From 18/06/1957

With his engagement to Penny at an end, will David Bliss stay single for long?

Starring George Cole.

Godfrey Harrison's sitcom about bashful, bumbling bachelor, David Alexander Bliss.

David Bliss …. George Cole
Anne …. Diana Churchill
Tony ….Colin Gordon
Mrs Bliss …. Gladys Young
Psyche the Dog …. Percy Edwards
Elsbeth Hobdon …. Selwyn Morgan
Mrs Hobdon …. Molly Rankin
Mr Hobdon …. Humphrey Morton

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.

The BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenhoulet.

Producer: Leslie Bridgmont

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in June 1957.