In Loving Memory (1969)
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.
📺 Seasons & Episodes
Season 17 episodes
1. In Loving Memory
⏱ —Unsworth is asked to handle Oldshaw's biggest and most important funeral.
2. The Legacy
⏱ —Enter sister-in-law Gladys, willed on the firm by Ivy's late, malicious husband.
3. Gone Dancing
⏱ —Billy discovers his being an undertaker puts the girls off.
4. The Rivals
⏱ —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
⏱ —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
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7. Onions
⏱ —Billy sets off in search of a brighter, more adventurous future.
Season 27 episodes
1. The Outing
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2. Play to Me, Gipsy
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3. The Honeymooners
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4. Happy Birthday
⏱ —No description available.
5. Madame President
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6. The Angels Want Me for a Sunbeam
⏱ —No description available.
7. The Fall of the House of Unsworth
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Season 38 episodes
1. The Actress and the Undertaker
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2. Wedding Bells
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3. Bowls
⏱ —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
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5. Gone But Not Forgotten
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6. To Billy a Son
⏱ —No description available.
7. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Christmas Special)
⏱ —No description available.
8. The Last Post
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Season 47 episodes
1. Flying Undertaker
⏱ —No description available.
2. Trouble at T'Mill
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3. Blood Will Out
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4. Criminal Records
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5. Cuckoo in the Nest
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6. Cash and Carry
⏱ —No description available.
7. Do You Take This Woman?
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Season 57 episodes
1. And Auntie Came Too
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2. Three's A Crowd
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3. They Shoot Undertakers, Don't They?
⏱ —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
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5. King of the Mountains
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6. The Undertaker's Apprentice
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7. Up in the World
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