Rent In Loving Memory: Series 1 (1979)
3.6 of 5 from 3 ratings
2h 55min
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- All series
- Synopsis:
Oldshaw, 1929; when you could enjoy a night out at the Theatre Royal, a pint in the interval, a hot pie on the way home - and still have change from a shilling. You could also have an argument with a brewer's dray and end up as a client of Jeremiah Unsworth (Edward Chapman) and Co., Undertakers and Monumental Masons...and be given one of the most disastrous funerals in the long and noble history of undertaking...
1. In Loving Memory
One of the most disastrous funerals in the long history of undertaking.
2. The Legacy
The reading of the late and unlamented Jeremiah Unsworth's will brings little comfort to Ivy.
3. Gone DancingBilly (Christopher Beeny) sees the girl of his dreams during Carnival Night at the Temperance Hall Tearooms.
4. The Rivals
Competition rears its ugly head as Ivy Unsworth (Thora Hird) becomes embroiled in a bitter trade war.
5. Pork
Billy is given the opportunity of a lifetime and a chance to learn a new trade.
6. Come Back Little Malcolm
Unsworth's funeral parlour is shocked when a client asks for a refund...
7. Onions
A string of onions and a bicycle wheel stuck in the tram-lines set Billy on the road to High Adventure.- Actors:
- Christopher Beeny, Edward Chapman, Harold Goodwin, Marjorie Rhodes, Thora Hird, Avis Bunnage, Paul Luty, Freddie Jones, John Sharp, Vanda Godsell, John Franklyn-Robbins, Hilda Braid, Colin Farrell, Lori Wells, Sherrie Hewson, Jackie Shinn, Richard Wilson, Rose Power, Sheila Steafel, Mary Larkin
- Directors:
- Ronnie Baxter
- Producers:
- Ronnie Baxter
- Writers:
- Dick Sharples
- Studio:
- Network
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Classics, TV Comedies, TV Sitcoms
