The Good Life
The Good Life is a TV show on BBC4. Classic sitcom about a middle-class couple who decide to turn their home into a self-sufficient farm, starring Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Penelope Keith and Paul Eddington. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 13 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in July 2025.
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The Good Life
Sitcom about a couple who try to live self-sufficiently in Surbiton. It's Margo's first night in the Sound of Music, and Jerry receives some unpleasant news.
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Sitcom about a couple who try to live self-sufficiently in Surbiton. Tom takes the law into his own hands when some of his leeks go missing.
Tom and Barbara are visited by the press, and Margo senses an opportunity to promote her upcoming dramatic production.
Tom's philosophy of life attracts two young disciples - but not permanently, he hopes.
Tom finds marketing his garden produce more difficult than he thought, especially when the rates are due.
Series 1
Seventies sitcom about a couple who decide to become self-sufficient. Tom and Barbara receive help from an unexpected quarter when harvest time comes around and Tom sprains his back.
Seventies sitcom about a couple who decide to become self-sufficient. As Tom and Barbara's savings dwindle, Tom sets about earning some extra money.
Seventies sitcom about a couple who decide to become self-sufficient. Margo is horrified when she hears of Tom and Barbara's decision to keep pigs in the garden.
Sitcom. Things are starting to happen in Tom's garden, but Barbara is feeling the effects of the boring and tiring work.
Margo and Jerry are slightly perturbed when the Goods start to introduce livestock to Surbiton, but worse is to follow when Tom decides to paint the greenhouse.
Classic sitcom. Tom Good decides that commuting is no life for a thinking man. His solution is unique in Surbiton but embarrassing to the neighbours.
Seasonal special of the suburban sitcom. The Goods and the Leadbetters plan their respective Christmases, but neither go according to plan. Classic comedy from 1977.