Beryl’s Lot, 1973
Beryl’s Lot was a comedy drama starring Carmel McSharry, who would later go on to star as Mrs Hollingbury, Alf Garnett’s Neighbour from the hit sitcom In Sickness And In Health.
Inspired by the story of Margaret Powell (1907-1984), a former domestic servant who having undergone a journey of self-discovery and gone on to write a series of bestselling books about her life experiences.
The series ran for 52 episodes over 3 series between 1973 and 1977 and was created by Kevin Laffan who created the long running soap Emmerdale. Episode lengths were 60 minutes for series 1 and 2 and 30 min for series 3. Each series comprised 26 episodes.
Summary
Beryl Humphries, is the wife of a milkman, works as a charlady and is content with her life…That is until until her 40th birthday draws near and she begins to wonder if there is more to life than just being a Mother of three and running the family home.
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Cast
Carmel Mc Sharry – Beryl Humphries
Annie Leake – Wully Harris
Tony Caunter – Trevor Tonks
Barbara Mitchell – Vi Tonks
Norman Mitchell – Charlie Mills
Johnny Shannon – Wacky Waters
Details
Channel: ITV
Created By: Kevin Laffan
Written By: Kevin Laffan, Bill MacIlwraith and Charlie Humphreys
Original Transmission Dates: 1st November 1973 – 24th June 1977