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词条 Bless This House (UK TV series)
释义

  1. Production

  2. Cast

  3. Plot

  4. Episodes

     Series one (1971)  Series two (1972)  Series three (1973)  Series four (1974)  Series five (1974)  Series six (1976) 

  5. Film

  6. Home media

  7. See also

  8. References

  9. External links

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| show_name = Bless This House
| image = Bless This House Titles (Series 1-3).jpg
| caption = Bless this House titles as used in the first three series.
| genre = Sitcom
| camera =
| runtime = 30 minutes
(including commercials)
| picture_format = 4:3
| creator = Vince Powell
Harry Driver
| starring = Sid James
Diana Coupland
Robin Stewart
Sally Geeson
Anthony Jackson
Patsy Rowlands
| producer = William G. Stewart
| company = Thames Television
| distributor = Fremantle
| country = United Kingdom
| network = ITV
| first_aired = {{start date|1971|2|2|df=yes}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1976|4|22|df=yes}}
| num_series = 6
| num_episodes = 65
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Bless This House is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 2 February 1971 to 22 April 1976. Starring Sid James and Diana Coupland, it was created by Vince Powell and Harry Driver, but mainly written by other hands including Dave Freeman and Carla Lane. It was made for the ITV network by Thames Television. In 2004, Bless This House was ranked by a BBC poll as the 67th Best British Sitcom.

Production

The show was produced & directed by William G. Stewart, later the host of the 15 to 1 gameshow, and had theme music written by Geoff Love. A comic strip version was also produced, written by Angus Allan and printed in TV comic Look-in. The first seven episodes were made in black-and-white due to the ITV colour strike.

The series came to an abrupt end in 1976, when just four days after broadcast of the final episode of the sixth series, Sid James collapsed on stage at the Sunderland Empire during a performance of The Mating Season after failing to respond to a cue. James had suffered a heart attack and died later on the way to the hospital.

Plans were in place for a 7th and an 8th series and a second feature film at time of James' death. In an ironic twist of fate, James had told his co-star Diana Coupland, "We'll keep making this until one of us kicks the bucket."{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}

Cast

  • Sidney James as Sid Abbott. Jean Abbott's husband and a Chelsea F.C.[1] fan. He likes to believe he is in control of his household, but finds he has to sneak out to go to the football or the pub. He often tries to avoid occasions he doesn't want to attend, but this often backfires on him.
  • Diana Coupland as Jean Abbott. Sid's wife, who believes she can talk him into or out of anything. She always knows what he's up to and sees through his schemes.
  • Robin Stewart as Mike Abbott. Jean and Sid's son, their firstborn. He is an artist but he always avoids employment because "it's a drag."
  • Sally Geeson as Sally Abbott. Jean and Sid's daughter, Mike's little sister. Sid and Jean constantly worry about her relationships with "boys." She calls Sid "Daddy" and Jean "Mummy."
  • Anthony Jackson as Trevor Lewis. The Abbotts' next-door neighbour and Sid's best friend.
  • Patsy Rowlands as Betty Lewis. Trevor's wife and Jean's best friend. Jean and Betty usually gang up on their husbands if they don't do the right things.

Plot

Bless This House centres on life in Howard Road, Putney, where travelling stationery salesman Sid Abbott (note: the spelling of their surname varies; the opening credits of early series one episodes spell it "Abbot" while in the closing credits it is spelt "Abbott") and his wife Jean live with their teenagers: Mike is fresh from art college and more pre-occupied with protests than finding a job; and trendy schoolgirl Sally. Sally is 16 at the series' start, and Mike is 18. Sid and Jean constantly battle to comprehend the new generation's permissive ways and are usually out-of-touch. Their neighbours and best friends are Trevor and his wife Betty.

Episodes

Series one (1971)

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|Title = The Generation Gap
|WrittenBy = Harry Driver and Vince Powell
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|2|2|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Sid Abbott is a family man whose two teenage children are growing up in a world whose values and attitudes he doesn't understand.
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 2
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Mum's the Word
|WrittenBy = Carla Lane and Myra Taylor
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|2|9|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = It wasn't that Sid was eavesdropping—the trouble was, he only heard half the conversation and put two and two together to make five...
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 3
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Father's Day
|WrittenBy = Harry Driver and Vince Powell
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|2|16|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = The best-laid plans of mice and men (and women) sometimes go astray, which Jean should have known when she planned a surprise for Sid!
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 4
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Be It Ever So Humble
|WrittenBy = Carla Lane and Myra Taylor
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|2|23|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Sid gets more than he bargained for when he tells Mike to 'get a job' and 'spread his wings'.
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 5
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Another Fine Mess
|WrittenBy = not credited
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|3|2|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Sally and Mike try to persuade Sid to be honest to Jean, but Sid decides there's a time and a place to be honest—and now's not the time or the place!
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 6
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = For Whom the Bells Toll
|WrittenBy = Harry Driver and Vince Powell
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|3|9|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = When a young couple marry, the groom's family have a 'do' on the house. But if the youngsters go off, Sid misses out—something he's not happy about!
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 7
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = A Woman's Place
|WrittenBy = Carla Lane and Myra Taylor
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|3|16|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Sid is convinced that a woman's place is in the home—or more precisely, "in the kitchen, facing the sink". Jean feels otherwise.
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 8
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = The Day of Rest
|WrittenBy = Dave Freeman
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|3|23|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Young Mike Abbott's latest piece of modern sculpture causes trouble when new neighbours move in next door...
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 9
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Make Love, Not War
|WrittenBy = Carla Lane and Myra Taylor
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|3|30|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = It all started with Sid trying to listen to Tchaikovsky. That is soon interrupted by a visitor from next door...
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 10
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = Charity Begins at Home
|WrittenBy = Derek Collyer and David Commimg
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|4|6|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Sid's Saturday lie-in, and lazy weekend "with a big Sunday lunch and lots of telly" is doomed from the start with a myriad of interruptions.
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 11
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|Title = If the Dog Collar Fits, Wear It
|WrittenBy = Carla Lane and Myra Taylor
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|4|13|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = When Sally, in do-gooder mode, provides Fred with shelter, Sid thinks it is time to ignore big pleading eyes - Sally's and Fred's - and be master in his own home.
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 12
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|Title = The Morning After the Night Before
|WrittenBy = Carla Lane and Myra Taylor
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|4|20|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = It may well have been 30 years since Sid left the boy scouts but the annual get-together is always a night to remember!
}}
}}

Series two (1972)

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|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Two Heads Are Better than One
|WrittenBy = Carla Lane and Myra Taylor
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|2|21|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Something is missing from Sid’s garden, and he'll have suspicions as to who is responsible...
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 14
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Love Me, Love My Tree
|WrittenBy = Carla Lane and Myra Taylor
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|2|28|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Sid’s problems start when the family returns from holiday. Apart from having nothing to wear, everything seems as it was before they left - or is it?
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 15
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = It's All in the Mind
|WrittenBy = Harry Driver and Vince Powell
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|3|6|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = It doesn’t often happen that Sid is able to get home from work early, but when he can, he does - and this time, if doesn’t do him much good!
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 16
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Another Lost Weekend
|WrittenBy = Carla Lane and Myra Taylor
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|3|13|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Of course, Sid doesn’t have to ask Jean if he can go fishing for the weekend. But Jean expects Sid to be home - after all, Sid never plans anything without consulting her.
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 17
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Parents Should Be Seen and Not Heard
|WrittenBy = Carla Lane and Myra Taylor
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|3|20|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = When Sid gets home after a hard day’s work, he’s perfectly right in expecting his dinner to be waiting for him - but circumstances dictate otherwise...
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 18
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Strangers in the Night
|WrittenBy = Harry Driver and Vince Powell
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|3|27|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Sid and Jean’s reminiscences of what happened fast after the war make "The naked flesh" seem like the epilogue...
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 19
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Get Me to the Match on Time
|WrittenBy = Carla Lane and Myra Taylor
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|4|10|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Sid’s plans for Saturday afternoon do not include Jean’s sister; and if she can’t make arrangements to fit in then, the only course for Sid is to take to his bed - dangerously ill.
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 20
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Wives and Lovers
|WrittenBy = Carla Lane and Myra Taylor
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|4|17|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = If Jean hadn’t started checking up on Sid, because he was late home for supper, then, she wouldn’t have discovered that he had a date the following evening...
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 21
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Never Again on Sunday
|WrittenBy = Harry Driver and Vince Powell
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|4|24|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = It’s not often that Sid agrees with Jean about anything, and when he does, it'll usually take her by surprise and ends in disaster...
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 22
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = People in Glass Houses
|WrittenBy = Carla Lane
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|5|1|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = It'll come as quite a surprise to Sid to discover that Mike would rather not have a gold watch for his birthday - but what he wants instead comes as an even bigger surprise!
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 23
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|Title = A Rolls by Any Other Name
|WrittenBy = Harry Driver and Vince Powell
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|5|8|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Sid waits in trepidation when he finds out that Mr. Marshall, his boss, is coming round as Saturday morning. Of course, nothing goes to plan...
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 24
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|Title = A Touch of the Unknown
|WrittenBy = Dave Freeman
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|5|15|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Sid’s problems start when Betty brings something into the house. Mike also brings something into the house and things get worse!
}}
}}

Series three (1973)

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|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = It Comes to Us All In The End!
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|1|22|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = The Abbotts have to cope with a death in the family...
|WrittenBy = Harry Driver and Vince Powell
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 26
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Tea for Two and Four for Tea
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|2|5|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Mike goes off his food, takes to wearing a collar and tie, and is reluctant to say where he disappears to every evening...
|WrittenBy = Carla Lane and Myra Taylor
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 27
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = To Tell or Not to Tell?
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|2|12|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = It is not that Sid and Jean are actually spying, but when they do happen to notice something going on next door, they can’t ignore it, can they?
|WrittenBy = Carla Lane
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 28
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Blood is Thicker Than Water
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|2|19|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Most families have a skeleton in the cupboard, sad Sid’s skeleton has been hidden away for forty years...
|WrittenBy = Dave Freeman
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 29
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = One Good Turn Deserves a Bother!
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|2|26|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = When Sid’s boss goes on holiday. Sid takes it upon himself to guard the ‘goodies’, and the family are not too happy to stand guard on rota!
|WrittenBy = Carla Lane and Myra Taylor
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 30
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = The Loneliness of The Short Distance Walker
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|3|5|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = It’s not that Sid is out of condition, it’s just that fridges are getting heavier these days...
|WrittenBy = Carla Lane
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 31
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Watch the Birdie!
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|3|12|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = When Mike has a brilliant idea it usually costs Sid money. But when it only involves the grotty old garage, then, Sid can be persuaded.
|WrittenBy = Dave Freeman
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 32
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Atishoo! Atishoo! We All Fall Down!
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|4|30|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Jean going down with flu one thing, Sally is another, and Mike is another - but Sid can still cope. Then, Betty gets pregnant twinges...
|WrittenBy = Carla Lane
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 33
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Entente Not So Cordiale?
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|5|7|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Most soldiers left their hearts in Paris, but not Sid. But when Sid and Jean spend a weekend in Paris, they'll discover that the entente is not so cordiale!
|WrittenBy = Harry Driver and Vince Powell
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 34
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = Will the Real Sid Abbott Please Stand Up?
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|5|14|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Jean finds out that Sexy Sandra is what makes a shriveled-up old prune with a wire brush on top turn into Putney’s oldest teeny bopper!
|WrittenBy = Harry Driver and Vince Powell
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 35
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|Title = I'm Not Jealous, I'll Kill Him!
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|5|21|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = When an old flame rekindles warmth in Jean’s heart, Sid begins to burn. It really is not as though he in jealous. Then, Betty opens her mouth...
|WrittenBy = Carla Lane and Myra Taylor
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 36
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|Title = A Girl's Worst Friend is Her Father
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|5|28|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = If Sid had not interfered in the first place, then, Sally would not believe that there are times when a girl’s worst friend is her father.
|WrittenBy = Harry Driver and Vince Powell
}}
}}

Series four (1974)

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|EpisodeNumber = 37
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Money is The Root Of...
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|2|20|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Someone is trying to track down Sid from an incident in 1942. Whatever he did, someone obviously enjoyed it enough to remember him in her will...
|WrittenBy = Carla Lane
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 38
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = And They Will Come Home!
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|2|27|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = The trouble starts when Sally and Mike go into business buying and selling old junk. Sid puts up with it until one big thing arrives in his garden...
|WrittenBy = Carla Lane
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 39
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Who's Minding the Baby?
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|3|20|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = When Betty from next door pops in to ask a little favour, Sid is not at all keen - but Jean insists that they are friends and encourages her.
|WrittenBy = Carla Lane
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 40
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = A Beef in His Bonnet
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|3|27|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = When Mike and Sally bring home something that has ‘fallen off the back of a lorry’, Sid warns them about mixing with villains like ‘Fingers’ Toplock.
|WrittenBy = Dave Freeman
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 41
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = The Bells Are Ringing!
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|4|3|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Sid’s overjoyed at Mike marrying into a wealthy family but when another close tie between the two families is announced, Sid takes a different view...
|WrittenBy = Harry Driver and Vince Powell
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 42
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = The First 25 Years Are The Worst
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|4|10|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Sid discovers the phone is ‘missing’, but in the Abbott home, there is a simple explanation - Sally and Mike have ‘borrowed it’!
|WrittenBy = Dave Freeman
}}
}}

Series five (1974)

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|EpisodeNumber = 43
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = They Don't Write Songs Like That Anymore
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|10|14|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Sid finds that the generation gap gets wider and his attempts to get into the pop scene lead hint to all sorts of problems...
|WrittenBy = Bernie Sharp
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 44
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = The Gipsy's Warning
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|10|21|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = The trouble studs with Sid’s morning paper - Jean wants to read her horoscope. Not that she really believes it - unless it turns out right...
|WrittenBy = Jon Watkins
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 45
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = The Biggest Woodworm In the World
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|10|28|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Sid doesn’t really mind Mike’s dancer girlfriend staying for a few days. The trouble is that Mike doesn’t explain what sort of a dancer she is...
|WrittenBy = Dave Freeman
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 46
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Home Tweet Home
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|11|4|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Mike and Sally have a scheme for raising holiday money. Things might have gone smoothly hadn't Trevor seen the chance of earning same too!
|WrittenBy = Brian Platt
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 47
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = You're Never Too Old To Be Young
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|11|11|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Most marriages have their tricky period but Sid is shocked when Jean announces that she wants a lover!
|WrittenBy = Carla Lane
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 48
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = The Policeman, The Paint and The Pirates
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|11|18|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Sid’s efforts to avoid ‘The pirates of Penzance’ lead him into trouble with a pot of paint and a policeman. Then, Trevor brings in the Japanese...
|WrittenBy = Carla Lane
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 49
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Happy Birthday, Sid!
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|11|25|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = What should a husband do if his family give him a birthday present that he can’t use..?
|WrittenBy = George Evans and Lawrie Wyman
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 50
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Freedom is...
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|12|2|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Sid doesn’t like the idea of Sally and Mike befriending a tramp. He likes it even less when Sally brings him home and everyone takes the tramp’s side.
|WrittenBy = Carla Lane
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 51
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Mr. Chairman...
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|12|9|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Disenchanted with the local residents association, Sid leads a revolt against the Chairman. Then, Trevor takes things one step too far...
|WrittenBy = Adele Rose
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 52
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = And Afterwards At...
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|12|16|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Like most men who can’t stand family weddings, Sid puts up with them us long us there’s a booze-up. Surely, nothing can go wrong..?
|WrittenBy = B. C. Cummins and Mike Sharland
}}
}}

Series six (1976)

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|EpisodeNumber = 53
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = The Frozen Limit
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1976|1|29|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Sid gets into situations with a second-hand deep freeze and Betty’s fox fur.
|WrittenBy = Dave Freeman
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 54
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Beautiful Dreamer
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1976|2|5|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Sid’s dreams come back to haunt him when he has a vision of a "frozen lady shivering in the snow".
|WrittenBy = Jon Watkins
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 55
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Fish With Everything
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1976|2|12|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Sid has been feeling a bit off colour and the doctor suggests that he needs.
|WrittenBy = Jon Watkins
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 56
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = The Naked Paperhanger
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1976|2|19|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = When Mike moves into a flat of his own, Jean decides that his room needs decorating.
|WrittenBy = Dave Freeman
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 57
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Remember Me?
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1976|2|26|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Sid’s sponging family are anxious to share in his bonus and commission.
|WrittenBy = Jon Watkins
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 58
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Something of Value
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1976|3|4|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = When Sid’s Uncle Percy dies, he leaves Sid two large packing cases and a small brown parcel...
|WrittenBy = Bernie Sharp
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 59
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Men of Consequence
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1976|3|11|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Sid’s beauty sleep is interrupted by a midnight intruder!
|WrittenBy = Carla Lane
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 60
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Skin Deep
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1976|3|18|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Sid’s temporary promotion involves him going to Birmingham for a few days. Jean begins to have doubts.
|WrittenBy = Jon Watkins
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 61
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Friends and Neighbours
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1976|3|25|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Sid arrives home to find Jean worried about noises from next door. Jean sends him to investigate.
|WrittenBy = Jon Watkins
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 62
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = Well, Well, Well...
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1976|4|1|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = A damp patch on the living-room carpet doesn’t bother Sid - until he takes the skirting board off.
|WrittenBy = Bernie Sharp
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 63
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|Title = The Phantom Pools Winner
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1976|4|8|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Sid wins a large export order, but Jean’s plan for Mike to take a photograph of him for the local paper goes wrong.
|WrittenBy = Dave Freeman
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 64
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|Title = A Matter of Principle
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1976|4|15|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = Sid discovers where the money for his birthday party has come from, and he won’t like it!
|WrittenBy = Jon Watkins
}}{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 65
|EpisodeNumber2 = 13
|Title = Some Enchanted Evening
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1976|4|22|df=y}}
|ShortSummary = When Sid discovers why Jean is sulking and Sally and Mike won’t talk to him, he goes to the pub.
|WrittenBy = Jon Watkins
}}
}}

Film

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A film version of the TV series was made in 1972. While it still starred Diana Coupland and Sid James as the Abbotts, Robin Askwith, who had previously appeared in the TV series, played Mike instead of TV series regular Robin Stewart due to the latter being unable to find time to appear in the film, having already been booked for the summer season on Bournemouth Pier. In addition, it featured "new" neighbours played by Terry Scott and June Whitfield. The part of Trevor was also recast with Peter Butterworth replacing Jackson. All the original actors returned for series three. Additionally, Mike gets married at the end of the film; this had no effect on the storylines in the television series.

Home media

All six series of Bless This House have been released on DVD in the UK including a Box Set containing all six series plus the feature film through Network. In Australia, Series 1[2] was released on 2 April 2009, Series 2[3] on 3 October 2012 and Series 3[4] on 6 March 2013. A Complete Series 1-6 Box Set[5] is due for release 6 November 2013.

DVD Release date
The complete series 1
24 October 2005
The complete series 2
30 January 2006
The complete series 3
17 April 2006
The complete series 4
10 July 2006
The complete series 5
22 January 2007
The complete series 6
30 April 2007
The complete series 1 to 6 box set
2 February 2009

See also

  • List of films based on British sitcoms
  • Love Thy Neighbour
  • All in the Family
  • Till Death Us Do Part

References

1. ^[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTxzTdcDalM&t=932 bless this house Get me to the match on time] YouTube
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/bless-this-house-the-complete-1st-series/dp/804721 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-08-29 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130914013344/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/bless-this-house-the-complete-1st-series/dp/804721 |archivedate=14 September 2013 |df=dmy-all }}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/bless-this-house-series-2/dp/6118192 |title=Buy Bless This House: Series 2 on DVD-Video from |publisher=EzyDVD.com.au |date=22 April 2013 |accessdate=12 March 2014}}
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/bless-this-house-series-3/dp/6138027 |title=Buy Bless This House: Series 3 on DVD-Video from |publisher=EzyDVD.com.au |date=22 April 2013 |accessdate=12 March 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924005935/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/bless-this-house-series-3/dp/6138027 |archivedate=24 September 2015 |df=dmy-all }}
5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/bless-this-house-series-1-6/dp/6145701 |title=Buy Bless This House: Series 1-6 on DVD-Video from |publisher=EzyDVD.com.au |date=22 April 2013 |accessdate=12 March 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924005922/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/bless-this-house-series-1-6/dp/6145701 |archivedate=24 September 2015 |df=dmy-all }}

External links

  • blessthishouse.net - Unofficial fan site.
  • {{IMDb title|0066633|Bless this house}}.
  • {{British Comedy Guide|tv|bless_this_house|Bless this house}}.
  • Bless this house at British TV comedy.
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110911063626/http://www.britishclassiccomedy.co.uk/2010/10/meet-the-abbott-family-its-bless-this-house/ Bless this house] at British classic comedy.
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