The BEST episodes written by Roy Clarke
#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 - What to Wear When Yachting
Keeping Up Appearances - Season 3 - Episode 7
Hyacinth and Richard spend the weekend on a yacht.
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#3 - 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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#4 - 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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#5 - 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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#6 - Beware Of The Dog
Open All Hours - Season 1 - Episode 4
After a bungled burglary on his premises, Arkwright decided the time is right for a guard dog for the shop. However, instead of a real dog, he tries to fool everyone with just the sound of a dog! Meanwhile, Granville thinks he could be the father of Maureen's baby, Eric!
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#7 - Bicycle Bonanza
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 17 - Episode 2
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
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#8 - The Incredible Ordeal of Norman Clegg
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 23 - Episode 4
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.
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#9 - 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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#10 - 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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#11 - St. Albert's Day
Open All Hours - Season 2 - Episode 7
Arkwright invents a Saint's day so that Granville can check the pockets of a foreign visitor who he suspects of shoplifting.
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#12 - One of the Last Few Places Unexplored by Man
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 6 - Episode 5
Compo wants to take a photo, problem is... he wants it taken in Nora Batty's bedroom
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#13 - A Brief Excursion in the Fast Lane
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 23 - Episode 1
When Barry has a mid-life crisis and becomes interested in fast cars, Glenda worries that she will not be exciting enough for him.
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#14 - The Arts of Concealment
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 7 - Episode 6
Trying to camouflage himself, Foggy upsets a group of cyclists. Compo also upsets someone-over the state of his trousers
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#15 - 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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#16 - 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.
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#17 - The New Vicar
Keeping Up Appearances - Season 1 - Episode 2
Hyacinth is determined to create the perfect impression when inviting the new Vicar for “tea and light refreshments”. However her hopes come crashing down on her when Onslow and Daisy turn up with the news Daddy has been kidnapped by a gypsy. The day gets even worse for the polish-perfecting protagonist when Rose turns up, on her way to her own funeral.
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#18 - 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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#19 - 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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#20 - 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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#21 - Jubilee
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 4 - Episode 3
Keen to celebrate the Silver Jubilee, Foggy decides the trio should have their own float.
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#22 - The Hostess
Keeping Up Appearances - Season 5 - Episode 10
Hyacinth has put an advert in the local newspaper to teach people social etiquette, however an excited Hyacinth does not quite get what she expected.
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#23 - The Thing in Wesley's Shed
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 17 - Episode 9
When Wesley starts acting very weird about some new invention he has in his shed, the trio try to find out what kind of invention he's working on.
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#24 - Laundry Blues
Open All Hours - Season 2 - Episode 1
Nurse Gladys Emmanuel, having seen Granville struggling with the washing, tells Arkwright that he must buy a new washing machine. Arkwright has to come up with a plan so that she thinks he has done as she requests. He gets Neville to drop off a new machine, sneak round the back of the shop and take it away again, leaving behind a second-hand machine instead!
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#25 - 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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#26 - 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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#27 - 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...
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#28 - 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...
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#29 - 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?
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#30 - The New Suit
Open All Hours - Season 2 - Episode 4
Arkwright has to buy a new suit - on Nurse Gladys Emmanuel's say so.
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#31 - The Mystical Boudoir of Nurse Gladys Emmanuel
Open All Hours - Season 4 - Episode 6
Arkwright tries all manner of things in order to get himself into Nurse Gladys Emmanuel's bedroom, including the use of a ladder and a box of chocolates. Meanwhile Granville takes to wearing tights on his head.
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#32 - The Christening
Keeping Up Appearances - Season 1 - Episode 6
Daisy and Onslow’s granddaughter Kylie is getting christened, but Hyacinth is unimpressed because there has not been a wedding first. The day does not get any better for Hyacinth when she and Richard are forced to come to the rescue of the baby's mother Stephanie, whose transport has broken down. The leading lady then learns the baby's mother is a hippie, who is unaware of the baby’s father.
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#33 - 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""
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#34 - 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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#35 - 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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#36 - 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!
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#37 - Nowhere Particular
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 19 - Episode 8
Howard buys a new van, as part of his new scheme to be left in peace with Marina. he even buys some furniture to put on the back of the van, to make it ""a little more comfortable"". unfortunately the engine is not up to the test of those hills, and they end up coming down faster than they went up. Truly and Clegg spend the day dealing with a problem regarding Clegg's taxes
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#38 - 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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#39 - 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""
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#40 - A Mattress On Wheels
Open All Hours - Season 1 - Episode 2
Granville is fed up with having to do his rounds on his bike and tries to talk Arkwright into buying a van. Granville hopes that a mattress in the back of it will help his love life - and maybe Arkwright's, too!
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#41 - The Suit That Turned Left
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 17 - Episode 7
The trio come across a very weird scientist and his unusual new invention. Meanwhile Wesley's new suit causes some trouble during the ladies outing.
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#42 - Episode 2
Still Open All Hours - Season 1 - Episode 2
David Jason returns as Granville, who has inherited the famous corner shop from his beloved but miserly uncle Arkwright. Now running the business with his cheerful and good-looking son Leroy, Granville continues to serve the local community with a keen eye on a profit from some familiar and new faces. In this episode, Granville is determined to improve Gastric's image in order to matchmake him with Madge. His plans take an inspired turn when a salesman returns to town. Wet Eric is desperate to convince his wife it's going to rain but gets lured into a dangerous purchase. Meanwhile, Old Mr Bentinck never goes into the shop, so Granville finds a way to tempt him in to spend.
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#43 - Getting on Sydney's Wire
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 4 - Episode 2
Sid's plan to install a new bell for the cafe door is doomed, since the moment he asks for the help of the trio.
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#44 - Full Steam Behind
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 5 - Episode 1
Foggy takes Compo and Clegg on a nostalgic trip to the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.
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#45 - Horse-Trading
Open All Hours - Season 4 - Episode 2
Arkwright smugly offloads a lot of clothes-horses to an rival Asian shopkeeper. However, when his rival starts making large profits using the clothes-horses as bait for customers, he makes Granville dress up as an Asian woman so that he can buy the clothes-horses back.
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#46 - Driving Mrs. Fortescue
Keeping Up Appearances - Season 2 - Episode 2
Hyacinth and Richard drive a wealthy Mrs Fortescue into town, however Hyacinth's plans to impress are crushed by her family when Daisy and Rose flag down the Buckets for a lift. Eventually to Hyacinth's dismay, this leads to Mrs Fortescue playing darts with Onslow in a public house.
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#47 - Episode 1
Still Open All Hours - Season 3 - Episode 1
Granville and Gastric find themselves playing marriage counsellors and Leroy adopts a festive disguise to avoid relationship trouble of a different kind. Meanwhile, Mrs Featherstone struggles to find the Christmas spirit and Kath attempts to bring the street together as one harmonious choir to beat Finkle Street once and for all - but does Granville have a trick up his sleeve to help them out?
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#48 - Serenade for Tight Jeans and Metal Detector
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 6 - Episode 6
When Clegg buys a metal detector, it's off to the hills to look for treasure.
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#49 - Earnshaw Strikes Back
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 5 - Episode 5
Anyone criticising Yorkshire is rousing old Yorkshire ghosts-Clegg for one is very superstitious, so he doesn't want to wake up old ghosts like the local myth Earnshaw
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#50 - The Flag and Further Snags
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 5 - Episode 3
Foggy collects his flag and achieves his vision. his dream is achieved.
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