Last of the Summer Wine - Season 17

Last of the Summer Wine - Season 17

Season 17

Last of the Summer Wine's seventeenth series aired on BBC1. All of the episodes were written by Roy Clarke and produced and directed by Alan J. W. Bell.
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Episodes12
DatesSep 3, 1995 - Dec 29, 1996
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Episodes

Leaving Home Forever or Till Teatime
Season 17Episode 130 min

Leaving Home Forever or Till Teatime

This time's for real! Howard's had enough of Pearl and decides to leave home forever. It's up to the trio to get the couple back together, when it's visible that Howard misses Pearl more than he thought he would.
Sep 3, 1995
Bicycle Bonanza
Season 17Episode 230 min

Bicycle Bonanza

Foggy thinks the trio should be more in touch with the wilderness, so he thinks of the ideal plan, counting with Auntie Wainwright's bicycle bonanza, a map, and a basket of sandwiches.
Sep 10, 1995
The Glamour of the Uniform
Season 17Episode 330 min

The Glamour of the Uniform

Marina leaves Howard for good this time. He suspects that she has been seeing another man, and asks for the help of the trio to get her back. Foggy feels that what Howard needs is a bit of "the glamour of the uniform". Auntie Wainwright's new established costume department might be just the perfect place to find it.
Sep 17, 1995
The First Human Being to Ride a Hill
Season 17Episode 430 min

The First Human Being to Ride a Hill

When Pearl starts getting suspicious of Howard's affair once again, she locks his bicycle. It's now up to the trio to come up with a secret bicycle for Howard, which turns out to be a little more secret than they'd have thought.
Sep 24, 1995
Captain Clutterbuck's Treasure
Season 17Episode 530 min

Captain Clutterbuck's Treasure

When word comes around that there's a treasure buried in town, it's up to the trio to go and find it. To do so they need the help of the one man that has the *only* map, Lieutenant Commander Willoughby (Royal Navy, retired). It's up to Foggy to pay the 30 pounds the map's worth. The problem is... how many maps were sold in the first place? Foggy vows not to be near one cash dispenser again...
Oct 1, 1995
Desperate for a Duffield
Season 17Episode 630 min

Desperate for a Duffield

When Compo reaches a crucial point in his "relationship" with Nora Batty, and realises he's not going anywhere with her, he decides to go looking for his old "girlfriends" from his school days, with whom he expects to get a more "personal" relationship. It turns out he wasn't really ready for some of the surprises he encounters after all these years... people DO change sometimes.
Oct 8, 1995
The Suit That Turned Left
Season 17Episode 730 min

The Suit That Turned Left

The trio comes across a very weird scientist and his unusual new invention. Meanwhile Wesley's new suit causes some trouble during the ladies outing.
Oct 15, 1995
Beware of the Elbow
Season 17Episode 830 min

Beware of the Elbow

The trio encounters a man, and his inflatable doll, which creates some natural curiosity among the three elders.
Oct 22, 1995
The Thing in Wesley's Shed
Season 17Episode 930 min

The Thing in Wesley's Shed

When Wesley starts acting very weird about some new invention he has in his shed, the trio tries to find out what kind of invention is he working on.
Oct 29, 1995
Brushes at Dawn
Season 17Episode 1030 min

Brushes at Dawn

When a local man "takes advantage" of Nora Batty, Compo challenges him to a duel.
Nov 5, 1995
A Leg Up for Christmas (1995 Christmas Special)
Season 17Episode 1130 min

A Leg Up for Christmas (1995 Christmas Special)

Dec 25, 1995
Extra! Extra! (1996 Christmas Special)
Season 17Episode 1230 min

Extra! Extra! (1996 Christmas Special)

Dec 29, 1996

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