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
Bless the Beasts and Children (film) Bless the Beasts and Children (film) Bless the Beasts and Children is a 1971 film adaptation of the novel of the same name written by Glendon Swarthout. It was directed by Stanley Kramer and starred Bill Mumy (customarily credited then as Billy Mumy; this was one of the earliest known times he was credited as "Bill" Mumy) and Barry Robins. The central characters in "Bless the Beasts and Children" are six adolescent boys, whose preoccupied parents send them off to the Arizona Box Canyon Boys Camp for the summer. John Cotton (Barry Robins) leads this bunch of "misfits" who are