In the early 1970s old people on television were battleaxes like Ena Sharples in Coronation Street or curmudgeonly bigots such as Alf Garnett or a dirty old man such as Albert Steptoe.
For the Love of Ada has a different portrayal of older people, almost like teenagers courting. I wonder if its success inspired Roy Clarke with Last of the Summer Wine.
I have a dim recollection of the television series For the Love of Ada, probably the repeats. I do remember watching the film version in the 1980s.
This is gentle comedy of two old people finding love. Ada a widow goes to the cemetery to be romanced by Walter a gravedigger from Yorkshire.
In the first episode, Ada invites Walter to her house for fish and chips knowing her daughter Ruth and her husband Leslie will go to the cinema.
Ruth does not know of the relationship and thinks her mum is going to the cemetery to talk to her late father. It turns out that Ruth and Leslie arrive back early and are in for a surprise.
There is a lot of fun to be had by the reminiscences of the two main characters. It was also worth noting that Ada had to make do with weekly £5 pension money she got. She calculated that she and her husband had worked for over 100 years.