The Good Companions
- 1980 –1981
- Ended
- PG
★ 9.0 TMDB Rating · 1 votes
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.
- Created by
- Alan Plater
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 9
- Episode length
- ~55m
- First aired
- Nov 14, 1980
- Networks
- ITV1
- Original language
- English
- Origin
- United Kingdom
Cast of The Good Companions
Seasons
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Specials
Nov 9, 1980
1 episode
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Miniseries
Nov 14, 1980
9 episodes
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.
