The Good Life: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Tom and Barbara Good are a middle class suburban couple who on Tom's 40th birthday decide to turn their Surbiton home into a self-sufficient allotment. They grow their own food, keep farm animals and have sold or bartered all of their electrical appliances as they have no electricity. This creates friction with their best friends and next door neighbours, Jerry and Margo Leadbetter. But even though the Goods have lowered the tone of the neighbourhood in the Leadbetter's eyes they still can't help but be best of friends.

Series details

• Title: The Good Life
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1975-04-04
• Final broadcast date listed: 1978-06-10
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 8/10
• TVMaze ID: 6021
• IMDb ID: tt0075511
• TVDB ID: 77124

Cast and credited roles

• Richard Briers — Tom Good
• Felicity Kendal — Barbara Good
• Paul Eddington — Jerry Leadbetter
• Penelope Keith — Margo Leadbetter
• Moyra Fraser — Felicity
• Charmian May — Mrs. Weaver
• Reginald Marsh — Andrew
• Tony Selby — Sam

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1975-04-04; final listed air date 1975-05-16; episode order: 7.
• Season 2: premiered 1975-12-05; final listed air date 1976-01-23; episode order: 7.
• Season 3: premiered 1976-09-10; final listed air date 1976-10-21; episode order: 7.
• Season 4: premiered 1977-04-10; final listed air date 1978-06-10; episode order: 7.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Good Life on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.