Meet Compo's stunt double

I can recall seeing that photograph -I think it was in one of the books.

I believe in the very early days Bill Owen did most of his own stunts - certainly when filming in the River Wharfe for the canoe sequence (either series 1 or 2) Peter Sallis nearly drowned but he got out by stepping on Bill Owen's head!

However you can clearly see it is a double for some shots such as on horseback much later on...
 
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