Last of the Summer Wine series 11

Last of the Summer Wine
Series 11
No. of episodes	8
Release
Original network	BBC1
Original release	15 October (1989-10-15) – 23 December 1989 (1989-12-23)
Additional information
Filming dates	Series 11: 1989 Christmas Special: 1989
Series chronology

The eleventh series of Last of the Summer Wine aired on BBC1 in 1989. All of the episodes were written by Roy Clarke and produced and directed by Alan J. W. Bell.

Outline

The trio in this series consisted of:

Actor	Role
Michael Aldridge	Seymour
Bill Owen	Compo
Peter Sallis	Clegg

List of episodes

Regular series

Title	Airdate	Description	Notes
Come Back, Jack Harry Teesdale	15 October	After getting a lift from Jack Harry Teesdale and his wife, the trio offer to help solve a marriage problem – getting their caravan into the drive.	Jack Harry Teesdale (played by Bert Parnaby) would later reappear in the next series episode "The Charity Balls". Small audio edit made to Jack Harry's whistle around 7 minutes into the episode.
The Kiss and Mavis Poskit	22 October	Clegg is in hiding, after Nora, Ivy and the rest of the ladies want to fix him up with a timid woman whom he knew at school.
Oh Shut Up and Eat Your Choc Ice	29 October	After accidentally knocking a bale of hay down a hill, Seymour is determined the trio should get it back where it started. When they are unable to push it, Seymour enlists Compo to tow back with a Reliant Robin, but Compo is more interested in giving Nora, Ivy and Pearl a lift back home.
Who's That Bloke With Nora Batty Then?	5 November	Compo is filled with jealousy when he spots Nora with a man. The trio later discover it was Barry's Uncle Eric getting people to help sell Christmas hampers.
Happy Anniversary Gough and Jessie	12 November	The lads are at the golden wedding anniversary of an old friend, and decide that it's time for him to sample some of the other pleasures of life, away from his wife.	Guest appearances of Cardew Robinson and Frances Cox as Gough and Jessie.
Getting Barry Higher in the World	19 November	Seymour designs a kite for Compo, but doesn't count on Wesley mixing the measurements up.
Three Men and a Mangle	26 November	Nora asks Compo to deliver her mangle to a friend. What can possibly go wrong?	Filming took place at the disused Thornton railway viaduct, (near Queensbury).

Christmas Special (1989)

Title	Airdate	Description	Notes
What's Santa Brought for Nora Then?	23 December	It's Christmas 1989, and Compo is trying to earn some money to buy Nora a Christmas present. Surely Auntie Wainwright will have something suitable.	50 minute special. This was the last full episode to feature Seymour Utterthwaite. In the first episode of the following series he would only appear for the first 5 minutes before leaving the town on a bus to take up a new teaching post. This episode features the second guest appearance of Auntie Wainwright. She would become a regular from Series 14 onwards. At the end of the episode, the final present, which Ivy opens, is a painted egg, presumably a teaser for Foggy's return the following series. a further indication of this is that part of Foggy's theme plays as Ivy and Nora read the card the egg came with, where they appear to mouth Foggy's name. Included on the series 11 & 12 boxset.

DVD release

The box set for series ten was released by Universal Playback in September 2008, mislabelled as a box set for series 11 & 12.

The Complete Series 11 & 12

Set Details

15 episodes 3-disc set Language: English

Release Date

Region 2

22 September 2008