bicycle, Howard purchases a "secret" car. Barry is having a spiritual crisis.

    Director:Alan J.W. Bell
    Writer:Roy Clarke

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Season 0 Ratings Summary

"Getting Sam Home (1983 Christmas Special)" is the best rated episode of "Last of the Summer Wine" season 0. It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Alan J.W. Bell and written by Roy Clarke, it aired on 12/27/1983. This episode is rated 1.0 points higher than the second-best, "Uncle of the Bride (1986 New Year's Special)".