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The Brittas Empire

  • TV series
  • 1991
  • 7 seasons
  • 50 episodes

Created by Andrew Norriss

6.6

TMDB audience rating
6.6 out of 10 from 48 votes

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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.

Roughly 25h to watch every episode. This is an estimate: 50 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 30 minutes.

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Series cast and crew

  • Chris Barrie

    Chris BarrieGordon Brittas
    50 episodes

  • Michael Burns

    Michael BurnsColin
    50 episodes

  • Julia St. John

    Julia St. JohnLaura
    50 episodes

  • Pippa Haywood

    Pippa HaywoodHelen Brittas
    50 episodes

  • Tim MarriottGavin
    50 episodes

  • Harriet Thorpe

    Harriet ThorpeCarole
    50 episodes

  • Russell PorterTim
    50 episodes

  • Judy Flynn

    Judy FlynnJulie
    44 episodes

  • Jill Greenacre

    Jill GreenacreLinda
    32 episodes

  • Andrée Bernard

    Andrée BernardAngie
    6 episodes

  • David CreanMichael T Farrell
    3 episodes

  • Jo Kendall

    Jo KendallMrs Dapping
    2 episodes

  • Richard BraineHoratio
    2 episodes

  • Ian Bleasdale

    Ian BleasdaleForeman
    2 episodes

  • Frances LowPam
    2 episodes

  • Roy AlonMr Appleby
    2 episodes

  • Colin PinneyVicar
    2 episodes

  • Stephen Churchett

    Stephen ChurchettCouncillor Jack Drugget
    2 episodes

Created by
Andrew Norriss
Network
BBC One

Seasons and episodes