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A Life of Bliss

Battle of the Sexes

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Feathers fly when bachelor David Bliss gets caught up in a row between his parents.

Godfrey Harrison's sitcom about shy, bumbling bachelor David Alexander Bliss starring George Cole.

David Bliss .... George Cole
Anne Fellows .... Diana Churchill
Tony Fellows .... Colin Gordon
Zoe Hunter .... Sheila Sweet
'Psyche' the Dog .... Percy Edwards
Mrs Bliss .... Gladys Young
Mr Bliss .... Carleton Hobbs

Beginning in 1953, it ran for six series of 118 episodes concluding in 1969 - but few survive in the BBC archive. (A TV series was made in 1969). For the first seven episodes, David Tomlinson played David, but the rest starred the future star of The St Trinian's films - destined to find great fame as the dodgy Arthur Daley in ITV's ‘Minder’ - George Cole.

Producer: Leslie Bridgmont

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in February 1959. Show less

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