A Slave of Fashion
David’s father takes up art, much to his amusement, until he has to pose for a portrait. Stars George Cole. From February 1959.
David’s father takes up art, much to his amusement - until he has to pose for a portrait...
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
Mrs Bliss …. Gladys Young
Mr Bliss …. Carleton Hobbs
Lord Garland …. William Mervyn
'Psyche' the Dog …. Percy Edwards
Six series of 118 episodes of A Life of Bliss ran on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service from 1953. It moved to Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ TV for a run of six episodes in 1969.
Sadly very few episodes survive in the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 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.
Producer: Leslie Bridgmont
First broadcast on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service in February 1959.
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