Last of the Summer Wine Season 3 1976
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.
- Released: 1976-10-27
- Runtime: 30 minutes
- Genre: Comedy
- Stars: Peter Sallis, Frank Thornton, Jane Freeman, Jean Fergusson, Robert Fyfe
- Director:
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1. The Man From Oswestry 1976-10-27
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2. Mending Stuart's Leg 1976-11-06
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3. The Great Boarding House Bathroom Caper 1976-11-10
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4. Cheering Up Gordon 1976-11-17
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5. The Kink In Foggy's Niblick 1976-11-24
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6. Going To Gordon's Wedding 1976-12-01
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7. Isometrics And After 1976-12-08
