Nearest and Dearest

A Breach of the Peace

Nellie arrives at the front door to meet two constables accusing her of shoplifting.

Wish You Were Here

Nellie and Eli are off to the seaside on holiday, but it isn't long before familiar faces start appearing.

The Demon Drink

When Eli's drunken antics prevent Nellie admission to the Women's Town Guild, she becomes determined to stop him from dr

All You Wish Yourself

When Eli realizes that he's forgotten Nellie's birthday, he manages to plan an evening at The Starlight Club.

Now Is the Hour

With the business not doing so well, Nellie decides that cuts are needed: first the horse, then Stan.

What Seems to Be the Trouble?

Nellie takes Eli to the doctor, who is far more interested in Nellie's behaviour than in Eli's cough.

The Birds and the Bees

Nellie and Eli agree to look after their teenage nephew Nigel, who Nellie believes it's time he learns the goings-on of

Get Up Them Stairs

When Lily discovers that she and Walter aren't legally married, Nellie takes it upon herself to put matters right.

The Power Behind the Throne

Eli installs an executive toilet in the factory and faces industrial action as a result.

Getting to Know You

Eli plans an away weekend and Nellie wants to decorate the cellar, but an error strands the siblings together.

Two Pennies to Rub Together

With growing competition, the factory faces closure, leaving Eli and Nellie penniless, starving, and staffless.

The Ghost of Picklers Past

Boxing Day in the Pledge house: Lily and Walter join Nellie and Eli in a seance.

A Price on Your Head

Eli isn't pleased to learn that Nellie has taken out an insurance policy on him in case of accident or death, so he take

A Young Man's Fancy

Eli has brought a new fur coat for his fiancée Marlene. Nellie takes an instant dislike to her and determines to prove

When You've Got to Go

Nellie's had enough. She's reached the end of her tether and can no longer skivvy for her brother so she's decided to mo

When Love Walks In

Eli is trying to sell the business to Leonard Longbottom, but he also needs to convince Nellie to sell. Then Leonard fal

An Open-and-Shut Case

With the workers off sick, it falls on Nellie, Eli, Lily, and Walter to keep the pickle production line going.

Make Yourself at Home

When Walter and Lily's house suffers damage, Nellie and Eli must put them up.

Compliments of the Season

Mother Nature scuppers Nellie's plans for a surprise Christmas lunch at a nice hotel for Eli and herself.

Barefaced in the Park

A prowler has been tormenting ladies in a local park. When Walter is arrested and questioned, Nellie wants to prove his

A Man and a Woman

Nellie isn't happy when the new coal man, Snatcher Snelling, becomes rather taken with a newly-styled Lily.

Bottoms Up

Despite having no bartending experience, Nellie takes over running the Spread Eagle Pub for a friend.

X Marks the Spot

Eli is struggling to cope with his role at the pickling factory, so he sends for a manager. The Labour Exchange sends Ma

Something in the Night

A burglar has been operating in the local area; his latest victims are Lily and Walter. Keen to protect her valuables, N

Lucky for Some

Desperate for funds, Nellie and Eli install Stan as a company director; their motive: to share in his recent windfall.

For Better, for Worse

The problems of Pledge's Purer Pickles must take second place; for each of its co-owners are hearing wedding bells. But

A Place in the Sun

Fourteen days' holiday in sunny Spain for 10p all in! It sounds too good to be true. And it is!

The Female of the Species

A tiff in a launderette, under Nellie's gentle touch, bids fair to becoming a national crisis.

Worker's Playtime

The Pledges consult an industrial efficiency expert in a bid to improve production. When the workers strike, it is left

The Right Spirit

Annoyed with Eli for treating the home like a boarding house, Nellie kicks him out. The alternative living arrangements

A Question of Taste

Can dandelion leaves picked at the time of the full moon really win for Pledge's Purer Pickles the coveted Golden Gherki

A Pair of Bloomers

The long arm of the law reaches out for Eli from the distant past; but, with Nellie in court, all is set for the Law to

Episode 8

Cindernellie

Eli gives the Christmas club money to a promoter who promises a share of the profits from the Christmas play he's produc

Good Time Girl

When local lothario Harry Hampton demands Eli repay a loan, Eli invites him to stay with him and Nellie in lieu of payme

The French Disconnection

After a visit from a French restauranteur, the Pledges travel to Paris to introduce their pickles to the European market

Get Out of That

The Pledges and the Tattersalls visit a health farm but when the diet proves inadequate, the call goes out to the picker

The One That Got Away

Ex-POW Siegfried, who was taken in by The Pledge Household, returns and vows to help Nellie and Eli.

The Visit

Pledge's Pickles is all set for a Royal visit, and Nellie goes to great pains to get The Factory and staff ready.

Far from the Madding Pong

Nellie is keen to buy a second home in the middle of nowhere, Eli is more keen on his Spanish holiday, and tries to put