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.
Episode menu
Series 5, Episode 6 - The Undertaker's Apprentice
Despite Mary's patent desperation to learn the trade, an unfortunate incident compels Ivy to seek a proper apprentice to replace Ernie's continued calamities. The first applicant who arrives is not quite a stranger to the entire household...
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 20th March 1986
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- ITV1
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Thora Hird | Ivy Unsworth |
| Christopher Beeny | Billy Henshaw |
| Colin Farrell | Ernie Hadfield |
| Sherrie Hewson | Mary Braithwaite |
| Peter Armitage | Mr. Barlow |
| Johnny Allan (as Johnney Allan) | Alfred |
| Dick Sharples | Writer |
| Ronnie Baxter | Director |
| Ronnie Baxter | Producer |
| Lance Tattersall | Editor |
| Peter Caldwell | Production Designer |
| Alan Parker | Composer |