Season 30
10 episodes · Apr 19, 2009
Last of the Summer Wine's thirtieth series originally aired 19 April 2009. All eleven episodes in series thirty were thirty minutes in length. A New Years Special aired on 31 December 2008. All of the episodes were written by Roy Clarke and directed by Alan J. W. Bell. This series is notable for forming a new trio composed of Alvin, Entwistle and Hobbo, who was introduced in the New Years Special. Peter Sallis and Frank Thornton are now demoted to secondary characters, filmed only in studio scenes due to the cost of insurance for the actors at their age on location.
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S30E1Some Adventures of the Inventor of the Mother Stitch
Apr 19, 200930mHobbo tries to find a friend for Morton and Barry is depressed when Toby moves next door.
S30E2The Mother of All Mistakes - Or Is It?
Apr 26, 200930mAdopted as a baby, former milkman and undercover secret agent Hobbo is determined to trace his natural mother.
S30E3Will Howard Cross the Atlantic Single Handed?
May 3, 200930mHobbo is still having trouble getting Nelly to admit that she is his natural birth mother. To get the proof he needs, he fits Howard up with an eavesdropping wire to pick up Nelly talking to Pearl.
S30E4Who's That Looking Sideways At Nelly?
May 10, 200930mHobbo is ready for any dangerous situation - and going round telling everyone that Nelly is his mother is one. Another danger arises when he demonstrates his gift of diguise, and finds himself the new recipient of Marina's affections.
S30E5Nobody Messes with Tony the Throat
May 17, 200930mHoward is deeply concerned when Pearl starts going out every day with Nelly, and she will not say where. Hobbo comes to his aid, and heads a surveillance party to follow Pearl and Nelly. When the women go into a Hell's Angels club, they decide not to be hasty, and confront them later.
S30E6Will Stella Find True Love with Norris Fairburn?
May 24, 200930mWhen Clegg and Truly tell Hobbo that local serial groom Norris Fairburn is free again, he decides that Norris would be an ideal husband for Stella.
S30E7Will Randolph Make a Good Impression?
May 31, 200930mHobbo turns up at the river wall with Randolph, who he hopes will bring romance into Stella's life. Randolph seems to lack any of the requirements of a potential suitor, and is limp and unattractive, especially after Hobbo drops him in the river.
S30E8In Which Romance Springs a Leak
Jun 7, 200930mToby is beginning to realise that the benefits of going back to his ex-wife far outweigh the advantages of living alone in a sparsely furnished house with no-one to cook or clean for him.
S30E9Variations on a Theme of Father's Day
Jun 14, 200930mIn order that Hobbo can find out more about Nelly, his supposed mother, he has Howard eavesdrop on her when she is visiting Pearl.
S30E10Goodnight Sweet Ferret
Jun 21, 200930mWhen word goes around town that Old Heptonstall is looking for volunteers, Hobbo and his army of volunteers, namely Alvin and Entwistle, go and visit him without a second thought.