The Brittas Empire 34 years old
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.
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Damien Thomas He was 48 , now 82 years old | |
| Leslie Schofield She was 52 , now 86 years old | |
| Pip Torrens He was 30 , now 64 years old | |
| Tony Steedman He was 63 , 73 years old when he died | |
| Ross McCall He was 14 , now 49 years old | |
| Perry Fenwick He was 28 , now 62 years old | |
| Mark Lindsay Chapman He was 36 , now 70 years old | |
| Hugh Walters He was 80 , 82 years old when he died | |
| Pippa Haywood She was 29 , now 63 years old | |
| Chris Barrie He was 30 , now 64 years old | |
| Derek Benfield He was 64 , 82 years old when he died | |
| John D. Collins He was 48 , now 82 years old | |
| Terrence Hardiman He was 53 , now 87 years old | |
| Sheila Keith She was 70 , 84 years old when she died | |
| Roger Sloman He was 44 , now 78 years old | |
| Al Hunter Ashton He was 33 , 49 years old when he died | |
| Guy Siner He was 43 , now 77 years old | |
| Alan David He was 49 , now 83 years old | as Mr Humphries |
| Jo Kendall She was 52 , now 86 years old |
Crew
| Name | Job title |
|---|
The Brittas Empire (34 years)
Ended
- First Air Date: 1991-01-03
- Runtime: [30] minutes
- Number of Episodes: 57