Young at Heart (1980 TV series)

Young at Heart is a British independent television sitcom that was broadcast between 1980 and 1982. Starring John Mills and Megs Jenkins the series was about a married couple, Albert and Ethel Collyer, after Albert's enforced retirement at age 65 from his 50 years as a pottery worker. Although Mills had performed in comedy prior to this, Young at Heart was his first leading role in a sitcom.^[1][2][3]

Young at Heart
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Vince Powell
Starring	John Mills Megs Jenkins
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	19
Production
Producer	Stuart Allen
Production company	ATV
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	14 April 1980 (1980-04-14) – 5 November 1982 (1982-11-05)

The series was devised and written by Vince Powell. A pilot episode was broadcast in 1977 and three full series of five, seven and six episodes respectively were broadcast each year from 1980.^[2][4]

Filming was at the ATV studios in Elstree, London and on location in Stoke-on-Trent.^[5][3]

As well as starring Mills also sang the show's theme song.^[2]

Cast

• John Mills as Albert Collyer
• Megs Jenkins as Ethel Collyer
• David Neilson as Norman Charlton and Carol Leader as Barbara Charlton, the Collyer's next door neighbours (series 1 and 2)