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: Dangerous Company

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Having finished with Zoe, David finds a new girlfriend. Will Anne and Tony approve?

Having finished with Zoe, David finds a new girlfriend. Will Anne and Tony approve? Stars George Cole. From April 1959.

Having finished with Zoe, David finds himself a new girlfriend. But will Anne and Tony approve? 

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

David Alexander .... George Cole
Anne Fellows .... Diana Churchill 
Tony Fellows .... Colin Gordon
Zoe Hunter .... Sheila Sweet
'Psyche' the Dog .... Percy Edwards
Melissa …. Maxine Audley 

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.

The BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenhoulet.

Producer: Leslie Bridgmont

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in March 1959.

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