One-Upmanship
1976–19783 seasons30m / episodeBBC One
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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".
3 Seasons
StatusEnded
First Aired1976-03-10
Last Aired1978-09-04
Created byStephen Potter, Barry Took
NetworkBBC One
Seasons3
Episodes17
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