Series
The Good Companions
1980 · 1 season · Drama · Comedy
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Overview
Discontent with his home, his work and his football team, Jess Oakroyd tears up his insurance card and disappears into the night. Intent on going to Nuneaton, he instead finds himself on the ragged edges of showbusiness. We share with him the trials and tribulations of the Good Companions as they tour seaside towns, industrial cities and rural backwaters in their search for success and stardom.
Cast
John Stratton
Jess Oakroyd
Jeremy Nicholas
Inigo Jolliphant
Frank Mills
Jimmy Nunn
John Blythe
Joe Brundit
Jan Francis
Susie Dean
Judy Cornwell
Elizabeth Trant
Bryan Pringle
Morton Mitcham
Jo Kendall
Mrs. Joe
Vivienne Martin
Elsie Longstaff
Simon Green
Jerry Jerningham
Leslie Sands
Narrator (voice)
Crew
- Alan PlaterWriter
- J. B. PriestleyNovel
- Leonard LewisProducer
- David CunliffeExecutive Producer
- David FanshaweOriginal Music Composer
Media
Details
- First aired
- November 14, 1980
- Last aired
- January 16, 1981
- Status
- Ended
- Original language
- English
- Episodes
- 9
- Rated
- PG
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
Seasons
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