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Season 1 – The Good Life

1975 Comedy List
Reviews A milestone birthday convinces Tom Good to make a change. He talks his wife, Barbara, into giving up the so-called rat race and joining him in a life of simplicity and self-sufficiency. They convert their suburban home into a farm, planting crops in the back garden and bringing in pigs and chickens (including a rooster they name Lenin). The new use of their property comes as something of a shock to their very proper neighbors, Margo and Jerry Leadbetter. A social climber of the first order, Margo can't bear having chickens roaming the back garden. She'll have to put up with it, though, since Tom, despite his desire for self-sufficiency, can't bring himself to kill the chickens. Read More Read Less
The Good Life — Season 1

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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Apr 4, 1975 Plough Your Own Furrow Tom Good decides that commuting is no life for a thinking man, but his solution causes embarrassment. Details Episode 2 Aired Apr 11, 1975 Say Little Hen ... The Goods introduce livestock to Surbiton; Tom paints the greenhouse pink. Details Episode 3 Aired Apr 18, 1975 The Weaker Sex? Things happen in Tom's garden; Barbara feels the effects of tiring work. Details Episode 4 Aired Apr 25, 1975 Pig's Lib Tom buys a pair of pigs for the back garden and Margo gets the residents' association chairman involved. Details Episode 5 Aired May 2, 1975 The Thing in the Cellar Marge and Jerry are horrified when Tom builds a generator fueled by pig dung. Details Episode 6 Aired May 9, 1975 Pagan Rite As the Goods' savings dwindle, Margo and Jerry think Tom will be increasingly tempted to earn extra money. Details Episode 7 Aired May 16, 1975 Backs to the Wall Tom and Barbara receive help from an unexpected quarter when harvest time comes around. Details

Season Info

Director
John Davies
Screenwriter
John Esmonde, Bob Larbey
Network
BBC
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English (United Kingdom)
Release Date
Apr 4, 1975