| Nearest and Dearest | |
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 Cover of the DVD release of the first series | |
| Created by | Vince Powell Harry Driver |
| Starring | Hylda Baker Jimmy Jewel Madge Hindle Edward Malin Joe Gladwin |
| No. of series | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 45 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 mins. (inc. commercials) |
| Production company | Granada Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 15 August 1968 – 7 February 1973 |
| Related | |
| Not On Your Nellie | |
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Nearest and Dearest is a British television sitcom that ran from 1968 to 1973. A total of 45 episodes were made, 18 in monochrome (black & white) and 27 in colour. The series, produced by Granada Television for the ITV network, starred Hylda Baker and Jimmy Jewel as squabbling middle-aged siblings Nellie and Eli Pledge who ran a family pickle business in Colne, Lancashire, in the North West of England.[1][2]
- ^ TV.com. "Nearest and Dearest". TV.com. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ "Hylda Baker". Prideofmanchester.com. Retrieved 22 June 2014.