Down To Earth

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1995
  • 7 episodes (1 series)

Sitcom starring Richard Briers as a former diplomat forced to adjust to life as a labourer. Also features Christopher Blake, Kirsten Cooke, Steve Edwin, Stephen Bent, Sandor Eles and Joanna Van Gyseghem

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Farrington Of The F.O.

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On The Up

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Double First

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The Misfit

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