The BEST episodes written by Roy Clarke
#1 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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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#4 - 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.
#5 - 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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#6 - 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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#7 - 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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#8 - 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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#9 - 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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#10 - 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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#11 - 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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#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 - 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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#14 - 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...
#15 - 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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#16 - 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...
#17 - 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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#18 - 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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#19 - 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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#20 - 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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#21 - 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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#22 - 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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#23 - 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.
#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""
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#25 - 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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#26 - 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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#27 - 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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#28 - 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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#29 - 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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#30 - 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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#31 - 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
#32 - 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.
#33 - 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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#34 - 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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#35 - 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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#36 - 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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#37 - 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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#38 - 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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#39 - 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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#40 - 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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#41 - A Chaise Longue Too Far
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 23 - Episode 7
One of Glenda's unwanted anniversary presents proves to be useful in strange ways, especially as Howard becomes trapped in his own bathroom...
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#42 - 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""
#43 - Next Kiss Please
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 18 - Episode 8
Compo bets Foggy he can get Nora batty to kiss him before sun set. Will he manage to win the bet?
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#44 - According to the Prophet Bickerdyke
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 18 - Episode 7
Glenda forces Barry to ask Wesley to "listen" to the car engine. Foggy, Norman and Compo meet a man who is obsessed with an end of the world prophecy. Auntie Wainwright sends Smiler out to stalk a customer that escaped her shop without purchasing anything.
#45 - Desperate for a Duffield
Last of the Summer Wine - Season 17 - Episode 6
When Compo reaches a crucial point in his ""relationship"" with Nora Batty, and realises he's not going anywhere with her, he decides to go looking for his old ""girlfriends"" from his school days, with whom he expects to get a more ""personal"" relationship. it turns out he wasn't really ready for some of the surprises he encounters after all these years... people DO change sometimes
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#46 - 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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#47 - 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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#48 - 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...
#49 - 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.
#50 - 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.