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Bob Larbey
Bob Larbey

Bob Larbey

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  • Writer

Bob Larbey features

The Good Life. Image shows from L to R: Tom Good (Richard Briers), Barbara Good (Felicity Kendal). Copyright: BBC Features

Comedy Rewind: Back to basics on The Good Life

Sunday 26th November 2023

Initially conceived as a vehicle for comic actor Richard Briers, The Good Life has become an all-time British TV classic, as Comedy Rewind explains.

Bob Larbey Features

Bob Larbey interview

Monday 7th April 2014

In this interview, top sitcom writer Bob Larbey - who died last week - talks about starting out, creating The Good Life, and the sitcom idea he never could get made.

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