The Good Life (1975)
- Genre
- sitcom
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 4 seasons, 30 episodes
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Rating
- 7.8 of 10 from 44 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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.
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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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