Rent Bless This House: Series 5 (1975)
4.0 of 5 from 3 ratings
4h 11min
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- Synopsis:
All 10 episodes from the fifth series of the classic ITV sitcom, starring Sid James as stationery firm executive Sid Abbott. While Sid just wants a quiet life ogling women, drinking bitter and following his beloved Chelsea FC, his wife and kids are constantly getting in the way.
1. They Don't Write Songs Like That Anymore
Sid finds that the generation gap if anything gets wider and his attempts to gel into the pop scene lead him Io all sorts of expense and problems - but there is a happy ending of sorts.
2. The Gypsy's WarningThe trouble starts with Sid's morning paper - he wants to do his crossword and Jean wants to read her horoscope. Not that she really believes it - unless it turns out right - and Sid, of course, will have nothing to do with it at all - even when it does come true.
3. The Biggest Woodworm in the World
Sid doesn't really mind Mike's girlfriend staying for a few days, and he doesn't even mind that she's a dancer. The trouble is that Mike doesn't explain what sort of a dancer she is. Even then things might have been alright if Sid and Trevor hadn't been so nosey and wondered what she kept in her basket.
4. Home Tweet Home
Mike and Sally have a scheme for raising money for their holiday. Sid doesn't actually approve but lets them go ahead and things might have gone smoothly had Trevor not seen the chance of using Mike and Sally's scheme to help Sid earn a bit of money...
5. You're Never to Old to Be Young
Most marriages have their tricky period and the Abbotts come face-to-face with one of theirs - Jean calmly announces to Sid that the romance has gone out of their marriage, that she's no longer excited and that she wants a lover.
6. The Policeman, the Paint and the Pirates
It is Sid's anxiety to avoid being dragged into "The Pirates of Penzance" that leads him into trouble with a pot of paint. Sally doesn't help by bringing home a boyfriend who is a policeman - and Trevor makes things worse by bringing in the Japanese.
7. Happy Birthday Sid
What should a husband do if his family give him a birthday present that he can't use? Whatever it is - Sid doesn't do it - he takes the complicated way out and as usual ends up in the wrong.
8. Freedom Is...
Sid doesn't like the idea of Sally and Mike befriending a tramp and giving him his old sweaters that Sid has only worn twice. He likes it even less when Sally brings him home and the whole family take the tramp's side against Sid.
9. Mr. Chairman...
Disenchanted with the local Residents Association, Sid leads a revolt against the Chairman. He is enjoying his role as 'rebel' until Trevor - egged on by Betty - takes things one step too far.
10. ...And Afterwards At...
Like most men who can't stand family weddings Sid puts up with them as long as there's a booze-up. What he doesn't bargain for is the involvement with Jean's cousin Peggy, and Alistair - the bridegroom.- Actors:
- Sidney James, Diana Coupland, Sally Geeson, Robin Stewart, Anthony Jackson, Frank Coda, David Valentine, Patsy Rowlands, Tony Melody, Clovissa Newcombe, Richard Fraser, Margot Lister, Charles Morgan, Gareth Hunt, Felicity Lam, Ivan Beavis, Terence Edmond, Glynn Edwards, Michael Logan, Peter Malam
- Directors:
- William G. Stewart
- Producers:
- William G. Stewart
- Creators:
- Harry Driver, Vince Powell
- Writers:
- Bernie Sharp, Jon Watkins, Dave Freeman, Brian Platt, Carla Lane, Lawrie Wyman, George Evans, Adele Rose, Mike Sharland, B.C. Cummins
- Studio:
- Network
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Classics, TV Comedies, TV Sitcoms
