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
Carry On Columbus Carry On star, not a Carry On bit player". The producers managed to persuade a number of alternative comedians such as Peter Richardson, Alexei Sayle, Rik Mayall, Julian Clary and Nigel Planer, all of whom except Clary are from the Comic Strip, to appear in the film. This was the last film that Gerald Thomas directed, as he died on 9 November 1993. Interiors: Exteriors: The film was panned by many critics. Michael Dwyer in "The Irish Times" described "Carry on Columbus" as a "flaccid, feeble comeback effort" and a "wretched and pathetic attempt which is singularly unfunny". However, "Carry