The Brittas Empire
The Brittas Empire was a British television sitcom, that ran between 1991 and 1997. It starred Chris Barrie as the title character, Gordon Brittas, the petty-minded manager of Whitbury-Newtown Leisure centre. The main adversary was Councillor Drugget.
Cast
- Chris Barrie as Gordon Brittas
- Pippa Haywood as Helen Brittas
- Julia St John as Laura Lancing
- Michael Burns as Colin Weatherby
- Harriet Thorpe as Carole Parkinson
- Russell Porter as Tim Whistler
- Tim Marriot as Gavin Featherleigh
- Jill Greenacre as Linda Perkin
- Anouschka Menzies as Penny Bidmead
- Andree Bernard as Angie
- Judy Flynn as Julie
Barrie appeared in this series concurrent with his co-starring role on Red Dwarf.
Characters
- Gordon Brittas, the owner of a leisure centre with an amazing amount of self esteem and conviction. He manages to control everyone, no matter how horribly, they always seem to listen to him anyway.
- Helen Brittas: Gordon's long suffering wife who is constantly popping pills and is slowly driven insane by Gordon. She knows how to handle him even if he is condescending and doesn't always let her speak at all.
- Laura Lancing:
Details
- Written by: Richard Fegen, Andrew Norris, Paul Smith, Terry Kyan, Tony Millan, Mike Walling, Ian Davidson, Peter Vincent
- Directed by: Mike Stephens, Christine Gernon
- Produced by: Mike Stephens
- 7 series, 52 episodes
- Transmitted: 1991-97
- TV Channel: BBC1, BBC Television
- Filming Location: Ringwood Leisure Centre, Hampshire
Episodes
Series 1 (3 Jan 91 - 14 Feb 91)
- Laying The Foundations (3 Jan 91)
- Opening Day (10 Jan 91)
- Bye Bye Baby (17 Jan 91)
- Underwater Wedding (24 Jan 91)
- Stop Thief! (7 Feb 91)
- Assassin (14 Feb 91)
Series 2 (2 Jan 92 - 20 Feb 92)
- Back From The Dead (2 Jan 92)
- Temple Of The Body (9 Jan 92)
- An Inspector Calls (16 Jan 92)
- Set In Concrete (23 Jan 92)
- Mums And Dads (30 Jan 92)
- Safety First (13 Feb 92)
- New Generations (20 Feb 92)
Series 3 (7 Jan 93 - 11 Feb 93)
- The Trial (7 Jan 93)
- That Creeping Feeling (14 Jan 93)
- Laura's Leaving (21 Jan 93)
- Two Little Boys (28 Jan 93)
- Sex, Lies and Red Tape (4 Feb 93)
- The Stuff of Dreams (11 Feb 93)
Series 4 (10 Jan 94 - 7 Mar 94)
- Not A Good Day ... (10 Jan 94)
- The Christening (17 Jan 94)
- Biggles Tells A Lie (24 Jan 94)
- Mr Brittas Changes Trains (31 Jan 94)
- Playing With Fire (7 Feb 94)
- Shall We Dance? (14 Feb 94)
- The Chop (28 Feb 94)
- High Noon (7 Mar 94)
Series 5 (31 Oct 94 - 19 Dec 94)
- The Old, Old Story (31 Oct 94)
- Blind Devotion (7 Nov 94)
- Brussels Calling (14 Nov 94)
- The Lies Have It (21 Nov 94)
- The Boss (28 Nov 94)
- Pregnant! (5 Dec 94)
- UXB (12 Dec 94)
- The Last Day (19 Dec 94)
Special
- In the Beginning ... (27 Dec 94)
Series 6 (27 Feb 96 - 23 Apr 96)
- Back With A Bang (27 Feb 96)
- Body Language (12 Mar 96)
- At The Double (26 Mar 96)
- A Walk On The Wildside (2 Apr 96)
- We All Fall Down (9 Apr 96)
- Mr Brittas Falls in Love (16 Apr 96)
- Snap Happy (23 Apr 96)
Short special part of Children In Need
- 22 Nov 1996, BBC1 Fri around 10pm
Special
- Surviving Christmas (24 Dec 96)
Series 7 (6 Jan 97 - 24 Feb 97)
- The Elephant's Child (6 Jan 97)
- Reviewing The Situation (13 Jan 97)
- http://etc (20 Jan 97) (this isn't a link, the title was "http://etc")
- Wake Up The Lion Within (27 Jan 97)
- The Disappearing Act (3 Feb 97)
- Gavin Featherly RIP (10 Feb 97)
- Exposed (17 Feb 97)
- Curse Of The Tiger Women (24 Feb 97)