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The Good Companions

The Good Companions

The Good Companions

1980 1 Seasons 9 Episodes ⭐ 9.0 Drama Comedy

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.

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.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

In Which We Meet the Company

EP 2

Miss Trant Pays the Bill

EP 3

Supper at the Royal Standard

EP 4

On the Road

EP 5

Slippin' Round the Corner

EP 6

Stumbling Chronicles

EP 7

A Wind in the Triangle

EP 8

Salvage Work

EP 9

Curtain Call

Popular Cast

John Stratton

John Stratton

Jess Oakroyd

Jeremy Nicholas

Jeremy Nicholas

Inigo Jolliphant

Frank Mills

Frank Mills

Jimmy Nunn

John Blythe

John Blythe

Joe Brundit

Jan Francis

Jan Francis

Susie Dean

Judy Cornwell

Judy Cornwell

Elizabeth Trant

Bryan Pringle

Bryan Pringle

Morton Mitcham

Jo Kendall

Jo Kendall

Mrs. Joe

Simon Green

Simon Green

Jerry Jerningham

Leslie Sands

Leslie Sands

Narrator (voice)