Nearest and Dearest (1968)

Name: Nearest and Dearest
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Hylda Baker, Jimmy Jewel, Joe Gladwin, Madge Hindle, Edward Malin

Comedy

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.

IMDb rating: 7.6 (214 votes)
Seasons: 7
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1968)

7.50 avg 6 episodes 8.1 → 7.6 25 min avg

U-shaped

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	It Comes to Us All	8.1	16
2	Lead Me to the Altar	7.2	14
3	The Danger List	7.5	15
4	Take a Letter	7.5	15
5	You Make Me Feel So Young	7.1	16
6	The Wrong Side of the Sheets	7.6	14

Season 2 (1969)

7.40 avg 5 episodes 7.9 → 7.4 25 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Breach of the Peace	7.9	16
2	Wish You Were Here	7.5	16
3	The Demon Drink	6.9	15
4	All You Wish Yourself	7.3	14
5	Now Is the Hour	7.4	16

Season 3 (1969)

7.54 avg 7 episodes 8.3 → 7.6 27 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	What Seems to Be the Trouble?	8.3	13
2	The Birds and the Bees	7.6	12
3	Get Up Them Stairs	7.5	12
4	The Power Behind the Throne	7.2	11
5	Getting to Know You	7.3	12
6	Two Pennies to Rub Together	7.3	11
7	The Ghost of Picklers Past	7.6	16

Season 4 (1970)

7.52 avg 5 episodes 7.7 → 7.6 25 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Price on Your Head	7.7	14
2	A Young Man's Fancy	7.7	13
3	When You've Got to Go	7.2	12
4	When Love Walks In	7.4	13
5	An Open-and-Shut Case	7.6	11

Season 5 (1970)

7.48 avg 8 episodes 6.9 → 7.9 25 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Make Yourself at Home	6.9	13
2	Compliments of the Season	7.8	11
3	Barefaced in the Park	7.2	18
4	A Man and a Woman	7.0	10
5	Bottoms Up	8.0	13
6	X Marks the Spot	7.9	11
7	Something in the Night	7.1	9
8	Lucky for Some	7.9	11

Season 6 (1972)

7.36 avg 7 episodes 6.6 → 7.8 24 min avg

Slow burn

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	For Better, for Worse	6.6	12
2	A Place in the Sun	7.8	13
3	The Female of the Species	7.0	13
4	Worker's Playtime	6.9	13
5	The Right Spirit	7.5	10
6	A Question of Taste	7.9	14
7	A Pair of Bloomers	7.8	11

Season 7 (1972)

7.23 avg 7 episodes 7.3 → 7.5 24 min avg

Rebound

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Cindernellie	7.3	17
2	Good Time Girl	7.4	13
3	The French Disconnection	7.7	12
4	Get Out of That	6.9	12
5	The One That Got Away	6.4	11
6	The Visit	7.4	12
7	Far from the Madding Pong	7.5	12