''You're Only Young Twice'' was a

British TV Regular television broadcasts in the United Kingdom started in 1936 as a public service which was free of advertising, which followed the first demonstration of a transmitted moving image in 1926. Currently, the United Kingdom has a collection ...

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made and broadcast on the

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network by

Yorkshire Television ITV Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire Television and commonly referred to as just YTV, is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV (TV network), ITV network. Until 19 ...

from 6 September 1977 to 4 August 1981.

Plot

Set in Paradise Lodge

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, ''You're Only Young Twice'' was created and written by the writing partnership of Michael Ashton and Pam Valentine. It starred

Peggy Mount Margaret Rose Mount OBE (2 May 1915 – 13 November 2001) was an English actress. As a child, she found acting an escape from an unhappy home life. After playing in amateur productions, she was taken on by a repertory company and spent nine yea ...

as Flora Petty, with

Pat Coombs Patricia Doreen Coombs (27 August 1926 – 25 May 2002) was an English actress. She specialised in the portrayal of the eternal downtrodden female, comically under the thumb of stronger personalities. She was known for many roles on radio, ...

as her sidekick Cissie Lupin. Paradise Lodge was described by Network DVD as "a superior residence for retired gentlefolk". The majority of the 31 episodes (broadcast throughout the show's four-year run) centre on Flora's attempts to thwart the long-suffering staff, led by Miss Milton (

Charmian May Charmian Rosemary May (16 June 1937 – 24 October 2002) was an English character actress best known for her television and film roles. She appeared in the sitcoms ''The Good Life (1975 TV series), The Good Life'' and ''Keeping Up Appearance ...

). They are occasionally assisted by former theatrical artiste Dolly Love (played by veteran stage actress

Lally Bowers Kathleen "Lally" Bowers (21 January 1914 – 18 July 1984) was an English actress. Bowers was born in Oldham, Lancashire, where she was educated at Hulme Grammar School. She worked as a secretary before walking-on and understudying at the ...

) and the haughty Mildred Fanshaw (played by sitcom regular

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). It was produced by

for the

network from 1977 to 1981.

Cast

as Flora Petty *

as Cissie Lupin *

as Dolly Love *

as Mildred Fanshawe *

as Miss Marjorie Milton *

Georgina Moon Georgina Moon is a British actress. Her television roles include Lt. Sylvia Howell in ''UFO'', Erotica in ''Up Pompeii!'', Rose Bivaque in ''Clochemerle'', Miss Finch in ''You're Only Young Twice'' and Christine Cropper in '' How's Your Father ...

as Miss Finch *

Johnny Wade Johnnie Wade is a retired British film and television actor. His most memorable role was playing put upon handyman 'Roger' in the ITV Yorkshire TV comedy series ''You're Only Young Twice'' between 1977 and 1981, he is one of only two members of ...

as Roger *

George Innes George Innes (born 8 March 1938) is a British actor. Stage career Innes was born in Stepney, East London, and began his career on the stage with the National Theatre of Great Britain under Laurence Olivier. Before that, he trained at Toynbee ...

as Sergeant Hobble *Peggy Ledger as Katy O'Rourke (series 1-2)

Episodes

31 episodes were broadcast over four series, including two Christmas specials.

Series 1 (1977)

Series 2 (1978)

Series 3 (1979)

Christmas specials (1979 and 1980)

Series 4 (1981)

DVD release

Network released each series individually; a complete four-disc set was released on 5 February 2018.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:You're Only Young Twice 1977 British television series debuts 1981 British television series endings 1970s British sitcoms 1980s British sitcoms English-language television shows ITV sitcoms Television series about old age Television series by ITV Studios Television series by Yorkshire Television