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	'''''Mixed Blessings''''' is a [[British sitcom]] starring [[Christopher Blake]] and ~~[[Joseph Bennet Odunton#Personal life\|~~Muriel Odunton]] that aired on [[ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] from 3 March 1978 to 7 June 1980. It was created by comedy writer [[Dick Hills and Sid Green\|Sid Green]] and produced for the ITV network by [[London Weekend Television\|LWT]].		'''''Mixed Blessings''''' is a [[British sitcom]] starring [[Christopher Blake]] and Muriel Odunton that aired on [[ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] from 3 March 1978 to 7 June 1980. It was created by comedy writer [[Dick Hills and Sid Green\|Sid Green]] and produced for the ITV network by [[London Weekend Television\|LWT]].

	== Premise and reception ==		== Premise and reception ==

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{{short description|British sitcom}}
{{More citations needed|date=November 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Mixed Blessings (British TV series).jpg
| caption =
| genre = [[Sitcom]]
| runtime = 30 minutes
| creator = [[Dick Hills and Sid Green|Sid Green]]
| starring = [[Christopher Blake]]<br>Muriel Odunton<br>[[Joan Sanderson]]
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| company = [[London Weekend Television]]
| network = [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]
| first_aired = {{Start date|1978|3|3|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1980|6|7|df=y}}
| num_series = 3
| num_episodes = 23
}}

'''''Mixed Blessings''''' is a [[British sitcom]] starring [[Christopher Blake]] and [[Joseph Bennet Odunton#Personal life|Muriel Odunton]] that aired on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] from 3 March 1978 to 7 June 1980. It was created by comedy writer [[Dick Hills and Sid Green|Sid Green]] and produced for the ITV network by [[London Weekend Television|LWT]].

== Premise and reception ==
The show starred [[Christopher Blake]] (later of ''[[That's My Boy (1981 TV series)|That's My Boy]]'' fame) and Muriel Odunton as newlyweds Thomas Simpson, who was white, and Susan Lambert, who was black. Most plots revolved around both families' disapproval of their inter-racial marriage.

According to a review on the BFI screenonline website, the series "was, superficially, more progressive" than earlier sitcoms centred on 'race' such as ''[[Curry and Chips]]'' (1969), ''[[Love Thy Neighbour (1972 TV series)|Love Thy Neighbour]]'' (1972–76) and ''[[Mind Your Language]]'' (1977–79). While "the two main characters were sympathetically played... the series [itself] was critically undermined by presenting their relationship as a problem".<ref>Mark Duguid [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1108234/index.html "Race and the Sitcom"], BFI screenonline</ref> The review also asserted: "While its set-up points to its integrationist intentions, one only has to look at the title to note the writer's own ambiguous feelings".<ref>Ali Jaafar [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/535216/index.html "''Mixed Blessings'' (1978–80)"], BFI screenonline</ref>

== Cast ==
*[[Christopher Blake]] – Thomas Simpson
*Muriel Odunton – Susan Lambert
*[[George Waring (actor)|George Waring]] – Edward Simpson
*[[Sylvia Kay]] – Annie Simpson
*[[Stefan Kalipha]] – William Lambert
*Pauline Delaney – Mrs Beasley
*[[Carmen Munroe]] – Matilda Lambert
*[[Joan Sanderson]] – Aunt Dorothy
*Gregory Munroe – Winston Lambert

===Guest cast===
*John Abbott – Clerk of the Court
*[[Ernest Clark]] – Mr Huntley
*Luane Peters – Deirdre
*Alma Yang Tuk – Rosemary
*Jumoke Debayo – L'ena

== Episodes ==

=== Series 1 (1978) ===
* "Welcome To The Family" (3 March 1978)
* "Your Place Or Mine?" (10 March 1978)
* "You Haven't Got Much, Have You?" (17 March 1978)
* "Jobs For The Boys" (24 March 1978)
* "Happy Birthday, Dear Fathers" (31 March 1978)
* "We're Only Trying To Help" (7 April 1978)
* "The Housewarming" (14 April 1978)

=== Series 2 (1978) ===
* "A Leg From The Past" (6 October 1978)
* "The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Unemployed" (13 October 1978)
* "My Chap's Got Work" (20 October 1978)
* "Thou Shalt Deny Me" (27 October 1978)
* "Your Money Or Your Life" (3 November 1978)
* "You're Going To Have A What!!" (10 November 1978)

=== Series 3 (1980) ===
* "Raising The Roof" (26 October 1979)
* "Away From It All" (12 April 1980)
* "Up In The World" (19 April 1980)
* "The Anniversary Wars" (26 April 1980)
* "The Law And Mr Lambert" (3 May 1980)
* "Goodbye Charlie" (10 May 1980)
* "Your Turn For Grandad" (17 May 1980)
* "Practice Makes Perfect" (24 May 1980)
* "Survival" (31 May 1980)
* "Onto Us A Child" (7 June 1980)

Production of this series was interrupted after the recording of episode 1 by the ITV technicians' strike of 1979. The remaining nine episodes were recorded as soon as a studio became available, after higher-priority productions had been completed first. The first episode was transmitted two days after the strike ended, as schedules were very much ''[[ad hoc]]'' at this time as a result of such a long strike.

== DVD release ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! DVD !! Release date
|-
| The Complete Series 1 || 12 March 2012
|-
| The Complete Series 2 || 28 May 2012
|-
| The Complete Series 3 || 2 July 2012
|-
| The Complete Series 1 to 3 Box Set || 2022
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0161174|title=Mixed Blessings}}
*{{British Comedy Guide|tv|mixed_blessings}}

[[Category:1978 British television series debuts]]
[[Category:1980 British television series endings]]
[[Category:Black British sitcoms]]
[[Category:ITV sitcoms]]
[[Category:1970s British sitcoms]]
[[Category:1980s British sitcoms]]
[[Category:Television series by ITV Studios]]
[[Category:London Weekend Television shows]]
[[Category:British English-language television shows]]

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