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{{Infobox television season
| bgcolour = #DEDDE2
| image =
| caption =
| country = [[United Kingdom]]
| network = [[BBC1]]
| first_aired = {{Start date|1995|01|01|df=yes}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1995|02|26|df=yes}}
| num_episodes = 9
| prev_season = [[Last of the Summer Wine (series 15)|15]]
| next_season = [[Last of the Summer Wine (series 17)|17]]
}}

'''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]''''s '''sixteenth 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]]
|-
|}

==List of episodes==
{| class="wikitable" width=100% border=1 style="font-size: 95%"
|-
! style="background:#ffdead" width=17%|Title
! style="background:#ffdead" width=8%|Airdate
! style="background:#ffdead" width=40%|Description
! style="background:#ffdead" width=35%|Notes
|-
|The Man Who Nearly Knew Pavarotti
|1 January
|After Wesley almost runs over Billy Ingleton. Foggy gets to prove his talents as a concert promoter.
|
*60 minute special.
*This episode marks the first appearance of [[Norman Wisdom]] as a recurring guest star playing Billy Ingleton.
*First episode to be in broadcast in a widescreen aspect ratio.
*Filming took place at one of the locks of the Huddersfield Broad Canal.
|-
|The Glory Hole
|8 January
|While out in the hills one day, Foggy sees a hole in the road that reminds him of a World War II slit trench. Compo swaps his portable air raid siren for a flag pole from Auntie Wainwright.
|
*From this point onward, (until the end), the concluding theme tune and credits are shorter.
|-
|Adopted by a Stray
|15 January
|The trio meet Mr Broadbent, who is giving up everything to find the wilderness. He gives the trio his van, but they don't expect Mrs Broadbent to come with it.
|
*Guest appearances of [[Geoffrey Bayldon]] and [[Emily Perry (English actress)|Emily Perry]] as Mr and Mrs Broadbent.
|-
|The Defeat of the Stoneworm
|22 January
|Howard says he has stoneworm in his cellar, so the trio try to convince everyone that stoneworm are real.
|
|-
|Once in a Moonlit Junkyard
|29 January
|Compo has a visit from a mysterious motorcyclist and eventually realises it could be Babs, one of his old girlfriends.
|
|-
|The Space Ace
|5 February
|Stanley Pocklington is training to be an astronaut, but when he gets drunk, Foggy devises a whole training programme for him.
|
|-
|The Most Powerful Eyeballs in West Yorkshire
|12 February
|The trio have a go at hypnotherapy to help Howard take control over Pearl, but Foggy ends up hypnotising himself.
|
*The concluding theme tune is played by brass band at marching pace consistent with Foggy's adopted military step.
|-
|The Dewhirsts of Ogleby Hall
|19 February
|Foggy believes he could be related to the Dewhirsts of Ogleby Hall. Compo buys Nora Batty a hat.
|
|-
|The Sweet Smell of Excess
|26 February
|Compo uses his bed as a trampoline to get up to Nora Batty's window, but ends up getting stuck in the bed springs. On his release, he falls down a manhole and the trio then have to find a way to get rid of the resulting smell.
|
|-
|}

==DVD release==
The box set for series sixteen was released by Universal Playback in December 2010, mislabelled as a box set for series 17 & 18.

{| border="2" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 0 1em 0 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|- style="background:#EFEFEF"
| colspan="5" | '''The Complete Series 17 & 18'''
|-valign="top"
| align="center" width="400" colspan="3"| '''Set Details'''<ref name="DVD">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Summer-Wine-17-DVD/dp/B0042AMHNW/ref=pd_bxgy_74_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=1RCYHC62KKVWMHE26S8A|title=Last of the Summer Wine Series 17 & 18 [1995] [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" | 27 December 2010
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

[[Category:Last of the Summer Wine series]]
[[Category:1995 British television seasons]]

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