One-Upmanship
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".
Cast
Richard Briers
Stephen Potter
Peter Jones
Gatling-Fenn
Frederick Jaeger
Cogg-Willoughby
Instant Sunshine
Themselves
Robert East
Canary
Claire Faulconbridge
Seasons
E1Healthmanship
Mar 10, 1976
E2Businessmanship
Mar 17, 1976
E3Womanship
Mar 24, 1976
E4Weekendmanship
Mar 31, 1976
E5Artmanship
Apr 7, 1976
E6Golfmanship
Apr 14, 1976
E1Yeovilship
Nov 9, 1976
E2Workmanship
Nov 16, 1976
E3Who Was That Ladymanship?
Nov 23, 1976
E4Housemanship
Nov 30, 1976
E5Up Up and Awaymanship
Dec 7, 1976
E6Getting Acrossmanship
Dec 14, 1976
E1Up-Country
Aug 7, 1978
E2Litmanship
Aug 14, 1978
The Potter Institute of One-Upmanship takes a look at how book reviewers can be one-up on the author.
E3Anti-Woo
Aug 21, 1978
E4Fair and Unfair Sexmanship
Aug 28, 1978
E5Reprise
Sep 4, 1978
Storyline
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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