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 27 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in October 2025.
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The Good Life
The Goods find new ways to put their loom to good use, while Margo and Jerry are preparing for an important dinner party at which Jerry's boss will announce his retirement.
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When Margo buys a spinning wheel at an antique shop, Tom buys a loom so he and Barbara can make their own woollen clothes.
Barbara gets Margo out of a fix when a speaker at Margo's society lets her down. Her talk about self-sufficiency is so successful, she finds herself in great demand.
Is Margo having an affair? When she is less than honest about her activities, the Goods can't help thinking the worst.
Margo and Jerry persuade Tom and Barbara to stay in a luxurious flat for the night. How will Margo and Jerry cope with looking after the Goods' animals?
Series 3
Classic sitcom. Barbara tries to remain a woman despite her work-worn hands and a ruined dress.
It's embarrassing enough when Tom and Barbara find themselves with fleas. But how can they stop these unwanted guests from catching on with Jerry and Margo?
War breaks out between the Goods and the Leadbetters - there is nothing like a good fight over the fence to cement relationships.
The Goods decide to experiment with talking to their plants to see if they will grow more. Margo, meanwhile, plans to run for music society president.
After Tom brainstorms an idea for revamping the cultivator into a transport vehicle, the Goods try their hand at becoming a housekeeping service to the Leadbetters to earn cash.
A 400 per cent increase in their livestock population is a source of great joy for the Goods, although their excitement is not shared by the Leadbetters.
After the Leadbetters reach the end of their tether with the Goods' crack-of-dawn activities, Tom and Barbara search for new ways to design their schedule.
Series 2
Sitcom about a couple trying to live self-sufficiently in Surbiton. Tom and Barbara's evening class becomes unusually productive.
Sitcom about a couple who try to live self-sufficiently in Surbiton. After a visit from a boar walker, Tom and Barbara consider selling up and moving to a small farm.
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.
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.