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The Further Adventures of Lucky Jim (1982)

The Further Adventures of Lucky Jim poster
Original title
The New Adventures of Lucky Jim
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 7 episodes
Rated
NR
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A university lecturer gets into humorous scrapes with authority and romance. The series updates the original novel to a 1960s setting.

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What happens

The Further Adventures of Lucky Jim (a.k.a. The New Adventures of Lucky Jim) is a British television sitcom which first aired on BBC 2 in 1982. It is inspired by the 1954 novel Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis, updated to the Swinging Sixties. It was intended as a sequel to the 1967 series Further Adventures of Lucky Jim also written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, which had starred Keith Barron in the title role. Actors who appeared in individual episodes include Miranda Richardson, Clive Swift, Antony Sher, Tony Haygarth, Albert Moses, Trevor Bannister, Tim Barrett, Timothy Carlton, Geoffrey Chater and Wanda Ventham. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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