The Brittas Empire (1991)

01/03/1991 (EN) • 30m

Comedy

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Chris Barrie

Gordon Brittas

50 Episodes

Michael Burns

Colin

50 Episodes

Julia St. John

Laura

50 Episodes

Pippa Haywood

Helen Brittas

50 Episodes

Tim Marriott

Gavin

50 Episodes

Harriet Thorpe

Carole

50 Episodes

Russell Porter

Tim

50 Episodes


Last Season

Season 7

1997 | 8 Episodes

Season 7 of The Brittas Empire premiered on January 6, 1997.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Scripted

Original Language

English

Keywords

sitcom

workplace comedy

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