The Good Life, known as Good Neighbors in the United States, is a British sitcom produced by BBC television, written by Bob Larbey and John Esmonde, that ran on BBC1 from 4 April 1975 to 10 June 1978. It opens with the midlife crisis of Tom Good, a 40-year-old plastics designer played by Richard Briers, and follows Tom and his wife Barbara, played by Felicity Kendal, as they try to escape the rat race by becoming self-sufficient in their suburban house in Surbiton. In a 2004 poll it was ranked ninth in Britain's Best Sitcom.
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The Good Life is a British sitcom, produced by BBC television.
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The Good Life, known as Good Neighbors in the United States, is a British sitcom produced by BBC television, written by Bob Larbey and John Esmonde, that ran on BBC1 from 4 April 1975 to 10 June 1978. It opens with the midlife crisis of Tom Good, a 40-year-old plastics designer played by Richard Briers, and follows Tom and his wife Barbara, played by Felicity Kendal, as they try to escape the rat race by becoming self-sufficient in their suburban house in Surbiton.
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The Good Life (known as Good Neighbors in the United States) is a British sitcom, produced by BBC television.
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The Good Life (known as Good Neighbors in the United States) is a British sitcom, produced by BBC television.
Created By: Esmonde and Larbey, Infobox: creator
John Esmonde and Bob Larbey
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