Bless This House (UK TV series) and more pre-occupied with protests than finding a job; and trendy schoolgirl Sally. Sally is 16 at the series' start, and Mike is 18. Sid and Jean constantly battle to comprehend the new generation's permissive ways and are usually out-of-touch. Their neighbours and best friends are Trevor and his wife Betty. A film version of the TV series was made in 1972. While it still starred Diana Coupland and Sid James as the Abbotts, Robin Askwith, who had previously appeared in the TV series, played Mike instead of TV series regular Robin Stewart due to the latter being unable to
Bless This House (song) Walk Alone" and the Perry Como album "I Believe", as well as in many Hymnals. It was a favourite of Vera Lynn, British WW2 "Forces Sweetheart" and appears on her album "Favourite Sacred Songs" (1972). Australian duo Generation Gap (Australian tenor Jim Hopkin and pianist Stephen Lightbody) also recorded a version of the song which appears on their 2009 album "A New Beginning". Other singers to record it include Gracie Fields, Peter Dawson, Jan Peerce, Beniamino Gigli, Josef Locke, Benjamin Luxon, Leontyne Price, Steve Conway, Harry Secombe (for his album "Sacred Songs"), Rosemary Clooney, Lesley Garrett and Bryn Terfel. Bless