The Brittas Empire
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First Air DateJan 03, 1991
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Rotten tomato66%
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Original titleThe Brittas Empire
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ReleaseJan 03, 1991
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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.
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Casts
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Gordon Brittas
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Colin
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Laura
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Helen Brittas
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Gavin
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Carole
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Tim
Specials ( 1994-12-27)
In the Beginning...
Surviving Christmas
Season 4 Outtakes
Good Morning Interview
Wogan Interview with Chris Barrie
Royal Variety Performance
Season 1 ( 1991-01-03)
Laying the Foundations
Opening Day
Bye Bye Baby
Underwater Wedding
Stop Thief
Assassin
Season 2 ( 1992-01-02)
Back from the Dead
Temple of the Body
An Inspector Calls
Set in Concrete
Mums and Dads
Safety First
New Generations
Season 3 ( 1993-01-07)
The Trial
That Creeping Feeling
Laura's Leaving
Two Little Boys
Sex, Lies and Red Tape
The Stuff of Dreams
Season 4 ( 1994-01-10)
Not a Good Day ...
The Christening
Biggles Tells a Lie
Mr Brittas Changes Trains
Playing With Fire
Shall We Dance?
The Chop
High Noon
Season 5 ( 1994-10-31)
The Old, Old Story
Blind Devotion
Brussels Calling
The Lies Have It
The Boss
Pregnant!
UXB
The Last Day
Season 6 ( 1996-02-27)
Back with a Bang
Body Language
At the Double
A Walk on the Wild Side
We All Fall Down
Mr. Brittas Falls in Love
Snap Happy
Season 7 ( 1997-01-06)
The Elephant's Child
Reviewing the Situation
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Wake Up the Lion Within
The Disappearing Act
Gavin Featherly RIP
Exposed
Curse of the Tiger Women
