<P> Compo (1973 - 2000) </P> <P> Millennium Special (2000) </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Airdate </Th> <Th> Description </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Last Post and Pigeon </Td> <Td> 2 January </Td> <Td> Compo is selected to travel to France with a group of local WWII veterans, only to have the offer withdrawn when the organisers realise how scruffy he looks . The local ladies take pity on him and collect enough money for him to go, and Truly and Clegg join him for the trip . <P> Meanwhile, Edie's long - estranged sister Ros shows up in town, ready to make amends with Edie and possibly settle down again . Edie, angry at her for leaving her husband and devastating their mother, isn't interested in reconnecting . In France, the trio has two goals: to release Billy Hardcastle's homing pigeon and to revisit a spot Compo and some of his fellow soldiers camped overnight after a grueling escape from the Germans . There's just one snag: Compo doesn't remember where it is . </P> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> This special is 60 Minutes long . </Li> <Li> This special features the first appearance of Dora Bryan as Ros Utterthwaite </Li> <Li> This New Year special was the last ever episode to be filmed with Bill Owen as Compo and finished filming just days before he died . The BBC & crew agreed not to be credited at the closing credits but be moved to the opening credits instead, allowing for the moving final image of Compo . However, the first three episodes of Series 21 had already been filmed, thus Compo appears in them . </Li> <Li> Second guest appearance of Billy Hardcastle </Li> <Li> Audience of 9.16 m - 22nd most watched programme of the week . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Airdate </Th> <Th> Description </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr>

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