The Good Companions (1980)

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.

The Good Companions

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Seasons

Season 1

Miniseries

Episodes season 0

  • 0x1

    On the road: the making of the good companions

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    In which we meet the company

  • 1x2

    Miss trant pays the bill

  • 1x3

    Supper at the royal standard

  • 1x4

    On the road

  • 1x5

    Slippin' round the corner

  • 1x6

    Stumbling chronicles

  • 1x7

    A wind in the triangle

  • 1x8

    Salvage work

  • 1x9

    Curtain call

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