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David made a female friend on a business trip. Will it prove problematic for his engagement?

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
Mr Bliss …. Carleton Hobbs
Psyche the Dog …. Percy Edwards
Penny Gaye …. Petula Clark
Honor Marchant …. Gwen Cherrall

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

Sadly very few episodes survive in the Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenhoulet.

Producer: Leslie Bridgmont

First broadcast on the Â鶹Éç Home Service in August 1957.