Stars: Richard Briers, Penelope Keith, Paul Eddington, Felicity Kendal

Summary: Three episodes from the television comedy series. Includes: 'Backs To The Wall', 'The Wind-Break War' and 'Silly, But It's Fun' in which the Goods manage to spend the sum of fifteen pence on Christmas.

THE GOOD LIFE is the classic 1970s farcical Britcom about an eccentric middle-class couple who decide to leave behind the empty promises of the rat race and live off their the land--without leaving the suburbs.Tom and Barbara Good (Richard Briers and Felicity Kendal), much to the horror of their conservative neighbours, the Leadbetters (Paul Eddington and Penelope Keith), decide to turn their suburban home into a self-sufficient utopian garden, with hilarious results. This collection features the three episodes of the popular series: "Backs to the Wall;" "Silly, But It's Fun...;" and "The Wind-Break War."

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The Good Lifehas proved an enduring jewel in the BBC's mainstream comedy archive. More than 25 years after it first appeared in our living rooms, nostalgia must be a major reason for its appeal. A whole generation of young men--and their fathers--found the weekly sight of Felicity Kendal as Barbara Good, pert in denim dungarees, irresistible. But it's the quality of the playing that has really stood the test of time and triumphs over a premise--self-sufficiency in Surbiton--that now seems naïve. Even in 1975, a Tom Good (a masterpiece of comic eccentricity from Richard Briers) quitting the rat race would probably have sold up his semi and chanced his luck as a small holder somewhere more remote than suburban Surrey.

Comic tensions arise not just from the Goods' daily struggle to beat the system on their own terms, but also from the relationship with their incredulous, often horrified, but usually supportive neighbours. Penelope Keith's Margo Leadbetter remains one of the great comic creations in British sitcom history--a simmering volcano of conservatism waging her own battle against creeping mediocrity in all aspects of life, whose human frailty somehow keeps her loveable. Paul Eddington as Jerry, her long-suffering husband, spars splendidly. --Piers Ford

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 0
Special Features:	A Bob Larbey Interview, Production Notes, Filmographies, Scene Indexing
Year:	1975
Release Date:	October 7, 2002
Runtime:	83 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	A V 9250
Label:	B B C Worldwide Limited
Keywords:	Comedy, Life, General, Wall, Good, Tv, Backs
Genre:	Comedy