Nearest and Dearest

7.0
196830m

Nearest and Dearest is a British television sitcom that ran from 1968 to 1973. A total of 46 episodes were made, 18 in monochrome and 28 in colour. The series, produced by Granada Television for ITV, was set in Colne, Lancashire, in the North West of England. Nellie and Eli Pledge may be siblings, but their personalities are polar opposites. If not for inheritance, they would never even think of becoming business partners for five years.

Production

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Seasons

6 Episodes • Premiered 1968

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1. It Comes to Us All

The sun is setting on twelve tons of pickled onions. A dynasty is dying – and who's left?

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2. Lead Me to the Altar

A little late love for Nellie – but was it worth keeping the home fires burning?

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3. The Danger List

If you go a funny colour, lie low; it's all in the mind. They can cure anything these days.

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4. Take a Letter

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5. You Make Me Feel So Young

The elixir of youth – an old wives' tale or a racing certainty? Well, if it worked for Stan!

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6. The Wrong Side of the Sheets

An accident of birth – but does it really matter what you are? It happens in the best families.

Cast

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Hylda Baker

Nellie Pledge

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Jimmy Jewel

Eli Pledge

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Joe Gladwin

Stan Hardman

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Madge Hindle

Lily Tattersall

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Edward Malin

Walter Tattersall

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