Clegg is reluctant to go into her shop, since she always sells him something he doesn't want, but she usually finds ways to trick him into entering. A very emotional woman haunted by a string of past rejections, she first appeared as a guest, driving Gavin Hinchcliffe (Bernard Cribbins) around while he skied on the van roof. Another long running gag during his time on the show were ongoing rumours of his supposed affair with a local unseen bus conductress. Vacation subplot part 2:the Trio meet Gordon and exchange fishing lessons for "how to pick up birds" lessons, and Compo finds dates for everyone - which they weren't expecting. He and Compo go to Clegg's house and discover Clegg sorting out his camping equipment. (Ken Kitson; 1983, 19882010, 2014) Kitson first appeared in the 1983 Christmas special "Getting Sam Home" and made two further guest appearances before becoming a semi-regular character from series 12 onwards. The BBC confirmed on 2 June 2010 that Last of . He was . Although the new characters were not originally intended to be carried over to the television programme, Roy Clarke included them in four of the following six episodes of the 1985 series, beginning with the episode "Catching Digby's Donkey". Though she is largely based in her usual junk shop, she was occasionally shown to own (or she was the tenant of) other shops and even junkyards (which comes to the shock of the trio and other characters). In the 1988 Christmas Special "Crums" he was shown to have a girlfriend (though Crusher himself did not appear in this episode as Jonathan Linsley had left the show by then) named Fran (played by Yvette Fielding) who, according to Ivy, was as daft as he is. Initially mentioned but not seen, he was generally seen doing chores or stealing a quick moment away from Nora at the pub. Bernard Thompson produced and directed the second series of episodes in 1975. The husbands and wives have differing ideas of a vacation. Owen played the nomadic Tom Simmonite in the popular and long-running BBC sitcom for 10 . (Dora Bryan; 20002005) Edie's and Seymour's sister, who has always been more romantically adventurous, to Edie's unending shame. On occasion, his long-sightedness caused him to walk into slapstick (and carefully choreographed) mishaps such as walking into the back of a lorry and over the tops of cars, or falling into a skip. However, occasionally he was shown to be extremely irritated by some of their schemes and antics (most notably in the episode "Getting on Sidney's wire" where he gets angry with Foggy for ruining his attempts to fit a new doorbell to the cafe and subsequently throws him out). Throughout the series many characters feature regularly through only mentions and obscured appearances. The series is the world's longest-running sitcom, Last of the Summer Wine is an affectionate comedy about people in the autumn of their years. Smiler was first seen as a one-off character in 1988's "That Certain Smile", in which the trio had to sneak a hospitalised Smiler's beloved dog Bess in to see him. When Tom's former acquaintance, Mrs Avery, gave up the lease she owned on Compo's old house, Alvin purchases it. In spite of this, Compo and Blamire were close, as shown by Compo's misery in the episodes immediately after he left. At other times he would try and recreate scenarios from his military days which also confused and bored passing strangers.