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Plot

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.

Cast

Chris Barrie as Gordon Brittas
Chris Barrie

as Gordon Brittas

Michael Burns as Colin
Michael Burns

as Colin

Julia St. John as Laura
Julia St. John

as Laura

Pippa Haywood as Helen Brittas
Pippa Haywood

as Helen Brittas

Tim Marriott as Gavin
Tim Marriott

as Gavin

Harriet Thorpe as Carole
Harriet Thorpe

as Carole

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Status

  • Ended

First Aired Date

  • January 3, 1991

Last Aired Date

  • February 24, 1997

Production Companies

    Type

    • Scripted

    Number of Season

    • 7

    Number of Episodes

    • 50

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