Queenie's Castle (Season 1)

The lives and, often illegal, activities of the residents of a tower block in early 1970s Leeds, West Yorkshire, with the brassy matriarch, Queenie Shepherd, ruling the roost over her neighbours.

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    We Humbly Beseech (Episode 1)

    Air date: 1970-11-05

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Queenie's not happy about how the men in her life have been behaving. Bunny realizes that her mood might have something to do with the date, and a neighbor reveals that the residents have been signing a petition.

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    The Great Debate (Episode 2)

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: The family is left devastated when the television has to go in for repair; Queenie suggests pretending to be famous people for a big debate, and Jack just wants to forget the whole thing so he can go for a drink instead.

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    They Also Served (Episode 3)

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: The family packs a picnic. When an unexploded bomb is found at the flats, Queenie changes her mind when she's told of a compulsory evacuation, and a lance corporal remembers when he visited the flats back in 1944.

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    Just Good Friends (Episode 4)

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Queenie's questioned after she's seen out drinking with the local bookie; the men are horrified by a decision to stop in on a Saturday night, and a very expectant visitor discovers that money might be his finest feature.

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    Trial By Fury (Episode 5)

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Queenie demands to know why the police are swarming around the flat. Bunny reveals that the van actually belongs to a convicted lead thief, and the Builders are used as a courtroom to find out the truth about a bicycle.

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    Unaccustomed As I Am (Episode 6)

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Queenie's delighted when she's asked to speak at a school prize-giving; Douglas is forced to play a girl bearing flowers for the rehearsals, and work on the speech leaves the family eating nothing but fish and chips.

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