Bless This House

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.

Sid James from the long running carry on franchise ( 1958- 1978); stars as Sid Abbott an everyday family man with more of his fairshare of everyday problems a rebellious teenage son played by Robin Stewart, an environmentally inclined daughter played by Sally Geeson daughter of the nepotism family ' Geeson's', and a loving supportive wife Jean played by Diana Coupland.

The series focuses upon realistic family everyday situations that persons who were alive back in the 1970s would've encountered on a daily basis, unlike the verbose ' till death do Us part', this sitcom focus upon domestic everyday matters as opposed to political socio economic matters.

Charming, good matured and entertaining what more could you ask for from a sitcom from the ( 1970s). Sid James plays a character unlike his charactuire persona adopted for the carry ons he has the star quality to carry the problem.

Overall: a very good watch with some lessons about life and human nature.

I really like Bless This House, it isn't my favourite show ever, but it is fun and relaxing. The look of the series may be a little dated by today's standards, but I do like the scenery especially and the camera work was nice. The writing is constantly witty and funny, and the casting is very well done indeed. Comedy legend Sidney James is pretty much incomparable as Sid, a grouchy father figure who tries to assert his domination over his family, and Diana Coupland is great value as his wife Jean who serves as a sort of foil to his plans. Anthony Jackson, Sally Geeson, Patsy Rowlands and Robin Stewart are appealing in the supporting roles. The theme tune is catchy and definitely memorable, I love a good theme tune and this one was a good one, no more than good, it was great! The situations that Sid gets himself into makes for compulsive viewing, they range from funny to hilarious. I do agree that Series 6 isn't as strong as the other seasons, but overall I enjoy Bless This House. 9/10 Bethany Cox

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.

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.