Vince Powell
Director
Nearest and Dearest (1968)
Season 6
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
S6E1 - For Better, for Worse
The problems of Pledge's Purer Pickles must take second place; for each of its co-owners are hearing wedding bells. But when the Pledge's enter the Matrimonial Stakes they inevitably fail to come under starter's orders.
June 1, 1972, midnight
S6E2 - A Place in the Sun
Fourteen days' holiday in sunny Spain for 10p all in! It sounds too good to be true. And it is!
June 8, 1972, midnight
S6E3 - The Female of the Species
A tiff in a launderette, under Nellie's gentle touch, bids fair to becoming a national crisis.
June 15, 1972, midnight
S6E4 - Worker's Playtime
The Pledges consult an industrial efficiency expert in a bid to improve production. When the workers strike, it is left to Nellie and Eli to keep the pickles flowing.
June 29, 1972, midnight
S6E5 - The Right Spirit
Annoyed with Eli for treating the home like a boarding house, Nellie kicks him out. The alternative living arrangements suit neither party.
July 6, 1972, midnight
S6E6 - A Question of Taste
Can dandelion leaves picked at the time of the full moon really win for Pledge's Purer Pickles the coveted Golden Gherkin? Nellie's wonder ingredient lands her greatest rival, Arnold Guttersby, in a real pickle.
July 13, 1972, midnight
S6E7 - A Pair of Bloomers
The long arm of the law reaches out for Eli from the distant past; but, with Nellie in court, all is set for the Law to get its knuckles rapped.
July 20, 1972, midnight
S6E8 - Episode 8
None
ITV1
30 min/ep
1380 min
Aug. 15, 1968
Feb. 7, 1973, midnight
Ended
NR / 10+
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