The Good Life

1970's BBC Comedy
Going Green With The Goods In.. The Good Life, 1975 Perhaps one of the most endearing sitcoms ever written, The Good Life was the original environment friendly comedy.  It covered so many issues so well.  Fro...
richard briers stars in the rather dark but very funny tv comedy if you see god tell him

If You See God, Tell Him

1990's BBC Comedy
If You See God, Tell Him - 1993 Whilst the subject matter may be a little delicate, this rather dark comedy has some genuine laugh out very loud moments. The title is a take on the "If you see Sid, tell him", ...

Roobarb

Kids TV
Roobarb, 1974 Many years ago in a time before even neighbours, there used to be a short slot at the end of children's television, just before the evening news.Over the years this saw some interesting littl...
a young richard briers gets his first starring role in bbc sitcom brothers in law

Brother’s In Law

1960's BBC Comedy, Radio
It's Not Another Mother In Law Joke It's... Brothers In Law, TV and Radio Brothers In Law was the TV, and later Radio, series inspired by a 1955 comedy novel of the same name.Adapted for TV by two of the ...

The Norman Conquests

1970's ITV Comedy
The Norman Conquests, 1977 No it's not a history lesson, wrong year any way.  The Norman Conquests was a trilogy of plays written in 1973.The plays each had their own title: Table Manners, Living Together ...

The Good Life – 1977 Christmas Special

Christmas TV
It's Silly, But It's Fun - The Good Life Christmas Special - 1977 It's amazing to think how much hindsight television writers during the 1970's had.  In 1977 most people would buy their presents in the traditi...

The Other One

1970's BBC Comedy
The Other One, 1977 From the writers of The Good Life came this hit follow up written for Richard Briers.The Other One ran for two series.  The first in 1977 running for seven episodes and returning for a ...
ever decreasing circles

Ever Decreasing Circles

1980's BBC Comedy
Ever Decreasing Circles, 1984 After the success of The Good Life each of the actors would go on to have success in their own projects.  Ever Decreasing Circles was written for Richard Briers reuniting him with...

Goodbye Mr Kent

1980's BBC Comedy
Goodbye Mr Kent, 1982 Goodbye Mr Kent is proof that even with all the right ingredients it doesn't always go right.This almost forgotten sitcom aired in the early 1980's for just seven episodes (one series...

Noah and Nelly in… SkylArk

Kids TV
Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk - 1976 Noah and Nelly was created by Grange Calveley, of Rhubarb fame. There were fifteen five minute films depicting a world loosely based around Noah's Ark, screened on BBC1 in 1...