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- Aldridge's wishing to retire to nurse his sick wife coincided with Wilde's deciding to return to the show, so Aldridge's character was written out.
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Foggy Dewhurst was infamous for trying to figure out a solution to the trio's everyday problems, only to make them much worse. In earlier years Foggy wore a scarf with regimental colours on it. When Wilde left the series in 1985 to star in his own sitcom, it was explained that Foggy had moved to Bridlington to take over his family's egg ...
Aug 30, 2013 · There is at least one episode (IIRC) where it looks like they had to do a very hasty re-write to substitute Truly for Foggy, as Truly uses some Foggy-esque dialogue. At this time Wilde was still supposed to come back to film the Christmas Special and continue on the following series.
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Mar 21, 2008 · Wilde decided to leave in 1985 but was persuaded to return five years later, following the departure of Michael Aldridge, who had filled the gap by taking on the newly created role of the kind...
When Bates dropped out due to illness in 1976 after two series, the role of the third man of the trio was filled in various years up to the 30th series by the quirky war veteran Walter C "Foggy" Dewhurst (Brian Wilde) (who had two lengthy stints), the eccentric inventor and ex-headmaster Seymour Utterthwaite (Michael Aldridge), and former ...
Foggy was written out of the series and was replaced by Michael Aldridge as Seymour Utterthwaite. When Aldridge left Last of the Summer Wine, Wilde returned as Foggy in 1990. He stayed until 1997, when he contracted shingles during the preparations for series 19 and decided to leave.
With the departure of Michael Aldridge who had left to nurse his ill wife, the character of Foggy Dewhurst returned to the fold.
Nov 7, 2021 · Brian Wilde was already a household name by the time Producer/Director Sydney Lotterby approached him to play Walter C. 'Foggy' Dewhurst in the show's 1976 run, Michael Bates having been forced to leave the series due to illness (he would die in January 1978).
