Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: August 15, 1968
Seasons: 7
Episodes: 46
Networks: ITV1
Genres: Comedy

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Nearest and Dearest(1968)

TMDB Rating: 7.0 (3 votes)

Overview

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.

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Season 1

6 episodes • 1968

#	Episode	Air Date
1	It Comes to Us All	Aug 15, 1968
2	Lead Me to the Altar	Aug 22, 1968
3	The Danger List	Aug 29, 1968
4	Take a Letter	Sep 5, 1968
5	You Make Me Feel So Young	Sep 12, 1968
6	The Wrong Side of the Sheets	Sep 19, 1968

Season 2

5 episodes • 1969

#	Episode	Air Date
1	A Breach of the Peace	Jul 8, 1969
2	Wish You Were Here	Jul 15, 1969
3	The Demon Drink	Jul 22, 1969
4	All You Wish Yourself	Jul 29, 1969
5	Now Is the Hour	Aug 5, 1969

Season 3

7 episodes • 1969

#	Episode	Air Date
1	What Seems to Be the Trouble?	Oct 9, 1969
2	The Birds and the Bees	Oct 16, 1969
3	Get Up Them Stairs	Oct 23, 1969
4	The Power Behind the Throne	Oct 30, 1969
5	Getting to Know You	Nov 6, 1969
6	Two Pennies to Rub Together	Nov 13, 1969
7	The Ghost of Picklers Past	Dec 26, 1969

Season 4

5 episodes • 1970

#	Episode	Air Date
1	A Price on Your Head	May 14, 1970
2	A Young Man's Fancy	May 21, 1970
3	When You've Got to Go	May 28, 1970
4	When Love Walks In	Jun 4, 1970
5	An Open-and-Shut Case	Jun 11, 1970

Season 5

8 episodes • 1970

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Make Yourself at Home	Dec 17, 1970
2	Compliments of the Season	Dec 24, 1970
3	Barefaced in the Park	Jan 14, 1971
4	A Man and a Woman	Jan 21, 1971
5	Bottoms Up	Jan 28, 1971
6	X Marks the Spot	Feb 11, 1971
7	Something in the Night	Feb 18, 1971
8	Lucky for Some	Feb 25, 1971

Season 6

8 episodes • 1972

#	Episode	Air Date
1	For Better, for Worse	Jun 1, 1972
2	A Place in the Sun	Jun 8, 1972
3	The Female of the Species	Jun 15, 1972
4	Worker's Playtime	Jun 29, 1972
5	The Right Spirit	Jul 6, 1972
6	A Question of Taste	Jul 13, 1972
7	A Pair of Bloomers	Jul 20, 1972
8	Episode 8	TBA

Season 7

7 episodes • 1972

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Cindernellie	Dec 21, 1972
2	Good Time Girl	Dec 28, 1972
3	The French Disconnection	Jan 11, 1973
4	Get Out of That	Jan 18, 1973
5	The One That Got Away	Jan 24, 1973
6	The Visit	Jan 31, 1973
7	Far from the Madding Pong	Feb 7, 1973

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