For most red-blooded males of the 50’s the sight of the sixth form from St Trinians was an absolute tonic. In amongst all the black-stockings was ‘Flash Harry’ played by a young George Cole – some people get all the luck…..
My mind is wandering, thats the joy of being politically incorrect however it does indirectly lead us into this months Gem of Radio from the 1950s – A Life of Bliss. Made originally as a perfect foil for David Tomlinson within a few episodes the star role was passed over to George Cole. A life of Bliss centred round the love life (or lack of it?) of one David Alexander Bliss (George Cole) a man who is naive to the point of stupidity. Another cast member with an interesting line in ‘bark’ was Percy “Edwards who played ‘Psyche’ the dog.
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The show remains well worth spending a nostalgic revisit and for some fun info on it have a look here at some great snippets from Whirligig
http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/memories/snippets/snippets8.htm
Like many good things the show eventually transferred to the square box with similar success. I wonder if any copies still exist?
I have just over 30 episodes of the radio show which you can download on the following two links freely. Some debate over dating in OTR circles but I am happy with these.
