2024

the good life

Tom and Barbara Good abandon suburban convention in favour of a self‑sufficient lifestyle in The Good Life, transforming their Surbiton home into a mini‑farm complete with vegetable plots, chickens, pigs and even a methane‑powered generator. Their enthusiastic pursuit of simplicity brings both triumphs and disasters as they attempt to live without relying on money or modern comforts. Meanwhile, their neighbours Margo and Jerry Leadbetter look on in horror, baffled by the Goods’ eccentric choices yet increasingly entangled in their chaotic experiments. As homemade wine loosens tongues and boundaries, friendships deepen, tensions flare and the comedy of clashing values unfolds.