Beggar My Neighbour was a black-and-white

Black-and-white

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 British

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 sitcom

British sitcom

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 starring Reg Varney

Reg Varney

Reginald Alfred "Reg" Varney was an English actor, most notable for his role as Stan Butler in 1970s TV sitcom On the Buses.-Early life:...

, Peter Jones

Peter Jones (actor)

Peter Jones was an English actor, screenwriter and broadcaster.-Early life and career:Jones was born in Wem, Shropshire and he was educated at the Wem Grammar School and Ellesmere College. He made his first appearance as an actor in Wolverhampton at the age of 16 and then appeared in repertory...

, June Whitfield

June Whitfield

June Rosemary Whitfield, CBE is an English actress, well known in the United Kingdom since the 1950s for roles in radio and television comedy series....

, Pat Coombs

Pat Coombs

Pat Coombs was an English actress. Coombs was considered one of Britain's great character actresses, specialising in the portrayal of the eternal downtrodden female — comically under the thumb of stronger personalities. She was known for many roles on radio, film and television sitcoms...

 and (later) Desmond Walter-Ellis. It aired from 1966 to 1968 and was written by Ken Hoare and Mike Sharland.

Cast

• Peter Jones
  Peter Jones (actor)
  Peter Jones was an English actor, screenwriter and broadcaster.-Early life and career:Jones was born in Wem, Shropshire and he was educated at the Wem Grammar School and Ellesmere College. He made his first appearance as an actor in Wolverhampton at the age of 16 and then appeared in repertory...
  
   - Gerald Garvey (pilot and series 1)
• Desmond Walter-Ellis - Gerald Garvey (from series 2)
• June Whitfield
  June Whitfield
  June Rosemary Whitfield, CBE is an English actress, well known in the United Kingdom since the 1950s for roles in radio and television comedy series....
  
   - Rose Garvey
• Reg Varney
  Reg Varney
  Reginald Alfred "Reg" Varney was an English actor, most notable for his role as Stan Butler in 1970s TV sitcom On the Buses.-Early life:...
  
   - Harry Butt
• Pat Coombs
  Pat Coombs
  Pat Coombs was an English actress. Coombs was considered one of Britain's great character actresses, specialising in the portrayal of the eternal downtrodden female — comically under the thumb of stronger personalities. She was known for many roles on radio, film and television sitcoms...
  
   - Lana Butt
• Rosemary Faith - Deidre Garvey (from series 2)

Plot

Rose Garvey, and her husband Gerald, live next door to her sister Lana Butt, and her husband Harry, in Larkworthy Road in Muswell Hill

Muswell Hill

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 in North London

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. Gerald is an underpaid junior executive, while Harry is a well-paid fitter. The slightly snobbish Gerald makes sure that he and Rose keep up a pretence of them doing well even though they are not. Meanwhile, the Butt's wealth makes Lana put on airs and graces while Harry remains down to earth.

Episodes

Only six episodes of the original run of 23 exist today, and 2 are from series 1 and the other 4 surviving episodes are from series two.

Series One (1967)

1. Episode One (13 March 1967)
2. Episode Two (20 March 1967)
3. Episode Three (27 March 1967)
4. Episode Four (3 April 1967)
5. Episode Five (10 April 1967)
6. Episode Six (17 April 1967)
7. Episode Seven (24 April 1967)

Series Two (1967)

1. Episode One (2 July 1967)
2. Episode Two (9 July 1967)
3. Episode Three (16 July 1967)
4. Episode Four (23 July 1967)
5. Episode Five (30 July 1967)
6. Episode Six (6 August 1967)

Series Three (1968)

1. Old Before My Time (30 January 1968)
2. Ask Me No Questions (6 February 1968)
3. Is There Anybody There? (13 February 1968)
4. Whiter Shade Of Yellow (20 February 1968)
5. Let Sleeping Dogs Lie (27 February 1968)
6. Grey Flannel Love Suit (5 March 1968)
7. What About the Workers? (12 March 1968)
8. Whose Baby Are You? (19 March 1968)
9. Drink To Me Only (26 March 1968)

Surviving episodes

Series No'	Ep No'	Title	Broadcast	Notes
Series 1	Episode 1		13/3/67
Series 1	Episode 3		27/3/67
Series 2	Episode 1		2/7/68
Series 2	Episode 2		9/7/68
Series 2	Episode 3		16/7/68
Series 2	Episode 4		23/7/68