You're Only Young Twice is a British television

British television

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 sitcom made and broadcast on the ITV

ITV

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 network by Yorkshire Television

Yorkshire Television

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 from 1977 to 1981.

Plot

Set in "Paradise Lodge Retirement Home", it was created and written by the writing partnership of Michael Ashton and Pam Valentine and starred much-loved TV Battleaxe Peggy Mount

Peggy Mount

Margaret Rose "Peggy" Mount OBE, was an English actress of stage and screen. She was perhaps best known for playing battleaxe characters, though her real personality was said to have been far removed from such roles. She was also well-known for her distinctive voice.- Early life :Mount was born in...

 as the wily Flora Petty, with Character-Actress 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...

 as her sidekick Cissie Lupin. The majority of the 31 episodes (broadcast throughout the show's 4-year run) centred around Flora's attempts to thwart the long-suffering staff, led by Miss Milton (Charmian May

Charmian May

Charmian May was an English actress who appeared in The Good Life, Keeping Up Appearances and Bridget Jones's Diary....

). They are on occasion assisted by former theatrical artiste Dolly Love (played by veteran stage actress Lally Bowers) and the haughty Mildred Fanshaw (played by sitcom regular Diana King

Diana King (actress)

Diana King was an English television actress who had a career on British television from 1939 to 1986. She was sometimes credited as Diane King, and was born in Buckinghamshire....

).

It was produced by Yorkshire Television

Yorkshire Television

Yorkshire Television, now officially known as ITV Yorkshire and sometimes unofficially abbreviated to YTV, is a British television broadcaster and the contractor for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV network...

 for the ITV

ITV

ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...

 network from 1977 to 1981.

Cast

• Peggy Mount
  Peggy Mount
  Margaret Rose "Peggy" Mount OBE, was an English actress of stage and screen. She was perhaps best known for playing battleaxe characters, though her real personality was said to have been far removed from such roles. She was also well-known for her distinctive voice.- Early life :Mount was born in...
  
   - Flora Petty
• 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...
  
   - Cissie Lupin
• Lally Bowers - Dolly Love
• Peggy Ledger - Katy O'Rourke (series 1-2)
• Diana King
  Diana King (actress)
  Diana King was an English television actress who had a career on British television from 1939 to 1986. She was sometimes credited as Diane King, and was born in Buckinghamshire....
  
   - Mildred Fanshawe
• Charmian May
  Charmian May
  Charmian May was an English actress who appeared in The Good Life, Keeping Up Appearances and Bridget Jones's Diary....
  
   - Miss Milton
• Georgina Moon - Miss Finch
• Johny Wade - Roger

Series 1 (1977)

• Stranger in Paradise (6 Sep 77)
• Raising the Roof (13 Sep 77)
• One of Life's Winners (20 Sep 77)
• The Ball Game (27 Sep 77)
• The Birthday Girl (4 Oct 77)
• The Roya Visit (11 Oct 77)
• Too Many Cooks (18 Oct 77)

Series 2 (1978)

• The Box Number (5 Jun 78)
• The Windfall (12 Jun 78)
• The Commercial (19 Jun 78)
• The White Elephant (26 Jun 78)
• The Foundling (3 Jul 78)
• The Deputy (10 Jul 78)
• The Spring Fayre (17 Jul 78)
• The Operation (24 Jul 78)

Series 3 (1979)

• And Cissie Makes Three (17 May 79)
• The Desperate Hours (24 May 79)
• Who's Calling? (31 May 79)
• Use of Bath (7 Jun 79)
• Jobs for the Girls (14 Jun 79)
• Cissie's Last Chance (21 Jun 79)
• The Outing (28 Jun 79)

Christmas Specials (1979 & 1980)

• Christmas at Paradise Lodge (24 Dec 79)
• Twas the Night Before Christmas (23 Dec 80)

Series 4 (1981)

• Breakfast at Peabody's (7 Jul 81)
• Flora's Big Mistake (14 Jul 81)
• The Missing Ring (21 Jul 81)
• Desirable Residence (28 Jul 81)
• The Gipsey's Curse (4 Aug 81)
• Thanks for the Memory (11 Aug 81)
• The Home Perm (18 Aug 81)

DVD release

All four series of You're Only Young Twice were released as separate volumes by Simply Home Entertainment in May 2009. Episode 8 included on the Series 1 DVD is in actual fact episode 1 of Series 2 ("The Box Number").

However Network

Network DVD

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has re-released all 4 series individually. though a 4-disc set of the complete series has yet to be released.