I don't have the box-set either, though I do have every episode- recorded from an eBay seller.
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Ditto.
Quote: Aaron @ July 6 2009, 10:40 PM BSTOh I would.
How come that vital piece of infomation has dissapeared off your profile then 
Vital? Hardly! It's gone because I re-wrote and cut down. It's not been replaced, has it? 
I don't like to name things. I've seen far too many sitcoms with their own individual merits to be able to choose a favourite. But I've no doubt that it is at least in the top 3.
Ohhh.
Quote: Aaron @ July 7 2009, 12:29 AM BSTSupposedly he (Robin Stewart - Mike in the TV series) and Sid James didn't get on in the slightest, and he was generally very unprofessional. I've seen suggestion that he was purposely not offered a role in the film because of this.
Was he any relation to William G?
Not as far as I know.
Quote: Chappers @ July 8 2009, 12:25 AM BSTWas he any relation to William G?
Used to think William G Stewart's first claim to fame was 15 To 1 presenter didn't realise he'd been a TV producer before (or is it director)?
Quote: Aaron @ July 7 2009, 12:29 AM BSTSupposedly he (Robin Stewart - Mike in the TV series) and Sid James didn't get on in the slightest, and he was generally very unprofessional. I've seen suggestion that he was purposely not offered a role in the film because of this.
I read Sid allegedly caught Robin hiding his script behind a newspaper. Think Sid was one of ghose ultra-professional types whicb is no bad thing
Quote: peter gazzard @ July 8 2009, 8:45 AM BSTUsed to think William G Stewart's first claim to fame was 15 To 1 presenter didn't realise he'd been a TV producer before (or is it director)?
Both. He has a very long career in television.
Found the movie on DVD a couple of days ago and have just watched it. Great stuff, if you like this sort of thing. Not only was the part of Mike recast, but Peter Butterworth (for better or worse) replaced Anthony Jackson as Sid's neighbour Trevor. For fans of AYBS? there are bit parts by Wendy Richard (as a waitress in a tight top) and Frank Thorntorn (as a pompous man with aghast eyes). And Sally Geeson gets about in a blue bikini, while Diana Coupland remains lovely. Was also pleasing to see Tommy Godfrey, who was Arthur in Love Thy Neighbour.
Quote: Chappers @ July 7 2009, 12:22 AM BSTThey had a different son in the film didn't they. Presumably because the Confessions actor was considered better for the box-office.
The movie of Bless This House was made two years before the first Confessions film.
Quote: Jack Massey @ July 6 2009, 9:47 PM BSTI didn't like the Bless This House film myself, it was just a Carry On. Also wasn't keen on the first Buses movie, the second one was okay and agreed I liked Holiday. The Bottom movie was good, but not a patch on the TV show. Likewise Dad's Army, Mr Bean and Rising Damp. The Porridge one was good, yet again not a patch on the TV show. Ones which did match the quality of the sitcom were Till Death Us Do Part (the first film, the second The Alf Garnett Saga was well below par) and Please Sir, which was a great film and every bit as good as the TV show. The Likely Lads movie had a brilliant first half, but a poor second half.
Also good was the George & Mildred movie - with one very funny scene where a male character in a hotel bed (with two women) accuses George of being a "bloody pervert".
I have just bought The Complete Collection for about £17.
65 episodes and the movie not bad value I thought 
Don't really remember much about the sitcom, only that I went to school with one of Diana Coupland's boys, nice bloke if I remember right. The film however has long since been a favourite sitcom spin off movie of mine, but I always imagined the sitcom may not have been as good, for some reason, so I've not thought of wanting to watch it. After reading some of the comments about it, I might look at trying to see some of it.
BTW, I thought Terry Scott played Sid's nextdoor neighbour in the film??
Terry Scott was indeed the neighbour in the movie. Which is quite below the standard set by the series.
But he's not in the series is he, I believe. Shame, I'm a big Terry Scott fan. Still, by what I'm told on this thread, I could have a nice surprise in store, watching this. I'm intrigued to the point of doing a quick Amazon search. And it's from my favourite era, the early 70s, when England was England and political correctness was but a wispy pipedream. Sigh.