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A Taste of My Life

Series 2

Episode 3: Richard Briers

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Nigel Slater explores the lives and loves of celebrities through personal experiences of food. Featuring a rare personal interview with Richard Briers. Show more

The Good Life

Series 4

Suit Yourself

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One London

The Goods find new ways to put their loom to good use, while Margo and Jerry are preparing for an important dinner party at which Jerry's boss will announce his retirement.

Contributors

Barbara Good:
Felicity Kendal
Margo Leadbetter:
Penelope Keith
Jeremy Leadbetter:
Paul Eddington
Andrew/Sir:
Reginald Marsh

The Good Life

Series 4

Sweet and Sour Charity

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One London

Mrs Weaver has moved and Tom wants to take the oil from her central heating tank. Jerry is trying to discredit a colleague and Margo is asked to play the lead in a production.

Contributors

Barbara Good:
Felicity Kendal
Margo Leadbetter:
Penelope Keith
Jeremy Leadbetter:
Paul Eddington
Andrew/Sir:
Reginald Marsh

The Good Life

Series 2

The Guru of Surbiton

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Comedy about a couple trying to live self-sufficiently in Surbiton. Tom's philosophy of life attracts two young disciples - but not permanently, he hopes.

Contributors

Barbara Good:
Felicity Kendal
Margo Leadbeatter:
Penelope Keith
Jerry Leadbeatter:
Paul Eddington

The Good Life

Series 2

Episode 1: Just My Bill

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Seventies sitcom about a self-sufficient couple in suburbia. Tom finds marketing his garden produce more difficult than he thought, especially when the rates are due.

Contributors

Barbara Good:
Felicity Kendal
Margo Leadbeatter:
Penelope Keith
Jerry Leadbeatter:
Paul Eddington
Van Driver:
Blake Butler
Restaurant Manager:
Wolfe Morris

The Good Life

Series 1

Plough Your Own Furrow

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Classic sitcom. Tom Good decides that commuting is no life for a thinking man. His solution is unique in Surbiton but embarrassing to the neighbours.

Contributors

Barbara Good:
Felicity Kendal
Margo Leadbetter:
Penelope Keith
Jerry Leadbetter:
Paul Eddington

The Good Life

Series 3

The Happy Event

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

A 400% increase in their livestock population is a source of great joy for the Goods. Although their excitement is not shared by the Leadbetters.

Contributors

Barbara Good:
Felicity Kendal
Margo Leadbetter:
Penelope Keith
Jeremy Leadbetter:
Paul Eddington
Constable:
George Innes

The Good Life

Series 2

Episode 7: Going to Pot

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Sitcom about a couple trying to live self-sufficiently in Surbiton. Tom and Barbara's evening class becomes unusually productive.

Contributors

Barbara Good:
Felicity Kendal
Margo Leadbeatter:
Penelope Keith
Jerry Leadbeatter:
Paul Eddington
Mrs Weaver:
Charmian May

The Good Life

Series 2

Episode 4: The Day Peace Broke Out

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Sitcom about a couple who try to live self-sufficiently in Surbiton. Tom takes the law into his own hands when some of his leeks go missing.

Contributors

Barbara Good:
Felicity Kendal
Margo Leadbeatter:
Penelope Keith
Jerry Leadbeatter:
Paul Eddington
Magistrate:
James Cossins
Harry Bennett:
Brian Grellis

The Good Life

Series 2

Episode 3: Mr Fix-It

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Sitcom about a couple who try to live self-sufficiently in Surbiton. Tom and Barbara are visited by the press.

Contributors

Barbara Good:
Felicity Kendal
Margo Leadbeatter:
Penelope Keith
Jerry Leadbeatter:
Paul Eddington
Journalist:
John Quayle
Delivery Man:
Steve Emerson

The Good Life

Series 4

Episode 1: Away from It All

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Margo and Jerry persuade Tom and Barbara to stay in a luxurious flat for the night. How will Margo and Jerry cope with looking after the Goods' animals? Show more

Contributors

Barbara Good:
Felicity Kendal
Margo Leadbetter:
Penelope Keith
Jerry Leadbetter:
Paul Eddington

The Good Life

Series 2

Episode 6: Home Sweet Home

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Sitcom about a couple who try to live self-sufficiently in Surbiton. After a visit from a boar walker, Tom and Barbara consider selling up and moving to a small farm.

Contributors

Barbara Good:
Felicity Kendal
Margo Leadbeatter:
Penelope Keith
Jerry Leadbeatter:
Paul Eddington
Mrs Weaver:
Charmian May

The Good Life

Series 3

A Tug of the Forelock

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

After Tom brainstorms an idea for revamping the cultivator into a transport vehicle, the Goods try their hand at becoming a housekeeping service to the Leadbetters to earn cash.

Contributors

Barbara Good:
Felicity Kendal
Margo Leadbetter:
Penelope Keith
Jeremy Leadbetter:
Paul Eddington

The Good Life

Series 3

I Talk to the Trees

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

The Goods decide to experiment with talking to their plants to see if they'll grow more. Margo, meanwhile, plans to run for music society president.

Contributors

Barbara Good:
Felicity Kendal
Margo Leadbetter:
Penelope Keith
Jeremy Leadbetter:
Paul Eddington
Mr Wakeley:
Noel Howlett
Mr Chipchase:
Raymond Mason

The Good Life

Series 3

Whose Fleas Are These?

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

It's embarrassing enough when Tom and Barbara find themselves with fleas. But how can they stop these unwanted guests from catching on with Jerry and Margo?

Contributors

Barbara Good:
Felicity Kendal
Margo Leadbetter:
Penelope Keith
Jerry Leadbetter:
Paul Eddington
Mr Bulstrode:
Michael Robbins

The Good Life

Series 3

Episode 7: The Last Posh Frock

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Classic sitcom. Barbara tries to remain a woman, despite her work-worn hands and a ruined dress.

Contributors

Barbara Good:
Felicity Kendal
Margo Leadbetter:
Penelope Keith
Jerry Leadbetter:
Paul Eddington
Man in Street:
Ronald Nunnery

The Good Life

Series 4

Episode 7: The Anniversary

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

70s sitcom about a couple farming for self-sufficiency in the suburbs. Has the good life come to an end for Tom and Barbara?

The Good Life

Series 4

Episode 3: Our Speaker Today

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Sitcom. Barbara gets Margo out of a fix when a speaker at her society lets her down. Barbara gives a talk about self-sufficiency at Margo's women's group. Show more

Contributors

Barbara Good:
Felicity Kendal
Margo Leadbeatter:
Penelope Keith
Jerry Leadbeatter:
Paul Eddington
Lady Truscott:
Angela Thorne
Lady in Home:
Robert Lindsay
Writer:
Bob Larbey