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TV series

The Brittas Empire

1991 · 7 seasons · 50 episodes

Created by Andrew Norriss

6.6

TMDB audience score
48 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

About 25h to watch every episode. An estimate: 50 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 30 minutes.

Where to watch

Official options in the United States:

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  • Britbox Apple TV channel

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Main cast

  • Chris Barrie
    Gordon Brittas
    50 episodes

  • Michael Burns
    Colin
    50 episodes

  • Julia St. John
    Laura
    50 episodes

  • Pippa Haywood
    Helen Brittas
    50 episodes

  • Tim Marriott
    Gavin
    50 episodes

  • Harriet Thorpe
    Carole
    50 episodes

  • Russell Porter
    Tim
    50 episodes

  • Judy Flynn
    Julie
    44 episodes

  • Jill Greenacre
    Linda Perkins
    32 episodes

  • Andrée Bernard
    Angie
    6 episodes

  • David Crean
    Michael T. Farrell
    3 episodes

  • Jo Kendall
    Mrs Dapping
    2 episodes

  • Richard Braine
    Horatio
    2 episodes

  • Ian Bleasdale
    Foreman
    2 episodes

  • Frances Low
    Pam
    2 episodes

  • Roy Alon
    Mr Appleby
    2 episodes

  • Colin Pinney
    Vicar
    2 episodes

  • Stephen Churchett
    Councillor Jack Drugget
    2 episodes

Seasons