Name: The Good Life
Released: 1975-04-04T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Penelope Keith

The Good Life

Comedy 1975

Available on BritBox

Away from It All S4, E1: The Leadbetters are left to look after the animals when Tom and Barbara take a break.

Comedy 1975

Starring Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Penelope Keith

EPISODE 3

A Tug of the Forelock

The need for a means of transport to replace the broken trolley leads Tom to modify the rotavator. To pay for its fuel, the Goods decide to take on temporary work as domestic staff - with the Leadbetters.
EPISODE 4

I Talk To The Trees

Margo and Jerry are furious when Tom starts playing music to the trees, especially as Margo is staging a coup for the presidency of the Music Society.
EPISODE 5

The Windbreak War

Surbiton's nets are twitching as war breaks out between the Goods and the Leadbetters over Margo's new windbreak.
EPISODE 6

Whose Fleas Are These?

Tom and Barbara catch fleas. The problem is how to keep the fleas from catching Margo and Jerry.
EPISODE 7

The Last Posh Frock

Barbara tries to remain a woman, despite her work-worn hands and a ruined dress, and Tom can't understand what the problem is - just like a man.
EPISODE 1

Away from It All

The Leadbetters are left to look after the animals when Tom and Barbara take a break.
EPISODE 2

The Green Door

Tom and Barbara discover that Margo isn't going riding twice a week as she claims.
EPISODE 3

Our Speaker Today

Barbara gets Margo out of a fix when a speaker at her society lets her down.
EPISODE 4

The Weaver's Tale

Tom buys a loom to double up with Margo's spinning wheel.
EPISODE 5

Suit Yourself

The Goods decide to try and make their own clothes.
EPISODE 6

Sweet and Sour Charity

Tom and Barbara discover oil and Margo refuses to dress up like 'a tart' in Sweet Charity.

Richard Briers

Tom Good
Felicity Kendal

Barbara Good
Penelope Keith

Margo Leadbetter
Paul Eddington

Jerry Leadbetter
Reginald Marsh

Andrew / Sir
Moyra Fraser

Felicity
Charmian May

Mrs Weaver
John Davies

Director
John Esmonde

Writer
Bob Larbey

Writer

About

The Good Life

COMEDY

A milestone birthday convinces Tom Good to make a change. He talks his wife, Barbara, into giving up the so-called rat race and joining him in a life of simplicity and self-sufficiency. They convert their suburban home into a farm, planting crops in the back garden and bringing in pigs and chickens (including a rooster they name Lenin). The new use of their property comes as something of a shock to their very proper neighbours, Margo and Jerry Leadbetter. A social climber of the first order, Margo can't bear having chickens roaming the back garden. She'll have to put up with it, though, since Tom, despite his desire for self-sufficiency, can't bring himself to kill the chickens.

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Studio: BritBox
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1975

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Primary: English (United Kingdom) (Subtitles)

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