About this season
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.
Episodes (7)
1. In Loving Memory
Aired 21 May 1979
Unsworth is asked to handle Oldshaw's biggest and most important funeral.
2. The Legacy
Aired 28 May 1979
Enter sister-in-law Gladys, willed on the firm by Ivy's late, malicious husband.
3. Gone Dancing
Aired 4 June 1979
Billy discovers his being an undertaker puts the girls off.
4. The Rivals
Aired 11 June 1979
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
Aired 18 June 1979
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
Aired 25 June 1979
7. Onions
Aired 2 July 1979
Billy sets off in search of a brighter, more adventurous future.