";s:4:"text";s:4768:" Compo finds out that Nora Batty is getting post cards sent from the Canary Islands. It is the Queen's Silver Jubilee, and Foggy decides that the trio should help the vicar's parade. Hobbo discovers the danger of exercising when his neck locks solid while doing some simple head movements. A stranger is planning to float to Ilkley using an inflatable swan and it's up to Entwistle to ensure the man completes his journey. In Search of Childlike Joy and the Farthest... A Musical Passing for a Miserable Muscroft, In Which Gavin Hinchcliffe Loses the Gulf Stream, The Miraculous Curing of Old Goff Helliwell, The Man Who Invented Yorkshire Funny Stuff, Variations on a Theme of the Widow Winstanley, Barry In Danger From Reading and Aunt Jessie. Clegg receives word that an old friend has died in America. Compo tries to revive interest in the childhood game of "thumpy-dub" and Truly tries to sell his useless lawn-mower.
Compo comes up with yet another plan to impress Nora - entering a marathon. While out in the hills one day, Foggy sees a hole in the road that reminds him of a World War II slit trench. A celebration of the world's longest-running comedy series. The trio find him dressed as Santa Claus, under a table in the local pub. The trio go to a funeral, but Compo insists on bringing along a pet ferret. Seymour designs a kite for Compo, but doesn't count on Wesley mixing the measurements up. After meeting car enthusiast Wesley Pegden, Compo volunteers to test drive his car, in order to impress Nora Batty. The gang makes sure he is well equipped to receive messages. "How to Ignore Christmas (aka Christmas in November)". Barry unwittingly becomes the friend of a lonely man whose wife has deserted him.
Here We Go Again Into The Wild Blue Yonder, One Of The Last Few Places Unexplored By Man, Serenade For Tight Jeans and Metal Detector, Why Does Norman Clegg buy Ladies' Stockings, When You take a Bite, Yorkshire Tastes Terrible, The Last Surviving Maurice Chevalier Impression, By The Magnificent Thighs of Ernie Burniston, Errol Flynn Used to Have a Pair Like That, There Are Gypsies At The Bottom Of Our Garden, The Most Powerful Eyeballs in West Yorkshire, The Only Diesel-Powered Saxophone in Captivity, How Errol Flynn Discovered the Scar of Nora Batty. Foggy volunteers the trio to help out at a church concert party, but Compo can't resist trying on a suit of armour. Wesley's new toy gives Barry a chance to prove his usefulness in overalls. "Last of the Summer Wine Series 19 & 20 [1997] [DVD]", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Last_of_the_Summer_Wine_(series_19)&oldid=954268449, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Peter Sallis and Frank Thornton only feature in two scenes during the episode, once near the beginning and another near the end, marking this episode as one of the first not to feature a trio of men at the centre of the plot.
As everyone mourns, Truly comes up with a way for them all to say farewell. A new adventurer lands in town, eager to make a name for himself; luckily for him, the trio has in mind a heroic test of mettle. Seymour would love to go skiing, but in the absence of snow, he decides they should try sliding downhill on dinner trays. This page was last edited on 25 September 2020, at 19:19.
Barry's fitness-mad neighbour annoyingly outshines him in all things physical. Dewhirst's "Nature Tours" are launched by Foggy after he believes he's discovered the nesting place of a giant woodpecker. They soon receive a letter, asking them to help one of their old classmates, Foggy.
Seymour attempts to instil some magic into the festive season by dressing a reluctant Compo as Father Christmas.
Truly, Alvin, and Billy Hardcastle scheme to match the notoriously woman-shy Clegg up with a widow. It contains none of the episodes listed for series 10. The trio finds a married couple stranded in a field trying to contact ancient civilizations with a Morris Minor hubcap.