''In Loving Memory'' is a British
period
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sitcom
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set in an
undertakers business that starred
Thora Hird
Dame Thora Hird (28 May 1911 – 15 March 2003) was an English actress. In a career spanning over 70 years, she appeared in more than 100 films, as well as many television roles, becoming a household name and a British institution.
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and
Christopher Beeny
Christopher Winton Beeny (7 July 1941 – 3 January 2020) was an English actor and dancer. He had a career as a child actor, but was best known for his work as the footman Edward Barnes on the 1970s television series '' Upstairs, Downstairs'', ...
. A pilot with
Marjorie Rhodes
Marjorie Rhodes (9 April 1897 – 4 July 1979) was a British actress. She was born Millicent Wise in Kingston upon Hull, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire.
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One of her better-known roles was as Lucy Fitton, the mother in Bill Naughton's pl ...
in the Thora Hird role was transmitted on 4 November 1969 by
Thames Television
Thames Television, commonly simplified to just Thames, was a franchise holder for a region of the British ITV television network serving London and surrounding areas from 30 July 1968 until the night of 31 December 1992.
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, who rejected the idea before it was finally accepted by
Yorkshire Television
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nearly 10 years later, where it ran for a further five series between 21 May 1979 and 27 March 1986.
Plot
The year is 1929 and in the opening episode Jeremiah Unsworth (
Freddie Jones
Frederick Charles Jones''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916-2005.''; at ancestry.com (12 September 1927 – 9 July 2019) was an English actor who had an extensive career in television, theatre and cinema productions for ...
), the proprietor of the undertakers, dies. This leaves his widow Ivy (Thora Hird) and