The Good Life

Season 1

7 episodes · Apr 4, 1975

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  • Plough Your Own Furrow
    S1E1

    Plough Your Own Furrow

    Apr 4, 197530m

    After he has celebrated his 40th birthday Tom decides that he is unhappy with his life style so he packs his job in, farms his large garden and becomes self sufficient.

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  • Say Little Hen ...
    S1E2

    Say Little Hen ...

    Apr 11, 197530m

    The Goods install the first chickens in their chicken coop, but they prove slow to lay their first eggs. Incensed by the condescension of the Leadbetters when they are invited to dinner together with Tom's former boss & his wife, the Goods decide to sacrifice one of the chickens to make a show of their not being as poor as the Leadbetters think.

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  • The Weaker Sex?
    S1E3

    The Weaker Sex?

    Apr 18, 197530m

    Tom buys an old-fashioned range for their kitchen from a passing rag-and-bone man, but Barbara becomes irate when she ends up doing most of the hard work to get it ready for use, while he tries to make a system for scaring the birds off their crops.

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  • Pig's Lib
    S1E4

    Pig's Lib

    Apr 25, 197530m

    The Goods continue their bartering with local suppliers, but Barbara has a misunderstanding while negotiating with the window-cleaner. They then add a pair of pigs in a sty to their back garden, at which Margo is so appalled she brings in the chairman of the local residents' association to persuade them out of it, but is unsuccessful. However, when one escapes into the Leadbetter's garden, she can only be mollified by getting rid of it.

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  • The Thing in the Cellar
    S1E5

    The Thing in the Cellar

    May 2, 197530m

    Tom puts the finishing touches to their own electricity generator in the cellar, which runs on their animals' waste. He then goes fishing with Jerry, and decides to store the surplus in the freezer, until the generator plays up...

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  • The Pagan Rite
    S1E6

    The Pagan Rite

    May 9, 197530m

    In order to pay for a treat for Barbara, Tom takes a short contract from his old firm, and tries to keep it a secret from her - but his plan is foiled when he fails to account for Margo's nosiness.

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  • Backs to the Wall
    S1E7

    Backs to the Wall

    May 16, 197530m

    While starting the harvest, Tom injures his back digging,and since Margo and Jerry are on holiday Barbara is left to look after the farm all on her own. A storm then adds to their problems by turning their garden into a mud bath.

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