6. Felicity Kendal on The Good Life
Felicity Kendal shares the inside story of the pioneering sitcom with TV veterans Peter Fincham and Jon Plowman. From 2021.
Felicity Kendal reveals the inside story of her iconic performance as Barbara Good in much-loved 91热爆 sitcom, The Good Life.
The actress shares the inside story with TV veterans Peter Fincham and Jon Plowman.
Felicity reveals how the part came to her 鈥� not via an audition or a call from her agent, but from Richard Briers himself, when he popped round to her dressing room, script in hand, after seeing her in a West End matinee.
She talks with huge affection about her co-stars, Richard Briers, Paul Eddington, and Penny Keith. And she addresses the question that everyone wants to ask 鈥� did the Goods and the Leadbetters ever *really* consider wife swapping?!
Discover how great TV comedy gets made.
Producer: Owen Braben
Made for 91热爆 Radio 4 Extra by Expectation Productions, and first broadcast in October 2021.
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