The Other One (1977)
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1977 - 1979
- 13 episodes (2 series)
Sitcom about the unlikely friendship between two boring bachelors, Ralph Tanner and Brian Bryant. Stars Richard Briers, Michael Gambon and Michael Chesden.
Press clippings
Comedy Chronicles: The Other One: Could've done, should've done
Despite starring both Richard Briers and Michael Gambon, one late 1970s sitcom - from the writers of The Good Life and Ever Decreasing Circles - failed to make any public impression whatsoever. This was the other The Other One.
British Comedy Guide, 6th September 2020The Other One (BBC1) is an enjoyable comedy series about British innocents abroad. Richard Briers is the chump with delusions of adequacy ('I keep on slipping into Spanish without realising it') and Michael Gambon is his boring friend. Lightweight stuff, but at least palatable, which puts it in sharp contrast with Are You Being Served?, still pursuing its innuendo-strewn course.
Clive James, The Observer, 27th November 1977