Queenie's Castle

Seasons

1970

UK

7.1

Queenie Shepherd is a blunt Yorkshire woman who rules over Margaret Rose House, a tower block in Buckingham Flats, while drinking crates of light ale.

Episode List

S1 • E1

We Humbly Beseech

Queenie's not happy about how the men in her life have been behaving, Bunny realises that her mood might have something to do with the date, and a neighbour reveals that the residents have been signing a petition.

S1 • E2

The Great Debate

The family are 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.

S1 • E3

They Also Served

The family pack 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.

S1 • E4

Just 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.

S1 • E5

Trial 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 is used as a courtroom to find out the truth about a bicycle.

S1 • E6

Unaccustomed 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.