

Queenie's Castle
The lives and, often illegal, activities of the residents of a tower block in early 1970s Leeds, West Yorkshire, with the brassy matriarch, Queenie Shepherd, ruling the roost over her neighbours.
Cast
Seasons & Episodes

E1We Humbly Beseech
Nov 5, 1970
Queenie's not happy about how the men in her life have been behaving. Bunny realizes that her mood might have something to do with the date, and a neighbor reveals that the residents have been signing a petition.

E2The Great Debate
The family is left devastated when the television has to go in for repair; Queenie suggests pretending to be famous people for a big debate, and Jack just wants to forget the whole thing so he can go for a drink instead.

E3They Also Served
The family packs a picnic. When an unexploded bomb is found at the flats, Queenie changes her mind when she's told of a compulsory evacuation, and a lance corporal remembers when he visited the flats back in 1944.

E4Just Good Friends
Queenie's questioned after she's seen out drinking with the local bookie; the men are horrified by a decision to stop in on a Saturday night, and a very expectant visitor discovers that money might be his finest feature.

E5Trial By Fury
Queenie demands to know why the police are swarming around the flat. Bunny reveals that the van actually belongs to a convicted lead thief, and the Builders are used as a courtroom to find out the truth about a bicycle.

E6Unaccustomed As I Am
Queenie's delighted when she's asked to speak at a school prize-giving; Douglas is forced to play a girl bearing flowers for the rehearsals, and work on the speech leaves the family eating nothing but fish and chips.

E1Sweetness And Light
Jun 3, 1971
Having accused her of being bad-tempered, the boys bet Queenie £5 that she can't be nice to people for five days…

E2The Ladykillers
Jun 10, 1971
An elaborate spread has been put up as Queenie's youngest son is bringing his first girlfriend back for tea!

E3The Breadwinner
Jun 17, 1971
The cupboards are bare, and Queenie's all out of credit.

E4Industrial Relations
Jun 24, 1971
Queenie is fed up with her layabout family and all the housework, so she decides to go on strike to obtain a fairer division of labour - fairer for Quennie anyway.

E5On The Wagon
Jul 1, 1971
After the entire family end up in court on drunk and disorderly charges, Queenie signs them up for the local AA meeting but there is a shock in store…

E6Castles In The Air
Jul 8, 1971
For once, Queenie seems to have struck lucky on the pools. But then there is always a twist.

E1The Prowler
Aug 1, 1972
Queenie is forced to banish sons from the flat along with brother-in-law Jack. But has she overstepped the mark this time?

E2New Broom
Aug 8, 1972
At the local police inspector's retirement party, Queenie and the boys meet his disconcertingly zealous successor and decide that they have to act fast to “take care” of him…

E3The One That Got Away
Aug 15, 1972
Jack decides to go fishing, but having been spotted emerging from a fishmonger's with a huge conga eel, his fabulous ‘catch' fails to impress...

E4England Expects
Aug 22, 1972
It's Queenie's wedding anniversary and Douglas's birthday!! This calls for a double celebration and the Shepherds do it their way as always…

E5Mr Faintheart
Aug 29, 1972
Queenie decides that the miserably single Douglas needs some training in the art of seduction…

E6The Patter Of Tiny Feet
Sep 5, 1972
In the eyes of her princelings, Queenie can do no wrong. But now their loyalty faces its greatest challenge yet.
Storyline
The lives and, often illegal, activities of the residents of a tower block in early 1970s Leeds, West Yorkshire, with the brassy matriarch, Queenie Shepherd, ruling the roost over her neighbours.
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