You're Only Young Twice Explained

Genre:	Sitcom
Creator:	Pam Valentine Michael Ashton
Director:	Graeme Muir
Starring:	Peggy Mount Pat Coombs Lally Bowers Diana King Charmian May Georgina Moon Johnny Wade Peggy Ledger
Composer:	Dennis Wilson
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Num Series:	4
Num Episodes:	31
Producer:	Graeme Muir
Company:	Yorkshire Television
Channel:	ITV

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 11 August 1981.

Plot

Set in Paradise Lodge retirement home, You're Only Young Twice was created and written by the writing partnership of Michael Ashton and Pam Valentine. It starred Peggy Mount as Flora Petty, with Pat Coombs as her sidekick Cissie Lupin. Paradise Lodge was described by Network DVD as "a superior residence for retired gentlefolk".^[1]

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). They are occasionally 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 as Flora Petty
• Pat Coombs as Cissie Lupin
• Lally Bowers as Dolly Love
• Diana King as Mildred Fanshawe
• Charmian May as Miss Marjorie Milton
• Georgina Moon as Miss Finch
• Johnny Wade as Roger
• George Innes 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		Episodes	Original broadcast
			Series premiere	Series finale
	Series 1 (1977)	7	6 September 1977	18 October 1977
	Series 2 (1978)	8	5 June 1978	24 July 1978
	Series 3 (1979)	7	31 May 1979	12 July 1979
	Christmas specials	2	24 December 1979	23 December 1980
	Series 4 (1981)	7	23 June 1981	11 August 1981

Series 1 (1977)

	Title	Director	Original airdate

Series 2 (1978)

	Title	Director	Original airdate

Series 3 (1979)

	Title	Director	Original airdate

Christmas specials (1979 and 1980)

	Title	Director	Original airdate

Series 4 (1981)

	Title	Director	Original airdate

DVD release

Network released each series individually; a complete four-disc set was released on 5 February 2018.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

DVD	Release date
The Complete Series 1	30 August 2010
The Complete Series 2	24 January 2011
The Complete Series 3	7 March 2011
The Complete Series 4	18 April 2011
The Complete Series 1 to 4	5 February 2018

Notes and References

1. Web site: You're Only Young Twice: The Complete Series. 2021-06-16. Network On Air. en.
2. Web site: You're Only Young Twice - The Complete Series DVD. 2021-06-16. British Comedy Guide. en-GB.
3. Web site: You're Only Young Twice - The Complete First Series DVD. 2021-06-16. British Comedy Guide. en-GB.
4. Web site: You're Only Young Twice - The Complete Second Series DVD. 2021-06-16. British Comedy Guide. en-GB.
5. Web site: You're Only Young Twice - The Complete Third Series DVD. 2021-06-16. British Comedy Guide. en-GB.
6. Web site: You're Only Young Twice - The Complete Fourth Series DVD. 2021-06-16. British Comedy Guide. en-GB.