You're Only Young Twice

You're Only Young Twice was a British TV sitcom made and broadcast on the ITV network by Yorkshire Television from 6 September 1977 to 18 August 1981.

A film, in 1952, of the same name, starred Duncan Macrae, Joseph Tomelty, Charles Hawtrey, Patrick Barr and Ronnie Corbett.

Plot

Set in "Paradise Lodge Retirement Home", YOYT was created and written by the writing partnership of Michael Ashton and Pam Valentine and starred Peggy Mount as Flora Petty, with Pat Coombs as her sidekick Cissie Lupin.

The majority of the 31 episodes (broadcast throughout the show's four-year run) centred on Flora's attempts to thwart the long-suffering staff, led by Miss Milton (Charmian May). 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).

It was produced by Yorkshire Television for the ITV network from 1977 to 1981.

Cast

• Peggy Mount - Flora Petty
• Pat Coombs - Cissie Lupin
• Lally Bowers - Dolly Love
• Peggy Ledger - Katy O'Rourke (series 1-2)
• Diana King - Mildred Fanshawe
• Charmian May - Miss Milton
• Georgina Moon - Miss Finch
• Johnny Wade - Roger

Episodes

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 Royal 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 Special (1979)

• Christmas at Paradise Lodge (24 Dec 79)

Christmas Special (1980)

• 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

Network has re-released all 4 series individually.

External links

• You're Only Young Twice at the Internet Movie Database