The Good Life (1975)

Genre

sitcom

Country

United Kingdom

Length

4 seasons, 28 episodes

Rated

TV-PG

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 44 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A couple in their suburban home decide to quit their conventional jobs and become fully self-sufficient. They garden, raise animals, and make their own goods, which creates funny situations with their puzzled but well-meaning neighbors.

lightheartedwhimsicalcozygentlefeel-goodwholesomeplayfullow-stakes

What happens

The Good Life (known as Good Neighbors in the United States) is a British sitcom, produced by BBC television. It ran from 4 April 1975 to 10 June 1978 on BBC1 and was written by Bob Larbey and John Esmonde. Opening with the midlife crisis of Tom Good, a 40-year-old plastics designer, it relates the joys and setbacks he and his wife Barbara experience when they attempt to escape a modern "rat race" lifestyle by "becoming totally self-sufficient" in their suburban house in Surbiton. In 2004, it came ninth in Britain's Best Sitcom. The lead roles are taken by Richard Briers and Felicity Kendal. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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