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Last of the Summer Wine: Who Made a Bit of a Splash in Wales Then? (1977)
Should it have been Blamire?
I did often wonder if this episode should really have been the lads visiting their old friend Blamire, who was supposed to have departed for Oswestry after hearing that a woman he was once interested in was now a widow? (Oswestry is close to the Welsh border).
If you replaced Foggy in this episode with Blamire it would probably make a lot more sense, especially in terms of continuity. This episode was made in December 1977 according to IMDB, but Michael Bates, who had left the show due to suffering with Cancer, and was already busy working on the equally successful 'It aint half hot Mum', passed away in January 1978, so possibly a late change to the original plan?
We'll never know for sure, but it would have been nice to have had all four of them in together, even just this once. Michael's last appearance in IAHHM was in November 1977, so it would tie up with a late change.