Last of the Summer Wine series 9
Last of the Summer Wine | |
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Series 9 | |
![]() Last of the Summer Wine Series 9 & 10 DVD | |
No. of episodes | 15 |
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Original network | BBC1 |
Original release | 1 January 1986 27 December 1987 | –
Series chronology | |
Last of the Summer Wine's ninth series originally aired on BBC1 between 1 January 1986 and 27 December 1987.[1] All episodes from this series were written by Roy Clarke and produced and directed by Alan J. W. Bell.[2]
The ninth series was released on DVD in region 2 as a box set on 5 May 2008.
For reasons not disclosed, the DVD box set in the UK splits series 9 into two series, renaming the second half as series 10. As a consequence, every subsequent DVD release is miss-numbered (series 10 is now series 11; series 11 is now series 12, etc).
Outline
The trio in this series consisted of:
Actor | Role |
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Michael Aldridge | Seymour |
Bill Owen | Compo |
Peter Sallis | Clegg |
First appearances
- Seymour Utterthwaite (1986–1990)
- Edie Pegden (1986–2003)
- Barry Wilkinson (1986-1990, 1996–2010)
- Glenda Wilkinson (1986–2010)
- Eli Duckett (1987–2002)
- Second Policeman (1987, 1990–2004)
Last appearances
- Wally Batty (1975–1987)
- Crusher (1984–1987)
List of episodes
New Year Special (1986)
Title | Airdate | Description | Notes |
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Uncle of the Bride | 1 January | This episode introduces Seymour as the show’s new ‘Third Man’. Glenda, Edie and Wesley's daughter, is marrying the hapless but kind-hearted Barry. Seymour, her uncle and Edie's brother, is in charge of the pre-nuptial celebrations. |
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Christmas Special (1986)
Title | Airdate | Description | Notes |
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Merry Christmas Father Christmas | 28 December | It's Christmas 1986, and Seymour attempts to instil some magic into the festive season by dressing a reluctant Compo as Father Christmas. |
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Regular series
Title | Airdate | Description | Notes |
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Why Does Norman Clegg buy Ladies' Elastic Stockings | 4 January | Howard persuades a reluctant Clegg to take a message to Marina in the store where she works. Clegg buys random items, including ladies' stockings, in order to explain his extended presence in the store while he waits for a chance to pass the message. Seymour invents a drill and uses it in an attempt to find oil, with unhappy results. |
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The Heavily Reinforced Bottom | 11 January | Compo takes up canoeing, with disastrous results. |
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Dried Dates and Codfanglers | 18 January | Seymour invents a high-security door lock, which fails miserably. Compo has lost a prized possession – a date Nora Batty threw at him! | |
The Really Masculine Purse | 25 January | After Compo claims that any man who uses a purse is effeminate, Seymour tries to invent a strictly masculine purse. | |
Who's Feeling Ejected Then? | 1 February | Seymour builds an ejector seat, which Compo is persuaded to test. | |
The Ice-Cream Man Cometh | 8 February | Seymour misses the good old days, and decides to promote the old tradition of bicycling ice-cream men. | |
Set the People Free | 15 February | Howard and Wally have both been confined to quarters, and it's up to the trio to try to break them free. | |
Go with the Flow | 22 February | Seymour volunteers the trio to help the Vicar and they are assigned to sell tickets for a production of Beatrix Potter – but all he succeeds in doing is getting himself thrown out of the local pub. Will Compo fare any better? |
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Jaws | 1 March | Seymour invents a new waste disposal unit for Edie. |
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Edie and the Automobile | 8 March | Edie is having driving lessons – no-one is safe! |
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Wind Power | 15 March | Seymour's invents wind-powered rollerskates. | |
When You take a Good Bite, Yorkshire Tastes Terrible | 22 March | Clegg receives word that an old friend in America, Bill Henry Duffield, died six months earlier. The trio relive some happy memories as a tribute. |
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Christmas Special (1987)
Title | Airdate | Description | Notes |
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Big Day at Dream Acres | 27 December | There's a big fete at Dream Acres. But why is a tramp so interested in one of the donkeys? |
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When recordings were "repackaged" for overseas sale, UK series 9 (12 episodes) was split into "Season 9" and "Season 10" (each of 6 episodes), with all subsequent "seasons" being renumbered accordingly. As a result, (for example) "Series 27" in the UK may be referred to as "Season 28" in the USA. This miss-numbering occurs on the UK DVD releases for reasons unknown.
DVD release
The box set for series nine was released by Universal Playback in May 2008, mislabelled as a box set for series 9 & 10.
The Complete Series 9 & 10 | ||||
Set Details[3] | ||||
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Release Date | ||||
Region 2 | ||||
5 May 2008 |
Notes
- ^ Bright and Ross (2000), pp. 183–186
- ^ Bright and Ross (2000), p. 164
- ^ "Last of the Summer Wine Series 9 & 10". Amazon. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
References
Bright, Morris; Robert Ross (2000). Last of the Summer Wine: The Finest Vintage. London: BBC Worldwide Ltd. ISBN 0-563-55151-8.
External links
- Series 9 at the Internet Movie Database