The Good Life - BBC1 Sitcom - British Comedy Guide

TV sitcom
BBC One
1975 - 1978
30 episodes (4 series)

After Tom Good becomes disillusioned with his life, he packs in his job and he and his wife attempt to live a completely self-sufficient life in suburbia. Stars Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Penelope Keith and Paul Eddington.

Series 1, Episode 5 repeated Sunday at 1am on BBC4

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The Good Life. Image shows from L to R: Barbara Good (Felicity Kendal), Tom Good (Richard Briers), Margo Leadbetter (Penelope Keith), Jerry Leadbetter (Paul Eddington). Copyright: BBC

Genre

Sitcom

Broadcast

1975 - 1978

Channel

BBC 1

Episodes

30 (4 series)

Stars

Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Penelope Keith and Paul Eddington

Writers

John Esmonde and Bob Larbey

Director

John Howard Davies

Producer

John Howard Davies

Company

Sitcom following two happily married couples living in London's suburbs.

As his 40th birthday approaches, Tom Good decides to throw in the daily grind of the commute, office life and the career rat-race and attempt a self-sufficiency lifestyle with wife Barbara: they'll grow their own fruit and vegetables, keep a few animals, and make their own way in the world.

Their best friends and next-door neighbours, Margo and Jerry Leadbetter, are shocked by the notion of their genteel neighbourhood being overrun by pigs, mud and other such unsophisticated muck. Jerry simply thinks Tom's gone mad, but Margo is outraged by the imposition.

Can Tom and Barbara survive? Perhaps with a little of the neighbours' help...