Aug 1968 - Feb 1973
2.5
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S7 Ep7
9.0
7th Feb 1973
Things not only go bump in the night, they leak, creak, gurgle and rattle when the Pledge's are forced to spend the night at a lonely moorland cottage.
S7 Ep5
9.0
24th Jan 1973
Romance goose-steps back into Nellie's life with the sudden appearance of Siegfried, a one-time German prisoner of war whom the Pledge's befriended back around 27 years ago. Trouble-shooter Siegfried invades Pledge's Purer Pickles and for Nellie it is the Battle of the Bulge all over again.
S7 Ep4
9.0
18th Jan 1973
Eli thinks his holiday is going to be filled with birds and booze. He doesn't know that Nellie has booked a holiday at a farm - a health farm!
S7 Ep3
9.0
11th Jan 1973
The Pledge's gherkins have tickled the fancy of a certain Monsieur La Vaterre in France - and Nellie and Eli fly to Paris to discuss the Common Pickle Market.
S7 Ep2
9.0
28th Dec 1972
Harry Hampton comes to town. Eli owes him £25 but can't pay up, so, as Harry has nowhere to stay, he invites him home. So far so good. But Harry is a real Don Juan, and when he and Nellie are seen in a ""compromising position"" on the sofa, word gets around the pickling factory that Nellie must have ""something"" if Harry fancies her. And all the men start chasing her…Nellie, of course, is flattered, and starts living up to her reputation.
S7 Ep1
9.0
21st Dec 1972
The festive season is upon us…And for the stalwarts of Pledge's Purer Pickles, there's high drama and low farce 'mid the tinsel and the turkey when Eli becomes an impresario. He tries to double the picklers' Christmas party money by sinking it into a pantomime production. ""Stinking"" seems the right word when the cast walks out and Nellie has to take over the part of Cinderella. She tells Eli: ""If there's no money, them picklers will have your ear'ole for an ashtray"". And it's as well that Christmas comes but once a year - for Nellie can't remember the script…
S6 Ep7
9.0
20th Jul 1972
The long arm of the law reaches out for Eli from the distant past; but, with Nellie in court, all is set for the Law to get it's knuckles rapped.
S6 Ep6
9.0
13th Jul 1972
Can dandelion leaves picked at the time of the full moon really win for Pledge's Purer Pickles the coveted Golden Gherkin? Nellie's wonder ingredient lands her greatest rival, Arnold Guttersby, in a real pickle.
S6 Ep5
9.0
6th Jul 1972
When Nellie chases Eli out of the ancestral home, Lily and Walter come to stay…And stay…
S6 Ep4
9.0
29th Jun 1972
The Pledge's consult an industrial efficiency expert in a bid to improve production at the pickle factory. When the workers come out on strike in protest, it is left to Nellie and Eli to keep the pickles flowing.
S1 Ep1
3.7
15th Aug 1968
The sun is setting on 12 tons of pickled onions. A dynasty is dying - and who's left?
S5 Ep2
6.0
24th Dec 1970
Christmas…The time for the loved ones to be gathered together in one place. But when you don't want them, and you can't get rid of them, you might find that there is not quite enough goodwill - or indeed anything else - to go round.
S2 Ep1
7.0
8th Jul 1969
As captains of industry the Pledge's have a certain standing in the town of Colne; but when you're in court charged with causing a breach of the peace, can you ever hold your head up again?
S4 Ep4
7.0
4th Jun 1970
When love walks into Nellie Pledge's life it is a safe bet that Eli Pledge is holding the door open with his foot. Romance comes to Nellie in the shape of a self-made tycoon with one eye for a pretty face and the other for a quick profit, and the quickest way to Nellie's heart is inevitably through Eli's pocket.
S1 Ep4
8.0
5th Sep 1968
""Of course I need a private secretary"", says Eli. ""Fifty copies of the Annual Report in pencil just isn't on these days"".
S4 Ep3
8.0
28th May 1970
Nellie Pledge is nobody's idea of a flighty piece, but one fine morning when Eli rolls home after yet another night on the tiles she decides that there must be more to life than bed and work. She wouldn't flit, would she? ""I'd flaming flit in a flipping flash"" threatens Nellie - and she does. But her new life as a bed-sit girl brings it's own peculiar problems...
S5 Ep4
8.0
21st Jan 1971
Nellie and Eli suspect that Lily's interest in the new coalman is much more inflammable than his wares. Where there is so much smoke, they reason, there must be fire - especially in a smokeless zone!
S5 Ep5
8.0
28th Jan 1971
When Nellie takes over the local pub, business booms - for every other pub in the district! Eli suggests a striptease act to bring the crowds back, and that can only mean trouble, especially for Nellie and Eli.
S1 Ep2
8.5
22nd Aug 1968
A little late love for Nellie - but was it worth keeping the home fires burning?
S1 Ep5
8.5
12th Sep 1968
The elixir of youth - an old wives' tale or a racing certainty? Well, if it worked for Stan…
S1 Ep1
3.7
15th Aug 1968
The sun is setting on 12 tons of pickled onions. A dynasty is dying - and who's left?
S1 Ep2
8.5
22nd Aug 1968
A little late love for Nellie - but was it worth keeping the home fires burning?
S1 Ep3
9.0
29th Aug 1968
If you go a funny colour, lie low; it's all in the mind. They can cure anything these days.
S1 Ep4
8.0
5th Sep 1968
""Of course I need a private secretary"", says Eli. ""Fifty copies of the Annual Report in pencil just isn't on these days"".
S1 Ep5
8.5
12th Sep 1968
The elixir of youth - an old wives' tale or a racing certainty? Well, if it worked for Stan…
S1 Ep6
9.0
19th Sep 1968
An accident of birth - but does it really matter what you are? It happens in the best families.
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 the ITV network, was set in Colne, Lancashire, in the North West of England.
The first episode of Nearest and Dearest aired on August 15, 1968.
The last episode of Nearest and Dearest aired on February 07, 1973.
There are 46 episodes of Nearest and Dearest.
There are 7 seasons of Nearest and Dearest.
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Nearest and Dearest has ended.
