Episode
Last of the Summer Wine: Optimism In The Housing Market
Overview
Smiler injures his foot while selling door to door for Auntie Wainwright. The trio tries to assist him in recovering from his injury, with disastrous results.
Details
- Series
- Last of the Summer Wine
- Season
- Season 20
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 1999-05-23
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Optimism In The Housing Market is Episode 5 in Season 20 of Last of the Summer Wine. It aired on 1999-05-23. The runtime is 30 min.
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Truly tries to help Barry become more confident, but things turn nasty leading to some damage to Barry's nose.
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Compo, Clegg, Truly and Wesley meet a man with an earthquake detector and Barry spends the episode with his arm in a sling.
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