Love Thy Neighbour
- 1973 film
Film spin-off from popular sitcom Love Thy Neighbour. Eddie's bigotry causes trouble at the factory, whilst his mother and Bill's father both come to visit their sons. Stars Jack Smethurst, Rudolph Walker, Nina Baden-Semper, Kate Williams, Charles Hyatt and more.
Press clippings
Fifty Years of Love Thy Neighbour: Out of Order, Overlooked?
Love Thy Neighbour (Thames, 1972-76) is now often cited as one of Britain's worst sitcoms. Lazy, poor quality, racist - all these labels, and many more, have been attributed to it in the last couple of decades. But, having run for eight series over five years, spawned a feature film and an Australian sequel, does that really ring true?
Aaron Brown, Network, 13th April 2022'Work dried up after Love Thy Neighbour'
He was the star of one of the biggest sitcoms of the Seventies, seen by up to 17 million viewers a week.
But after starring as racist suburbanite Eddie Booth in Love Thy Neighbour Jack Smethurst found it so hard to get work that he ended up working in a flower shop.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 19th September 2016