Series·1976–1978·3 Seasons

One-Upmanship

Created By

Stephen Potter

Country

GB

Language

English

Episodes

17

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The Story

A quintessentially British comedy-of-manners. Based at the fictional Yeovil College of Lifemanship, Richard Briers plays Stephen Potter and is joined by Peter Jones as the snooty Gatling-Fenn and Frederick Jaeger, complete with monocle, playing Cogg-Willoughby. "The world is divided into two types of people," Potter says, "winners and losers, the one-up and the one-down. He who is not one-up is surely one-down".

Written By

Barry Took

Producer

Douglas Argent

Themes

based on novel or booksitcomcompetitivenesslost mediacomedy of manners

Production House

BBC

Audience Score

77%

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Go for it38%
Perfection38%

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// cast

Cast

Richard Briers

Richard Briers

Stephen Potter

Peter Jones

Peter Jones

Gatling-Fenn

Frederick Jaeger

Frederick Jaeger

Cogg-Willoughby

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Themselves

Robert East

Robert East

Canary

Claire Faulconbridge

// crew

Crew

Douglas Argent

Producer

Ray Butt

Director

Barry Took

Barry Took

Writer

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