Last of the Summer Wine series 8 explained
| Bgcolour: | - DEDDE2
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| Num Episodes: | 7 |
| Network: | BBC1 |
| Film Start: | - Seasonal Special: 1984
- Series 8: 1984
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| Prev Season: | 7 |
| Next Season: | 9 |
Last of the Summer Wine's eighth series originally aired on BBC1 between 30 December 1984 and 17 March 1985.[1] All episodes from this series were written by Roy Clarke and produced and directed by Alan J. W. Bell.[2]
The eighth series was released on DVD in region 2 as a combined box set with series 7 on 3 March 2008.
Outline
The trio in this series consisted of:
First appearances
- Crusher (1984–1987)
- Howard Sibshaw (1985–2010)
- Pearl Sibshaw (1985–2010)
- Marina (1985–2010)
Returning this series
- Wesley Pegden (1982, 1984–2002)
Last appearances
- Foggy Dewhurst (1976–1985, 1990–1997)
List of episodes
Seasonal Special (1984)
Regular series| Title | Airdate | Description | Notes |
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| The Mysterious Feet of Nora Batty | 10 February | Foggy and Compo have a disagreement about the size of Nora's feet, so they set out to find out the truth. | - As originally scripted, Compo was to pour liquid onto a piece of hardboard with the idea that Nora Batty would step onto it, leaving an imprint of her feet to be measured. It would result in the board being stuck to Compo's wellies and the scene would have ended with him escaping down her steps, the hardboard still attached to his feet. Safety concerns necessitated alterations.
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| Keeping Britain Tidy | 17 February | Foggy decides to embark upon a campaign to clean up the countryside, starting with an old mattress. | - The official introduction of Crusher occurs in this episode as his appearance has been edited out of the previous Christmas Special in most repeats and the DVD release. He becomes a regular character from this episode until the 1987 Christmas Special
- This episode features Brian Glover as a guest star. Ten years earlier Glover and Brian Wilde had appeared together in series one of Porridge.
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| Enter The Phantom | 24 February | Compo transforms himself into 'The Phantom', a daredevil motorcyclist. Will this impress Nora? | |
| Catching Digby's Donkey | 3 March | Foggy offers to help Digby catch his donkey. | - This episode marks the first appearances of Howard, Pearl and Marina who become full regulars from this episode onward.
- Guest starring John Evitts as Digby
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| The Woollenmills of your Mind | 10 March | Compo comes up with yet another plan to impress Nora – entering a marathon. |
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| Who's Looking After The Cafe, Then? | 17 March | Foggy volunteers to look after Ivy's Cafe while she goes out. | - This episode sees the last appearance of Foggy (as Wilde left to star in Wyatt's Watchdogs). He would return in Series 12 five years later.
- Third guest appearance of Wesley Pegden before becoming a regular character in the following episode, Uncle of the Bride.
- David Williams makes his second of three appearances as Norris Fairburn.
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DVD release
The box set for series 7 and 8 was released by Universal Playback in March 2008.
| The Complete Series 7 & 8 |
| Set Details[4] |
- 15 episodes
- 3-disc set
- Language: English
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| Release Date |
| Region 2 |
| 3 March 2008 | |
The region 2 DVD contains edited episodes for The Loxley Lozenge and Catching Digby's Donkey. Both episodes are unedited on the region 1 DVD release.
References
Book: Bright
, Morris
. Robert Ross . Last of the Summer Wine: The Finest Vintage . BBC Worldwide Ltd . 2000 . London . 0-563-55151-8 . registration .
External links
Notes and References
- Bright and Ross (2000), pp. 181 - 182
- Bright and Ross (2000), p. 164
- Web site: DigitalCavalry. 2015-07-17. Christmas Special 1984: The Loxley Lozenge. 2020-07-29. Summer Winos. english.
- Web site: Last of the Summer Wine Series 7 & 8. 21 August 2016. Amazon .
