| Last of the Summer Wine | |
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| Series 18 | |
| Country of origin | UK |
| No. of episodes | 11 |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC1 |
| Original release | 29 December 1996 – 22 June 1997 |
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| Series chronology | |
Last of the Summer Wine's eighteenth series aired on BBC1. All of the episodes were written by Roy Clarke and produced and directed by Alan J. W. Bell.
The trio in this series consisted of:
| Actor | Role |
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| Bill Owen | Compo |
| Peter Sallis | Clegg |
| Brian Wilde | Foggy |
Christmas Special (1996)
| Title | Airdate | Description | Notes |
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| Extra! Extra! | 29 December | A film crew are making a spoof horror film in the area. When the trio persistently interrupt rehearsals, the director has them recruited as extras, and they soon find they are in good company. |
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Regular series
| Title | Airdate | Description | Notes |
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| The Love Mobile | 20 April | Auntie Wainwright sells Smiler a tandem as incentive for him to sell it on; a vindictive, argumentative couple with a mobile lonely hearts office in a caravan break down outside the village. Wesley, Foggy, Clegg and Compo try to assist. |
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| A Clean Sweep | 27 April | An unlucky chimney sweep is in town in an attempt to resurrect an old tradition of having a sweep at weddings and Foggy finds him a good old-fashioned chimney to sweep. |
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| The Mysterious C. W. Northrop | 5 May | Smiler has a crush on Ivy, but pretends it's C.W. Northrop so Ivy won't know it's him, leading to much discussion around the town before the true identity is finally revealed after confusion reigns. | |
| A Double for Howard | 11 May | The trio help Howard to find somebody who might look like him from a distance to have a date with Marina. He hopes Pearl will see them and, for once, he won't be in trouble. |
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| How to Create a Monster | 18 May | Foggy decides to train Smiler to help him become more confident and lose his deepest fears which are leaving him unlucky in love. Is the world ready though for Smiler as "Captain Catastrophe"? |
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| Deviations with Davenport | 25 May | The trio meet Mr. Davenport, a hapless hiker who aspires to write a guidebook, but Foggy gets them completely lost; meanwhile, Wesley dreams up a makeshift trailer in lieu of a minibus for the ladies' outing. |
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| According to the Prophet Bickerdyke | 1 June | According to what Clegg refers to as a 'passing idiot', the prophet Bickerdyke has predicted that the world is coming to an end. Clegg wonders if this information should be trusted. |
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| Next Kiss Please | 8 June | Compo bets Foggy that he can get a kiss, insisting it will willingly be given from Nora Batty. The trio go to Auntie Wainwright's to purchase a camera to be sure that Compo will not cheat to win the bet. |
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| Destiny and Six Bananas | 15 June | Compo convinces Nora to accompany him to Citizens' Advice on a personal matter while the trio meet a stranger who is exhausted from running through the woodland where he has seen what he believes to be "giant apes". Foggy organizes a safari to try and capture them. |
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| A Sidecar Named Desire | 22 June | Compo hires a motorbike and sidecar from Auntie Wainwright and takes Nora Batty for a ride in it in another attempt to woo her and rekindle memories of her late husband, who drove a similar vehicle in earlier episodes. |
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The box set for series eighteen was released by Universal Playback in February 2011, mislabelled as a box set for series 19 & 20.
| The Complete Series 19 & 20 | ||||
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| Release Date | ||||
| Region 2 | ||||
| 7 February 2011 | ||||