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Bless This House

  • TV Series
  • 1971–1976
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
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Diana Coupland, Sally Geeson, Sidney James, and Robin Stewart in Bless This House (1971)
Comedy

Sid and Jean Abbott struggle to understand their teenage children's progressive ways. The couple live in London with protest-loving son Mike and trendy daughter Sally.Sid and Jean Abbott struggle to understand their teenage children's progressive ways. The couple live in London with protest-loving son Mike and trendy daughter Sally.Sid and Jean Abbott struggle to understand their teenage children's progressive ways. The couple live in London with protest-loving son Mike and trendy daughter Sally.

  • Creators
    • Harry Driver
    • Vince Powell
  • Stars
    • Sidney James
    • Diana Coupland
    • Robin Stewart
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
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    • Creators
      • Harry Driver
      • Vince Powell
    • Stars
      • Sidney James
      • Diana Coupland
      • Robin Stewart
    • 11User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Sidney James
    Sidney James
    • Sid Abbott…
    • 1971–1976
    Diana Coupland
    • Jean Abbott
    • 1971–1976
    Robin Stewart
    Robin Stewart
    • Mike Abbott
    • 1971–1976
    Sally Geeson
    • Sally Abbott
    • 1971–1976
    Anthony Jackson
    • Trevor Lewis
    • 1971–1976
    Patsy Rowlands
    Patsy Rowlands
    • Betty Lewis
    • 1971–1976
    James Appleby
    • Policeman…
    • 1972–1976
    Donald Morley
    Donald Morley
    • Police Sergeant…
    • 1972–1976
    John Caesar
    • Angry Man…
    • 1972–1974
    Robert Raglan
    Robert Raglan
    • George Humphries…
    • 1972–1974
    Ivan Beavis
    Ivan Beavis
    • Charlie…
    • 1972–1974
    Roger Avon
    • Electricity Board Man…
    • 1972–1976
    Harry Littlewood
    Harry Littlewood
    • Inspector…
    • 1973–1976
    Margot Lister
    Margot Lister
    • Middle-aged Lady…
    • 1971–1974
    David Battley
    David Battley
    • Mr. Jones…
    • 1973–1976
    Gay Soper
    Gay Soper
    • Angela…
    • 1971–1973
    Georgina Moon
    Georgina Moon
    • Emma…
    • 1972–1974
    Charlotte Howard
    • Lynn Fraser…
    • 1973–1976
    • Creators
      • Harry Driver
      • Vince Powell
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    4evans-15475

    Disappointing

    Watching this for the 1st time in 2019 it surprised me in two ways it wasn't particularly funny and it wasn't particularly sexist
    8gorytus-20672

    bless this house....tv series

    March 2022

    Well here i am finally getting round to watching the entire series on dvd, i had never caught any of these before, but i have watched the film many times and love that.

    Not quite as good as the film for me, but consistantly very good and genuinely funny many times, more than i can say about a couple of the other series i had watched recently from the same era, such as please sir and fenn street gang.

    Sid James and Sally Geeson were both excellent, one of the earlier episodes involving paintings was the pick of the episodes for me(i cant remember the title).

    Recommended

    8 out of 10.
    7johnjanis

    Entertaining

    While not quite as good or as funny as On The Buses or Love Thy Neighbour, it's still a good show, probably on the same level as George and Mildred. Only the odd average episode here and there.

    Sid James is definitely the star of the show, without him I think it would only have been average. The rest of the cast are all still good though.

    It probably does peak in season 4 however, the last two seasons while still worthwhile, aren't quite as good.
    Robbo-3

    One of the great comedys of its time

    With Sid James(of Carry on fame) as the dad of this household you are guaranteed to get a laugh from this tv series. If you in any way like any of the old programmes like On the buses,George & Mildred,Love thy neighbour and lots more about at approx the same time then you will certainly like this show......
    9Alanjackd

    Bless Sid James

    Typical 70s sitcom here...the ones of which todays comedians look down on...The modern so called comedy...Not Going Out,,,In Betweeners...etc...should watch this and see how it's done.

    Sid James is the sun here with everybody else in his comedy gravity. Nobody could have kept this show fresh for 5 years and had it not been for his untimely death we would have seen a lot more...even the spin off movie was great.

    ITV cannot do sitcom anymore..but this along with Man About The House..George and Mildred..Nearest and Dearest shows that they could in their day.

    Such a shame that he never got the Knighthood he deserved...this was his show , he made it his as he did with the Carry On genre.

    All the crew understood he was the cog and worked around him perfectly. much missed and a true comedy genius.

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    • Trivia
      Sid James grew to dislike the series and fell into a deep depression towards the end. He increasingly looked back at "Hancock's Half Hour" as the quality part of his tv career.
    • Quotes

      Jean Abbott: Any minute now, Sid will be coming round, begging for his cocoa.

      Betty Lewis: Any minute now, Trevor will be round begging for his - and it won't be cocoa!

    • Connections
      Featured in 40 Years of Laughter: The Sitcoms (1995)

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    • Release date
      • February 2, 1971 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Mr. Abbott e famiglia
    • Filming locations
      • Thames Television Studios, Teddington, Middlesex, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Thames Television
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    • Runtime
      30 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
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    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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