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Giles And Sue Live The Good Life

2010 · 1 season

Amusing, gentle time-travel experiment that makes self-sufficiency look charmingly difficult.

Created by
Neil Ferguson
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Sue Perkins, Giles Coren, Marty Jopson
Overview
In celebration of The Good Life's 35th birthday, Giles Coren and Sue Perkins step back in time to 1975 to find out what it takes to make the self-sufficient dream a reality.

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Created by
Neil Ferguson
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Sue Perkins, Giles Coren, Marty Jopson
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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • nature
  • family
  • friendship
Places
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity3
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
documentary
Created by
Neil Ferguson
Starring
Sue Perkins, Giles Coren, Marty Jopson
Length
1 seasons, 4 episodes, 30 min each
Network
BBC Two
Languages
English

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