Tom and Barbara Good escape the rat race and pursue a self-sufficient lifestyle in Surbiton, much to the concern, frustration and sometimes envy of their neighbours Margo and Jerry Leadbetter. Entitled ‘Good Neighbors’ when shown in the USA.
Richard Briers
Tom Good
Felicity Kendal
Barbara Good
Paul Eddington
Jerry Leadbetter
Penelope Keith
Margo Leadbetter
5 eps
Specials
1977
7 eps
Season 1
1975
7 eps
Season 2
1975
7 eps
Season 3
1976
7 eps
Season 4
1977
Status
Ended
Original Language
EN
Network
BBC One
Tagline
"The Good Life brings laughter and hope to suburbia!"
Created By
John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
Production
BBC
Peter McGinn
September 27, 2020
This show is a product of the 70s. A suburban couple decide to drop out and go back to the land. They will grow their own food, barter or sell what they produce to make their living, whatever they need to do to drop out of the rat race. Their slightly stodgy friends next door remain in the rat race, providing a foil and a counterpoint for their shenanigans. If you had shown me a summary of the...
CinemaSerf
February 23, 2022
I wonder just how many people in the mid 1970s - anywhere in the world - would have realised just how visionary writers John Esmonde and Bob Larbey were with this marvellous tale of a happily married suburban couple who decide to give up their daily grind and revert to a subsistence existence. Richard Briers and Felicity Kendall are great in the roles of the optimistic and naive "Tom" and his stoi...
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