
Man At Bay
An old flame of David’s has womaniser Phil in her sights. David and Zoe come to the rescue. Stars George Cole. From March 1959.
An old flame of David’s has womaniser Phil in her sights. David and Zoe come to the rescue.
George Cole stars in Godfrey Harrison's sitcom about bashful, bumbling bachelor David Alexander Bliss.
David Bliss .... George Cole
Anne Fellows .... Diana Churchill
Tony Fellows .... Colin Gordon
Zoe Hunter .... Sheila Sweet
'Psyche' the Dog .... Percy Edwards
Phil Bender .... Donald Sinden
Eve Gunning .... Rosemary Miller
John Gunning .... Felix Felton
Six series of 118 episodes of A Life of Bliss ran on the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Service from 1953. It moved to ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ TV for a run of six episodes in 1969.
Sadly very few episodes survive in the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenhoulet.
Producer: Leslie Bridgmont
First broadcast on the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Service in March 1959.
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