In Loving Memory DVD
Network will release the pitch black sitcom In Loving Memory - The Complete First Series (PG) on DVD on 2nd March 2009, RRP £14.99. This is the first time that this popular series is released in any format.
The place is Oldshaw and the year is 1929. A fictional little town in Lancashire, it has its own theatre, cafes and taverns. This is where Jeremiah Unsworth and Co., the undertaker office can be found.
Thanks to the hapless widow of old Jeremiah and his gormless nephew Billy, Oldshaw is also where the most disastrous funerals can be arranged and experienced. The show opens with the death of the proprietor of the funeral home, Jeremiah Unsworth.
Alas he is unlamented and his will brings much unease to his widow Ivy and his nephew Billy, as the responsibility of keeping the funeral home up and running has now fallen onto their incompetent and accident-prone shoulders.
Legendary comic actress Thora Hird (Last of the Summer Wine) brings her inimitable humour to the role of Ivy Unsworth in this much-loved comedy series; she is ably supported by Christopher Beeny (Upstairs Downstairs).
In Loving Memory was a huge success for Yorkshire Television and ran for five series between 1979 and 1986; this Complete First Series also features appearances from Richard Wilson (One Foot in the Grave) and Joan Sims (As Time Goes By).