Vince Powell
Director
Nearest and Dearest (1968)
Season 2
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 the ITV network, was set in Colne, Lancashire, in the North West of England.
Released Aug. 15, 1968
Episode 30 min
10+
Genres: Comedy
Keywords: tmdb.northern-england, imdb.laugh-track
Network: ITV1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S2E1 - A Breach Of The Peace
As captains of industry the Pledge's have a certain standing in the town of Colne; but when you're in court charged with causing a breach of the peace, can you ever hold your head up again?
July 8, 1969, midnight
S2E2 - Wish You Were Here
A week at the seaside for the pledge's. Majorca or Blackpool? There isn't really much choice when the holiday money's already spent. So it's a holiday on home ground. The Blackpool boarding house is coming up in the world to meet the challenge of holidays abroad. But not Mrs. Rowbottom's where the notices say ""after using the bath in the high season guests are requested to make the bed again"".
July 15, 1969, midnight
S2E3 - The Demon Drink
Eli Pledge is a drinking man; most of his adult life has been one long lost weekend. One momentous morning, suffering from a size nine-and-a-half hangover, he goes teetotal. Lips that have touched liquor will never touch his…But then the withdrawl symptoms begin.
July 22, 1969, midnight
S2E4 - All You Wish Yourself
Eli is showing an unusual amount of brotherly love - but can it really be just because it's Nellie's birthday? And is the Starlight Roof, Colne, the ideal place for a quite birthday treat?
July 29, 1969, midnight
S2E5 - Now Is The Hour
After many years of faithful service to Pledge's Purer Pickles, the time has come for the firm's entire transport - Stan and his cart-horse Storm - to go into retirement. But what kind of a send-off should Stan get? He's the first employee ever to retire from Pledge's. All the others have died on the job.
Aug. 5, 1969, midnight
Network: ITV1
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: Aug. 15, 1968
Last Air Date: Feb. 7, 1973, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR / 10+
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