Last of the Summer Wine's twenty-first series aired on BBC One. Most of the episodes were written by Roy Clarke and produced and directed by Alan J. W. Bell.
Last of the Summer Wine | |
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Series 21 | |
No. of episodes | 10 |
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Original network | BBC One |
Original release | 2 January 4 June 2000 | –
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Filming dates |
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Series chronology | |
Outline
editThe trio in this series consisted of:
Actor | Role |
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Bill Owen | Compo [a] |
Peter Sallis | Clegg |
Frank Thornton | Truly |
Tom Owen | Tom [b] |
First appearances
edit- Ros Utterthwaite (2000–2005)
- Tom Simmonite (2000–2010)
- Mrs Avery (2000–2001)
- Babs Avery (2000)
Last appearances
edit- Compo Simmonite (1973–2000)
- Babs Avery (2000)
List of Episodes
editMillennium Special (2000)
Title | Airdate | Description | Notes |
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Last Post and Pigeon | 2 January | Compo is selected to travel to France with a group of local WWII veterans, only to have the offer withdrawn when the organisers realise how scruffy he looks. The local ladies take pity on him and collect enough money for him to go, and Truly and Clegg join him for the trip.
Meanwhile, Edie's long-estranged sister Ros shows up in town, ready to make amends with Edie and possibly settle down again. Edie, angry at her for leaving her husband and devastating their mother, isn't interested in reconnecting. In France, the trio has two goals: to release Billy Hardcastle's homing pigeon and to revisit a spot Compo and some of his fellow soldiers camped overnight after a grueling escape from the Germans. There's just one snag: Compo doesn't remember where it is. |
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Regular series
Title | Airdate | Description | Notes |
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Lipstick and Other Problems | 2 April | When Glenda finds Barry covered in lipstick he needs assistance from the trio to explain it away. Truly comes up with the notion of a sponsored kiss which only leaves one problem, making it look like they've each been kissed. |
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Under the Rug | 9 April | Clegg finds himself having to model Howard's new wig after Pearl becomes suspicious. With Howard reluctant to take the wig they concoct a plan to show him attractive it makes the wearer to the ladies; roping in Smiler and Marina to help. |
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Magic and the Morris Minor | 16 April | The trio finds a married couple stranded in a field trying to contact ancient civilizations with a Morris Minor hubcap. Meanwhile, Howard tries to carry on his relationship with Marina over two-way radio, and Barry tries to prove he's "one of the boys". |
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Elegy for Fallen Wellies | 23 April | Nora, in "sexy" costume for a church pageant, takes a dare from Ivy to call Compo's bluff and present herself on his doorstep. The unexpected result is that he collapses and has to be rushed to the hospital. Although Clegg and Truly expect the best, Compo dies as the doctors try to save him.
Cleggy and Truly, as well as Nora and Ivy, spend the night remembering him and trying to figure out how to give him a proper send-off. |
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Surprise at Throstlenest | 30 April | Clegg and Truly find out a few unexpected things about Compo as they take his ferrets to their new home. |
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Just a Small Funeral | 7 May | As the funeral approaches, Howard struggles with having two dates for the occasion, Barry tries to conceal his engine noises from Wesley, and Compo's lady friend Regina is in desperate need of an appropriate dress. |
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From Here to Paternity | 14 May | Nora intercepts a letter from Compo's son, Tom, who Compo didn't know about until shortly before he died. They learn that Tom doesn't know about his father's death and is coming to town for a visit. | |
Some Vans Can Make you Deaf | 21 May | While others unite in the effort to repair his tatty van, Tom does his best to avoid lifting a finger to help. |
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Waggoner's Roll | 28 May | Tom decides Babs is destined for showbiz, even though Babs herself wants nothing to do with it. Barry quickly becomes another unwilling participant in the act. |
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I Didn't Know Barry Could Play | 4 June | Picking up "music" for Babs turns out to be a deceptively simple-sounding task for Clegg, Truly and Barry. |
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DVD release
editThe box set for series twenty one was released by Universal Playback in March 2012, mislabelled as a box set for series 21 & 22.
The Complete Series 21 & 22 | ||||
Set Details[1] | ||||
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Release Date | ||||
Region 2 | ||||
26 March 2012 |
References
edit- ^ "Last of the Summer Wine Series 21 & 22 [DVD]". Amazon. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
See also
edit- Series 21 and 22 box set has been released on DVD for the first time