Vince Powell
Director
Nearest and Dearest (1968)
Season 3
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.
Released Aug. 15, 1968
Episode 30 min
10+
Genres: Comedy
Keywords: tmdb.northern-england, tmdb.laugh-track, tmdb.inheritance, tmdb.brother-sister-relationship, tmdb.pickle, tmdb.lancashire, tmdb.sibling-relationship, tmdb.sitcom
Production Companies: Granada Television
Network: ITV1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S3E1 - What Seems to Be the Trouble?
Nellie takes Eli to the doctor, who is far more interested in Nellie's behaviour than in Eli's cough.
Oct. 9, 1969, midnight
S3E2 - The Birds and the Bees
Nellie and Eli agree to look after their teenage nephew Nigel, who Nellie believes it's time he learns the goings-on of the birds and the bees.
Oct. 16, 1969, midnight
S3E3 - Get Up Them Stairs
When Lily discovers that she and Walter aren't legally married, Nellie takes it upon herself to put matters right.
Oct. 23, 1969, midnight
S3E4 - The Power Behind the Throne
Eli installs an executive toilet in the factory and faces industrial action as a result.
Oct. 30, 1969, midnight
S3E5 - Getting to Know You
Eli plans an away weekend and Nellie wants to decorate the cellar, but an error strands the siblings together.
Nov. 6, 1969, midnight
S3E6 - Two Pennies to Rub Together
With growing competition, the factory faces closure, leaving Eli and Nellie penniless, starving, and staffless.
Nov. 13, 1969, midnight
S3E7 - The Ghost of Picklers Past
Boxing Day in the Pledge house: Lily and Walter join Nellie and Eli in a seance.
Dec. 26, 1969, midnight
ITV1
30 min/ep
1380 min
Aug. 15, 1968
Feb. 7, 1973, midnight
Ended
NR / 10+
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