Bliss (1995)
October 11, 1995Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Simon Shepherd
Dr Sam Bliss
Marc Evans
Director
Simon Shore
Director
Jonathan Hyde
Dr. Oliver Pleasance
Crispin Reece
Director
Reece Dinsdale
Dr. Clive Sussman
Richard Standeven
Director
Sian Webber
Dr. Melanie Kilpatrick
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Bliss is a British television science thriller series first broadcast on 11 October 1995. It ran for a total of five episodes on ITV. The series starred Simon Shepherd as Dr. Sam Bliss, a medical research scientist based at Cambridge University, and widowed father-of-two, who often finds himself investigating bizarre and unexplained deaths, with the help of his assistant, Dr. Melanie Kilpatrick (Sian Webber). Initially broadcast as a single stand-alone pilot episode in 1995, Bliss spawned a run of four episodes, which followed in 1997.
The initial pilot was directed by Marc Evans and written by novelist Michael Stewart. Jonathan Hyde, Reece Dinsdale and Jennifer Hilary co-starred in the pilot, alongside Sarah Smart and Zoë Hart, who later reprised their roles for the series. The initial pilot drew a viewing audience of approximately 10 million, while viewing figures for the series averaged around 7 million. In 2000, both the pilot episode and series were released on VHS via Carlton Television. Neither the pilot episode, nor the series, have been released on DVD.