The trio start a courier service. Wesley fails to keep clean. Air Date : 22nd-Dec-1991

It's Christmas Day and the usual festivities are underway. Compo becomes interested in a skateboard. Air Date : 26th-Dec-1978  Read More

Foggy decides to beat the Christmas rush - in the middle of summer. He ends up being conned by Big Eric who sells him 100 Christmas trees for 10. A bargain? Not when they are crawling with insects! Air Date : 27th-Dec-1979  Read More

Christmas isn't what it used to be, so the trio decide to look for two old school chums to help recapture the spirit of their youth. Air Date : 25th-Dec-1981  Read More

Wanting to take a break from the comercial side of Christmas Foggy books a seaside caravan for himself, Compo and Clegg. Air Date : 25th-Dec-1982  Read More

[Not part of the LotSW series, entry here is in error but removal will upset all numbering for those who use TMDB for Kodee or similar media players] in 'The Funny Side of Christmas' is a Christmas special broadcast by BBC1 on 27 December 1982. Presented by Frank Muir, it comprised one comedy sketch each from 10 contemporaneous English comedy series: Butterflies, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, Last of the Summer Wine, The Les Dawson Show, Only Fools and Horses, Open All Hours, Smith and Jones, Sorry!, Three of a Kind, and Yes Minister. Air Date : 27th-Dec-1982  Read More

After Sam's inconsiderate demise at the home of Lily-Bless-Her, our trio are faced with the task of explaining to his wife about his wet feet and fluffy suit. Air Date : 27th-Dec-1983  Read More

Wesley has discovered an old racing car. Compo, Clegg and Foggy offer to help him transport it back to his shed, not reckoning on its condition. Air Date : 30th-Dec-1984  Read More

The day of Barry and Glenda's wedding brings new gossip to town, and also introduces her uncle Seymour as the new third man of the group. Air Date : 1st-Jan-1986  Read More

Seymour plans to put some magic back into Christmas and Santa back where he belongs-on the rooftops not on a bicycle. Air Date : 28th-Dec-1986  Read More

It's the annual garden fete at Dream Acres, featuring Nora as VIP waitress and a tramp who has taken a special interest in one particular donkey. Air Date : 31st-Dec-1987  Read More

Barry has a secret - he wants to get Glenda a water-bed for Christmas. Air Date : 24th-Dec-1988  Read More

Compo is desperate to buy a present for Nora, and a visit to Auntie Wainwright's may provide the answer. Air Date : 23rd-Dec-1989  Read More

Is Barry taking the spirit of Christmas too far when he's found "sleeping it off" in the pub wearing a Santa suit? Air Date : 27th-Dec-1990  Read More

The trio start a courier service. Wesley fails to keep clean. Air Date : 22nd-Dec-1991  Read More

Compo, Clegg and Foggy encounter a stranger from the Heckmondwike Extraterrestrial Club who foresees aliens landing in Yorkshire. Air Date : 27th-Dec-1993  Read More

Wesley gets Foggy, Norman and Compo to help him move a Piano for Auntie Wainwright almost running into Billy Ingleton, who takes a shine to the instrument. Foggy wants credit as the concert promoter for Billy. Howard and Marina wear, what they think are, disguises. Eli conducts The Holme Band at the concert. Compo saves the show. Air Date : 1st-Jan-1995  Read More

A depressed Howard tries to build himself up but, under Foggy's instruction, ends up breaking his leg. Auntie Wainwright has Smiler testing a Triumph Motorcycle, after she rents him the riding gear. Foggy intends to sneak Marina past Pearl and into Norman's house so that Howard can come over to see her. Meanwhile, the ladies morning coffee group plan to give Howard a surprise visit that same evening to cheer him up during his recovery. Air Date : 25th-Dec-1995  Read More

All types of strange creatures seem to be parading themselves through town. The reason? A new film's being made. All the locals get involved on the production of the film. Pearl puts a secret electric device on Howard's bycicle, so she can track him down, when he escapes her. Air Date : 29th-Dec-1996  Read More

Compo, Clegg and Truly chase a reluctant groom all through the village and beyond to stop him from escaping his wedding. Meanwhile, hungover best man Barry is frantically trying to locate the missing wedding ring. Air Date : 28th-Dec-1997  Read More

Compo is selected to travel to France with a group of local WWII veterans, only to have the offer withdrawn when the organisers realize 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 gruelling escape from the Germans. There's just one snag: Compo doesn't remember where it is. Air Date : 2nd-Jan-2000  Read More

Tom intends to to give Howard a "going fishing" excuse. Truly, Clegg and Billy meet a polar explorer with a domineering wife. Marina and Auntie Wainwright tart-up the explorer's wife. Pearl and Glenda go hunting for fishermen. Air Date : 30th-Dec-2001  Read More

When Nora Batty books Billy Ingleton's organ for a charity fair, she badly underestimates how much of an attraction it will be... Marina declines to go out with Howard because she's caught the showbiz bug, and is rehearsing a play at the local church. Howard asks the trio to help him think of something "showbizzy" they can do together. Air Date : 29th-Dec-2002  Read More

A guide to 30 Years Of Last Of The Summer Wine, the 2003 BBC One TV documentary. A celebration of the world's longest-running comedy series. Air Date : 13th-Apr-2003  Read More

Norman has been roped into performing a humorous monologue for the Christmas Concert. Pearl plans to force Howard to mime a recording of Nelson Eddy. Glenda plans to force Barry to perform as a magician. Billy wants to give an archery demonstration. Alvin is practicing as a one-man-band. Entwistle hypnotizes Smiler into knowing how to dance. Air Date : 21st-Dec-2003  Read More

Feeling too old for a bicycle, Howard purchases a "secret" car. Barry is having a spiritual crisis. Air Date : 19th-Dec-2004  Read More

Truly and Norman are drawn into Howard's latest escape plan. Auntie Wainwright dresses Smiler as Father Christmas and Tom as an elf. Glenda tries to help Barry get over a negative reflective mood. The local police think the men are a gang trying to dispose of a body. Air Date : 18th-Dec-2005  Read More

Alvin has Truly and Norman over for a Holiday dinner. Glenda invited a man to dinner that Barry does not like. Pearl and Marina each give Howard a sweater vest, so he wears them both... at the same time. Auntie Wainwright gives Tom and Smiler a dinner that is actually nice, and then empties their pockets in a card game. Air Date : 28th-Dec-2006  Read More

Luther 'Hobbo' Hobdyke, a retired milkman with strong links to MI5, arrives in the village. Very soon, calling upon his experiences on numerous dangerous missions overseas as a master spy, he forms a small team of reluctant volunteers, consisting of Alvin and Entwistle, ready to react to any emergency in the village. Finding that Hobbo has moved in next door, Clegg and Truly recall that he was never much of a milkman, but have to admit that his needlework is always exemplary. Air Date : 31st-Dec-2008  Read More