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A Class By Himself. Image of Lord Bleasham (John Le Mesurier). Image credit: Harlech TV (HTV).

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A Class By Himself

Eccentric peer, Lord Bleasham, resides at the family seat in Somerset but has fallen upon hard times

Genre:
Sitcom
Broadcast:
1971 - 1972  (ITV1)
Episodes:
7 (pilot + 1 series)
Starring:
John Le Mesurier, Richard Stilgoe, Seretta Wilson, Peter Butterworth
Writers:
Richard Stilgoe
Production:
Harlech TV (HTV)

Lord Bleasham (pronounced Blessem) has hit upon hard times and can ill afford to employ anybody else at his country seat, Bleasham Hall. But, when a strangely dressed young man called Barnaby Locke enters his life, he is offered original ways of making money in order to let his Cambridge educated daughter claim her inheritance on her approaching 18th birthday.

Our Review: A company not normally renowned for sitcoms produced a worthy effort, all be it helped by a good professional cast. Based on a pilot that was shown only in the Harlech TV region. The show was tweaked with the original re-worked to form the first episode and the excellent Peter Butterworth chosen as Lord Bleasham's factotum.

It must have seemed like typecasting for Seretta Wilson who played Sgt Wilson's daughter in a Dad's Army episode, Getting the Bird, the same year.