Hallelujah! (TV series)

Hallelujah!
Created byDick Sharples
StarringThora Hird
Patsy Rowlands
Rosamund Greenwood
David Daker
Garfield Morgan
Geoffrey Bayldon
Michael Aldridge
Derek Benfield[1]
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes15
Production
ProducerYorkshire Television
Running time25 minutes
Original release
NetworkITV
Release29 April 1983 (1983-04-29) –
21 December 1984 (1984-12-21)
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Hallelujah! is a British television sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television that aired on ITV from 29 April 1983 to 21 December 1984.

The series was set in a Salvation Army citadel in the fictional Yorkshire town of Brigthorpe during series 1 (and later in the fictional place of Blackwick in series 2). Captain Emily Ridley (Thora Hird) has been posted there, having been an active member of the Salvation Army for 42 years. Despite the town and residents being seemingly pleasant, Emily is determined to flush out sin from behind the net curtains. Assisting Emily is her niece Alice Meredith (Patsy Rowlands).

The programme was a repeat collaboration between Hird and the creator Dick Sharples, who had worked together on the comedy series In Loving Memory between 1979 and 1986.

The series also featured guest appearances from the likes of Hird's Last of the Summer Wine co-star Michael Aldridge and television presenter Richard Whiteley.

  1. ^ "Hallelujah! (1983-1984)".