[1] Starring Diana Dors as the eponymous Queenie Shepherd, the series revolved around the lives and, often illegal, activities of the residents of a Social Housing Development in early 1970s Leeds, West Yorkshire.

Queenie's husband Lionel never appears, leaving the neighbours and viewers alike to assume he is in prison.

Queenie shared her flat with four men – her shady brother-in-law Jack, and her sons: labourer Raymond, van driver Bunny, and the unemployed Douglas.

Produced by Yorkshire Television, the scripts were written by Keith Waterhouse (author of Billy Liar) and Willis Hall.

[3] The remaining four episodes of series one were recorded in black and white due to the ITV colour strike.