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For the Love of Ada (1970)

30m

Running Time

4
Seasons

27
Episodes

For the Love of Ada (1970)

30m

Running Time

4
Seasons

27
Episodes

April 20, 1970
Release Date

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Network & Production Companies

Plot.

For the Love of Ada is an ITV sitcom that ran between 1970 - 1971. Irene Handl and Wilfred Pickles are senior citizens who find that as romance blossoms, so does emotional turmoil. The series gently charts the relationship between Yorkshireman Walter Bingley and Londoner Ada Cresswell, septuagenarians who meet while Ada is visiting her late husband's grave.

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Cast & Crew.

Irene Handl

Wilfred Pickles

Jack Smethurst

Vince Powell

Creator

Barbara Mitchell

Ruth Pollitt

Joanna Cooper

Liz

Malcolm Rogers

The Vicar

William Maxwell

The Vicar

Elizabeth Hunt

Mrs. Baker

Mollie Sugden

Nellie Pollitt

Harry Driver

Writer

Vince Powell

Writer

Media.

Details.

Release Date
April 20, 1970

Status
Ended

Seasons
4

Episodes
27

Running Time
30m

Genres
Comedy

Last updated: 2025-02-13

This TV Show Is About.

love

elderly couple

Scripted

Wiki.

For the Love of Ada is an ITV sitcom that ran for 27 episodes between 1970 and 1971. It tells the story of a romance between pensioners. Created by the writing duo of Vince Powell and Harry Driver, the popular sitcom starred Irene Handl as the widow Ada and Wilfred Pickles as her love interest, the gravedigger Walter.

One of the notable points about this series was there were no opening titles or closing credits, in the real sense of the word. Instead, both were superimposed on the screen as the 'live' action and script played out on the screen.