Good Neighbors-Complete Series 4

Editor's Note GOOD NEIGHBORS is a classic 1970s farcical Brit-com about an eccentric middle class couple who decide to leave behind the empty promises of the rat race and live off their the land--without leaving the suburbs! Much to the horror of their conservative neighbors the Leadbetters (Paul Eddington and Penelope Keith), Tom and Barbara Good (Richard Briers and Felicity Kendal) decide to turn their suburban home into a self-sufficient utopian garden, with hilarious results. This release contains the entire fourth series of the show, plus a show by the cast at the Royal Command Performance.

	Felicity Kendal
	Paul Eddington
	Penelope Keith
	Richard Briers
	Bob Larbey - Writer
	Burt Rhodes - Original Music By
	John Dunstan, et. al. - Editor
	John Esmonde - Writer
	John Howard Davies - Producer

DVD Talk 8 of 10
I was intrigued by the premise of Good Neighbors, and I can't help but wonder how the characters were perceived in the late 1970s when the show was first aired, and how they might be perceived differently today. Personally, of the two sets of couples, I identify firmly with the Goods, who are trying to live a life out of the rat race, rather than the overly class-conscious Leadbetters. But will viewers today see the Goods as intrepid (if slightly oddball) pioneers of a worthwhile way of life, or as laughable members of the lunatic fringe? It's hard to say, though I'd hope for the former. - Holly E. Ordway

BFI Screen Online 9 of 10
The Good Life's enormous popularity owes much to the easy chemistry between the four principle players. As the enthusiastic (if not always competent) Tom, Richard Briers was witty and charming, with a winning, childlike good humour, while Felicity Kendal's lively, sexy Barbara won her the adoration of millions of British men...Perhaps the show's greatest achievement was to win a loyal following among the very middle-class types it ridiculed week after week. - Mark Duguid