Last of the Summer Wine (series 11)

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Last of the Summer Wine
No. of episodes8
Release
Original networkBBC1
Original release15 October (1989-10-15) –
23 December 1989 (1989-12-23)
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The eleventh series of Last of the Summer Wine aired on BBC1 in 1989. 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:

Actor Role
Michael Aldridge Seymour
Bill Owen Compo
Peter Sallis Clegg

List of episodes

Regular series

Title Airdate Description Notes
Come Back, Jack Harry Teesdale 15 October After getting a lift from Jack Harry Teesdale and his wife, the trio offer to help solve a marriage problem – getting their caravan into the drive.
  • Jack Harry Teesdale (played by Bert Parnaby) would later reappear in the next series episode "The Charity Balls".
  • Small audio edit made to Jack Harry's whistle around 7 minutes into the episode.
The Kiss and Mavis Poskit 22 October Clegg is in hiding, after Nora, Ivy and the rest of the ladies want to fix him up with a timid woman whom he knew at school.
Oh Shut Up and Eat Your Choc Ice 29 October After accidentally knocking a bale of hay down a hill, Seymour is determined the trio should get it back where it started. When they are unable to push it, Seymour enlists Compo to tow back with a Reliant Robin, but Compo is more interested in giving Nora, Ivy and Pearl a lift back home.
Who's That Bloke With Nora Batty Then? 5 November Compo is filled with jealousy when he spots Nora with a man.
Happy Anniversary Gough and Jessie 12 November The lads are at the golden wedding anniversary of an old friend, and decide that it's time for him to sample some of the other pleasures of life, away from his wife.
Getting Barry Higher in the World 19 November Seymour designs a kite for Compo, but doesn't count on Wesley mixing the measurements up.
Three Men and a Mangle 26 November Nora asks Compo to deliver her mangle to a friend. What can possibly go wrong?
  • Filming took place at the disused Thornton railway viaduct, (near Queensbury).

Christmas Special (1989)

Title Airdate Description Notes
What's Santa Brought for Nora Then? 23 December It's Christmas 1989, and Compo is trying to earn some money to buy Nora a Christmas present. Surely Auntie Wainwright will have something suitable.
  • 50 minute special.
  • Included on the series 11 & 12 boxset.
  • This episode featured (due to popularity the year before) the second guest appearance of Auntie Wainwright – who would later reappear as a regular from 1992 thereafter.
  • This was also the last full episode to feature Seymour Utterthwaite, In the next episode he would only appear briefly.
  • At the end of the episode, the final present, which Ivy opens, is a painted egg, presumably a teaser for Foggy's return the following series. a further indication of this is that part of Foggy's theme plays as Ivy and Nora read the card the egg came with, where they appear to mouth Foggy's name.

DVD release

The box set for series ten was released by Universal Playback in September 2008, mislabelled as a box set for series 11 & 12.

The Complete Series 11 & 12
Set Details[1]
  • 15 episodes
  • 3-disc set
  • Language: English
Release Date
Region 2
22 September 2008

References

  1. ^ "Last of the Summer Wine Series 11 & 12". Amazon. Retrieved 20 August 2016.

See also