Bless This House (UK TV series) Bless This House (UK TV series) 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. The show was produced & directed by William G. Stewart, later the host of the "15 to 1" gameshow, and had
Carry On (franchise) "Carry On Cleo" (1964), after the Burton and Taylor epic "Cleopatra" (1963), where the budget-conscious "Carry On" team made full use of some impressive sets which had been intended for that film. "Carry On Emmannuelle", inspired by the soft-porn "Emmanuelle", brought to an end the original 'run'. The stock-in-trade of "Carry On" humour was innuendo and the sending-up of British institutions and customs, such as the National Health Service ("Nurse", "Doctor", "Again Doctor", "Matron" and the proposed "Again Nurse"), the monarchy ("Henry"), the Empire ("Up the Khyber"), the armed forces ("Sergeant", "England", "Jack" and the proposed "Flying" and "Escaping"), the