The BEST episodes of Last of the Summer Wine

Every episode of Last of the Summer Wine ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Last of the Summer Wine!

Last of the Summer Wine is an affectionate comedy about people in the autumn of their years. The series is the world's longest-running sitcom, having clocked up 31 series and numerous Christmas specials during its run.

Last Updated: 2/18/2025Network: BBC OneStatus: Ended
Das Welly Boot
star
8.64
11 votes

#1 - 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.

Watch Now:Amazon
It's Never Ten Years
star
8.58
12 votes

#2 - It's Never Ten Years

Season 29 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/24/2008

Clegg and Truly reminisce fondly about their old friend Compo, who suffered at the hands of Nora Batty - and them.

Watch Now:Amazon
Ancient Eastern Wisdom: An Introduction
star
8.57
7 votes

#3 - Ancient Eastern Wisdom: An Introduction

Season 24 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/12/2003

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.

Directors: Alan J.W. Bell
Writer: Roy Clarke
Watch Now:Amazon
The Crowcroft Challenge
star
8.50
6 votes

#4 - The Crowcroft Challenge

Season 28 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/2/2007

Alvin and Truly tie one on in a bar and Alvin volunteers to complete the Crowcroft Challenge - a task that has never been completed. Howard volunteers when he realizes that he might be able to get together with Marina during the Challenge.

Watch Now:Amazon
A Short Introduction to Cooper's Rules
star
8.50
6 votes

#5 - A Short Introduction to Cooper's Rules

Season 29 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/6/2008

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.

Directors: Alan J.W. Bell
Writer: Roy Clarke
Watch Now:Amazon
Must Be Good Dancer
star
8.50
6 votes

#6 - Must Be Good Dancer

Season 28 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/9/2007

Tom decides that Smiler should answer an ad looking for a dance partner so Truly and gang decide to turn him into "Fred Astaire"; Barry has Glenda help him find the mysterious squeak in his car.

Watch Now:Amazon
That's Not Captain Zero
star
8.44
9 votes

#7 - 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.

Watch Now:Amazon
Stop That Castle
star
8.43
7 votes

#8 - Stop That Castle

Season 14 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/26/1992

Foggy is left in charge of arranging the local gala. All goeswell until he accidentally punctures the bouncy castle!

Watch Now:Amazon
Variations on a Theme of Road Rage
star
8.40
5 votes

#9 - Variations on a Theme of Road Rage

Season 28 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/5/2007

Howard feels he has out grown the bicycle so he purchases a car from a woman who says it reminds her too much of her late-husband.

Watch Now:Amazon
Concerto for Solo Bicycle
star
8.38
8 votes

#10 - Concerto for Solo Bicycle

Season 15 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/5/1993

Foggy comes up with the crazy idea of bicycle safety underwear after he collides with Compo riding his old bike.

Watch Now:Amazon
There Are Gypsies at the Bottom of Our Garden
star
8.38
8 votes

#11 - There Are Gypsies at the Bottom of Our Garden

Season 15 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/12/1993

Dewhirst's "Nature Tours" are launched by Foggy after he believes he's discovered the nesting place of a giant woodpecker.

Watch Now:Amazon
Is Jeremy Quite Safe?
star
8.36
11 votes

#12 - Is Jeremy Quite Safe?

Season 29 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/13/2008

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.

Directors: Alan J.W. Bell
Writer: Roy Clarke
Watch Now:Amazon
Goodnight Sweet Ferret
star
8.36
11 votes

#13 - Goodnight Sweet Ferret

Season 30 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/21/2009

When word goes around town that Old Heptonstall is looking for volunteers, Hobbo and his army of volunteers, namely Alvin and Entwistle, go and visit him without a second thought.

Watch Now:Amazon
The Glamour of the Uniform
star
8.33
12 votes

#14 - The Glamour of the Uniform

Season 17 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/17/1995

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

Directors: Alan J.W. Bell
Writer: Roy Clarke
Watch Now:Amazon
How Not to Cry at Weddings
star
8.33
12 votes

#15 - How Not to Cry at Weddings

Season 31 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/29/2010

In this final episode of the long-running comedy, everyone is getting ready for a wedding - prompting Howard and Pearl to look back at their relationship. Meanwhile, Alvin flirts with Stella, Toby tries to smarten himself up in a bid to win back Monica, and Clegg worries that he's forgotten something important.

Watch Now:Amazon
Sinclair and the Wormley Witches
star
8.33
6 votes

#16 - Sinclair and the Wormley Witches

Season 28 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/23/2007

While standing on a hillside admiring the view, Alvin, Truly, and Entwistle get stoned by a stranger. Smiler does some witchcraft. Pearl & Nelly track Howard.

Watch Now:Amazon
Why Is Barry at an Angle?
star
8.33
6 votes

#17 - Why Is Barry at an Angle?

Season 22 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/27/2001

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.

Directors: Alan J.W. Bell
Writer: Roy Clarke
Watch Now:Amazon
The Last Surviving Maurice Chevalier Impression
star
8.33
9 votes

#18 - 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.

Directors: Alan J.W. Bell
Writer: Roy Clarke
Watch Now:Amazon
The Empire That Foggy Nearly Built
star
8.33
12 votes

#19 - 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.

Watch Now:Amazon
The Kiss and Mavis Poskitt
star
8.31
13 votes

#20 - The Kiss and Mavis Poskitt

Season 11 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/22/1989

Clegg could be the answer to a lonely widow's prayer! meanwhile, who is kissing who?

Watch Now:Amazon
All That Glitters is Not Elvis
star
8.31
13 votes

#21 - All That Glitters is Not Elvis

Season 29 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/20/2008

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.

Directors: Alan J.W. Bell
Writer: Roy Clarke
Watch Now:Amazon
Bicycle Bonanza
star
8.30
10 votes

#22 - Bicycle Bonanza

Season 17 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/10/1995

Foggy thinks the trio should be more in contact with the wilderness, so he thinks of the ideal plan, counting with Auntie Wainright's bycicle bonanza, a map, and a basket of sandwiches

Writer: Roy Clarke
Watch Now:Amazon
The Incredible Ordeal of Norman Clegg
star
8.29
7 votes

#23 - The Incredible Ordeal of Norman Clegg

Season 23 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/27/2002

Clegg is dismayed when Howard leaves with him a ""picnic accessory"" which he plans to collect later - Marina! He will only collect her when Pearl is safely away, but that could be some time, as the ladies are coming to tea next door. Auntie Wainwright's advertising dummy becomes key in the plan as Truly and Billy help Clegg get free of the imposed house guest.

Writer: Roy Clarke
Watch Now:Amazon
In Which Howard Remembers Where He Left His Bicycle Pump
star
8.29
7 votes

#24 - In Which Howard Remembers Where He Left His Bicycle Pump

Season 28 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/16/2007

Pearl, Miss Davenport, Nora Batty, Nelly, Ivy, and Glenda have entered a baking contest. Howard runs into an old flame while out with Truly, so he takes it upon himself to help the two get back together.

Beware of the Hot Dog
star
8.29
7 votes

#25 - Beware of the Hot Dog

Season 23 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/3/2002

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.

Directors: Alan J.W. Bell
Writer: Roy Clarke
Watch Now:Amazon