Nearest and Dearest

Nearest and Dearest
Cover of the DVD release of the first series
Created byVince Powell
Harry Driver
StarringHylda Baker
Jimmy Jewel
Madge Hindle
Edward Malin
Joe Gladwin
No. of series7
No. of episodes45
Production
Running time30 mins. (inc. commercials)
Production companyGranada Television
Original release
NetworkITV
Release15 August 1968 (1968-08-15) –
7 February 1973 (1973-02-07)
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]

  1. ^ TV.com. "Nearest and Dearest". TV.com. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Hylda Baker". Prideofmanchester.com. Retrieved 22 June 2014.