Editing British sitcom (section)

===''Bless This House''===
Starring [[Sid James]] of ''Carry On'' fame, with [[Diana Coupland]] and [[Sally Geeson]], ''[[Bless This House (British TV series)|Bless This House]]''  was created by [[Vince Powell]] and [[Harry Driver]], but mainly written by others including [[Dave Freeman (British writer)|Dave Freeman]] and Carla Lane. Running from 1971 to 1976, It marked a departure from James' characteristic bawdy slapstick and famous 'dirty laugh' and ran for 65 episodes over 10 series. The series ended abruptly in 1976, when, just four days after the broadcast of the final episode, James died after collapsing on stage. Ironically, James had told Coupland, "It's such fun and so successful, we'll still be working on ''Bless This House'' till one of us kicks the bucket."<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/diana-coupland-424214.html
|title=Diana Coupland (obituary)
|date=14 November 2006
|work=The Independent
|access-date=31 December 2021}}</ref>
In 2004, it came 67th in ''[[Britain's Best Sitcom]]''.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.bbcattic.org/sitcom/top11to100.shtml
|title=Britain's Best Sitcom (top 11-100)
|date=7 February 2011
|work=Internet Archive
|publisher=BBC
|access-date=30 December 2021
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013153757/http://www.bbcattic.org/sitcom/top11to100.shtml
|archive-date=13 October 2014}}</ref>