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One-Upmanship

1976 – 1978 · BBC One
3 seasons · 17 episodes
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Comedy

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A quintessentially British comedy-of-manners. Based at the fictional Yeovil College of Lifemanship, Richard Briers plays Stephen Potter and is joined by Peter Jones as the snooty Gatling-Fenn and Frederick Jaeger, complete with monocle, playing Cogg-Willoughby. "The world is divided into two types of people," Potter says, "winners and losers, the one-up and the one-down. He who is not one-up is surely one-down".

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Richard Briers
Stephen Potter
Peter Jones
Gatling-Fenn
Frederick Jaeger
Cogg-Willoughby
Donald Gee
Instant Sunshine
Themselves
Anita Carey
Carol Cleveland
Therese McMurray
Created by Stephen Potter

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Status
Ended
Type
Scripted
First aired
Mar 10, 1976
Original language
EN
Production
BBC
Country
GB

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