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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Bless This House
| image = Bless this house movie.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Film poster by [[Arnaldo Putzu]]
| director = [[Gerald Thomas]]
| producer = [[Peter Rogers]]
| writer = [[Dave Freeman (British writer)|Dave Freeman]]
| starring = [[Sid James]]<br>[[Diana Coupland]]<br>[[Terry Scott]]<br>[[June Whitfield]]<br>[[Peter Butterworth]]
| music = [[Eric Rogers (composer)|Eric Rogers]]
| cinematography = [[Alan Hume]]
| editing = [[Alfred Roome]]
| studio = Peter Rogers Productions
| distributor = [[Rank Film Distributors ]]
| released = 8 September 1972
| runtime = 87 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Bless This House''''' is a 1972 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Gerald Thomas]] starring [[Sid James]], [[Diana Coupland]], [[Terry Scott]], [[June Whitfield]] and [[Peter Butterworth]]. It is a [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] from the television sitcom ''[[Bless This House (British TV series)|Bless This House]]''.

==Plot==
In contemporary suburbia, somewhere in southern [[England]], middle-aged home-owner Sid Abbot ([[Sid James]]) just wants to lie on his settee and snooze. He is initially frustrated by his wife, work-shy son, and fashion-conscious daughter.

Their next door neighbour, Mr Hobbs, puts his house up for sale. The rude and arrogant Ronald Baines ([[Terry Scott]]) and his family move in next door and things worsen.

Sid works as a rep and is trying to sell to the Fizzo Drinks company when his daughter Sally arrives with a group of environmentalists to protest the use of non-disposable containers. Meanwhile Kate, Ronald's daughter, starts working next to Mike, Sid's son, and a romance begins to blossom. He drives her home in his psychedelic [[Morris Minor]].

Sid buys a garden shed and sits drinking there with his friend Trevor ([[Peter Butterworth]]). They find a book about distilling and decide to create an illegal still in the shed. Sid tells his wife it is for making wine. In fact they are distilling home made [[rhubarb]] wine to create brandy. As Ronald is a customs and excise officer this does not bode well.

Mike and Kate get engaged and the wedding day arrives. On the wedding day a fire starts in the shed. Ronald and Sid put the fire out and miss the wedding. A fire engine gives them a lift to the church in time for the photos.

Despite Mike getting married at the end of the film, he is still single when the tv series returned.

==Cast==
The film starred many of the main actors from the TV series but some were replaced; most notably [[Robin Stewart]], who was replaced by [[Robin Askwith]] because he had already been booked for the summer season on Bournemouth Pier and could not also appear in the film; though Stewart would return for the remainder of the six series. Another change was the role of Trevor Lewis, played in the film by [[Peter Butterworth]] and on television by [[Anthony Jackson (actor)|Anthony Jackson]].

*[[Sid James]] as Sid Abbot
*[[Diana Coupland]] as Jean Abbot
*[[Terry Scott]] as Ronald Baines
*[[June Whitfield]] as Vera Baines
*[[Peter Butterworth]] as Trevor Lewis
*[[Sally Geeson]] as Sally Abbot
*[[Robin Askwith]] as Mike Abbot
*[[Patsy Rowlands]] as Betty Lewis
*[[Carol Hawkins]] as Kate Baines
*[[Janet Brown]] as Annie Hobbs
*[[Julian Orchard]] as Tom Hobbs
*[[Tommy Godfrey]] as Alf Murray
*[[George A. Cooper]] as the cafe owner
*[[Bill Maynard]] as Oldham
*[[Marianne Stone]] as Muriel
*[[Wendy Richard]] as Carol
*[[Patricia Franklin]] as Mary
*[[Molly Weir]] as Mary's Mother
*[[Ed Devereaux]] as Jim
*[[Johnny Briggs (actor)|Johnny Briggs]] as Truck Driver
*[[Frank Thornton]] as Mr Jones
*[[Norman Mitchell]] as Police Sergeant
*[[Brian Osborne]] as Removal Van Driver
*[[Margaret Lacey]] as Vicar's Wife
*[[Georgina Moon]] as Moira
*[[Michael Nightingale]] as Vicar

June Whitfield and Terry Scott would play a couple two years later in ''[[Happy Ever After (British TV series)|Happy Ever After]]'' and the follow up ''[[Terry and June]]''.

==Filming and locations==
* Filming dates – 19 June–1 August 1972<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Robin_Askwith/status/1480077852611653633?s=20|title=Robin Askwith's work diary for 1972 from Twitter}}</ref>

'''Exteriors''':
* The exterior shots of the houses were filmed at numbers 7 and 9, Bolton Avenue, [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reelstreets.com/films/bless-this-house/|title=Reelstreets | Bless This House}}</ref>
* Several exterior scenes were shot in [[Burnham, Buckinghamshire|Burnham]], a village in Buckinghamshire, including St Peter's Church (wedding scene), Church Street (magistrates court/pub scene) and the High Street (fire engine scene).

'''Interiors''':
* [[Pinewood Studios]], Buckinghamshire

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Imdb title|0068285|Bless This House}}
*{{British Comedy Guide|film|bless_this_house|Bless This House}}

{{Gerald Thomas}}

[[Category:1972 comedy films]]
[[Category:1972 films]]
[[Category:British comedy films]]
[[Category:1970s English-language films]]
[[Category:Films based on television series]]
[[Category:Films directed by Gerald Thomas]]
[[Category:Films produced by Peter Rogers]]
[[Category:Films shot at Pinewood Studios]]
[[Category:Films set in London]]
[[Category:Films shot in Berkshire]]

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