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S02E00 – Season 2 Trailer
We're back with Series 2 of the SADDO podcast - The Sitcom Archive Deep Dive Overdrive. This time around we're...
S01E31 – Rab C Briers
As we sadly reach the conclusion of our Good Life odyssey, the focus is all on Her Maj and...
S01E30 – Yuletide Felicitations
It's the famous Christmas episode of The Good Life! Will Margo's Christmas tree meet her oh-so-specific height requirements? WTF...
S01E29 – Naff Off!
As we reach the final episode (excluding the specials), there's heartbreak for the Goods as anarchist burglars break in...
S01E28 – The Nose Job Investigation
Jerry's gin addled mind has him convinced that proving his opponent's nose is cosmetically enhanced is the best way...
S01E27 – Suits You Sir!
As Jerry and Margo prepare to schmooze their way into Sir's good books to land Jerry the top job...
S01E26.5 – James Hogg (Author of Richard Briers Biography)
In this bonus episode, Alison is joined by James Hogg, author of 'More Than Just a Good Life' (the...
S01E26 – ERNIE! (The Crappest Salesman in the West)
When Tom accompanies Margo to Dorking, the manipulative bastard is delighted when she sets her heart (and Jerry's chequebook)...
S01E25 – The £280 Fortnum & Mason Hamper
When Barbara steps in to the breach to speak at the Townswomen's Guild, she's an instant hit. The only possible...
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Our Blog
Blathering on about our favourite sitcoms of yesteryear is fun. So much so that when we’re not talking about shows like The Good Life, Open All Hours and Dear John, we’re writing about them! Check out our latest blog posts for some gushing love letters to the shows, characters, fashion and language of the 1970s and 1980s
Margo Leadbetter: Elegant, Timeless Fashion Icon
Regularly voted one of the best sitcom characters ever created, the appeal of The Good Life’s Margo Leadbetter is an enduring one. Approaching 50 years since Margo first graced our screens — floral print mumus, kaftans and colourful headbands to the fore — her appeal as a comedy creation and a fashion icon, has never diminished…
Self Sustainability and Living The Good Life in 2020
The Good Life is a show we can still learn so much from, even 4 decades on, including not to become too reliant on ‘the system’, and how to maintain a friendship with people who have opinions that are poles apart from our own….
Lovely Barbara Good and her awful man-child husband, Tom
Felicity Kendal, who played Barbara Good in classic 70s sitcom ‘The Good Life’, is a singularly beautiful woman, as well as an accomplished actress. But what did her character Barbara see in her overgrown man-child husband Tom?
