Richard Briers (1934–2013)
Author of A Little Light Weeding: Evergreen Reading for the Perennial Gardener
About the Author
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Works by Richard Briers
The Norman Conquests [DVD] 2 copies
Roobarb: The Complete Series 1 copy
A Midwinter's Tale 1 copy
Twelfth Night 1 copy
Good Neighbors - Series 2 1 copy
Associated Works
The Three Musketeers / The Four Musketeers: Two Films by Richard Lester (1973) — Actor, some editions — 67 copies
Agatha Raisin: The Quiche of Death & the Vicious Vet (BBC Dramatization) (2007) 18 copies, 3 reviews
Thames Shakespeare Collection: Macbeth / Romeo & Juliet / Twelfth Night / King Lear (2006) 15 copies
Roobarb: The Complete Roobarb And Custard [DVD] — Narrator — 7 copies
The Good Life: 4 Classic Episodes from Surbiton's Most Famous Residents (BBC Radio Collection) (1997) — Performer — 3 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Briers, Richard
- Legal name
- Briers, Richard David
- Birthdate
- 1934-01-14
- Date of death
- 2013-02-17
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- Actor
Writer - Awards and honors
- Order of the British Empire (1989)
- Agent
- Christopher Farrar
- Relationships
- Davies, Ann (wife|1956|his death|2013)
- Short biography
- Ann Cuerton Davies (1934-2022), his wife, a theatre and television actor with appearances in TV shows including Z Cars, EastEnders and Doctor Who, is inexplicably not yet on LT. Her obituary (Guardian), https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-rad...
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Merton, Surrey, England
- Place of death
- London, England
- Burial location
- Cremated
- Associated Place (for map)
- London, England
Members
Reviews
A thoroughly enjoyable sit-com from the 1970s, featuring Richard Briers and Felicity Kendal as Tom and Barbara Good, embarking on a life of self-sufficiency.
There's a lot of humour, but what I like best is the characterisation, and particularly the affectionate relationship between Tom and Barbara, which is positive, realistic, and based on a great friendship as well as attraction.
Highly recommended if you like this kind of thing. However there are just six out of seven of the series 1 show more episodes on this DVD set.
Longer review here: https://suesdvdreviews.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-good-life-6-episodes-from-series... show less
There's a lot of humour, but what I like best is the characterisation, and particularly the affectionate relationship between Tom and Barbara, which is positive, realistic, and based on a great friendship as well as attraction.
Highly recommended if you like this kind of thing. However there are just six out of seven of the series 1 show more episodes on this DVD set.
Longer review here: https://suesdvdreviews.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-good-life-6-episodes-from-series... show less
A good and often witty compilation of what other people have written about gardens, interspersed with Richard Briers dry humour.
Typical eighties middle-class sitcom. Mostly good performances. Occasional duff episodes but quality reasonably high overall.
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Statistics
- Works
- 23
- Also by
- 28
- Members
- 110
- Popularity
- #176,728
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 3
- ISBNs
- 19