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Series
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
0212
Language
English
Description
The year is 1991. Compo is just as smitten with Nora as ever, so when Smiler becomes her lodger, Compo is left depressed. The trio tracks down one of Compo's old friends from school hoping to cash in on an old debt. Foggy also has his inventor's cap back on. He creates a chair lift to get up the hills and a pole vault to help Compo hang a washing line for Nora, but as usual, his brilliant ideas lead to a few mishaps along the way. Finally, in the...
Series
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
The lure of Georgian silver prompts the boys to scour the canal in a homemade glass-bottomed boat, and chaos ensues when Compo smuggles a dog into the hospital to cheer up an old friend. At Seymour's urging, Compo and Clegg try their hand at skiing on trays, and a Welsh ferret in Compo's care has an eventful day out. Compo hopes that wind-surfing on an ironing board will win the ever-elusive admiration of Nora Batty, but the speed record goes to Edie's...
Series
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
The year is 1977 and Compo, Clegg, and Foggy continue their gentle hijinks in the picturesque village of Holmfirth in the Yorkshire Pennines. An escaped ferret is just the beginning of the next series of adventures for the trio, as flower serenading, vegetable hunting, and Foggy's Silver Jubilee celebration keep everyone fresh and hopping.--
Series
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Believing the only place Santa should be seen is from below, Seymour hatches a plan to dress Compo up as Father Christmas and launch him onto a roof. The trio tries to help a tramp reunite with his childhood donkey only to find out it's meant to be a finalist at an even at the annual party at Dream Acres. Seymour, Froggy and Compo dress up as Santa for charity and join an unexpected Christmas party. Compo wants to earn money so he can buy Nora the...
Series
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Uncork the aging effervescence of the Yorkshire Dale's famously merry men and women. Sometimes sober, sometimes not, they exercise a suit of armor to get rid of the squeaks, challenges a legless man to a bicycle race, and cross-dress with hilariously disastrous results. Barry misses his midlife crisis. Howard panics at a stern voice from on high. And someone's singing 'Happy Birthday' in the back of the hearse.
Series
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Hoping to keep his comrades as young and spritely as ever, Foggy sets up a training course to get Compo and Clegg in shape, but, as usual, safety isn't his first concern. When the trio gets a grill from Auntie Wainwrights, they have a barbecue like never before. Foggy, ever the inspired inventor, comes up with the idea to create bicycle safety underwear and, later in the season, a three man windsurfing sailboard. Finally, in the Christmas special,...
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
The year is 2002. Clegg performs a semi-successful exorcism on Howard's squeaky bicycle. Truly and Billy make hilarious mischief with a shop-window dummy. Howard and Marina pursue their illicit romance with the help of a discarded chaise lounge, while Compo's son, Tom, pushes the wrong button on an inflatable animal feeding trough.--
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
The year is 2003. Billy recruits a band of archers in case France invades England. Clegg's plans for a quiet birthday celebration go raucously awry. Truly prepares to meet his ex-wife's new husband with the help of his new financial advisor, and a drunk girlfriend upsets preparations for global warming.--
Series
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
The year is 1979 and Compo, Clegg and Foggy continue their gentle hijinks in the Holme Valley on the edge of the Pennines. The adventures this time around includes Foggy taking Compo and Clegg to see a piece of history - the Steam Preservation Society's reopening of an old railway line. However, Comp and Clegg's energy only goes so far when Foggy is in the grip of another enthusiastic ambition. Meanwhile, the trio does not have the monopoly on quirkiness...
Series
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The boys stage a stag night for the ages, have their wires crossed in a haunted wood, and flirt with th elaw in more ways than one. In other misadventures, Clegg gets on the wrong track with a new bike, th eroof caves in on Smiler's dating plans, and Howard's new car drives everyone mad.--
