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British sitcom television series

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It is catalogued under topics including 1990s British black comedy television series, 1990s British satirical television series and 1990s British sitcoms.

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The Brittas Empire is a British sitcom created and originally written by Andrew Norriss and Richard Fegen. Chris Barrie plays Gordon Brittas, the well-meaning but incompetent manager of Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre. The show ran for seven series and 53 episodes — including two Christmas specials — from 1991 to 1997 on BBC1. Norriss and Fegen wrote the first five series, after which they left the show. The Brittas Empire enjoyed a long and successful run throughout the 1990s, and gained itself large mainstream audiences. In 2004 the show came 47th on the BBC's Britain's Best Sitcom poll, and all series have been released on DVD. The creators Andrew Norriss and Richard Fegen often combine farce with either surreal or dramatic elements in episodes. For example in the first series, the leisure centre prepares for a royal visit, only for the doors to seal, the boiler room to flood and a visitor to become electrocuted. Unlike the traditional sitcom, deaths were quite common in The Brittas Empire.

Aired
1991–1997
Seasons
7 · 50 episodes
Status
Ended
Created by
Andrew Norriss
Network
BBC One
Genres
Comedy

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TV series

Status
Ended
Network
BBC One
Genres
Comedy
Runtime
30 min
TVMaze rating
7.6/10

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IMDb

7.1/10

4,142 votes

Year
1991
Runtime
30 min
Genres
Comedy

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Genre
sitcom
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Cast member
Chris Barrie
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original broadcaster
BBC One
number of episodes
52
number of seasons
7
language of work or name
English language
end time
1997-02-24
start time
1991-01-03
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