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A Life of Bliss

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George Cole stars as bashful, bumbling bachelor, David Alexander Bliss.

George Cole stars in Godfrey Harrison's sitcom about bashful, bumbling bachelor, David Alexander Bliss.

A Life of Bliss: The Flat

The Flat

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David prepares to move back into his flat, with warnings from Tony ringing in his ears.

David prepares to move back into his flat, with warnings from Tony ringing in his ears. Stars George Cole. From August 1957.

David prepares to move back into his flat, but with warnings from Tony ringing in his ears. 

George Cole stars in Godfrey Harrison's sitcom about bashful, bumbling bachelor David Alexander Bliss.

David Bliss …. George Cole
Ann …. Diana Churchill
Tony …. Colin Gordon
Psyche the Dog …. Percy Edwards
Maxine …. Sarah Lawson 

Six series of 118 episodes of A Life of Bliss ran on the BBC Home Service from 1953. It moved to BBC TV for a run of six episodes in 1969.

Sadly very few episodes survive in the BBC archive, including the first seven starring David Tomlinson. His replacement George Cole went to to star in the St Trinian's films and later as dodgy Arthur Daley in ITV's Minder.

The BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenhoulet.

Producer: Leslie Bridgmont

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in August 1957.

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