Bless This House

### Rating

**Bless This House** is a UK VHS release by The Video Collection on 28th April 1986 and distributed by Futurevision Ltd in 3rd November 1986, and then it got re-released by VCI and Cinema Club on 7th October 1996.

## 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.

* 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 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

## Opening (Original 1986 release)

* Warning screen (1985-1986)
* The Video Collection logo (1985-1986)
* Video Collection International "Stars upon stars upon stars" promo from 1986
* Start of Bless This House (1982)

## Closing (Original 1986 release)

* End of Bless This House (1982)
* The End
* The Video Collection logo (1985-1986)

## Opening (Rare 1986 release) (with no trailer)

* Warning screen (1986-1995)
* The Video Collection logo (1986-1995)
* Start of Bless This House (1982)

## Closing (Rare 1986 release) (with no trailer)

* End of Bless This House (1982)
* The End
* The Video Collection logo (1986-1995)

## Opening (1996 Re-release) (with End of no VCI logo) (with no trailer)

* Tracking control screen (1995-2005)
* Warning screen (1995-2005)
* VCI logo (1995-2005)
* Start of Bless This House (1982)

## Closing (1996 Re-release) (with End of no VCI logo) (with no trailer)

* End of Bless This House (1982)
* The End

## Trailers and info

### Original 1986 release

The Video Collection advert of "Stars upon stars upon stars" in 1986 which features:

* Brief clips from various VHS titles that jump into shot one by one which are"Minder on the Orient Express" (George Cole and Dennis Waterman scenes), "Young at Heart" (Frank Sinatra scene), John Wayne as "The Quiet Man" (train carriage window scene), "Young at Heart" (Doris Day scene), "The Gay Divorcee" (Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire dancing scene) "Mr. T." (live action sequence from the "Mr. T" cartoon show), a scene of Jasper Carrott's 1979 live stage show, Barry Manilow (singing on stage from "Live At The Greek") and a football match.

The brief scene of the Video Collection logo plays for one quick first second as comes...

* A clip from the 1933 musical film of "Flying Down to Rio" starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
* A clip from the 1951 action war movie of ""Flying Leathernecks" starring John Wayne.
* A clip from the 1946 epic Western film of "Duel in the Sun" starring Gregory Peck and Jennifer Jones.
* A clip from the 1960 romantic comedy film of "The Grass is Greener" starring Robert Mitchum and Cary Grant
* A clip from the 1947 fantasy film of "Sinbad the Sailor" starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

The brief scene of the Video Collection logo plays for one second quick second as comes...

* A number of clips from a selection of titles for younger viewers including, "He-Man", "Scooby Goes Hollywood" and "The Wind in the Willows".

The brief scene of the Video Collection logo plays for one third quick second as comes...

* A clip from 1985-1986 British TV crime drama of "Dempsey and Makepeace"
* A clip from the 1985 British comedy/thriller TV film "Minder on the Orient Express"

At the end of this advert The Video Collection logo plays for a long time whilst the announcer informs that all these titles and many more are available in a collector's high street at one unbeatable price and he finally announces people to start their collection today.

### Rare 1986 release

The Video Collection "New Catalogue" advert from 1986 which is narrated by Ray Brooks featuring 'Movie Greats' video tiles including...

* a clip of the 1946 Christmas fantasy comedy-drama film "It's a Wonderful Life"
* a clip of Laurence Olivier in the 1940 psychological drama film "Rebecca" along with Joan Fontaine.
* a clip of the 1952 Western film "High Noon" starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly
* A still for other movie greats that are available which are "Ring of Brightwater", "Duel in the Sun" and many more to which Ray Brooks announces.
* clips for John Wayne films on video such as the chatting and kissing scene from "The Quiet Man" (1952), brief clips of other movies with John Wayne such as "Rio Grande" (1950), "Sands of Iwo Jima" (1950), "Dark Command" (1940), the punching scene from "Wake of the Red Witch" (1948) and a clip from "Flying Tigers" (1942).
* clips for films starring Cary Grant including a clip of himself with Doris Day in "The Touch of Mink" (1952), a clip of himself with Ingrid Bergman in "Indiscreet" (1958), "Operation Petticoat", "Father Goose", "Bringing Up Baby", "The Green is Greener", and many more...,
* Musicals - Flying Down to Rio, The Gay Divorcee, Young at Heart and many more...,
* Children's Entertainment - Care Bears, The Get Along Gang, ThunderCats, Mask, Thomas The Tank Engine and Friends, Yogi Bear, The Wind in the Willows and many children's videos.
* The Video Music Collection - Duran and many musical videos. and Sports - Sport Aid, Run the World, Jane Fonda's Workout and many sports videos