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

Summary: All of the fourth series plus the special Royal Command Performance.

Series 4 of the classic 1970s sitcom about an eccentric middle-class couple who decide to leave behind the empty promises of the rat race and live off their 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 final episodes of the popular series, including "Away From It All," "The Green Door," "The Weaver's Tale," and the special Royal Command performance, filmed in front of Her Majesty The Queen.

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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. These are happy memories indeed. --Piers Ford

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Interview With Bob Larbey, Biographies, Production Notes, Scene Indexing, Interactive Menus
Year:	1978
Release Date:	January 21, 2002
Runtime:	270 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	A V 9220
Keywords:	Comedy, Life, Two, General, Series, Good, Neighbors, Tv, Complete, Discs
Genre:	Comedy