Season 12

The Last of the Summer Wines twelfth series aired on BBC1. All of the episodes were written by Roy Clarke and produced and directed by Alan J. W. Bell. With the departure of Michael Aldridge who had left to nurse his ill wife, the character of Foggy Dewhirst returned to the fold.

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   1. Return Of The Warrior

   1990-09-02 · 30m

   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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   2. Come In, Sunray Major

   1990-09-09 · 30m

   Foggy has an idea to use portable radios to improve communications.

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   3. The Charity Balls

   1990-09-16 · 30m

   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?

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   4. Walking Stiff Can Make You Famous

   1990-09-23 · 30m

   Foggy is upset because he's not famous for anything, so he invents the sport of bicycle polo.

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   5. That's Not Captain Zero

   1990-09-30 · 30m

   Our trio helps Captain Zero when his vehicle breaks down, but don't reckon on him getting drunk.

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   6. Das (Welly) Boot

   1990-10-07 · 30m

   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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   7. The Empire That Foggy Nearly Built

   1990-10-14 · 30m

   After a heated encounter with two motorists, Foggy decides there must be money to be made providing parking spaces.

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   8. The Last Surviving Maurice Chevalier Impression

   1990-10-21 · 30m

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

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   9. Roll On

   1990-10-28 · 30m

   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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    10. A Landlady For Smiler

    1990-11-04 · 30m

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