Following on from her wonderful performance in "Nearest and Dearest' the great Hylda Baker reigns supreme as the Queen of spoonerisms. She is Nellie Pickergill, basically Nellie pleader in all but name.
Watching a few episodes now it still rings as genuinely funny. The plot that she takes over running her fathers pub in London gives a chance for her to mix with a variety of London types. There is a running theme of comparing the North and South, which still prevails that is both funny and true.
Although again it is an interesting window to old attitudes you can't help but enjoy Nelli Pickergill/Hylda as she steals the show. Add to the fact unlike other sitcoms homosexual and immigrant characters are, although the butt of some jokes, treated affectionately in the script. Indeed she announces herself as a maiden on arrival so the values of family are transferred to her regulars. They are all her children.
It is simply worth the watch for her wonderful use or misuse of the English language. Very funny.
