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 by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Last of the Summer Wine season 3!

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: 11/19/2024Network: BBC OneStatus: Ended
Cheering Up Gordon
star
7.92
12 votes

#1 - 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.

Directors: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Roy Clarke
Isometrics and After
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7.71
14 votes

#2 - 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.

Directors: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Roy Clarke
The Kink in Foggy's Niblick
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7.69
16 votes

#3 - 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".

Directors: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Roy Clarke
Mending Stuart's Leg
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7.61
18 votes

#4 - Mending Stuart's Leg

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/6/1976

Mr Wainright 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 witts 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 Wainright dates the new female librarian.

Directors: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Roy Clarke
Going To Gordon's Wedding
star
7.59
17 votes

#5 - 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.

Directors: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Roy Clarke
The Man from Oswestry
star
7.28
18 votes

#6 - 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 precison doesn't seem to be a great help, when the trio tries to carry Foggy's heavy war time luggage up a hill.

Directors: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Roy Clarke
The Great Boarding House Bathroom Caper
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7.14
14 votes

#7 - 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?

Directors: Sydney Lotterby
Writer: Roy Clarke