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Last of the Summer Wine (series 14)

2022-09-29T15:18:38Z

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| first_aired = {{Start date|1992|10|25|df=yes}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1992|12|26|df=yes}}
| prev_series = [[Last of the Summer Wine (series 13)|13]]
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'''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'s fourteenth series''' aired on [[BBC1]] in 1992. All of the episodes were written by [[Roy Clarke]] and produced and directed by [[Alan J. W. Bell]].

This was the first series to be shot entirely on film, although the complete episode was still assembled on videotape. This and the following series were broadcast in a 16:10 aspect ratio, compared to the standard 4:3 aspect ratio that it was broadcast in for its previous 13 series.

==Outline==
The trio in this series consisted of:
{| class="wikitable"
! Actor
! Role
|-
| [[Bill Owen (actor)|Bill Owen]]
| [[List of Last of the Summer Wine characters|Compo]]
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| [[Peter Sallis]]
| [[List of Last of the Summer Wine characters|Clegg]]
|-
| [[Brian Wilde]]
| [[List of Last of the Summer Wine characters|Foggy]]
|-
|}

==List of episodes==
'''Regular series'''
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|By The Magnificent Thighs of Ernie Burniston
|25 October
|Howard asks Clegg to deliver a [[birthday card]] to Marina, and Foggy decides that it's time Compo got fit.
|
*Auntie Wainwright became a regular character from this episode onwards, (until the show's end).
|-
|Errol Flynn Used to Have a Pair Like That
|1 November
|Compo finds out that Nora likes a man in horse-riding gear.
|
|-
|The Phantom of the Graveyard
|8 November
|An old school teacher of the trio has died, so the lads are off to his funeral.
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*The second, and final instance of the exterior of Foggy Dewhirst's house appearing in the series
* a rare instance of timeline appearing in the series, when the coffin plaque shows a 1992 date on its plaque
|-
|The Self-Propelled Salad Strainer
|15 November
|Wesley has plans for a ride-on lawnmower. He's going to adapt it for the purpose of cleaning windows.
|
|-
|Ordeal by Trousers
|22 November
|Ivy and Nora are looking for volunteers for the church concert, and, suspicious about the truthfulness of Foggy's war stories, Compo and Clegg use an old school challenge to root out liars on him.
|
*[[Jim Bowen]] guest stars for the second time
|-
|Happy Birthday, Howard
|29 November
|Marina asks Clegg to deliver a birthday present to Howard. It'd be an easier job, if the present weren't a giant cuddly panda.
|
*[[Jim Bowen]] guest stars for the third and final time
|-
|Who's Got Rhythm?
|6 December
|Compo is short of money, but after a flash of inspiration (and a visit to Auntie Wainwright's), he becomes a one-man band.
|
*[[Trevor Bannister]] guest stars (as a different character). He would later return to the series, as the Golf Captain, a couple of years later.
|-
|Camera Shy
|13 December
|Foggy buys a camcorder from Auntie Wainwright, and practices filming in the hills. He wants to watch it back, but doesn't have a video player. Luckily Pearl steps in and offers the use of her TV and video, but will it be lucky for Howard? Has Foggy captured more than just the countryside on tape?
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|-
|Wheelies
|20 December
|Foggy invents a new form of transport...a giant wheel. Compo finds himself volunteered to test drive it.
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|-
|}
'''Christmas Special (1992)'''
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|Stop That Castle
|26 December
|The trio visit Auntie Wainwright, to rent a bouncy castle for the Christmas parade.
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*The closing theme is in the style of a march.
|-
|}

==DVD release==
The box set for series fourteen was released by Universal Playback in October 2009, mislabelled as a box set for series 15 & 16.

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|- style="background:#EFEFEF"
| colspan="5" | '''The Complete Series 15 & 16'''
|-valign="top"
| align="center" width="400" colspan="3"| '''Set Details'''<ref name="DVD">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Summer-Wine-15-DVD/dp/B002L7O7PO/ref=pd_bxgy_74_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=T04MRDCGM9CGYTS40QCG|title=Last of the Summer Wine Series 15 & 16 [1993] [DVD]|accessdate=20 August 2016 |publisher=Amazon }}</ref>
|-valign="top"
| colspan="3" align="left" width="400"|
* 20 episodes
* 4-disc set
* Language: English
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" | '''Release Date'''
|-
|align="center" | [[DVD region codes|Region 2]]
|-
|align="center" | 26 October 2009
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==See also==
{{Last of the Summer Wine}}

[[Category:Last of the Summer Wine series]]
[[Category:1992 British television seasons]]

Last of the Summer Wine (series 18)

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| country = [[United Kingdom|UK]]
| network = [[BBC One|BBC1]]
| first_aired = {{start date|1996|12|29|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1997|6|22|df=y}}
| num_episodes = 11
| prev_season = [[Last of the Summer Wine (series 17)|17]]
| next_season = [[Last of the Summer Wine (series 19)|19]]
}}

'''[[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]].

==Outline==
The trio in this series consisted of:
{| class="wikitable"
! Actor
! Role
|-
| [[Bill Owen (actor)|Bill Owen]]
| [[List of Last of the Summer Wine characters|Compo]]
|-
| [[Peter Sallis]]
| [[List of Last of the Summer Wine characters|Clegg]]
|-
| [[Brian Wilde]]
| [[List of Last of the Summer Wine characters|Foggy]]
|}

==Returning this series==

*[[List of Last of the Summer Wine characters#Barry Wilkinson|Barry Wilkinson]] (1986–1990, 1996–2010)

==Last appearances==

*[[List of Last of the Summer Wine characters#Foggy Dewhurst|Foggy Dewhirst]] (1976–1985, 1990–1997)

==List of Episodes==
'''Christmas Special (1996)'''
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! style="background:#ffdead" width=17%|Title
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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.
|
*Seasonal 45-Minute Special.
* Barry returns, having been absent since the episode [[List of Last of the Summer Wine episodes#1990 Christmas Special|''Barry's Christmas'']]
* Guest Appearance of [[George Chakiris]]
*Guest Appearance of [[Norman Wisdom]] as Billy Ingleton
* Features the song ''Compo Has Gone and Lost His Wellies'' by Bill Owen, Holme Silver Band and Upperthong School which was originally released as a single in 1981
|-
|}

'''Regular series'''
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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.
|
*Guest Appearance of [[Kenneth Cope]] & [[Maggie Ollerenshaw]]
*These characters also appear in ''All That Glitters Is Not Elvis''
*She also appeared in the 1979 episode ''The Flag & Further Snags''
|-
|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.
|
*Guest Appearance of [[Keith Marsh]] (as the sweep).
|-
|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.
|
*Guest Appearance of [[Duggie Brown]]
|-
|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"?
|
*Guest Appearance of [[Elizabeth Estensen]] (as the Educational Adviser)
*This was the first episode in which Barry and Glenda's current home was seen, although at the time, next door hadn't been built.
|-
|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.
|
*Guest Appearance of [[Jack Smethurst]]
|-
|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.
|
*Guest Appearances of Tony Millan and [[Peter Martin (actor)]].
|-
|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.
|
*Cameo Appearance [[Denis Mawn]] (Owen's Stunt Double)
|
|-
|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 "something". Foggy organizes a safari seeking giant apes.
|
*Guest Appearance of [[Joe Belcher]]
*Outtakes were featured in ''30 Years of Last of the Summer Wine''
|-
|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.
|
*This episode marks the final appearance of Foggy, as played by Brian Wilde (Foggy is seen in some shots of the next episode, but is played by a body double).
*This is the last episode not to have a [[Cold open]]. Although some subsequent episodes don't have it (albeit less frequent).
|-
|}

==DVD release==
The box set for series eighteen was released by Universal Playback in February 2011, mislabelled as a box set for series 19 & 20.

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|- style="background:#EFEFEF"
| colspan="5" | '''The Complete Series 19 & 20'''
|-valign="top"
| align="center" width="400" colspan="3"| '''Set Details'''<ref name="DVD">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Summer-Wine-19-DVD/dp/B0042AMHRI/ref=pd_bxgy_74_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=SDADT90XG03YHQ0DRKY3|title=Last of the Summer Wine Series 19 & 20 [1997] [DVD]|accessdate=20 August 2016 |publisher=Amazon }}</ref>
|-valign="top"
| colspan="3" align="left" width="400"|
* 22 episodes
* 4-disc set
* Language: English
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" | '''Release Date'''
|-
|align="center" | [[DVD region codes|Region 2]]
|-
|align="center" | 7 February 2011
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==See also==
{{Last of the Summer Wine}}

[[Category:Last of the Summer Wine series]]
[[Category:1997 British television seasons]]