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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.
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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Chris Barrie
Gordon Brittas
Michael Burns
Colin
Julia St. John
Laura
Pippa Haywood
Helen Brittas
Harriet Thorpe
Carole
Jill Greenacre
Linda
Judy Flynn
Julie
Jo Kendall
Mrs Dapping
Al Hunter Ashton
Tanker Driver
Roger Sloman
Pete
Guy Siner
Philip Silverman
Perry Fenwick
Eddie
Lucy Briers
Wendy
John D. Collins
Mr Kitson
Damien Thomas
Petrov
Derek Benfield
Mr Franklin
Alan David
Mr Humphries
Rob Jarvis
Leslie Schofield
Mr Donaldson
Pip Torrens
John Rawlinson
Sheila Keith
Mrs Heaton-Jones
John Pirkis
Luisa Bradshaw-White
Joanne Heywood
Mandy
Ross McCall
Boy Scout
Ian Bleasdale
Foreman
George Sweeney
David Ross
Pirate
Alexandra Gilbreath
Reporter
Donald Pickering
Mark Lindsay Chapman
Fireman
Hugh Walters
Tony Steedman
St. Peter
Felix Bowness
Workman
Terrence Hardiman
Prosecutor
Kim Hartman
Michael Fenton Stevens
Bruce Alexander
Alan Digby
Mark Chapman
Fireman
Andrée Bernard
Angie
David Webber
Electrician
Tony Millan
Ken Owen
Jo Martin
Mrs Walsh
Richard Lumsden
Groom
Jake Abraham
Danny
Steve Edwin
Dr Grey
Tracey Eddon
Climber
Robin Parkinson
Jim
Ian Lindsay
Mr Garrick
Brian Gwaspari
Newcombe
Harold Innocent
Judge
Stephen Churchett
Councillor Jack Drugget
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