The Best Episodes of Last of the Summer Wine Season 12

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.6/10(77 votes)

   #1 - Return Of The Warrior

   S12:E19/2/1990

   Seymour leaves to look after a school. Will life be boring for Compo and Clegg? Not for long, as Foggy Dewhirst returns to the fold.

   Director:Alan J.W. Bell

   Writer:Roy Clarke

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   Director:Alan J.W. Bell

   Writer:Roy Clarke
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   8.0/10(57 votes)

   #2 - Come In, Sunray Major

   S12:E29/9/1990

   Foggy has an idea to use portable radios to improve communications.

   Director:Alan J.W. Bell

   Writer:Roy Clarke

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   Director:Alan J.W. Bell

   Writer:Roy Clarke
3. 

   7.9/10(55 votes)

   #3 - The Charity Balls

   S12:E39/16/1990

   When Foggy hears about an athletic charity drive, he enters Compo and Clegg despite their wishes. An "injured" Howard drops out of the race and stops to recover in this young lady's refreshment stand. How refreshed can one man get?

   Director:Alan J.W. Bell

   Writer:Roy Clarke

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   Director:Alan J.W. Bell

   Writer:Roy Clarke
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   8.1/10(52 votes)

   #4 - Walking Stiff Can Make You Famous

   S12:E49/23/1990

   Foggy is upset because he's not famous for anything, so he invents the sport of bicycle polo.

   Director:Alan J.W. Bell

   Writer:Roy Clarke

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5. 

   8.3/10(58 votes)

   #5 - That's Not Captain Zero

   S12:E59/30/1990

   Our trio helps Captain Zero when his vehicle breaks down, but don't reckon on him getting drunk.

   Director:Alan J.W. Bell

   Writer:Roy Clarke

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   Director:Alan J.W. Bell

   Writer:Roy Clarke
6. 

   8.3/10(57 votes)

   #6 - Das (Welly) Boot

   S12:E610/7/1990

   Ivy lets Foggy fix her toaster, and it goes to his flippin' head. Now he thinks he can restore the tatty sunken boat he's found at the bottom of the lake. He actually accomplishes even this, so Compo decides he must get Nora Batty into the boat alone with him. But surely Nora knows better - she'll have to be tricked.

   Director:Alan J.W. Bell

   Writer:Roy Clarke

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   Director:Alan J.W. Bell

   Writer:Roy Clarke
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7. 

   7.8/10(53 votes)

   #7 - The Empire That Foggy Nearly Built

   S12:E710/14/1990

   After a heated encounter with two motorists, Foggy decides there must be money to be made providing parking spaces.

   Director:Alan J.W. Bell

   Writer:Roy Clarke

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8. 

   8.5/10(59 votes)

   #8 - The Last Surviving Maurice Chevalier Impression

   S12:E810/21/1990

   To stop Nora taking him for granted, Compo becomes a TV star for the day doing his legendary impression.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Roy Clarke

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9. 

   8.2/10(57 votes)

   #9 - Roll On

   S12:E910/28/1990

   Having learned absolutely nothing from "The Charity Balls" just a few episodes back, Foggy tries to assert the boys' athletic prowess yet again, this time in a downhill barrel-rolling competition.

   Director:Alan J.W. Bell

   Writer:Roy Clarke

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   Writer:Roy Clarke
10. 

    8.3/10(57 votes)

    #10 - A Landlady For Smiler

    S12:E1011/4/1990

    Compo is more than a little concerned when Smiler moves in as Nora Batty's lodger.

    Director:Alan J.W. Bell

    Writer:Roy Clarke

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    Director:Alan J.W. Bell

    Writer:Roy Clarke