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TV series

The Brittas Empire

19917 seasons50 episodesComedy

Overview

The Brittas Empire is a British sitcom created and originally written by Andrew Norriss and Richard Fegen. Chris Barrie plays Gordon Brittas, the well-meaning but incompetent manager of Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre. The show ran for seven series and 53 episodes — including two Christmas specials — from 1991 to 1997 on BBC1. Norriss and Fegen wrote the first five series, after which they left the show. The Brittas Empire enjoyed a long and successful run throughout the 1990s, and gained itself large mainstream audiences. In 2004 the show came 47th on the BBC's Britain's Best Sitcom poll, and all series have been released on DVD. The creators Andrew Norriss and Richard Fegen often combine farce with either surreal or dramatic elements in episodes. For example in the first series, the leisure centre prepares for a royal visit, only for the doors to seal, the boiler room to flood and a visitor to become electrocuted. Unlike the traditional sitcom, deaths were quite common in The Brittas Empire.

Details

First air date
1991-01-03
Status
Ended
Seasons
7 seasons
Episodes
50 episodes
Genres
Comedy
Network
BBC One
Country
GB
Original language
EN

Cast

  • Chris Barrie as Gordon Brittas 50 episodes
  • Michael Burns as Colin 50 episodes
  • Julia St. John as Laura 50 episodes
  • Pippa Haywood as Helen Brittas 50 episodes
  • Tim Marriott as Gavin 50 episodes
  • Harriet Thorpe as Carole 50 episodes
  • Russell Porter as Tim 50 episodes
  • Judy Flynn as Julie 44 episodes
  • Jill Greenacre as Linda 33 episodes
  • Andrée Bernard as Angie 6 episodes
  • David Crean as Michael T. Farrell III 3 episodes
  • Jo Kendall as Mrs Dapping 2 episodes

Creators and crew

  • Andrew Norriss - Creator
  • Mike Stephens - Producer 50 episodes
  • Mike Stephens - Director 34 episodes
  • Andrew Norriss - Writer 34 episodes
  • Richard Fegen - Writer 34 episodes

Seasons

Season 1 1991 | 6 episodes Season 2 1992 | 7 episodes Season 3 1993 | 6 episodes Season 4 1994 | 8 episodes Season 5 1994 | 8 episodes Season 6 1996 | 7 episodes Season 7 1997 | 8 episodes

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