The phrase "nearest and dearest" often evokes a sense of warmth, family, and close relationships. It's a term that brings to mind the people we hold closest to our hearts—our family, friends, and loved ones. However, in the context of British television, "Nearest and Dearest" takes on a different meaning, referring to a classic sitcom that captured the hearts of many.
"Nearest and Dearest" was a British television sitcom that aired from 1968 to 1973. The show starred Hylda Baker and Jimmy Jewel as Nellie and Eli Pledge, siblings who inherit their father's pickle business in Colne, Lancashire. The series was known for its humor derived from the characters' squabbles, malapropisms, and the unique dynamics of a family-run business.
The premise of the show was simple yet effective: Nellie, a hard-working spinster, and Eli, a womanizing slacker, must run the family business together to inherit their father's fortune. This setup led to comedic situations and memorable catchphrases that are still recognized by fans of classic British comedy.
Despite the on-screen chemistry between Baker and Jewel, it was widely reported that the two did not get along off-screen, adding a layer of intrigue to the show's history. Their tumultuous relationship is often cited as one of the most toxic in British sitcom history.
"Nearest and Dearest" also serves as a cultural touchstone, reflecting the era's social norms and the changing landscape of British comedy. It's a show that, while rooted in the 1960s and 70s, continues to find new audiences who appreciate its wit and charm.
For those who grew up watching "Nearest and Dearest," the show remains a nostalgic reminder of a bygone era of television. And for newcomers, it offers a glimpse into the rich tapestry of British humor and the timeless appeal of family dynamics in storytelling.
Whether you're revisiting the series or discovering it for the first time, "Nearest and Dearest" stands as a testament to the enduring nature of well-crafted comedy and the universal themes of family and ambition. It's a piece of television history that continues to be nearest and dearest to many viewers' hearts.
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"Nearest and Dearest" was a British television sitcom that aired from 1968 to 1973. The show starred Hylda Baker and Jimmy Jewel as Nellie and Eli Pledge, siblings who inherit their father's pickle business in Colne, Lancashire. The series was known for its humor derived from the characters' squabbles, malapropisms, and the unique dynamics of a family-run business.
The premise of the show was simple yet effective: Nellie, a hard-working spinster, and Eli, a womanizing slacker, must run the family business together to inherit their father's fortune. This setup led to comedic situations and memorable catchphrases that are still recognized by fans of classic British comedy.
Despite the on-screen chemistry between Baker and Jewel, it was widely reported that the two did not get along off-screen, adding a layer of intrigue to the show's history. Their tumultuous relationship is often cited as one of the most toxic in British sitcom history.
"Nearest and Dearest" also serves as a cultural touchstone, reflecting the era's social norms and the changing landscape of British comedy. It's a show that, while rooted in the 1960s and 70s, continues to find new audiences who appreciate its wit and charm.
For those who grew up watching "Nearest and Dearest," the show remains a nostalgic reminder of a bygone era of television. And for newcomers, it offers a glimpse into the rich tapestry of British humor and the timeless appeal of family dynamics in storytelling.
Whether you're revisiting the series or discovering it for the first time, "Nearest and Dearest" stands as a testament to the enduring nature of well-crafted comedy and the universal themes of family and ambition. It's a piece of television history that continues to be nearest and dearest to many viewers' hearts.
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00:00nearest and dearest the 584 stroke 25 edited copy 15 seconds
00:30she was poor but she was honest victim of a where the hell are you going
00:58oh hello just been out for a breath of fresh air yeah what have we got in that an iron lung
01:03no no it's just something to note yes something you've been out for i suppose
01:08hey what is it get your sticky little beak out of it it's personal and private
01:14personal and private i bet he's been buying those dirty books again
01:18oh it's you Stan hey close that door a minute please
01:35hey what do you think about that hey why hell Eli you look a real bobby dazzler in that
01:42i'm not gonna wear it you old twat it's for me girlfriend for which one Marlene
01:49Marlene Fitton hey when you give her that she'll be all right for tonight
01:58you got a mind like a sword it's not like that i respect her
02:01besides if i try don't she'd thump me
02:08do you do you think she'd like it hey you don't think it's too old for her do you
02:12too old for her well she's no chicken is she what you're talking about she's a very handsome woman
02:26enjoy your dinner love potatoes were a bit hard i cooked them in the jackets
02:31a couple of mine had the bloody hats and coats on
02:34you've got a rough tongue our Eli but underneath it there's a heart of gold
02:44she may be weary women who get weary
02:46me
02:58throw me a kiss as you cross the room say i look nice when i'm not a line a day
03:07when you're far away little things mean
03:12a little things we do mean a lot our Eli and you're the little bobby dazzler
03:20have you been sniffing them piccolo fumes again
03:26well i must be off i don't be a fatigue we're going with that hey just a minute
03:30what's the matter with it does it just won't show up in any of the sleeves or something
03:34you've been peeking at my parcel haven't you no i'm not been peeking at your parcel at all
03:39it was purely incidental i just had a look
03:44that's the nicest present you've ever bought me come to think of it it's the only present
03:49you've ever bought oh it's not for you now though oh it wouldn't fit you i don't think
03:56they make them for dwarfs well it's not for me then who the hell's it for then
04:02a very dear friend of mine yeah one of your big old fat barmaids at the red line i suppose eh
04:08easy elsie i needn't have bought her a fur coat and a bag of chips that had done the trick
04:18i'll have you know this is for a real lady oh yeah i know your sort of lady big hat and no knickers
04:29marlene is different oh she's different is she little hat and no knickers
04:34yes it's not like that i think i ought to tell you nelly i'm engaged
04:42engaged engaged to be married well i didn't think you meant engaged like
04:47engaged on a lavatory door what have you been doing
04:53making a mess of yourself or something what do you mean tripped up and got her in the prom club
04:58you always had a dirty little mind well marlene and i don't have to get married
05:05she's different from other women she's sweet she's kind and she's crafty
05:12you're not fit to clean a flame in boots boots is it oh she's a policewoman
05:19i know you've always been clinky about black black boots and black stockings
05:23remember what a fool you made of yourself you know of that traffic warden
05:26don't bring that up what you fairly fed her meter
05:33now look i don't want all that raking up when i bring marlene home you're bringing
05:36no marlene home here yes i am tonight so just behave yourself and don't show me up porky
05:42don't call me porky call me porky i'll crumple your crackling fire
05:59glad you've come lily oh i've been all of a flunter when i came the minute you phoned nelly
06:04well i say the minute you phoned i had to get walter's body belt on him first
06:08oh you're looking very nice that's a lovely frock yes it's what they call the empire line
06:15of course when i bought this we did a lot more of the empire than we've got today
06:19see yourself can we no nelly love what's to do sorry you lie got his self-engaged his nef yes
06:27he's not yes he's not don't contradict me he has got his self-engaged no to a flame annunciation
06:36causes to a woman you wet lettuce well there's no need to get your hair off at me i can't help
06:42it if your real eyes got engaged sorry i didn't mean it lily i just don't know what i'm doing
06:49it's been a whirlwind romance then has it like me and walter all over again
06:56yeah well you had to hand it to him you were a fast worker
07:01i'm just saying she had to hand it to you
07:06i don't think he can grasp it
07:12any road who's the lucky woman i don't know i don't know who she is when she's at home
07:17i really just sort of you know sprung it on me you know isn't that just like a fella
07:22walter's just the same he's taken me by surprise a time or two
07:28all right walter have you just come out with it when she least expected it
07:36uh i sure rely um with this woman
07:44you mean as a
07:48and is she
07:53he says he hasn't he says she isn't
08:00i'm very sceptic about it
08:02so i mean he's bringing her here tonight we soon find out what's to do and what's
08:08happened he's not yes he's not yes he's not don't start that all over again
08:14that's our front door get up well come in marley look there we are
08:20ah my sister nellie the other old bag's cousin lily and ned kelly that's our walter
08:28so she's got a fur coat on father's navy crockett
08:32this is this is marley my intended marley fitting charmed i'm sure how'd you do we had a tea no
08:39what's a pity we just had ours
08:44elise told me all about you i'll see yes mind you i don't believe the half of it
08:50oh how'd you take off i'll give it a saucer of milk
08:56no no i think i'll keep it on nice isn't it yeah so very nice eli says it's bare skin
09:03yeah well that's all he can think about
09:07shut up nelly no nicks sit down she won't bite you i don't think she's got her teeth in
09:14i hope you know what you're taking on you know without eli he's well known as a woman chaser
09:19you know and i can say that without fear of contraception
09:26excuse me but um did i hear eli say that you were a fitten ah she isn't she
09:34i'm not one of them fittens that used to live up against tram turning us
09:38i'm a fitten aren't you a little fat fella never sober oh um i do come from around here
09:45do you know comes from manchester her father's got a pub oh i see it all now
09:52free house isn't it marley no no i'm just working around here you see waits on at ucp caf
09:59oh i'll get on very well then without any lie you'd be used to our handling triton cow heel
10:06just watch it down nelly she's only jealous love
10:10as he promised you the moon and the stars i told you she was a bad man at old bag didn't
10:15happen why don't you pick on somebody your own age oh shut up you i'm talking to the organ grinder
10:20not the flaming monkey you think he's a good catch don't you well he'll have you in that
10:28pickling shed with all the others you know just like he's at all the rest you know you'll be up
10:33to your neck in red cabbage pickling from morning till night while he's just stood standing there
10:38twirling his thrombs you know he thinks he's done well you know if he stuffs an olive once a week
10:45ah that's all behind me now yeah i'm a changed man thanks to the love of a good woman
10:53did i mention her father had a pub mention it you dribbled all down yourself when he's pregnant
11:00if you're going to be my sister-in-law i think we better get a few things straightened out
11:05tell her marlene eli's been very good to you letting you live with him i can see he's had a
11:12lot to put up with don't know i've stood it and with a lot of mithering relations eating him out
11:18of house and dome you cheeky madam don't you don't just sit there and get a grip on that
11:24you've never been so insulted in all my life well don't panic it's early yet i know your
11:29sort you're not a pound you think because you've got a bun in the oven you're going to let our
11:34eli i do keep buying it oh how dare you now just you listen to me you've led our eli a terrible
11:43dance but if you're going to live with us after we're married you'll have to dance to my tune
11:48oh the tune is t for twos to get the bloody kettle on i'm the one that calls the tune in this house
11:54and it's a two-step and you two can step right out of this house and get lost
11:59oh for two pins and yeah and who's gonna lift you up
12:25oh
12:39oh well me and marlene we've been to a bridge party bridge party ah we're having a smashing
12:44time on the bridge until copper shone his torch on us i thought he said you were one of them pure
12:50and innocent kind oh she is you know she likes me to respect her yeah it's all i get is a goodbye
12:55kiss fancy but that kiss nelly is like a taste of honey more like a bit well taught to me
13:03i've never been home with her you know she won't let me no she says if we were alone together in
13:08our house uncontrollable passion might flood through us on a mighty flood that reminds me
13:14our lavatory's been overflowing wonderful background oh i see i'm talking about a father
13:23did i tell you you got a pub no not for 10 minutes never stopped talking about it you
13:29don't talk to get married i really like what you want is an affair with a beer bottle it's not like
13:34that and it doesn't matter who her father is although he has got this big concert room on top
13:38where they sell champagne on draft does he know all about this great romance of yours no no marley
13:44says best not to tell him until after we're married right keep the bad news until it's too late
13:48exactly what do you mean but no he's not so much losing a daughter as gaining another ale can
13:57i don't talk to what do you know about her what do you know about this one she might have had
14:01buried one of two husbands already matter of fact she has been married before i thought as much
14:09but a wife in name only how do you mean well it's a very tragic story a wartime romance
14:17married an ref lab one of the few why how many had she had i mean one of the famous few you daft
14:24old faggot he was uh he was in fighter command pilot officer and on their wedding night he went
14:32for a prank dirty duck never came back no perhaps he's thought better of it look you don't understand
14:42here you see before before they could go on their honeymoon he had to fly this one final mission
14:48and his undercarriage shot away
14:51never saw him again oh perhaps he thought better of it he went for a burton do you follow me
14:58i'm ahead of you i'll tell you when you see her tonight you tell you change your mind
15:04get her to break it off oh well that was like besides i'm not seeing her tonight
15:10so why are you going out for then because she likes me to have me night out with the lads
15:15she trusts me and i trust her couple of trusses
15:22oh bloody hell butch kennedy at cassidy and the sundance kid i'm glad you've come lily because
15:28marlene would like you and our nelly here to be bridesmaids at our wedding
15:32oh isn't that nice oh but what about walter
15:39well give him a pretty frock he can be one too
15:41i i gather his adamant what i don't know what he's had but i'll tell you this he's he's still
15:52saying he's getting married that woman that's what i can't get over no and i really like not
15:57either sit down i've got some news for you what she'd been married before yes yes on the night
16:07they got married her husband pranked something off her and then went out for a burton
16:14how do you mean well on the wedding day he went to get measured for a suit
16:19she hadn't seen him since seems a funny dude to me yeah just to me too
16:25oh there's more to that woman than meets the eye you know i'm telling you our lily i can feel it
16:29in me walter are you listening i think he's listening i'll tell you this our lily i think
16:38we reckon we ought to go around and see that woman and have it out with her
16:40come on let's take water with us in case there's any rough stuff
16:49hey wednesday happy day lie when are you and marlene going to black your trough
16:55you what there'll be nothing like that before we wed
16:59marlene doesn't believe in anticipating the marriage ah well then you've got something
17:04to look forward to haven't you ah that's the best of it what is looking forward to it
17:12afterwards you just want to forget it
17:16my lord three large whiskies and three packet of crisps no no forget the crisps i'm saving up to
17:21get married hey hey what are you gonna do on your honeymoon you must be joking no no i mean
17:30where will you be going well upstairs you daft old twit oh you young lads are all shame oh it's
17:38not as bad as that is it hey did i tell you dad had a pub that's handy hey whose ale is it it
17:46might be that london muck oh you're a right bloody jokes comforter you are you're worse than
17:52arnelle she's trying to come between me and marlene and arnelle is not fit to clean marlene's doorstep
18:00look at that mucky step
18:03it's never been mopped since adam were a lad are you sure this is right house that's it 72
18:08i told her corner shop said i said 72 she says uh have you got your money she said because uh
18:14i've never had mine what does she mean well i told her we were coming around to collect some
18:18higher purchase you see if i'm from a one of those uh cocktail cabinets you know where the
18:23front comes down and they've got a glass back you know and he can put buckles behind it you know
18:28did she really yeah of course she did she'd have borne off me if i'd had one on me
18:34where's your uh walter i hope he hasn't fallen by the wayside i don't want him struggling about
18:39oh there he is hey walter i don't want you struggling you know hey nelly i don't think
18:44we should have come where is nearest relatives we're entitled to have a look at her
18:50hey nelly what there's somebody with it
18:58hey look at them dirty curtains they're falling down they do that
19:02oh the fast cat she's got a fancy man
19:07oh
19:11have another look uh lolly he's taking his trousers down
19:21and she's got her legs
19:26have another look nelly hey no no you have a look you're married
19:30it smell it get your walter luke then come on hey i don't i don't like walter
19:37looking at anything like that go on if you give him a bit of a buckle
19:46can you see anything walter what can you see walter can you see anything
19:51he can see something how do you know i can feel his leg throbbing
19:56do you think he can give us a run in coventry i think he already has done
20:11let's think now let's go and fetch our real eye that's it
20:16no just a minute just a minute i've got a better idea all together
20:19now you stop here see if anybody comes out of that door there bash them
20:26here's my handbag
20:30bashing with that now we're going to fetch our e-line
20:37oh bloody hell you're marley with a fancy man with hairy legs who has marley no the fella
20:45the fancy man we saw him through when they were at it they didn't even pull
20:48blinds down nobody put his trousers down what the hell are you talking about
20:53you're marlene at her house with a fella we've left walter peeping through window at her
20:59at her what i'll bloody kill him
21:07oh
21:23i told you she were no good i told you she's a niff of a maniac
21:30what's to do it's our nanny she says you've got a fella in there oh no i never that's
21:35settled good night marley come back here your big girl's clothes what's them trousers doing there
21:42you can dress yourself we're coming here you're not coming in here marley marley tell me it's
21:47all a mistake hey what's up the willow yeah bloody no shame get inside bernard
21:55these people annoying you ma'am ma'am ma'am ma'am me eye what's he doing without his pants hey
22:02i'm sewing a button on for him saying the button at the morning he'd like sewing his wild oats for
22:07a minute marley you didn't tell me you had a son you never asked no that's very true
22:16he's a big lad didn't he you must be very proud of your dad gave us tomorrow for half the days
22:24and his last night his dad weren't one of the few but the look of her he were one of the many
22:31who's this jumbo jet
22:36here feels all this noise about marlene oh go back to bed dad oh is this where you marlene's dad
22:41we're very pleased to meet you we were coming to visit you at your pub hey don't you talk to me
22:46about pubs i'm strictly total oh no your pub you know the free house with the big concert room
22:52oh marlene marlene you've lied to me well i yeah of course she had the scheming ozzy
23:01i don't mind so much about the lad or the fighter pilot husband but
23:05you'll have to be about that phone you broke my bloody eye you have
23:10oh give over striking your big girl's blouse don't you call our e-library girls
23:16are you not used to that kind of language
23:26i can't find walter anywhere
23:32walter what have you been doing you know this man madam his heir husband i'm very sorry to hear it
23:39fancy peeping through windows and going around carrying an handbag when you've got a lovely
23:43little wife like that excuse me officer that's my handbag oh stealing as well hey it'll be six
23:49months won't waste ah lock the old beggar up go on can i see that court sir where did you get it
23:54i bought it now you are i see sir well i'm afraid i shall have to ask you to come along with me to
24:00the station you too madam well i've done nothing what's the flame in charge take your pick there's
24:06something for everybody peeping song stealing handbags receiving stolen fur coat breach of
24:13the peace obstructing a police officer and giving cheek oh is that your car parked up the street
24:18oh that's a pity it was parked without lights oh come on you lot
24:25hey lad do me a favor will you what's that love next time you become engaged
24:31make it engaged on the lavatory door
25:01so
25:24you
25:31you
25:38nearest and dearest b584 stroke 25 edited copy
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26:01so
26:05so
26:24she was poor but she was honest victim of where the hell are you going
26:30oh hello just been out for a breath of fresh air yeah and what have we got in that
26:34an iron lung no no it's just something to note yes something you've been out for i suppose
26:39hey what is it get your sticky little beak out of it it's personal and private
26:46personal and private i bet he's been buying those dirty books again
26:50oh it's you stand hey close that door a minute please
27:07hey what do you think about that hey why hell eli you look a real bobby dazzler in that
27:14hat i'm not gonna wear it you old twat it's for me girlfriend for which one marley marley fitting
27:23hey when you give her that she'll be all right for tonight
27:30you got a mind like a sword it's not like that i respect her besides if i try don't she'd thump me
27:39do you do you think she'd like it hey you don't think it's too old for her do you
27:44old for her well she's no chicken is she what you're talking about she's a very handsome woman
27:58enjoy your dinner love potatoes were a bit hard i cooked them in the jackets
28:03a couple of mine had the bloody