8.4/1089 votes#1 - The Man From Oswestry
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/27/1976
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.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Roy Clarke
7.8/1083 votes#2 - Mending Stuart's Leg
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 11/6/1976
Mr Wainwright is back in town, and quickly throws the trio out of the library. The trio goes back to the cafe, where Ivy is having the usual battle of wits with Sid. There they meet with Stuart, and old man who's having a strange click in his leg. Later the trio helps Sid to mend a whole in the roof of the cafe with the usual disastrous results. Meanwhile Wainwright dates the new female librarian.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Roy Clarke
8.3/1089 votes#3 - The Great Boarding House Bathroom Caper
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 11/10/1976
The trio takes takes a little holiday in Scarborough, but what's the deal with Compo's cardboard box?
Director: Ray Butt
Writer: Roy Clarke
8.3/1081 votes#4 - Cheering Up Gordon
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 11/17/1976
When the trio notices Compo's nephew Gordon is depressed, they come up with various ways of cheering him up.
Director: Ray Butt
Writer: Roy Clarke
8.3/1077 votes#5 - The Kink In Foggy's Niblick
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/24/1976
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".
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Roy Clarke
8.3/1080 votes#6 - Going To Gordon's Wedding
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 12/1/1976
It's Gordon's wedding day and, as always, problems are near. this time they appear with a face and a name: Big Malcolm. As always it's up to the trio to see that the wedding ends properly, but not without some incidents in between.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Roy Clarke
8.0/1072 votes#7 - Isometrics And After
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 12/8/1976
Foggy decides Compo and Clegg are not as fit as they should be. The path back to physical fitness is isometrics-or is it? Maybe... not.
Director: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Roy Clarke
The Best Episodes of Last of the Summer Wine Season 3
Every episode of Last of the Summer Wine Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Last of the Summer Wine Season 3!
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 3 Ratings Summary
"The Man From Oswestry" is the best rated episode of "Last of the Summer Wine" season 3. It scored 8.4/10 based on 89 votes. Directed by Sydney Lotterby and written by Roy Clarke, it aired on 10/27/1976. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Mending Stuart's Leg".