| Title
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Airdate
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Description
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Notes
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| Return of the Warrior
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2 September
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Compo and Clegg see Seymour off, ready to take up a post of headmaster, and ponder what they will do with their lives now he has gone; they just keep missing a returning Foggy, until they finally bump into him.
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- Final appearance of Seymour Utterthwaite. Aldridge appears in the first 5 minutes only, before Seymour leaves town on a bus to take up a new teaching post
- Foggy returns, having been absent since Series 8 in 1985.
- First episode featuring two of the 'third men', but they never meet.
- When Compo and Clegg inform Seymour that the caning of children is now illegal, Seymour is clearly disappointed by this news, despite already being aware of the fact, having mentioned it himself in the 1987 feature-length episode Big Day at Dream Acres
- Despite his new post being only an hour away, Seymour is never seen again.
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| Come In, Sunray Major
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9 September
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After a miscommunication leads to Foggy getting split up from Compo and Clegg while out walking, he comes up with an idea – portable radios.
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| The Charity Balls
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16 September
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Compo, Clegg, Foggy and Howard take part in sponsored football dribble for charity.
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- This episode includes the second and final appearance of Bert Parnaby as Jack Harry Teesdale.
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| Walking Stiff Can Make You Famous
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23 September
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Foggy is tired of not receiving what he perceives as sufficient gravitas for his position and dreams up a suitably high-profile game befitting his status within the community: bicycle polo.
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- Rare appearance of Foggy's house.
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| That's Not Captain Zero
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30 September
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After meeting Captain Zero, the human cannonball, the trio take him to the pub while his van is fixed. Unfortunately, when he gets arrested for being drunk, it is up to Compo to take his place.
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- Guest Appearance Trevor Peacock (Captain Zero)
- The last appearances of Clegg and Howard's original respective homes.
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| Das (Welly) Boot
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7 October
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Foggy decides to restore an old boat, and Compo knows who he wants to take on the first trip...Nora Batty, but how can they lure her on board with him? Foggy has a plan yet again.
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- Clegg and Howard move into new homes, still next-door neighbours.
- They would remain there for the rest of the series, until the show's end.
- Episode title is a spoof on the film Das Boot
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| The Empire That Foggy Nearly Built
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14 October
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After seeing an argument over a parking space, Foggy decides that there must be money to be made out of car parking.
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| The Last Surviving Maurice Chevalier Impression
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21 October
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In another attempt to woo Nora Batty, Compo decides to go on a local television programme with his Maurice Chevalier impression, but unfortunately decides it's also a good idea to bring along his lucky ferret
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| Roll On
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28 October
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The trio train for a barrel- rolling event.
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| A Landlady For Smiler
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4 November
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The lads do their best to find a new place to live for a returning Smiler, without much luck, until they strike upon the idea of the widow Nora Batty, though Compo is not too keen for another man to live with "his bird".
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- Guest appearance of Chris Breeze
- Second guest appearance of Smiler before he becomes a regular from 1991 until 2007.
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