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Season 12
September 2, 1990

Season 12

The Last of the Summer Wines twelfth series aired on BBC1. All of the episodes were written by Roy Clarke and produced and directed by Alan J. W. Bell.

With the departure of Michael Aldridge who had left to nurse his ill wife, the character of Foggy Dewhirst returned to the fold.

01. Return Of The Warrior

Seymour leaves to look after a school. Will life be boring for Compo and Clegg? Not for long, as Foggy Dewhirst returns to the fold.

30min
September 2, 1990

02. Come In, Sunray Major

Foggy has an idea to use portable radios to improve communications.

30min
September 9, 1990

03. The Charity Balls

When Foggy hears about an athletic charity drive, he enters Compo and Clegg despite their wishes. An "injured" Howard drops out of the race and stops to recover in this young lady's refreshment stand. How refreshed can one man get?

30min
September 16, 1990

04. Walking Stiff Can Make You Famous

Foggy is upset because he's not famous for anything, so he invents the sport of bicycle polo.

30min
September 23, 1990

05. That's Not Captain Zero

Our trio helps Captain Zero when his vehicle breaks down, but don't reckon on him getting drunk.

30min
September 30, 1990

06. Das (Welly) Boot

Ivy lets Foggy fix her toaster, and it goes to his flippin' head. Now he thinks he can restore the tatty sunken boat he's found at the bottom of the lake. He actually accomplishes even this, so Compo decides he must get Nora Batty into the boat alone with him. But surely Nora knows better - she'll have to be tricked.

30min
October 7, 1990

07. The Empire That Foggy Nearly Built

After a heated encounter with two motorists, Foggy decides there must be money to be made providing parking spaces.

30min
October 14, 1990

08. The Last Surviving Maurice Chevalier Impression

To stop Nora taking him for granted, Compo becomes a TV star for the day doing his legendary impression.

30min
October 21, 1990

09. Roll On

Having learned absolutely nothing from "The Charity Balls" just a few episodes back, Foggy tries to assert the boys' athletic prowess yet again, this time in a downhill barrel-rolling competition.

30min
October 28, 1990

10. A Landlady For Smiler

Compo is more than a little concerned when Smiler moves in as Nora Batty's lodger.

30min
November 4, 1990