Other than the fact that Nora Batty is to be the VIP waitress and that Seymour is looking after the public address system, Gary and Vi's annual garden fete is of no great interest to Compo and Clegg.

What could possibly dim the sunset glow that gilds the perennial boyhood of the three old reprobates as they drift through the timeless little Yorkshire town? For the hitherto irrepressible Compo it's ...