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When does Last of the Summer Wine Season 3 come out?

Last of the Summer Wine Season 3 premiered Wednesday, October 27, 1976 on BBC One and ended Wednesday, December 8, 1976. The season has 7 episodes.

Last of the Summer Wine's third series originally aired on BBC1 between 27 October 1976 and 8 December 1976. None of the episodes made it into the Top 10 Programmes Of The Week on their first airing, but a repeat of "Isometrics and After" attracted 15 million viewers during the spring 1977. Also notable was the first ever two-part episode, "The Great Boarding House Bathroom Caper" and "Cheering Up Gordon", both featuring guest appearances by Philip Jackson as Compo's nephew, Gordon. Blake Butler reprises his role from the first series as the librarian, Mr. Wainwright, before departing the show again at the end of the year. The most notable change this season, however, was the addition of Brian Wilde as the new third-man of the trio, Foggy Dewhurst, an ex-military sign painter. Wilde would play this role twice: between 1976 and 1985 and then again from 1990 until 1997, when he was forced to leave due to health problems.

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1. The Man From Oswestry

Compo is bored. Since Cyril Blamire left for Oswestry, to live with a woman, things have been a bit too calm for him in town. But soon, Clegg brings the solution to all their boredom. A letter from Blamire asking them to welcome home an old fried of his, called Foggy Dewhurst, and help him cope with the sudden changes in his life, after he was more or less forced to retire. Compo and Clegg meet with the new "third man", the war hero Foggy Dewhurst, who because of his peculiar life and his endless wartime stories soon makes his presence noted around town. His military posture, and his "murderous" impulses only get him in a fight with Big Malcolm, and his military precision doesn't seem to be a great help, when the trio tries to carry Foggy's heavy wartime luggage up a hill.

Wednesday · 50 years ago

2. Mending Stuart's Leg

Mr Wainwright is back in town, and quickly throws the trio out of the library. The trio goes back to the cafe, where Ivy is having the usual battle of wits with Sid. There they meet with Stuart, and old man who's having a strange click in his leg. Later the trio helps Sid to mend a whole in the roof of the cafe with the usual disastrous results. Meanwhile Wainwright dates the new female librarian.

Saturday · 50 years ago

3. The Great Boarding House Bathroom Caper

The trio takes takes a little holiday in Scarborough, but what's the deal with Compo's cardboard box?

Wednesday · 50 years ago

4. Cheering Up Gordon

When the trio notices Compo's nephew Gordon is depressed, they come up with various ways of cheering him up.

Wednesday · 50 years ago

5. The Kink In Foggy's Niblick

When Foggy discovers his old golf clubs in the attic of his home, he takes Compo, Clegg and Sid for a little practice of "the noble sport".

Wednesday · 49 years ago

6. Going To Gordon's Wedding

It's Gordon's wedding day and, as always, problems are near. this time they appear with a face and a name: Big Malcolm. As always it's up to the trio to see that the wedding ends properly, but not without some incidents in between.

Wednesday · 49 years ago

7. Isometrics And After Finale

Foggy decides Compo and Clegg are not as fit as they should be. The path back to physical fitness is isometrics-or is it? Maybe... not.

Wednesday · 49 years ago

Last of the Summer Wine Season 3 guest stars

  • Blake Butler

    Mr. Wainwright

  • Philip Jackson

    Philip Jackson

    Gordon

  • Reginald Barratt

    Stuart

  • Roy Sampson

    Roy Sampson

    Workman

  • Kate Brown

    Miss Moody

  • Liz Goulding

    Josie

  • Margaret Burton

    Gordon's Mum

  • Joan Scott

    Josie's Mum

  • John Barrard

    Josie's Dad

  • Paul Luty

    Malcolm

  • Barry Hart

    Eric

  • Brian Pettifer

    Brian Pettifer

    The Best Man

  • John Dunbar

    John Dunbar

    Vicar

  • Gwyneth Owen

    Wife

  • John Rutland

    John Rutland

    Husband

Last of the Summer Wine Season 3 FAQ

When does Last of the Summer Wine Season 3 come out?

Last of the Summer Wine Season 3 premiered Wednesday, October 27, 1976 on BBC One.

How many episodes are in Last of the Summer Wine Season 3?

Last of the Summer Wine Season 3 has 7 episodes.

Are new episodes of Last of the Summer Wine Season 3 released weekly?

New episodes are released weekly.

When is the Last of the Summer Wine Season 3 finale?

The Last of the Summer Wine Season 3 finale (Episode 7) aired Wednesday, December 8, 1976.

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