Seymour leaves for a new teaching job and Foggy Dewhurst makes his return, he can't find Compo or Clegg but the little village soon learns he's back- and the ladies coffee group decide trouble comes in threes.
Foggy has Wesley fix a pair of old WW2 walkie-talkies and he has Clegg and Compo take one out for a test, but a tractor mangles Compo's and he and Clegg have to come up with a way to explain the mistake without upsetting Foggy - enter Howard & Marina to the rescue!
A village charity is sponsoring a "Football Dribble" for teams of two, each team under the supervision of a responsible person. Foggy wants to be recognized as a "responsible person" so he enters Norman and Compo as a team. Howard tries to make Pearl believe that he has entered the Dribble, so she calls his bluff by promising to come to watch.
A carnival has come to town but the main attraction, Captain Zero, has broken down along the side of the road - good thing Foogy and friends are there to... help?
Clegg moves into his new house and Compo decides to impress Nora with his water-rescue skills, and Foggy becomes Ivy's new Fix-It-Man... and Barry has misplaced his car's engine.
Parking in the village has become a problem so Foggy intends to introduce Valet Parking, using an industrial ruin that is no where near the shopping area. He also does not own or have permission to use the property.
Foggy enters Compo, Clegg, and himself in the local "Barrel Rolling Contest" where people crawl into empty oil drums and then are set rolling from the top of a large hill. Pearl buys Howard a gift - a tropical fish tank.
Marina is not happy in her relationship with Howard. Smiler's dog has died. His wife has run off to Australia and his house has been sold. Foggy, Norman and Compo try to repair Howard's life and find lodging for Smiler.
Foggy goes out of his way to inform everyone that he now has a pager. Barry is discovered, hungover, under a table at a pub, dressed as Father Christmas. Glenda is frantic that Barry is missing and snide comments from the lady's morning coffee group is not helping calm her fears.
