The Good Life Episode Guide

Episode Guide

The Good Life: Season 4 (1977)

• Season 4 Episode 7: The Anniversary

  Margo has a burglar alarm installed, but Tom and Barbara claim they have nothing left worth stealing. Jerry is convinced he has failed to succeed his boss as head of the firm, and the Goods decide that despite all their problems, they are glad they became self-sufficient. Seventies comedy, starring Penelope Keith and Richard Briers

• Season 4 Episode 6: Sweet and Sour Charity

  Margo is horrified by the prospect of dressing in saucy clothes for her music society's production of Sweet Charity, and Tom discovers oil in his garden. Classic comedy, starring Richard Briers and Penelope Keith

• Season 4 Episode 5: Suit Yourself

  Tom and Barbara apply their creative talents when they try to make clothes out of nettles and wool, while Jerry has his eye on becoming the next managing director of JJM. Comedy, starring Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Penelope Keith and Paul Eddington

• Season 4 Episode 4: The Weaver's Tale

  Tom and Barbara make a small profit and spend the money on a loom, while Margo persuades Jerry to buy her a spinning wheel. Self-sufficiency comedy, starring Richard Briers and Felicity Kendal

• Season 4 Episode 3: Our Speaker Today

  Barbara is persuaded to speak to a women's group about her self-sufficient lifestyle - and soon finds herself in great demand. Vintage comedy, with Richard Briers and Felicity Kendal, featuring guest appearances by Robert Lindsay and Angela Thorne

• Season 4 Episode 2: The Green Door

  Tom learns Margo has been keeping appointments at a mysterious address and immediately leaps to the conclusion that she is having an affair - but doesn't know how to break the news to Jerry. Comedy, starring Richard Briers and Penelope Keith

• Season 4 Episode 1: Away from It All

  Margo and Jerry sow the seeds of an idea which prompts Tom and Barbara to consider a holiday. Comedy, starring Richard Briers and Felicity Kendal

The Good Life: Season 3 (1976)

• Season 3 Episode 7: The Last Posh Frock

  Barbara's last posh frock gets torn, plunging her into gloom - and Tom thoughtlessly makes matters worse by fawning over an elegantly dressed dinner guest. Vintage self-sufficiency comedy, starring Felicity Kendal and Richard Briers

• Season 3 Episode 6: Whose Fleas Are These?

  Tom and Barbara get closer to nature than they intended when they catch fleas and struggle to keep them away from Margo and Jerry. Comedy, starring Richard Briers and Felicity Kendal

• Season 3 Episode 5: The Windbreak War

  Margo erects a new windbreak in her garden, but Tom and Barbara object as it will cast a shadow over their soft fruits. The Goods invite their neighbour round to talk things over, but they end up having a row and falling out. Vintage comedy, starring Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal and Penelope Keith

• Season 3 Episode 4: I Talk to the Trees

  Tom and Barbara talk to their plants to see whether it will make them grow quicker, and Margo decides to run for president of the local music society. Vintage comedy, starring Richard Briers and Felicity Kendal

• Season 3 Episode 3: A Tug of the Forelock

  Tom converts the rotary cultivator into a means of transport, while the Leadbetters offer the self-sufficient couple a way of earning money. Comedy, starring Richard Briers and Felicity Kendal

• Season 3 Episode 2: The Happy Event

  When Perky the pig gives birth to her litter in the middle of the night, Margo and Jerry agree they must try to help the runt survive - but Jerry is stopped for speeding on the way to hospital to obtain vital oxygen. With Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Penelope Keith and Paul Eddington

• Season 3 Episode 1: The Early Birds

  Barbara and Tom look for new ways to organise their work so that their early morning activities won't disturb Margo and Jerry. Comedy, starring Richard Briers and Felicity Kendal

The Good Life: Season 2 (1975 - 1976)

• Season 2 Episode 7: Going to Pot?

  Tom and Barbara's visits to evening classes become unusually productive, while Margo struggles to master pottery. Seventies comedy, starring Felicity Kendal and Richard Briers

• Season 2 Episode 6: Home Sweet Home

  Tom considers leaving Surbiton to live on a farm, and the couple receive help with their pigs from a passing boar-walker. Sitcom, starring Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Penelope Keith and Paul Eddington

• Season 2 Episode 5: Mutiny

  Tom and Barbara's difficulties are for once dwarfed by those of Jerry, who has to choose between obeying his boss or attending Margo's production of The Sound of Music. Vintage comedy, starring Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Penelope Keith and Paul Eddington

• Season 2 Episode 4: The Day Peace Broke Out

  Tom sets out to catch the thief responsible for stealing leeks from his garden, but ends up landing himself in trouble. Self-sufficiency comedy, starring Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal and Penelope Keith

• Season 2 Episode 3: Mr Fix-It

  A journalist writes a story about Tom and Barbara's way of life and Jerry and Margo try to exploit the Good's new celebrity status for different reasons. Comedy, starring Felicity Kendal, Richard Briers, Penelope Keith and Paul Eddington

• Season 2 Episode 2: The Guru of Surbiton

  Tom's philosophy of life gains him two eager disciples - but he is soon anxious to be rid of them. Comedy, starring Richard Briers and Felicity Kendal

• Season 2 Episode 1: Just My Bill

  Tom attempts to market his garden produce, but finds it more difficult than he imagined : especially with the added pressure of paying the household rates. Richard Briers and Felicity Kendal star

The Good Life: Season 1 (1975)

• Season 1 Episode 7: Backs to the Wall

  Tom finds himself suffering a bad back during harvest time, which leaves Barbara to do all the work on her own - a situation made worse by terrible weather conditions. Classic sitcom, starring Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Paul Eddington and Penelope Keith

• Season 1 Episode 6: The Pagan Rite

  Tom is tempted to earn some extra money, but it is not to pay the bills or replenish his dwindling savings. Comedy, starring Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Penelope Keith and Paul Eddington. First broadcast in 1975

• Season 1 Episode 5: The Thing in the Cellar

  Tom draws on every resource in his efforts to practise self-sufficiency and builds a generator that runs on animal dung. Comedy, starring Richard Briers and Felicity Kendal

• Season 1 Episode 4: Pig's Lib

  Tom plans to diversify into pig farming, with the garden under control and the barter system starting to pay off, but underestimates the ferocity of Margo's opposition. Comedy, starring Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal and Penelope Keith

• Season 1 Episode 3: The Weaker Sex?

  The Goods begin to reap their just rewards for the hard work they have put into the garden, although Barbara is too tired and bored to appreciate the benefits. Sitcom, starring Richard Briers and Felicity Kendal

• Season 1 Episode 2: Say Little Hen

  Tom and Barbara introduce livestock into suburban Surbiton - an idea that does not go down too well with the neighbours. Comedy, starring Richard Briers and Felicity Kendal

• Season 1 Episode 1: Plough Your Own Furrow

  Tom Good decides he has had enough of commuting - but his alternative method causes embarrassment among the well-to-do neighbours. First episode of the classic comedy, starring Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Paul Eddington and Penelope Keith

The Good Life: Special (1977)

• Silly, But It's Fun

  Margo returns her entire Christmas order because the tree is too short - and she and Jerry are left with no means to celebrate after the department store fails to redeliver in time. Tom and Barbara come to the rescue, inviting them round for a Christmas of homemade paper hats and improvised party games. Seasonal special from 1977, starring Richard Briers, Penelope Keith, Paul Eddington and Felicity Kendal

• All About The Good Life

  Thirty-five years ago, a new sitcom burst onto the TV screens, introducing viewers to the self-sufficient world of Tom and Barbara Good, who had a smallholding in their suburban back garden, much to the horror of the upwardly mobile Leadbetters next door. This documentary reveals all about the show, from the perils of filming knee-deep in mud to the ultimate accolade of performing live in front of the Queen at Television Centre. Contributors include stars Richard Briers and Penelope Keith, as well as Monty Don, Brian Sewell and John O'Farrell

The Good Life: Other Episodes

• When I'm 65

  Margo insists that Jerry keep fit so he will be well enough to enjoy his retirement when it comes. Tom realises he and Barbara have no money set aside for their old age and presents a bank manager with an unusual proposition. George Cole guest stars in the final episode of the sitcom, made for the 1978 Royal Command Performance