Last of the Summer Wine (TV Series) The General's Greatest Battle (2004) User Reviews

Enjoyed that.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 7/10 · 9 August 2021]

The Battle of Mazurka parade is being planned, Auntie naturally is supplying all the goods including The General. Marina sends Cleggy a message, in a rather unusual way, so shocked is the carrier that the message is forgotten.

It's a little slow to start, but builds well, and has a very funny conclusion, plenty of chuckles, the best scenes come from Glenda and Marina, not two characters we generally see together, we last saw Glenda looking racy in bikers gear, she looks great, Marina looks hilarious, scene with Howard at the end is priceless.

The core of the story is amusing, Nora Batty''s costume is great, and of course there are some amusing scenes with The Old General, who's clearly had some better days. It's good to know that Alvin is now very much part of the flock.

7/10, fun.

Episodes in this season are generally good and this is one of the strongest

[professoritterrohl · 8/10 · 20 April 2019]

Barry and Glenda's love life is rarely explored: after all it is a family show. But its fair to say that Barry isn't the most romantic of partners. He dislikes kissing in public and read from a car manual to Glenda on their honeymoon! In this episode Glenda obviously wants to spruce up their love life by making herself tarty. No prizes for guessing who she seeks advice from. You have to wait until the end of the episode to see if it did the trick. Howard thinks Marina has been Canoodling with Clegg of all people and is further exasperated when Clegg can't remember a simple message from Marina. We also get a brief glimpse of Billy's home life which may explain why he prefers running around in woods dressed in green tights. The gang enjoy gapes with a mannequin of a General which results in the usual knockabout fun. A typical episode and well worth a watch.

"Norman's very obliging in emergencies"

[ygwerin1 · 7/10 · 25 April 2022]

Holmefirth is holding its parade to commemorate the Hero of the Battle of Mazurka, Auntie has the opportunity to make a few bob out of it and got her gofers Tom and Smiler to deliver the prime attraction.

Tom Owen the son of Owen (Compo) was brought into the show after his dad passed away, but his character Tom seems to have been gradually demoted, to a mere bit part over his time in the show.

Glenda is feeling jealous of Barry's hobby and refuses to appear less attractive to a golf bag and seeks clothing advice from Marina, who loves embarrassing Norman by using him to practice passing on messages to Howard.