TV SeriesDramaComedy
The Good Companions
9.0(1)19801 season · 9 ep
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.
- Director
- Bill Hays,Leonard Lewis
- Created by
- David Cunliffe
- Writers
- Alan Plater
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Cast
John Stratton
Jess Oakroyd
Jeremy Nicholas
Inigo Jolliphant
Frank Mills
Jimmy Nunn
John Blythe
Joe Brundit
Jan Francis
Susie Dean
Judy Cornwell
Elizabeth Trant
Bryan Pringle
Morton Mitcham
Jo Kendall
Mrs. Joe
Vivienne Martin
Elsie Longstaff
Simon Green
Jerry Jerningham
Leslie Sands
Narrator (voice)
Margaret Courtenay
Lady Partlit
Ian Sharp
Leonard Oakroyd
Barbara Young
Mrs Oakroyd
Bill Simpson
Dr Hugh McFarlane
Alfred Lynch
Joby Jackson
Alan Hockey
Porson
Barry Jackson
Monte Mortimer
Crew
Directing
- Bill HaysDirector
- Leonard LewisDirector
Writing
- Alan PlaterWriter
- J. B. PriestleyNovel
Production
- David CunliffeExecutive Producer
- Leonard LewisProducer
Sound
- David FanshaweOriginal Music Composer
Art
- Mike LongProduction Design
- Alan PickfordProduction Design