Mixed Blessings (TV series)

Mixed Blessings
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Sid Green
Starring	Christopher Blake Muriel Odunton Joan Sanderson
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	22
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV
Original run	3 March 1978 – 7 June 1980

Mixed Blessings was a British sitcom that was made by LWT for and broadcast on the ITV network between 1978 and 1980, It was created by comedy-writer Sid Green and starred Actor Christopher Blake and Actress Muriel Odunton.

Plot

The show starred Christopher Blake of That's My Boy 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.

Cast

• Christopher Blake - Thomas Simpson
• Muriel Odunton - Susan Lambert
• George Waring - Edward Simpson
• Sylvia King - Annie Simpson
• Stefan Kalipha - William Lambert
• Carmen Munroe - Matilda Lambert
• Joan Sanderson - Aunt Dorothy
• Gregory Munroe - Winston Lambert
• Ernest Clark - Mr Huntley

Episodes

Series 1

• Welcome To The Family (3 Mar 78)
• Your Place Or Mine? (10 Mar 78)
• You Haven't Got Much, Have You? (17 Mar 78)
• Jobs For The Boys (24 Mar 78)
• Happy Birthday, Dear Fathers (31 Mar 78)
• We're Only Trying To Help (7 Apr 78)
• The Housewarming (14 Apr 78)

Series 2

• A Leg From The Past (6 Oct 78)
• The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Unemployed (13 Oct 78)
• My Chap's Got Work (20 Oct 78)
• Thou Shalt Deny Me (27 Oct 78)
• Your Money Or Your Life (3 Nov 78)
• You're Going To Have A What!! (10 Nov 78)

Series 3

• Away From It All (12 Apr 80)
• Up In The World (19 Apr 80)
• The Anniversary (26 Apr 80)
• The Law And Mr Lambert (3 May 80)
• Goodbye Charlie (10 May 80)
• Your Turn For Grandad (17 May 80)
• Practice Makes Perfect (24 May 80)
• Survival (31 May 80)
• Onto Us A Child (7 Jun 80)

DVD Releases

Series 1 27 February 2012