British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide
In Loving Memory. Image shows from L to R: Billy Henshaw (Christopher Beeny), Ivy Unsworth (Thora Hird). Copyright: Rex
In Loving Memory

In Loving Memory

  • TV sitcom
  • ITV1
  • 1969 - 1986
  • 37 episodes (5 series)

Comedy about an auntie and nephew, Ivy and Billy, who run a family undertakers' business in 1920s Yorkshire. Stars Thora Hird, Christopher Beeny, Colin Farrell, Avis Bunnage, Sherrie Hewson and more.

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In Loving Memory. Ivy Unsworth (Thora Hird). Copyright: Yorkshire Television

Series 2 (1980)

Evangelists, gypsies and warm weather play havoc with the Unsworth business in Series 2.

In Loving Memory. Image shows from L to R: Vera Venables (Cheryl Hall), Billy Henshaw (Christopher Beeny), Delores (Mary Preston). Copyright: Yorkshire Television

Series 3 (1982)

Series 3 sees scandal hit the business when Ivy takes to bowling, Billy meets an actress, and a night is spent in the Methodist chapel. A Christmas special concludes the run.

In Loving Memory. Copyright: Yorkshire Television

Series 4 (1983 - 1984)

Billy feels an increasing need to move out in Series 4 - he is almost 32, after all. Doubt is cast on his lineage, and Ivy meets with an old school friend of her own.

In Loving Memory. Image shows from L to R: Billy Henshaw (Christopher Beeny), Ivy Unsworth (Thora Hird), Mary Braithwaite (Sherrie Hewson). Copyright: Yorkshire Television

Series 5 (1986)

At long last, Billy is wed: life as Unsworth, Henshaw and Henshaw begins!

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