Queenie's Castle
- TV sitcom
- ITV1
- 1970 - 1972
- 18 episodes (3 series)
Queenie Shepherd is the self-styled ruler of Buckingham Flats and any dissenters will find plenty of trouble from her and her three sons. Stars Diana Dors, Tony Caunter, Barrie Rutter, Freddie Fletcher, Brian Marshall and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1 - We Humbly Beseech
It's Queenie Shepherd's birthday, and despite a 500-strong petition by her neighbours to have her and her layabout family evicted from their small high-rise flat, she's determined to have a good time.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 5th November 1970
- Time
- 7:05pm
- Channel
- ITV1
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Diana Dors | Queenie Shepherd |
| Tony Caunter | Jack Shepherd |
| Barrie Rutter | Douglas Fairbanks Shepherd |
| Freddie Fletcher | Raymond Shepherd |
| Brian Marshall | Bernard 'Bunny' Shepherd |
| Lynne Perrie | Mrs. Petty |
| Antony Baird | Policeman |
| Bryan Mosley | Landlord |
| Kathy Staff | Mrs. Blakey |
| Liz Goulding | Younger Neighbour |
| Jill Summers | Older Neighbour |
| Keith Waterhouse | Writer |
| Willis Hall | Writer |
| Graham Evans | Director |
| Graham Evans | Producer |
| John Duncan | Executive Producer |
| Tim Ritson | Editor |
| Mike Long | Production Designer |
Press
One must grant "Queenie's Castle" (Yorkshire) a kind of courage. The Shepherd family in general, and Queenie in particular have positively no redeeming features. A drunken, thieving, common burden of the Welfare State, giving the place a bad name, lowering the tone of the neighbourhood, their only glory is their buoyancy.
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 6th November 1970