Sunny suburban gardens, good neighbours, good laughs, a good life… it’s no surprise The Good Life, which charts the exploits of the self-sufficient Goods and their snobby neighbours, is consistently voted a favourite British sitcom.
It was clearly decided you can have too much of a Good thing, and fans lamented its end after just four series.
But one of its stars, Dame Penelope Keith, might have brought it to an even earlier and more tragic halt.
