8.6/1067 votes#1 - Return Of The Warrior
Season 12 Episode 1 - Aired 9/2/1990
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.
Director: Alan J.W. Bell
Writer: Roy Clarke
7.9/1049 votes#2 - Come In, Sunray Major
Season 12 Episode 2 - Aired 9/9/1990
Foggy has an idea to use portable radios to improve communications.
Director: Alan J.W. Bell
Writer: Roy Clarke
7.9/1047 votes#3 - The Charity Balls
Season 12 Episode 3 - Aired 9/16/1990
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?
Director: Alan J.W. Bell
Writer: Roy Clarke
8.0/1045 votes#4 - Walking Stiff Can Make You Famous
Season 12 Episode 4 - Aired 9/23/1990
Foggy is upset because he's not famous for anything, so he invents the sport of bicycle polo.
Director: Alan J.W. Bell
Writer: Roy Clarke
8.2/1050 votes#5 - That's Not Captain Zero
Season 12 Episode 5 - Aired 9/30/1990
Our trio helps Captain Zero when his vehicle breaks down, but don't reckon on him getting drunk.
Director: Alan J.W. Bell
Writer: Roy Clarke
8.2/1049 votes#6 - Das (Welly) Boot
Season 12 Episode 6 - Aired 10/7/1990
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.
Director: Alan J.W. Bell
Writer: Roy Clarke
7.7/1046 votes#7 - The Empire That Foggy Nearly Built
Season 12 Episode 7 - Aired 10/14/1990
After a heated encounter with two motorists, Foggy decides there must be money to be made providing parking spaces.
Director: Alan J.W. Bell
Writer: Roy Clarke
8.4/1050 votes#8 - The Last Surviving Maurice Chevalier Impression
Season 12 Episode 8 - Aired 10/21/1990
To stop Nora taking him for granted, Compo becomes a TV star for the day doing his legendary impression.
Director: Alan J. W. Bell
Writer: Roy Clarke
8.2/1049 votes#9 - Roll On
Season 12 Episode 9 - Aired 10/28/1990
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.
Director: Alan J.W. Bell
Writer: Roy Clarke
8.3/1050 votes#10 - A Landlady For Smiler
Season 12 Episode 10 - Aired 11/4/1990
Compo is more than a little concerned when Smiler moves in as Nora Batty's lodger.
Director: Alan J.W. Bell
Writer: Roy Clarke
The Best Episodes of Last of the Summer Wine Season 12
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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...
Genre:Comedy
Network:BBC One
Season 12 Ratings Summary
"Return Of The Warrior" is the best rated episode of "Last of the Summer Wine" season 12. It scored 8.6/10 based on 67 votes. Directed by Alan J.W. Bell and written by Roy Clarke, it aired on 9/2/1990. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Come In, Sunray Major".