COLLECTION · Series · 1969

In Loving Memory

Name: In Loving Memory
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 30 min
Rating: 6.8

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.

Source: TMDB

* 6.8 (6)Comedy

Studios

YTV

Runtime

25–30 min/ep

Release

04/11/1969

Score

6.8 / 10 (6)

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Seasons and episodes

Season 1

7 episodes · 1979

Episode 1. In Loving Memory

1979-05-21

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

Episode 2. The Legacy

1979-05-28

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

Episode 3. Gone Dancing

1979-06-04

Billy discovers his being an undertaker puts the girls off.

Episode 4. The Rivals

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.

Episode 5. Pork

1979-06-18

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

Episode 6. Come Back Little Malcolm

1979-06-25

No synopsis

Episode 7. Onions

1979-07-02

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

Season 2

7 episodes · 1980

Episode 1. The Outing

1980-10-27

No synopsis

Episode 2. Play to Me, Gipsy

1980-11-03

No synopsis

Episode 3. The Honeymooners

1980-11-10

No synopsis

Episode 4. Happy Birthday

1980-11-17

No synopsis

Episode 5. Madame President

1980-11-24

No synopsis

Episode 6. The Angels Want Me for a Sunbeam

1980-12-01

No synopsis

Episode 7. The Fall of the House of Unsworth

1980-12-08

No synopsis

Season 3

8 episodes · 1982

Episode 1. The Actress and the Undertaker

1982-10-12

No synopsis

Episode 2. Wedding Bells

1982-10-19

No synopsis

Episode 3. Bowls

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…

Episode 4. Memories Are Made of This

1982-11-02

No synopsis

Episode 5. Gone But Not Forgotten

1982-11-09

No synopsis

Episode 6. To Billy a Son

1982-11-16

No synopsis

Episode 7. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Christmas Special)

1982-12-24

No synopsis

Episode 8. The Last Post

1982-11-23

No synopsis

Season 4

7 episodes · 1983

Episode 1. Flying Undertaker

1983-11-28

No synopsis

Episode 2. Trouble at T'Mill

1983-12-05

No synopsis

Episode 3. Blood Will Out

1983-12-12

No synopsis

Episode 4. Criminal Records

1983-12-19

No synopsis

Episode 5. Cuckoo in the Nest

1984-01-23

No synopsis

Episode 6. Cash and Carry

1984-01-30

No synopsis

Episode 7. Do You Take This Woman?

1984-02-06

No synopsis

Season 5

7 episodes · 1986

Episode 1. And Auntie Came Too

1986-02-13

No synopsis

Episode 2. Three's A Crowd

1986-02-20

No synopsis

Episode 3. They Shoot Undertakers, Don't They?

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…

Episode 4. The Second Time Around

1986-03-06

No synopsis

Episode 5. King of the Mountains

1986-03-13

No synopsis

Episode 6. The Undertaker's Apprentice

1986-03-20

No synopsis

Episode 7. Up in the World

1986-03-27

No synopsis