Nearest and Dearest (Season 6)

For Better, for Worse (Episode 1)

Writer: John Stevenson

Air date: 1972-06-01

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: The problems of Pledge's Purer Pickles must take second place; for each of its co-owners are hearing wedding bells. But when the Pledge's enter the Matrimonial Stakes they inevitably fail to come under starter's orders.

A Place in the Sun (Episode 2)

Writer: Rex Arundel

Air date: 1972-06-08

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 3)

Writer: John Stevenson

Air date: 1972-06-15

Runtime: 30 min

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

Worker's Playtime (Episode 4)

Writer: Jonathan Lynn

Air date: 1972-06-29

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: The Pledges consult an industrial efficiency expert in a bid to improve production. When the workers strike, it is left to Nellie and Eli to keep the pickles flowing.

The Right Spirit (Episode 5)

Writer: Lew Schwarz

Air date: 1972-07-06

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Annoyed with Eli for treating the home like a boarding house, Nellie kicks him out. The alternative living arrangements suit neither party.

A Question of Taste (Episode 6)

Writer: John Stevenson

Air date: 1972-07-13

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Can dandelion leaves picked at the time of the full moon really win for Pledge's Purer Pickles the coveted Golden Gherkin? Nellie's wonder ingredient lands her greatest rival, Arnold Guttersby, in a real pickle.

A Pair of Bloomers (Episode 7)

Writer: John Stevenson

Air date: 1972-07-20

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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 get its knuckles rapped.

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