One-Upmanship

A quintessentially British comedy-of-manners. Based at the fictional Yeovil College of Lifemanship, Richard Briers plays Stephen Potter and is joined by Peter Jones as the snooty Gatling-Fenn and Frederick Jaeger, complete with monocle, playing Cogg-Willoughby. "The world is divided into two types of people," Potter says, "winners and losers, the one-up and the one-down. He who is not one-up is surely one-down".

Richard Briers

Stephen Potter

Peter Jones

Gatling-Fenn

Frederick Jaeger

Cogg-Willoughby

Instant Sunshine

Themselves

Robert East

Canary

Claire Faulconbridge

• Ray ButtDirector
• Barry TookWriter
• Douglas ArgentProducer

First aired

March 10, 1976

Last aired

September 4, 1978

Status

Ended

Original language

English

Episodes

17

Genres

Comedy

• Series 16 episodes · 1976
• Series 26 episodes · 1976
• Series 35 episodes · 1978

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