Nearest and Dearest

Here we take a look at the comedy programme 'Nearest and Dearest'

 

 

 

<

FACTFILE
ON THE AIR	9th January 1987 - 20th May 1988
ORIGINAL CHANNEL	ITV
PRODUCTION COMPANY	Granada Television
NUMBER OF EPISODES	45
PRODUCTION LOCATIONS	Granada Television Studios -Quay Street Manchester
CAST
	Jimmy Jewel - Eli Pledge	Hylda Baker - Nellie Pledge
	Joe Gladwin - Stan	Madge Hindle - Lily
	Edward Malin - Walter	Bert Palmer - Bert
	John Barrett - Joshua Pledge	Tim Barrett - Petherbridge
	Ivor Dean - Policeman	Julie Goodyear - Sandra
	Norman Scace - Ernest Henshaw	Marjie Lawrence - Bertha Cobden
	Peter Tuddenham - Reverend Hitchcock	Andrew Sachs - Doctor
	Henry Moxon - Vicar	Leyland Vincent - Third Visitor
	Margaret Nolan - Nemone Moore	Patti Dalton - Advert Girl
	Bertie Topham - Willoughby	Christine Ozanne - Miss Darnell
	Madge Brindley - Miss Lavere	Jennifer Jayne - Penelope
	Bill Waddington - Landlord	Willoughby Goddard - Arnold Ackroyd
	Peter Tuddenham - Reverend Hitchcock	Derek Williams - Barber
	Julia Jaeger - Janet	Daphne Heard - Mrs Hardman
	Jack Watling - Cartwright	John Tordoff - Court Policeman
	Ronald Adam - Magistrate	Leslie Sarony - Bert
	John Comer - Policeman	Charles Lloyd Pack - Howcroft
	Charlotte Howard - Isa	Leslie Sarony - Bert
	Betty Alberge - Mrs Rowbottom	Sue Gresham - Girl
	Jean Challis - Woman	Elaine Mitchel - Mrs Clegg
	Margaret Lacey - Mrs Mellodrew	John Savident - Landlord
	Bill Dean - Coach Driver	Raymond Mason - Man in Pub
	Frank Birch - Man in Club	Sylvia Renee - Mabel Gartside
	Freddie Rayner - Workman	Mike Saar - Manager
	Judith Jones - Waitress	Diane Westbury - Waitress
	Beverley Stevens - Waitress	Peter Butterworth - Lord Mayor
	Gerry Cowan - Manager / Barman	John Savident - Landlord
	Alan Gerrard - Frobisher	Freddie Rayner - Grenville
	Alick Hayes - Attendant	Rosalind Scott-Russell - Shopgirl
	Jane Wood - Girl	Wallas Eaton - Doctor French
	Roger Brierley - Doctor Bell	Jessie Evans - Woman Patient
	Ken Parry - Man Patient	Maggie Jones - Nurse / Ivy Crabtree
Liz Goulding - Young Nurse	Ann Farrington - Girl
Robin Wentworth - Charlie	Roger Tonge - Nigel
Sally Thomsett - Brenda	Jan Gamble - Girl
Anthony Roye - Vicar	Derek Tansley - Registrar
Lane Meddick - Landlord	Freddie Rayner - Grenville
Nita Valerie - First Woman	Juliet Green - Second Woman
Pat Beckett - Vinegar Vera	Rex Arundel - Sidebottom
Mark Strong - Fred	Stella Moray - Celia
John Sharp - Harry Hardcastle	Peter MacKriel - Bank Clark
Michael Nightingale - Bank Manager	Windsor Davies - Vicar
Ellis Dale - Mr Holroyd	Lane Meddick - Landlord
Fanny Carby - Marlene Fitton	William Maxwell - Police Constable
Arthur R. Webb - Old Man	Bernard Latham - Young Man
Julie Goodyear - Celia	Ken Jones - Landlord
David Jackson - Eddie	Lennard Pearce - Doctor
Wensley Pithey - Leonard Longbottom	Desmond McNamara - Waiter
Alick Hayes - Man in Restaurant	Priscilla Morgan - Mrs Jones
George Waring - Mr Whittaker	Harold Goodwin - Landlord / Billy Butterworth
Lane Meddick - Landlord	Freddie Rayner - Grenville
Michael Beint - Mr Jones	Roy Barraclough - Vicar
Susan Hanson - Mabel	Shirley Stelfox - Clara / Detective Constable Gloria Simpkins
Kenneth Watson - Police Constable	David Bradley - Police Constable
Ivor Salter - 'Snatcher' Snelling	Gaye Brown - Big Beryl
Lane Meddick - Harry Ramsden	John Swindells - Policeman
William Kendall - Major Lovelace	Charles Pemberton - Policeman / Man
Ivor Dean - Detective Inspector	David Garth - Mr Littlewood
Philip Stone - Mr Wellbeloved	Michael Hall - Albert Ramshaw
Ann Rye - Miss Nesbitt	Alan Moore - Everett Hampton
Lynne Carol - Alice Butterworth	James Bree - Mr Lloyd
Stanley Page - Harold	Paula Swift - Vinegar Vera
Kathy Staff - Beetroot Bertha	Poppy Lane - Onion Annie
John Normington - Norman Perkins	Carmel Cryan - Sabrina Clegg
Fred Feast - Arnold Guttesby	Campbell Singer - Magistrate
Richard Moore - Detective Sergeant Nicholas	Malcolm Hebden - Court Clerk
Harry Littlewood - Landlord	John Barrie - Rupert Tempest
Deirdre Costello - Gloria	Brian Jackson - Harry Hampton
George Lambert - Pierre La Voterre	Francis de Wolff - Henri Duval
Robin Hunter - Officer	Roger Hume - Waiter
Anthony Sharp - Doctor Scott	Meg Johnson - Miss Pringle
John Scarborough - Receptionist	Wendy McConnell - Waitress
Daphne Green - Nurse	Ian Campbell - Masseur
Paul Dawkins - Siegfried	Graham Armitage - Broomhead
George Malpas - Postman	Ronald Radd - Will O'Fred
GUEST CAST	N/A
MISSING BELIEVED WIPED	N/A - All episodes still in existence
ARCHIVE HOLDER	ITV Archive 104 Kirkstall Road Leeds LS3 1JS Tel: 0113 222 7500 https://www.itvarchive.com/
THEME TUNE
REPEATED	Episodes are repeated occasionally on That's TV
COMMERCIAL RELEASES	Available on Network DVD
HELD IN THE BRITSET ARCHIVES	1.0 - It Comes To Us All (TX 15/08/1968) - Pilot Episode 1.1- Lead Me To The Alter (TX 22/08/1968) 1.2 - The Danger List (TX 29/08/1968) 1.3 - Take ALetter (TX 05/09/1968) 1.4 - You Make Me Feel So Young (TX 12/09/1968) 1.5 - The Wrong Side of the Sheets (TX 19/09/1968)   3.1 - What Seems To Be The Problem? (TX 09/10/1969)   6.1 - For Better, For Worse (TX 01/06/1972) 6.2 - A Place in the Sun (TX 08/06/1972) 6.3 - The Female of the Species (TX 15/06/1972) 6.4 - Workers Playtime (TX 29/06/1972) 6.5 - The Right Spirit (TX 06/07/1972) 6.6 - A Question of Taste (TX 13/07/1972) 6.7 - A Pair of Bloomers (TX 20/07/1972)   7.1 - Cindernellie (TX 21/12/1972)

 

 

Nearest and Dearest was a sitcom staring Jimmy Jewel and Hylda Baker as siblings Eli and Nellie Pledge. After the death of their father they inherit his pickiling business which they try to run the business together. Eli is very much a drinker and a womaniser while his sister Nellie trys to be prim and proper except on the ocassions where she is getting some male attention. The differences between the two siblings meant they were often bickering (this was mirrored in real life between the two actors who hated one another).

The show is set in Colne in Lincolnshire and has a very northern feel to it. Other major charactors are their cousil Lily and her much older pensioner husband Walter (who does not say anything and has a bladder problem) as well as Stan who was one of the workers in the factory)

The show was made by Granada Television and ran for seven series. A sort-of spin-off was created by London Weekend Television called Not On Your Nellie which started Baker as another charactor called Nellie, very similar to her charactor on Nearest and Dearest athough this time she was running a London pub.

TITLES

These were the titles to 'Nearest and Dearest'

VIDEO CLIP

Nearest and Dearest (Titles) Episode 7.1 - Cindernellie 21st December 1972 Granada Television

 

CREDITS

These were the credits to 'Nearest and Dearest'

VIDEO CLIP

Nearest and Dearest (Credits) Episode 7.1 - Cindernellie 21st December 1972 Granada Television