The BEST episodes directed by Alan J.w. Bell
#1 - Ancient Eastern Wisdom: An Introduction
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 24 - Episode 2
Whilst out walking, Clegg and Truly meet a Chinese handyman full of wisdom for a price - Entwistle from Hull. Also, Tom gets visited by the repo-man.
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#2 - The Last Surviving Maurice Chevalier Impression
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 12 - Episode 8
To stop Nora taking him for granted, Compo becomes a TV star for the day doing his legendary impression.
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#3 - The Glamour of the Uniform
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 17 - Episode 3
Marina leaves Howard for good this time. he suspects that she has been seeing another man, and asks for the help of the trio to get her back. Foggy feels that what Howard needs is a bit of ""the glamour of the uniform"". Auntie Wainright's new established costume department might be just the perfect place to find it
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#4 - A Short Introduction to Cooper's Rules
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 29 - Episode 3
Policemen Cooper and Walsh are looking to have a quiet day out, but while trying to avoid everyones problems they end up kidnapping a vicar, believing its the best think for him.
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#5 - Is Jeremy Quite Safe?
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 29 - Episode 4
Howard becomes jealous when Marina and Miss Davenport become enamored with Jeremy, a man who claims to be an international jewel thief. When Tom discovers a safe in Aunty Wainwright's store which she can't remember the combination to, Howard puts Jeremy to the test by enlisting him to crack the safe.
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#6 - A Bicycle Made for Three
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 6 - Episode 4
Foggy convinces his companions to design a bycicle that fits each of their personalities
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#7 - All That Glitters is Not Elvis
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 29 - Episode 5
After witnessing Lance trying to convince his wife that Elvis does truly indeed still live, Alvin and Entwistle conceive a plan to make The King appear.
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#8 - Brushes at Dawn
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 17 - Episode 10
When a local man ""takes advantage"" of Nora Batty, Compo challenges him to a duel. Will he win? He sure gets a kiss from Nora in the end.
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#9 - Episode 1
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Season 1 - Episode 1
Arthur Dent, a perfectly ordinary Earthman, is surprised to wake up one day to find bulldozers outside his house with orders to knock it down to build a by-pass. He is even more surprised later on in the pub when his best friend Ford Prefect reveals himself to be from a small planet somewhere in the vicinity of Betelgeuse. The two are forced to hitch a lift on one of the advancing Vogon spacecraft which proceed to blow up the Earth to make way for an interspace bypass. Our two heroes find themselves trapped in a storage room in hyperspace, with only a menacing Vogon guard for company.
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#10 - A Double for Howard
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 18 - Episode 4
When Pearl's ""security"" at home becomes too much for Howard to handle and Pearl starts suspecting his furtive encounters with Marina, the trio try to find a double for Howard, so Pearl can see them together, and think she was mistaken all these years, regarding Howard's secret love.
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#11 - Elegy for Fallen Wellies
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 21 - Episode 4
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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#12 - Enter the Finger
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 29 - Episode 1
Barry is tired of being outperformed in fitness by his physically fit neighbour, so his friends decide to help him out.
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#13 - Beware of the Elbow
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 17 - Episode 8
The trio encounter a man, and his inflatable doll, which creates some natural curiosity among the three elders.
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#14 - Episode 2
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Season 1 - Episode 2
Arthur and Ford have been discovered. Vogon Captain Jeltz tortures them by reading his poetry. He then has Arthur and Ford thrown off his ship, to what must be certain death - except for one improbable miracle. At the last second, an infinite-improbability prototype ship (which can pass through every point in the Universe) rescues them. What is rather surprising is that Zaphod Beeblebrox, the hip cat who stole the spaceship, is vaguely familiar to Arthur. And so is Zaphod's companion, Trillian.
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#15 - Set the People Free
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 9 - Episode 7
The trio devise a plan to ""spring"" Howard and Wally for a few hours of freedom.
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#16 - Captain Clutterbuck's Treasure
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 17 - Episode 5
When word comes around that there's a treasure buried in town, it's up to the trio to go and find it. to do so they need the help of the one man that has the *only* map, Lieutenant Commander Willoughby (Royal Navy, retired). it's up to Foggy to pay the 30 pounds the map's worth. the problem is... how many maps were sold in the first place? Foggy vows not to be near one cash dispenser again...
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#17 - Deviations with Davenport
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 18 - Episode 6
The trio gets lost in the woods with Mr Davenport, a man in search of wisdom.
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#18 - Why Is Barry at an Angle?
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 22 - Episode 9
Barry needs to collect overdue insurance from someone he has never met, so Clegg, Truly, and Billy help him stand up (at an angle) and be brave and make a call to his house with confidence. He's at an angle because the Trio got Barry drunk.
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#19 - Beware of the Hot Dog
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 23 - Episode 5
Wesley and Barry come up with a winning idea to sell hot dogs to tourists from Wesley's new wheelbarrow. Meanwhile, Clegg, Truly and Tom turn their thoughts to Nora Batty's life in Australia and remember Compo.
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#20 - Will the Genuine Racer Please Stand Up?
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 29 - Episode 2
Howard disguises himself like a racer to escape Pearl's watchful eye but discovers disguises have effects he didn't bargain for when Aunty Wainwright mistakes him for Tom.
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#21 - Eva's Back in Town
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 29 - Episode 6
Eva, who happens to be a woman from Alvin's past, finds a way to make Howard's life even more complicated.
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#22 - From Audrey Nash to the Widow Dilhooley
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 19 - Episode 9
An old sweetheart of Truly is back in town, after many years living abroad. he spends the day preparing for their reunion, but he certainly takes more than he expected when he sees former Audrey Nash, now known as ""the Widow Dilhooley""
#23 - The Art of the Shorts Story
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 22 - Episode 2
Howard has lost his boxer shorts and Pearl is upset at him. But it turns out she hid them from him just to keep him on his toes. Barry wants to become thin and Tom and Mrs. Avery help him out by being his personal fitness trainers. The Trio help Howard figure out a way to prove to Pearl that he's found his shorts so the trio helps him out. Howard borrows some boxer shorts from Billy and then he shows them to Pearl. She tells him to put them on and when he does (Note that Billy's legs are very long) the boxer shorts go from his waist down to his ankles almost! Howard is very embarrased!
#24 - The Coming of the Beast
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 22 - Episode 10
To excite more in the village Truly stops a common citizen, which happens to be Billy Ingleton, the man who almost knew Pavaroti, in a car and warns him about ""The Tiger"". Billy gets worried and gets pulled over again. The Rumor spreads across town and Howard buys things from Auntie Wainright to protect him and MARINA against the tiger! In the end everyone fears ""The tiger""
#25 - Jurassic - No Parking
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 25 - Episode 1
Barry must dispose of a prize he's won; Truly plots to fob it off on Howard, who has forgotten an important birthday and needs a present quickly. Glenda doubts Miss Davenport's claims of seeing a large dinosaur in their neighborhood. Alvin takes up propecting for gold in the river.
#26 - Who's Feeling Ejected Then?
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 9 - Episode 5
Will Seymour's car safety device really make him rich and famous? His ""guinea pig"" may not agree
#27 - In the Service of Humanity
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 6 - Episode 1
After a close encounter with an emergency, Foggy decides to go into the rescue business, all in the service of humanity, of course
#28 - Who's Looking After the Cafe Then?
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 8 - Episode 6
Ivy has to leave the cafe for the afternoon. Can she leave it in the capable hands of Foggy Dewhirst?
#29 - The Heavily Reinforced Bottom
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 9 - Episode 2
A rotting old boat is made to float...sometimes most unsuccessfully.
#30 - Sadly, Madly, Bradley
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 23 - Episode 9
When Billy's brother Bradley arrives on the scene, not even Clegg and Truly can bring a smile to his dour face. Meanwhile, an inflatable feeding trough poses logistical nightmares for Wesley and Auntie Wainwright...
#31 - The Secret Birthday of Norman Clegg
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 24 - Episode 4
In order to avoid any fuss, Clegg spends his birthday having a quiet meal in a nice small hotel - but as usual things don't work out as he might want them to...
#32 - The General's Greatest Battle
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 25 - Episode 2
Nora is to appear in a parade as the wife of a local hero. The hero himself is to be portrayed by a life-sized dummy, which has been at Auntie Wainwright's for cleaning. Can The General get back in one piece?
#33 - The Day of the Welsh Ferret
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 10 - Episode 6
Compo is given a very nice, but ill-fitting suit to attend the funeral of the suit's former occupant. On the way to the visitation, Compo searches for, and finds, his stray ferret.
#34 - Episode 4
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Season 1 - Episode 4
Arthur learns about the Great Project - the second most powerful computer in existence, called Deep Thought, created to answer the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything. The computer comes back online much later on to give its final answer - 42. The scientists are understandably hacked off, even more so when Deep Thought cannot tell them what the Ultimate Question is, and a new computer, called the Earth, has to be built for that purpose. The current owners of the Great Project, Trillian's pet mice, want to cut open Arthur's head to find the Question, but when the crew are all trapped behind a bank of exploding computers, all appears lost.
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#35 - Support your Local Skydiver
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 19 - Episode 10
Nora Batty gets a postcard from a Gladwin in Cannary Islands. Compo's jealous, and tries to find something to win her heart back. First he tries to sing, but receives a ""wet response"". Then he finds an airmans uniform in Auntie Wainright's shop, and tries his luck at skydiving, with disastrous results . Howard enlists Truly's help in yet another scheme to fool Pearl about his outdoor activities. He asks him to tell Pearl he's his security advisor. Wesley has a new invention, and he asks Barry to be the one to test it.
#36 - How Errol Flynn Discovered the Secret Scar of Nora Batty
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 20 - Episode 2
The trio come across a man dressed as Robin Hood. Compo knows that Nora has a birth mark on one of her knees, but can't remember on which one, so he thinks of a way to discover it.
#37 - Just a Small Funeral
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 21 - Episode 6
It's Compo's funeral day, and all his friends come to pay their last respects to the ""little scuffy one"". Even Auntie Wainright closes the shop to attend his funeral... one of the best send off episodes to a lovely character and actor. RIP Compo.
#38 - From Here to Paternity
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 21 - Episode 7
Compo recieves a personal letter after all these years. when Clegg and Truly open it they discover Compo's biggest secret: he has a son. The son, Tom, wrote to Compo, because after all the years of separation he hoped he and his father could get together. When Tom arrives in town it's up for the pair of them to give him the shocking news.
#39 - Who's That with Barry and Glenda? It's Not Barry and Glenda
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 25 - Episode 5
Clegg, Truly, and Billy discover Barry in the woods. He's obviously guilty of something - but what? A strange man is seen near Barry and Glenda's house while Barry is away. Alvin tries welding as a way of sprucing up the yard. Miss Davenport has a less-than-romantic entanglement.
#40 - Go with the Flow
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 9 - Episode 8
It's rather difficult selling tickets for the church's Beatrix Potter evening-until someone comes up with an idea to set Compo scurrying.
#41 - The Treasure of the Deep
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 10 - Episode 2
Is the piece of silver fished out of the canal really a thief's haul? Is there more where it came from?
#42 - That Certain Smile
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 10 - Episode 4
visit by a much loved pet seems the only way to bring a smile to Clem's face during a spell in hospital.
#43 - Downhill Racer
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 10 - Episode 5
Seymour tries to prove that ski-ing is more than just a winter sport for the rich.
#44 - Beware of the Oglethorpe
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 19 - Episode 1
Clegg, Compo and Truly bump into an old school mate, who now has a miserable and peaceful life. Compo's afraid to become like him, so he tries to think of ways to improve the trio's daily routine. The trio end up rolling down a hill, as they did when they were children, but their age proves to speak louder than their will for adventure.
#45 - All of a Florrie
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 24 - Episode 10
Cupid's arrow targets Truly when a blast from his past returns with amorous intentions.
#46 - The Lair of the Cat Creature
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 24 - Episode 1
Alvin the Birdman crashes from the skies into the lives of Truly, Clegg and Billy. He thinks he has landed in France, and has thus broken the long-distance hang-gliding record. After breaking the news about the failure of his flight, the wily trio desperately try to find something that he can be first at. Rumours of a mystery cat creature lurking in the nearby woods gives them the perfect opportunity. Can Alvin turn stalker to identify the beast?
#47 - Mervyn Would Be Proud
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 23 - Episode 3
Billy is being followed by a fan as a result of - after having one too many in the pub - bragging that himself, Clegg and Truly are the three surviving descendants of Robin Hood's men. Howard, meanwhile, is concerned that Pearl doesn't love him any more - she only gave him one fried tomato for breakfast!
#48 - Tarzan of the Towpath
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 19 - Episode 2
Barry is asked by Howard to deliver a message to Marina. Not wanting to take this responsibility Barry asks Eli to deliver it. he gets the women mixed up, and Howard ends up meeting a ""big"" woman. Nora Batty's asked to walk on Compo's spine, as a way to mend his ailing back.
#49 - Truly and the Hole Truth
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 19 - Episode 3
Compo wants to buy a present for Nora but has no money. Auntie Wainright search Compo's house for something of value to swap for the gift. Truly misses his life as a police officer, and regrets not being recognized for something heroic during his police force service. He and Clegg wonder through town in search of ""an accident waiting to happen"", so he can prevent it, and be regarded a local hero - he even calls the local paper. However it's not HIS face who ends up on the front page.
#50 - Lipstick and Other Problems
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 21 - Episode 1
Truly tries to fix Clegg's Vacum Cleaner. Compo and Howard get into a fight with a big man. Barry gets in trouble, because he's ""caught"" by Marina, as she kisses him, and leaves traces of her lipstick on his mouth. In order to explain this to Glenda he enlists the help of the trio, and they start spreading the rumour that the kisses are for ""charity purposes"". Auntie Wainright sells a motorbike to two policemen.