i love last of the summer wine in the early 1990 when i be a kid and really enjoy the mischief compo and clegg and foggy get up to . story line also include compo constant attempt to attract nora batty which be always a laugh and but sadly in 1999 and bill owen ( compo ) pass away . surprisingly though and the producer just continue make new series . the compo funeral episode be very touch but in my opinion and this should have be the show final episode and ever since then and the show quality have decline rapidly . many of the other major character have now pass away and often just replace with other imilar character and make it more like a soap than a much love sitcom . even clegg ( peter sallis ) be now only in episode briefly . i feel the producer be now just try to keep the show alive for as long a possible and but with few original character and poor story line and new episode could tarnish the image of the series that be once brilliant .