A Life of Bliss 34 Eps


(4.9 stars; 9 reviews)

(34 Episodes) "A Life of Bliss," a BBC Sitcom and a new radio sitcom, was introduced by the BBC on the 29th of July, 1953, starring George Cole as awkward, absent-minded bachelor David Bliss. In the early episodes, Nora Swinburne played his sister, Pamela Batten & Esmond Knight his brother-in-law, Robert Batten. Later on, these roles were absorbed by Diana Churchill & Colin Gordon The writer of the series, Geoffrey Harrison, was often late in the completion of his scripts, to the extent that he would still be typing them at the recording sessions, while Percy Edwards (the "bark" of 'Psyche,' the dog in the series) entertained the studio audience with his animal impressions. This series ran for 118 episodes before it moved (in the early 60s) to television at which time, castmate Petula Clark went to musical super-stardom! * Source: Wikipedia OTR * def gp ddh

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

License

Chapters

ALOB 1954-10-20 #2-08 Finding A Girlfriend 28:28
ALOB 1957-05-28 #4-01 A Matter of Honour 29:06
ALOB 1957-06-04 #4-02 The Helpless Widow 28:40
ALOB 1957-06-09 #4-03 Fishing for a Girlfriend 29:29
ALOB 1957-06-25 #4-05 The Burglaries 29:00
ALOB 1957-07-02 #4-06 Jill 29:36
ALOB 1957-07-09 #4-07 The Return of Phil Bender 29:23
ALOB 1957-07-16 #4-08 Mr Hood Is Away 28:21
ALOB 1957-07-23 #4-09 Paul's Evening Out 29:27
ALOB 1957-07-30 #4-10 The New Car 28:10
ALOB 1957-08-20 #4-13 Maxine 28:55
ALOB 1957-08-27 #4-14 The Flat 28:54
ALOB 1957-09-03 #4-15 Penny Gay's Return 27:40
ALOB 1957-09-10 #4-16 The Engagement 27:52
ALOB 1958-12-31 #5-02 Two Dozen Red Roses 24:22
ALOB 1959-01-07 #5-03 A Spy in the Camp 27:34
ALOB 1959-01-14 #5-04 How ALOB Came to be Written 27:55
ALOB 1959-02-11 #5-08 A Moving Story 29:20
ALOB 1959-02-18 #5-09 United They Stay 29:42
ALOB 1959-02-25 #5-10 Oh Brother! 29:03
ALOB 1964-07-19 #6-04 Donald Hood 28:46
ALOB 1967-01-02 #7-01 The Homecoming 29:48
ALOB 1967-01-09 #7-02 Love In A Deep Freeze 28:33
ALOB 1967-01-16 #7-03 The Plot Thickens 28:08
ALOB 1967-01-23 #7-04 Rogue Husband 27:37
ALOB 1967-01-30 #7-05 The Diplomat 28:14
ALOB 1967-02-06 #7-06 Guardian Angel 28:10
ALOB 1969-01-20 #8-01 The Export Man 28:21
ALOB 1969-01-27 #8-02 The Profit Motive 27:55
ALOB 1969-02-03 #8-03 Better the Dog 28:30
ALOB 1969-02-10 #8-04 The Hot-Line 28:31
ALOB 1969-02-17 #8-05 The Insecurity Guard 28:05
ALOB 1969-02-24 #8-06 Some Are More Average Than Others 27:49
ALOB 1969-03-03 #8-07 The Modest Hero 28:18

Reviews

Genteel English sit-com


(5 stars)

The stories and dialog are very neatly contrived; the actors are among the best. This is classic English post-war comedy.

Sweet, lighthearted comedy


(5 stars)

Wonderful show! Top-notch actors and clever situations. It takes listening to a few episodes to get a sense of the characters.

Hilariously Funny!


(5 stars)

Quality comedy in the everyday events of life, it has me laughing in surprise! Charming and light.


(5 stars)

Brilliant relaxing show with harmless enjoyable humor great fun all round 👍