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Summary

Eli Pledge (Jimmy Jewel) is an elderly bachelor with an eye for the ladies. His sister Nellie (Hylda Baker) is a spinster.

When their father dies, the brother and sister are left a run-down pickle factory in his will.

Cast List

  Jimmy Jewel as Eli Pledge
  Hylda Baker as Nellie Pledge
  Joe Gladwyn as Stan
  Madge Hindle as Lily
  Edward Malin as Walter

Production Details

Written by:
Vince Powell, Harry Driver, Tom Brennand, Roy Bottomley, John Stevenson

Directed by:
Brian Izzard

Produced by:
Brian Izzard

7 series, 45 episodes

Transmitted: 1968-73

TV Channel: ITV

Granada Television

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