One-Upmanship (1976)

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".

First aired

1976-03-10

Genres

Comedy

Seasons

3 (17 episodes)

Status

Ended

Created by

Stephen Potter, Barry Took

Directed / written by

Ray Butt

TMDB rating

7.7/10 from 3 votes