For the Love of Ada
| For the Love of Ada | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Vince Powell & Harry Driver |
| Starring | Irene Handl Wilfred Pickles Barbara Mitchell Jack Smethurst |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 27 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Thames Television |
| Running time | 25 minutes per episode (30 mins with adverts) |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 20 April 1970 – 26 December 1971 |
For the Love of Ada is an ITV sitcom that ran for 27 episodes between 1970 and 1971. It tells the story of a romance between pensioners. Created by the writing duo of Vince Powell and Harry Driver, the popular sitcom starred Irene Handl as the widow Ada and Wilfred Pickles as her love interest, the gravedigger Walter.
One of the notable points about this series was there were no opening titles or closing credits, in the real sense of the word. Instead, both were superimposed on the screen as the 'live' action and script played out on the screen.