Queenie's Castle

Queenie's Castle

1970 · 3 seasons · 18 eps · ★ 6.8 · Comedy

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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.

Created by Keith Waterhouse

Network: ITV1

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