British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide
Nearest And Dearest. Image shows from L to R: Eli Pledge (Jimmy Jewel), Nellie Pledge (Hylda Baker). Copyright: Hammer Film Productions
Nearest And Dearest

Nearest And Dearest

  • 1972 film

Spin-off from Granada's popular television sitcom about siblings Nellie and Eli Pledge running a pickle factory. Stars Hylda Baker, Jimmy Jewel, Joe Gladwin, Edward Malin, Madge Hindle and more.

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Nearest And Dearest. Image shows from L to R: Nellie Pledge (Hylda Baker), Eli Pledge (Jimmy Jewel). Copyright: Granada Television TV

Nearest And Dearest

Sitcom about brother and sister, Eli and Nellie Pledge, forced to run a pickle factory together.

Not On Your Nellie. Nelie Pickersgill (Hylda Baker). Copyright: London Weekend Television / Rex TV

Not On Your Nellie

Nellie Pickersgill is a teetotaller, however she moves from Lancashire to London to help her father run a pub.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC TV

Spanner In The Works

Comedy Playhouse pilot starring Norman Rossington and Jimmy Jewel as the boss of a small engineering company and the workers' union shop-steward.

Our Hylda. Copyright: BBC Radio

Our Hylda

Poignant comedy drama about British TV's first female comedy star, Hylda Baker.

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