Episode
Last of the Summer Wine: Desperate For A Duffield
Overview
When Compo reaches a crucial point in his "relationship" with Nora Batty, and realises he's not going anywhere with her, he decides to go looking for his old "girlfriends" from his school days, with whom he expects to get a more "personal" relationship. It turns out he wasn't really ready for some of the surprises he encounters after all these years... people DO change sometimes.
Details
- Series
- Last of the Summer Wine
- Season
- Season 17
- Episode
- Episode 6
- Air date
- 1995-10-08
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Desperate For A Duffield is Episode 6 in Season 17 of Last of the Summer Wine. It aired on 1995-10-08. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 5: Captain Clutterbuck's Treasure
When word comes around that there's a treasure buried in town, it's up to the trio to go and find it. To do so they need the help of the one man that has the *only* map, Lieutenant Commander Willoughby (Royal Navy, retired). It's up to Foggy to pay the 30 pounds the map's worth. The problem is... how many maps were sold in the first place? Foggy vows not to be near one cash dispenser again...
Episode 7: The Suit That Turned Left
The trio comes across a very weird scientist and his unusual new invention. Meanwhile Wesley's new suit causes some trouble during the ladies outing.
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Episode 9: The Thing In Wesley's Shed
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Episode 1: Leaving Home Forever, Or Till Teatime
This time's for real! Howard's had enough of Pearl and decides to leave home forever. It's up to the trio to get the couple back together, when it's visible that Howard misses Pearl more than he thought he would.