The Brittas Empire - Season 4 - Eps 4: Mr Brittas Changes Trains

1994-01-3130 min⭐ 6.6/10

Things are getting rather strange at Whitbury Newtown Leisure Centre. Carole seems to be croaking a lot while talking, Linda does nothing but bark about a lot and keeps talking in dog language and Colin keeps telling everyone that he loves everyone and keeps taking his trousers off. All of this is making Gordon very cross so he decides to call the hypnotist and put everyone back to normal. This then gets Laura thinking.

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About The Brittas Empire

The Brittas Empire

Title: The Brittas Empire

First Air Date: 1991-01-03

Last Air Date: 1997-02-24

Status: Ended

Rating: 6.6/10 (from 39 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 8

Total Episodes: 50

Network: BBC One

Genres: Comedy

Production Companies: Unknown

Synopsis

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.

Cast

Chris Barrie

Chris Barrie

Gordon Brittas

Michael Burns

Michael Burns

Colin

Julia St. John

Julia St. John

Laura

Pippa Haywood

Pippa Haywood

Helen Brittas

Tim Marriott

Tim Marriott

Gavin

Harriet Thorpe

Harriet Thorpe

Carole

Russell Porter

Russell Porter

Tim

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