Bless This House

1972
1h 27m

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6.2/10

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In 1970s English suburbia, middle-aged homeowner Sid Abbot just wants to get on with building his illegal whiskey still, but is frustrated by his work-shy son and otherworldly daughter. When rude, arrogant Ronald Baines and his family move in next door, garden-fence hostilities soon commence.

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Neighborhood tensions arise when rambunctious Baines family moves next door to reclusive Abbots, clashing over home distillery and unruly teens while matriarch tries mediating the feud.Neighborhood tensions arise when rambunctious Baines family moves next door to reclusive Abbots, clashing over home distillery and unruly teens while matriarch tries mediating the feud.Neighborhood tensions arise when rambunctious Baines family moves next door to reclusive Abbots, clashing over home distillery and unruly teens while matriarch tries mediating the feud.

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6.2/10

1.3K

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Trivia
Robin Askwith replaced Robin Stewart as Mike Abbott, having narrowly missed being cast in the original television series. Stewart was replaced by producer Peter Rogers, due to his reported poor punctuality on the tv series, which greatly irritated Sid James.

Goofs
Mike tells Kate that he lives at 84 Whitby Ave, yet in a scene where Sid leaves the house to go to work the number plate on the front of the house to the right of the frontdoor shows a number '7'.

Quotes
Mike: It's slavery being a cook. Slavery.
Sid: It'll do you good. When I was your age, we worked...
Mike, Jean Abbot: We worked from 6 in the morning till 10 at night!
Sid: Very comical!

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Featured in Jonathan Ross' Must-Watch Films: Star-Studded Films (2023)

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3/10

Cosy Damp Wallpaper

1970's British light comedy based on a popular TV series.

It's soft, warming, harmless wallpaper. There's a lack of imagination about the whole thing - but it's gentle and inoffensive. The cast, including the minor roles, such as the waitress played by Wendy Richards, are familiar British situation comedy actors. It's that cosy familiarity that is the making or breaking of the piece. Making a film based on a TV series is rarely a good idea. What may be a pleasant half-hour spent at home while chatting to friends and family, can become stretched and dull over three times that length. There are plenty of better ways of passing the time than watching this damp squid.