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A milestone birthday convinces Tom Good to make a change. He talks his wife, Barbara, into giving up the so-called rat race and joining him in a life of simplicity and self-sufficiency. They convert their suburban home into a farm, planting crops in the back garden and bringing in pigs and chickens (including a rooster they name Lenin). The new use of their property comes as something of a shock to their very proper neighbors, Margo and Jerry Leadbetter. A social climber of the first order, Margo can't bear having chickens roaming the back garden. She'll have to put up with it, though, since Tom, despite his desire for self-sufficiency, can't bring himself to kill the chickens.
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One of the first comedies where a couple give it all up to go green much to their neighbours horror
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
03/30/23
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Episode 1
Aired Apr 4, 1975
Plough Your Own Furrow
Tom Good decides that commuting is no life for a thinking man, but his solution causes embarrassment.
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Episode 2
Aired Apr 11, 1975
Say Little Hen ...
The Goods introduce livestock to Surbiton; Tom paints the greenhouse pink.
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Episode 3
Aired Apr 18, 1975
The Weaker Sex?
Things happen in Tom's garden; Barbara feels the effects of tiring work.
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Episode 4
Aired Apr 25, 1975
Pig's Lib
Tom buys a pair of pigs for the back garden and Margo gets the residents' association chairman involved.
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Episode 5
Aired May 2, 1975
The Thing in the Cellar
Marge and Jerry are horrified when Tom builds a generator fueled by pig dung.
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Episode 6
Aired May 9, 1975
Pagan Rite
As the Goods' savings dwindle, Margo and Jerry think Tom will be increasingly tempted to earn extra money.
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Episode 7
Aired May 16, 1975
Backs to the Wall
Tom and Barbara receive help from an unexpected quarter when harvest time comes around.
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