In Loving Memory

In Loving Memory

In Loving Memory is a British period sitcom set in an undertakers business that starred Thora Hird and Christopher Beeny. A pilot was transmitted in 1969 by Thames Television who rejected the idea before it was finally accepted by Yorkshire Television in 1979 where it further ran for five series between until 1986.

Comedy

Seasons

1. In Loving Memory

Air Date: 1979-05-21

Unsworth is asked to handle Oldshaw's biggest and most important funeral.

2. The Legacy

Air Date: 1979-05-28

Enter sister-in-law Gladys, willed on the firm by Ivy's late, malicious husband.

3. Gone Dancing

Air Date: 1979-06-04

Billy discovers his being an undertaker puts the girls off.

4. The Rivals

Air Date: 1979-06-11

The Unsworths are drawn into a trade war when Percy Oltenshaw starts poaching ""clients"" vis Miss Askith, the local postmistress; and Ivy nearly makes a terrible mistake until Amy reads her future in the tea-leaves.

5. Pork

Air Date: 1979-06-18

The firm is plagued by hazards such as a short-sighted pallbearer and a professional mourner with a fixed grin.

6. Come Back Little Malcolm

Air Date: 1979-06-25

7. Onions

Air Date: 1979-07-02

Billy sets off in search of a brighter, more adventurous future.

1. The Outing

Air Date: 1980-10-27

2. Play to Me, Gipsy

Air Date: 1980-11-03

3. The Honeymooners

Air Date: 1980-11-10

4. Happy Birthday

Air Date: 1980-11-17

5. Madame President

Air Date: 1980-11-24

6. The Angels Want Me for a Sunbeam

Air Date: 1980-12-01

7. The Fall of the House of Unsworth

Air Date: 1980-12-08

1. The Actress and the Undertaker

Air Date: 1982-10-12

2. Wedding Bells

Air Date: 1982-10-19

3. Bowls

Air Date: 1982-10-26

Billy is shocked to see his aunt at the cinema with married undertaker Mr Sutton, who feels left out as his wife is obsessed with playing bowls. When Mrs Sutton finds out she throws her husband out of the house and he ends up at Ivy's so in order to get the couple back together again Ivy proposes an unusual game of bowls - with Mr Sutton as the prize.

4. Memories Are Made of This

Air Date: 1982-11-02

5. Gone But Not Forgotten

Air Date: 1982-11-09

6. To Billy a Son

Air Date: 1982-11-16

7. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Christmas Special)

Air Date: 1982-12-24

8. The Last Post

Air Date: 1982-11-23

1. Flying Undertaker

Air Date: 1983-11-28

2. Trouble at T'Mill

Air Date: 1983-12-05

3. Blood Will Out

Air Date: 1983-12-12

4. Criminal Records

Air Date: 1983-12-19

5. Cuckoo in the Nest

Air Date: 1984-01-23

6. Cash and Carry

Air Date: 1984-01-30

7. Do You Take This Woman?

Air Date: 1984-02-06

1. And Auntie Came Too

Air Date: 1986-02-13

2. Three's A Crowd

Air Date: 1986-02-20

3. They Shoot Undertakers, Don't They?

Air Date: 1986-02-27

Billy reluctantly agrees to partner saucy Tiger-Lily Longstaff at a marathon dance competition in the hopes of winning prize money to buy Mary a present but lies to Mary about where he is going. She and Ivy are suspicious and eventually track him down, though Mary relents when he tells her that he has won the money.

4. The Second Time Around

Air Date: 1986-03-06

5. King of the Mountains

Air Date: 1986-03-13

6. The Undertaker's Apprentice

Air Date: 1986-03-20

7. Up in the World

Air Date: 1986-03-27

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Rating

6.8/10

Release Date

1969-11-04

Episodes

36 (5 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast