5.4 /10 1 Votes
4.7/10 TV Country of origin United Kingdom No. of episodes 7 First episode date 5 January 1995 Program creator Esmonde and Larbey Number of episodes 7 | 6.1/10 IMDb Starring Richard Briers No. of series 1 Running time approx. 30 mins Final episode date 16 February 1995 Network BBC One | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Created by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey Cast Richard Briers, Christopher Blake, Joanna Van Gyseghem, Sandor Elès, Stephen Bent Similar Mulberry, The Fenn Street Gang, Get Some In!, Brush Strokes, On the Up | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Down to Earth is a British television situation comedy, aired in 1995 on BBC One. It was devised by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey and starred Richard Briers, who also featured in Esmonde and Larbey's earlier series The Good Life (1975-1978) and Ever Decreasing Circles (1984-1989). One series consisting of seven episodes was produced.
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The huckleberries on the bbc series down to earth 2003
Plot
Richard Briers played Tony Fairfax, who upon graduating from Oxford University had been appointed as a "cultural advisor" in a South American banana republic (as a university friend was its president) and was used to a life of luxury, only to be exiled back to Britain when the regime was overthrown at the start of the series. He moves in with his brother Chris (Christopher Blake), who finds him work at his landscape gardening business with limited success.