Mixed Blessings: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Mixed Blessings is a sitcom about two young lovers, Thomas Simpson and Susan Lambert, who are about to embark on married life. Social worker Susan is black, while out-of-work engineer Christopher is white, so telling each others families (being late 1970s Britain) is only the beginning of their problems...

Series details

• Title: Mixed Blessings
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1978-03-03
• Final broadcast date listed: 1980-06-07
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 32287
• TVDB ID: 260784

Cast and credited roles

• Christopher Blake — Thomas Simpson
• Muriel Odunton — Susan Lambert
• Joan Sanderson — Aunt Dorothy

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1978-03-03; final listed air date 1978-04-14; episode order: 7.
• Season 2: premiered 1978-10-06; final listed air date 1978-11-10; episode order: 6.
• Season 3: premiered 1980-04-05; final listed air date 1980-06-07; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Mixed Blessings on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.