Not on Your Nellie (1974)

Name: Not on Your Nellie
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Leo Dolan, Roger Howlett, Jack Douglas, Sue Nicholls

Comedy

When Jed Pickersgill finds himself too ill to run his Chelsea pub, The Brown Cow, he calls upon his middle-aged daughter Nellie for help. Nellie moves from Bolton to London to help, despite being a teetotal.

IMDb rating: 7.2 (113 votes)
Episode average: 6.9 -0.3 vs IMDb
Seasons: 3
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1974)

7.03 avg 7 episodes 7.3 → 7.4 25 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Nellie Comes to Town	7.3	16
2	Something in the Night	7.0	14
3	The Anniversary Present	6.9	15
4	The Restless Spirit	7.1	14
5	The Apartment	6.7	15
6	The Wind of Change	6.8	13
7	Bring on the Dancing Girls	7.4	12

Season 2 (1975)

7.22 avg 6 episodes 7.2 → 7.3 25 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Brief Encounter	7.2	11
2	High Society	7.5	11
3	Requiem for a Heavyweight	6.9	10
4	Do Unto Others	6.4	12
5	The Lady with the Lamp	8.0	10
6	Feeling the Draught	7.3	10

Season 3 (1975)

6.28 avg 4 episodes 5.9 → 5.7 25 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Be Prepared	5.9	11
2	A-Haunting We Will Go	7.0	10
3	The French Correction	6.5	9
4	Called to the Bar	5.7	10

Not on Your Nellie (1974)

Cast

Seasons

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