Bliss (1995 TV series)

Bliss
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Genre	Science thriller film
Created by	Michael Stewart
Directed by	Marc Evans
Starring	Simon Shepherd Sian Webber Sarah Smart Zoë Hart Anthony Smee Jonathan Hyde Reece Dinsdale Eva Marie Bryer Jennifer Hilary
Composer	Daemion Barry
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	5 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE.
Production
Producers	Dominic Fulford Jacky Stoller
Cinematography	Nicholas D. Knowland
Editor	John Wilson
Running time	90 minutes
Production companies	Abbey Films Productions Carlton Television
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	11 October 1995 (1995-10-11) – 3 July 1997 (1997-07-03)
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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.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3] In 2000, both the pilot episode and series were released on VHS via Carlton Television.^[4][5] Neither the pilot episode, nor the series, have been released on DVD.