Blessed (TV series)

Blessed
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Running time	30 minutes (approximate)
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	14 October 2005 (2005-10-14) – 9 December 2005 (2005-12-09)

Blessed is a BBC television sitcom written by Ben Elton and starring Ardal O'Hanlon as Gary, a record producer, who is struggling to bring up two small children. The series was broadcast on BBC One on Friday evenings at 9.00pm between October and December 2005. It featured the lullaby Morningtown Ride as its theme, sung by the cast band. One series of 8 episodes was produced.

Cast

Actor	Role
Ardal O'Hanlon	Gary Chandler
Mel Giedroyc	Sue Chandler
Robert Webb	Bill Hathaway
Sally Bretton	Mary Hathaway
Kelly Beckett	Toppa
Hannah Jane Fox	Vicky
Rowland Rivron	Styx
Michael McKell	Ronnie
Russell Brand	Tommy
Hannah Spearritt	Sarah (of Girl Thing)
Ray Panthaki	Lance

Episode guide

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)

External links

Blessed at BBC Online Comedy Guide
Blessed at the Internet Movie Database
Blessed at the British Comedy Guide

Ben Elton

Television	The Young Ones (1982) There's Nothing to Worry About! (1982) Alfresco (1983) Happy Families (1985) Filthy Rich & Catflap (1986) Blackadder II (1986) Blackadder the Third (1987) Blackadder Goes Forth (1989) Ben Elton: The Man from Auntie (1990) Mr. Bean (1990) Stark (1993) The Thin Blue Line (1995) The Ben Elton Show (1998) Blessed (2005) Get a Grip (2007) Ben Elton Live from Planet Earth (2011) The Wright Way (2013)

Theatre	Popcorn (1996) Blast From the Past (1998) The Beautiful Game (1998) We Will Rock You (2002) Love Never Dies (2010)

Novel	Stark (1989) Gridlock (1991) This Other Eden (1993) Popcorn (1996) Blast From the Past (1998) Inconceivable (1999) Dead Famous (2001) High Society (2002) Past Mortem (2004) The First Casualty (2005) Chart Throb (2006) Blind Faith (2007) Time and Time Again (2014)

Film	Maybe Baby (2000)

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