The Good Life

19754 seriesEntertainment / Comedy
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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 neighbours, 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.

Away From It All: Episode Image
Episode 1Away From It All

Margo and Jerry suggest the 'peasants' take a holiday and offer them a Mayfair flat. But with the Leadbetters looking after the animals, the Goods can't relax.

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Episode 2The Green Door

Tom and Barbara feel sorry for Jerry when they discover that, despite the jodhpurs and the hacking jacket, Margo isn't going riding twice a week as she claims.

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Episode 3Our Speaker Today

Barbara gets Margo out of a fix when a speaker at her society lets her down. Barbara gives a talk about self-sufficiency which goes down very well. A bit too well!

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Episode 4The Weaver's Tale

Tom and Barbara find they have ten pounds to spare, and Tom makes an executive decision to spend it all on a loom to double up with Margo's spinning wheel.

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Episode 5Suit Yourself

Classic sitcom. The Goods decide to try their needles at making their own clothes. Meanwhile, Jerry is jockeying for the position of managing director of JJM.

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Episode 6Sweet and Sour Charity

More laughs in suburbia! Tom and Barbara discover oil. Can they swap it for straw? Margo refuses to dress up like 'a tart' in a production of Sweet Charity.

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Episode 7The Anniversary

Classic sitcom. The Leadbetters have a burglar alarm installed but the Goods think they have no need for one. Has the good life come to an end for Tom and Barbara?

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The Good Life