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Last of the Summer Wine: Season 12

10 episodes Premiered Sep 2, 1990 Updated Sep 27, 2026

The Last of the Summer Wines twelfth series aired on BBC1. All of the episodes were written by Roy Clarke and produced and directed by Alan J. W. Bell. With the departure of Michael Aldridge who had left to nurse his ill wife, the character of Foggy Dewhirst returned to the fold.

Previously on Last of the Summer Wine

Season 12 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Last of the Summer Wine Season 11.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.

Season overview

The Last of the Summer Wines twelfth series aired on BBC1. All of the episodes were written by Roy Clarke and produced and directed by Alan J. W. Bell.

With the departure of Michael Aldridge who had left to nurse his ill wife, the character of Foggy Dewhirst returned to the fold.

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Season 12 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 12: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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S12·E1 Mytharc

Return Of The Warrior

Sep 2, 1990 · 30 min

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.

S12·E2 Core

Come In, Sunray Major

Sep 9, 1990 · 30 min

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

S12·E3 Core

The Charity Balls

Sep 16, 1990 · 30 min

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'

S12·E4 Core

Walking Stiff Can Make You Famous

Sep 23, 1990 · 30 min

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

S12·E5 Core

That's Not Captain Zero

Sep 30, 1990 · 30 min

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

S12·E6 Core

Das (Welly) Boot

Oct 7, 1990 · 30 min

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

S12·E7 Core

The Empire That Foggy Nearly Built

Oct 14, 1990 · 30 min

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

S12·E9 Mytharc

Roll On

Oct 28, 1990 · 30 min

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-roll

S12·E10 Mytharc

A Landlady For Smiler

Nov 4, 1990 · 30 min

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

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