The Good Life

Overview
Tom and Barbara Good escape the rat race and pursue a self-sufficient lifestyle in Surbiton, much to the concern, frustration and sometimes envy of their neighbours Margo and Jerry Leadbetter. Entitled ‘Good Neighbors’ when shown in the USA.
The Good Life Collection
Season 1 (7 Episodes)
Season 2 (7 Episodes)
Season 3 (7 Episodes)
Season 4 (7 Episodes)
Reviews (2)
Peter McGinn (Rated: 8)
This show is a product of the 70s. A suburban couple decide to drop out and go back to the land. They will grow their own food, barter or sell what they produce to make their living, whatever they need to do to drop out of the rat race.
Their slightly stodgy friends next door remain in the rat r...
CinemaSerf (Not rated)
I wonder just how many people in the mid 1970s - anywhere in the world - would have realised just how visionary writers John Esmonde and Bob Larbey were with this marvellous tale of a happily married suburban couple who decide to give up their daily grind and revert to a subsistence existence. Richa...
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