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The Good Companions

9.019801 seasonTV SeriesDramaComedy

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…

WriterAlan Plater
ProducersLeonard Lewis·David Cunliffe

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Seasons & Episodes

E1
In Which We Meet the Company
Nov 14, 1980
E2
Miss Trant Pays the Bill
Nov 21, 1980
E3
Supper at the Royal Standard
Nov 28, 1980
E4
On the Road
Dec 5, 1980
E5
Slippin' Round the Corner
Dec 12, 1980
E6
Stumbling Chronicles
Dec 19, 1980
E7
A Wind in the Triangle
Dec 26, 1980
E8
Salvage Work
Jan 2, 1981
E9
Curtain Call
Jan 16, 1981

Cast

JSJohn Stratton
John Stratton
Jess Oakroyd
JNJeremy Nicholas
Jeremy Nicholas
Inigo Jolliphant
FMFrank Mills
Frank Mills
Jimmy Nunn
JBJohn Blythe
John Blythe
Joe Brundit
JFJan Francis
Jan Francis
Susie Dean
JCJudy Cornwell
Judy Cornwell
Elizabeth Trant
BPBryan Pringle
Bryan Pringle
Morton Mitcham
JKJo Kendall
Jo Kendall
Mrs. Joe
VM
Vivienne Martin
Elsie Longstaff
SGSimon Green
Simon Green
Jerry Jerningham
LSLeslie Sands
Leslie Sands
Narrator (voice)

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The Good Companions has 1 season in total (9 episodes). The series concluded in 1981.

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