The Good Companions
Overview
Discontent with his home, his work and his football team, Jess Oakroyd tears up his insurance card and disappears into the night. Intent on going to Nuneaton, he instead finds himself on the ragged edges of showbusiness. We share with him the trials and tribulations of the Good Companions as they tour seaside towns, industrial cities and rural backwaters in their search for success and stardom.
First air date
14/11/1980
Votes
1
Popularity
1.8
Specials
Miniseries
Discontent with his home, his work and his football team, Jess Oakroyd tears up his insurance card and disappears into t…
John Stratton
Jess Oakroyd
Jeremy Nicholas
Inigo Jolliphant
Frank Mills
Jimmy Nunn
John Blythe
Joe Brundit
Jan Francis
Susie Dean
Judy Cornwell
Elizabeth Trant
Bryan Pringle
Morton Mitcham
Jo Kendall
Mrs. Joe
Vivienne Martin
Elsie Longstaff
Simon Green
Jerry Jerningham
Leslie Sands
Narrator (voice)
Original Soundtrack
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Goodbye My Dear
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Rodáci
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Shōgun
The Flight Attendant
Brave New World
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Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night Sky
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