Bless This House - Series 3

Starring: Diana Coupland, Sid James Dvd Release: 17th April, 2006 Number Of Discs: 2 Format: Box set, PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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Bless This House was a British television comedy show made by Thames Television for ITV & ran from 1971 to 1976. A film version was made in 1972. This popular early sitcom centred around a household of Birch Avenue, Putney, where Sid Abbott & his wife Jean lived with their teenage children — Mike, fresh from art college & more preoccupied with protests than finding a job & Sally, a trendy schoolgirl. Each week, the old-fashioned parents battled to comprehend the permissive ways of the new generation & consistently amused viewers by being bemusedly out of touch. The show was produced by William G Stewart of Fifteen to One fame & featured a theme by Geoff Love.

Sid James was a film & television actor. Sid James was born in Natal in South Africa. During World War II, he was enlisted in an entertainment unit & subsequently took up acting as a career. He came to Britain in 1946 on the back of his service gratuity. with Alfie Bass he made up the bullion robbery gang headed by Alec Guinness & Stanley Holloway. In the same year he also appeared in Lady Godiva Rides Again & The Galloping Major. In 1956, he co-starred in the science-fiction film Quatermass 2. In 1954 he began working with Tony Hancock in BBC radios Hancocks Half Hour playing a character with his own name, who was a criminal who would usually manage to con Tony. When this was turned into a television series his part was greatly increased to the extent that some viewers considered it to be a double act. James was soon getting as many laughs as his partner. In the final series, the show was renamed simply Hancock & Sid was not included in the cast. The show was one of the most popular comedy series in Britain on both television & radio. Posters Of Sid James

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