Bless This House (British TV series)

Bless This House
Bless this House titles as used in the first three series.
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Vince Powell Harry Driver
Starring	Sidney James Diana Coupland Robin Stewart Sally Geeson Anthony Jackson Patsy Rowlands
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	6
No. of episodes	65
Production
Producer(s)	William G. Stewart
Running time	30 minutes (including commercials)
Production company(s)	Thames Television
Distributor	Fremantle Media
Release
Original network	ITV
Picture format	4:3
Original release	2 February 1971 (1971-02-02) – 22 April 1976 (1976-04-22)

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 came 67th in Britain's best sitcom.

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 industrial action.

Sid Abbott is Jean Abbott's husband and a Chelsea 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.

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.

Jean and Sid's son, their firstborn. He is an artist but he always avoids employment because "it's a drag."

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."