"Blessed" (2005)TV series

Director:

Ben Elton

Writer:

Ben Elton (writer)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

14 October 2005 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Cast

Ardal O'Hanlon	...	Gary Chandler (8 episodes, 2005)
Mel Giedroyc	...	Sue Chandler (8 episodes, 2005)
Robert Webb	...	Bill Hathaway (8 episodes, 2005)
Michael McKell	...	Ronnie (8 episodes, 2005)
Rowland Rivron	...	Styx (8 episodes, 2005)
Hannah Jane Fox	...	Vicky (8 episodes, 2005)
Sally Bretton	...	Mary Hathaway (8 episodes, 2005)
Ray Panthaki	...	Lance (8 episodes, 2005)
Siobhan Doran	...	Jodie (5 episodes, 2005)
Huw Higginson	...	Builder (5 episodes, 2005)
Jeff Edwards		(4 episodes, 2005)
Lynn Ferguson		(4 episodes, 2005)

Runtime:

30 min (8 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

The episodes were named after song titles and the groups who sang them:

• I'm So Tired (The Beatles)
• Ever Fallen in Love with Someone (Buzzcocks)
• I'm in Love with My Car (Queen)
• Just Looking (Stereophonics)
• Hit Me Baby One More Time (Britney Spears)
• Who Wrote the Book of Love? (The Undertones)
• Walk Like a Man (The Four Seasons)
• Let's Spend the Night Together (The Rolling Stones)

Richard's still ahead of the game

Absolutely awful.

Poor Ben Elton has a lot of catching up to do if we wants to be where Richard Curtis is at. And this unfunny sitcom that has no studio audience, has dreadful, cringe-worthy middle class characters is no help. Even the theme tune evokes memories of the Curtis created Vicar of Dibley. Every week this show fails the five-minute test; I doubt you will still be with the show after the first five minutes.

Finally, and this is another shot in the foot, Ardal O'Hanlon was good in Father Ted, but wasted in My Hero, which he should have stopped doing after one series, is not the ideal leading man here. The guy pretending to be Mick Jagger is simply irritating.