Nearest and Dearest - Season 5

Nearest and Dearest - Season 5

Season 5

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Episodes8
DatesDec 17, 1970 - Feb 25, 1971
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Episodes

Make Yourself at Home
Season 5Episode 130 min

Make Yourself at Home

Down-trodden Walter has never really enjoyed good health; in fact he's never really enjoyed anything. And when the Grim Reaper finally swings his scythe it's no good ducking - even if you've got the energy. In the Pledge's best bedroom - the one with the posh lampshade - he is sinking fast. The problem for the Pledge's is to get him to make a will before he goes under for the third time.
Dec 17, 1970
Compliments of the Season
Season 5Episode 230 min

Compliments of the Season

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.
Dec 24, 1970
Barefaced in the Park
Season 5Episode 330 min

Barefaced in the Park

When a prowler prowls in the local park it is time for decent, respectable women to lock themselves in their houses. When Nellie and Lily set off in search of him - to clear Walter's name - it is more likely to be the prowler who stands in danger!
Jan 14, 1971
A Man and a Woman
Season 5Episode 430 min

A Man and a Woman

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!
Jan 21, 1971
Bottoms Up
Season 5Episode 530 min

Bottoms Up

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.
Jan 28, 1971
X Marks the Spot
Season 5Episode 630 min

X Marks the Spot

Eli hires a new works manager from the local labour exchange; but why does the arrival of Major Lovelace [retired] of Catterick have him cowering in fear?
Feb 11, 1971
Something in the Night
Season 5Episode 730 min

Something in the Night

Burglars never worry Eli Pledge. He knows there's nothing worth pinching in the house. Why, then, do they worry Nellie? Has she something to hide?
Feb 18, 1971
Lucky for Some
Season 5Episode 830 min

Lucky for Some

The management of Pledge's Purer Pickles is pleased to offer a Directorship to any man who wins a fortune on the football pools, even if it turns out to be Stan.
Feb 25, 1971

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