Season 5 • Episode 7
LatestIn 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.
Acting
Thora Hird's deadpan delivery could stop a clock — gloriously.
Writing
Scripts so understated they practically apologize for being funny.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Thames Television rejected the pilot in 1969, but Yorkshire Television revived it a decade later — making this a rare case of a sitcom that literally rose from the dead.
The show quietly captured 1980s Northern England's economic struggles through the lens of an essential yet overlooked profession, with Thora Hird becoming a working-class icon.
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