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The Good Life: The Complete Collection
The Good Life: The Complete Collection
Oct 10, 2024 7:19 AM

Author:John Esmonde,Bob Larbey,John Esmonde and Bob Larbey,Richard Briers,Penelope Keith,Felicity Kendal,Paul Eddington,Full Cast

The Good Life: The Complete Collection

Meet Surbiton’s most famous residents; Tom, Barbara, Margo and Jerry.

It is Tom Good's 40th birthday and he feels thoroughly unfulfilled. If only he can discover what 'It' is, and if he can, will his wife Barbara agree to do 'It' with him?

The subsequent and sudden transformation of the Goods’ home into a smallholding causes consternation for Margo and Jerry next door, and they decide it’s their duty to interfere...

So begins The Good Life, the much loved classic sitcom starring Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Paul Eddington and Penelope Keith.

The escapades of the mismatched next-door neighbours whose friendship is constantly being tested to the limits are collected here with thirty hilarious episodes from the much loved BBC television series.

Series One: Plough Your Own Furrow, Say Little Hen, The Weaker Sex?, Pig’s Lib, The Thing In The Cellar, The Pagan Rite, Backs To The Wall. Series Two: Just My Bill, The Guru of Surbiton, Mr Fix-It, The Day Peace Broke Out, Mutiny, Home Sweet Home, Going to Pot. Series Three: The Early Birds, The Happy Event, A Tug of the Forelock, I Talk To The Trees, The Wind-Break War, Whose Fleas Are These?, The Last Posh Frock. Series Four: Away From It All, The Green Door, Our Speaker Today, The Weaver’s Tale, Suit Yourself, Sweet and Sour Charity, Anniversary. The Specials: Silly But It’s Fun…, When I’m 65.

Reviews

A unique and brilliant comic voice.

—— ROSS NOBLE

Comedy genius... The funniest book I've read in years.

—— DAVID WALLIAMS

A truly eye-opening book from a fantastic comedian.

—— ADAM KAY

The reader gets to know him as a good-natured, sometimes mischievous bloke - a real person and not just the comic with the electronic voice.

—— Chortle

Funny, charming and full of unique insights.

—— FRANCESCA MARTINEZ, author of What the **** is Normal?

Lee's wicked sense of humour shines through.

—— Andrew Hayden-Smith

PRAISE FOR LOST VOICE GUY'S STAND-UP: 'Self-lacerating comedy with something to say.'

—— The Guardian

PRAISE FOR LOST VOICE GUY'S STAND-UP: 'A talent for real anger that leaves us amused.'

—— The Times

PRAISE FOR LOST VOICE GUY'S STAND-UP: 'A mix of observation and self-deprecation which confirms he's got talent.'

—— The Telegraph

PRAISE FOR LOST VOICE GUY'S STAND-UP: 'A comedian with an edge and a honed sense of his material.'

—— Front Row
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