The Good Life
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1975 - 1978
- 30 episodes (4 series)
After Tom Good becomes disillusioned with his life, he packs in his job and he and his wife attempt to live a completely self-sufficient life in suburbia. Stars Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Penelope Keith and Paul Eddington.
- Summer Special repeated tomorrow at 5:05pm on U&Gold
Press clippings Page 5
Your next box set: The Good Life
More than three decades on, the suburban self-sufficiency sitcom remains funny and daring, helped by a fantastic cast and a still-pertinent theme.
Leo Hickman, The Guardian, 9th April 2010From the Good Life to good time girl: Felicity Kendal
Deploying her husky and mischievous chuckle, Felicity Kendal laughs to recall her early encounters with prostitution.
Patrick Marmion, Daily Mail, 19th March 2010Good Life writer slams TV commissioning structure
Acclaimed sitcom writer Bob Larbey, whose credits include The Good Life and As Time Goes By, has criticised television's commissioning structure, claiming writers have to deal with too many executives and "jump through hoops" to get a commission.
Matthew Hemley, The Stage, 9th March 2010Why I Love - The Good Life
To celebrate the 35th anniversary of the very first episode of The Good Life appearing on BBC1, we thought we'd take a look back at this uber lovable sitcom and its characters.
Lynn Rowlands-Connolly, Unreality TV, 27th February 2010Cable girl: The Good Life
Just how did The Good Life - the improbable 70s sitcom about "non-hippy hippies" turning self-sufficient in suburbia - come to exist?
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 2nd February 2010Give me The Good Life every Christmas
Keep your shiny new Doctor Who in its box. There's only one Christmas special that brings real joy - and it's from 1977.
Grace Dent, The Guardian, 23rd December 2009