Episode
Last of the Summer Wine: The Coming Of The Beast
Overview
To generate some excitement in the village, Truly stops a common citizen (who happens to be Billy Ingleton, the man who almost knew Pavarotti) in a car and warns him about "The Tiger". Billy gets worried and gets pulled over again. The rumour spreads across town and Howard buys things from Auntie Wainwright to protect him and Marina against the tiger.
Details
- Series
- Last of the Summer Wine
- Season
- Season 22
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 2001-06-03
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
The Coming Of The Beast is Episode 10 in Season 22 of Last of the Summer Wine. It aired on 2001-06-03. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 3: The Missing Bus Of Mrs. Avery
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