The Brittas Empire

The Brittas Empire (1991)


  • Genre: Comedy
  • Creator: Andrew Norriss
  • First Air Date: 1991-01-03
  • Last Air Date: 1997-02-24
  • Total Seasons: 7
  • Total Episodes: 50
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 30 min.
  • Networks: BBC One
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Summary

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.

  • Keywords: sitcom, workplace comedy
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    The Brittas Empire Seasons

    Season 0

    First Air Date: 1994-12-27
    6 Episodes

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 1991-01-03
    6 Episodes

    Season 2

    First Air Date: 1992-01-02
    7 Episodes

    Season 3

    First Air Date: 1993-01-07
    6 Episodes

    Season 4

    First Air Date: 1994-01-10
    8 Episodes

    Season 5

    First Air Date: 1994-10-31
    8 Episodes

    Season 6

    First Air Date: 1996-02-27
    7 Episodes

    Season 7

    First Air Date: 1997-01-06
    8 Episodes

    The Brittas Empire Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1Laying the Foundations30 min
    Season 1Episode 2Opening Day30 min
    Season 1Episode 3Bye Bye Baby30 min
    Season 1Episode 4Underwater Wedding30 min
    Season 1Episode 5Stop Thief30 min
    Season 1Episode 6Assassin30 min
    Season 2Episode 1Back from the Dead30 min
    Season 2Episode 2Temple of the Body30 min
    Season 2Episode 3An Inspector Calls30 min
    Season 2Episode 4Set in Concrete30 min
    Season 2Episode 5Mums and Dads30 min
    Season 2Episode 6Safety First30 min
    Season 2Episode 7New Generations30 min
    Season 3Episode 1The Trial30 min
    Season 3Episode 2That Creeping Feeling30 min
    Season 3Episode 3Laura's Leaving30 min
    Season 3Episode 4Two Little Boys30 min
    Season 3Episode 5Sex, Lies and Red Tape30 min
    Season 3Episode 6The Stuff of Dreams30 min
    Season 4Episode 1Not a Good Day ...30 min
    Season 4Episode 2The Christening30 min
    Season 4Episode 3Biggles Tells a Lie30 min
    Season 4Episode 4Mr Brittas Changes Trains30 min
    Season 4Episode 5Playing with Fire30 min
    Season 4Episode 6Shall We Dance?30 min
    Season 4Episode 7The Chop30 min
    Season 4Episode 8High Noon30 min
    Season 5Episode 1The Old, Old Story30 min
    Season 5Episode 2Blind Devotion30 min
    Season 5Episode 3Brussels Calling30 min
    Season 5Episode 4The Lies Have It30 min
    Season 5Episode 5The Boss30 min
    Season 5Episode 6Pregnant!30 min
    Season 5Episode 7UXB30 min
    Season 5Episode 8The Last Day30 min
    Season 6Episode 1Back with a Bang30 min
    Season 6Episode 2Body Language30 min
    Season 6Episode 3At the Double30 min
    Season 6Episode 4A Walk on the Wildside30 min
    Season 6Episode 5We All Fall Down30 min
    Season 6Episode 6Mr. Brittas Falls in Love30 min
    Season 6Episode 7Snap Happy30 min
    Season 7Episode 1The Elephant's Child30 min
    Season 7Episode 2Reviewing the Situation30 min
    Season 7Episode 3http://etc30 min
    Season 7Episode 4Wake Up the Lion Within30 min
    Season 7Episode 5The Disappearing Act30 min
    Season 7Episode 6Gavin Featherly R.I.P.30 min
    Season 7Episode 7Exposed30 min
    Season 7Episode 8Curse of the Tiger Women30 min
    • Chris Barrie

      as Gordon Brittas
    • Michael Burns

      as Colin
    • Julia St. John

      as Laura
    • Pippa Haywood

      as Helen Brittas
    • Tim Marriott

      as Gavin
    • Harriet Thorpe

      as Carole
    • Russell Porter

      as Tim
    Production Mike Stephens Producer

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